Sermon Outline 6


                    PEOPLE BEFORE ADAM
READ: Prov.6: 6-8 30:25
INTRO: We can learn a lot from animals--Job 12:7,8 100 species in holy land Harvester ants live near grain fields, carry food in hill for winter--take it out to dry if wet.
Gen 1:24 Created animals     then     V.26 created man
Prov. 6:6-8 Message to the Sluggard==lazy, careless

1--He desires and has not- 13:4
apply: 27:20 Hell & destruction....

2--He is a waster--18:9
apply Isa 55:2 Wherefore do you spend your money for that which...

3--He has a hard life--15:19
apply 13:15 The way of the trans...

4--A lion in the way--22:13--
apply 1 Pet 5:8--Matt 22: excuses
Go to the ant and consider her ways 6:6
Small but God made her very wise 30:25

                        THE ANT

1--Her Provision--
"food in the harvest"
APPLY: God is the giver James 1:17
Jesus said " I am the bread of..Jn 6:35--1 Cor. 15:3,4

2--Her foresight--she looks ahead-- "gathers in the harvest" 6:8
APPLY:
1-A time of wrath coming--- Job 36:18
2-A day of judgment coming--Acts 17:31

3--Her ambition--"provideth her meat in the summer"
APPLY: Isa 55:6--Strive Lk. 13:24 This is the day of grace

4--Her handicaps--not strong 30:25 no helpers 6:7 APPLY: Rom 5:6--Isa 53:6

APPLY: God made provision for the ant and so did He for us
Do you have the foresight and ambition to take it?
Rev 22:17--Jn 6:37 


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