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2. Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord
Hymns
Invitation
Red Songbook -
Supplemental

3. Lions in the Street! Proverb 22:13 Proverb 26:13
The problems of lions in the Bible
The lion who killed the man of God in I Kings 13
The plague of lions in Samaria

4. The Sluggard Says:
"There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets!“ "There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!“

5. The Sluggard
Sluggard - indolent: slothful, lazy. NKJV – “the lazy man” BBE – “the hater of work” Is the problem his excuses? Is the problem that he is lazy or a coward?

6. Excuses, Excuses
My wife made me do it - Adam I am not eloquent - Moses The people made me do it – Aaron, Saul I was afraid of you – the one talent servant

7. Excuses, Excuses
How does Jesus feel about excuses? Luke 14: Property (possessions) - Business (livelihood) - Family (relationships

8. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? Works prepared by God – Ephesians 2:10
Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

9. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? Works prepared by God – Ephesians 2:10 Works in your home – Colossians 3:19-21
Col 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. 20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

10. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? Works prepared by God – Ephesians 2:10 Works in your home – Colossians 3:19-21 Spiritual growth – II Peter 1:5-7
2Pe 1:5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

11. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? Works prepared by God – Ephesians 2:10 Works in your home – Colossians 3:19-21 Spiritual growth – II Peter 1:5-7 Loving others – Romans 13:8
Ro 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled [the] law.

12. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? 2. Is there an excuse that you offer not to do it? Others prevent my service (Saul, Aaron) My family…… My children…… My company…… Christians…...

13. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? 2. Is there an excuse that you offer not to do it? Others prevent my service (Saul, Aaron) I am not equipped to perform (Moses, Jeremiah) I’m too young….. I’m too old….. I’m not capable…..
Jer 1:6-7 Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth." But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak.

14. Self - Application
1. Is there something you need to be doing? 2. Is there an excuse that you offer not to do it? 3. Are you being a coward or a sluggard about it? Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.“

15. Final Application
Is the problem that he is lazy or a coward? Does it matter? Matthew 21:28-31
Mt 21:28 "But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.' 29 "And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 "The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go. 31 "Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first.“Jesus *said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

17. Excuses that won’t save you:
I could not help who I am I intended to do the right thing I am not as bad as some people Everybody else does it I just did what I was told by my preacher

18. Excuses that won’t save you:
I heard the Word but I didn’t believe it….. I believed in God, but I did not confess it…. I confessed God, but I did not repent of my sins…. I repented, but I was not baptized for salvation…. I was baptized, but I did not remain faithful….

19. According to the Bible:
What Will Save You
According to the Bible:
Hearing the Word of God and Believing – Acts 18:8
Confessing Jesus – Acts 8:37
Repenting of your sins – Acts 2:38
Being baptized in water – Acts 22:16
Remaining faithful – Acts 20:32