Let's Race My Car

LET’S RACE MY CAR

Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

INTRO. THERE IS A STARTING LINE FOR ANY RACE.

1.     MY CAR HAS OIL.

Mat 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

II.                MY CAR HAS WATER.

John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

III.             MY CAR HAS WORKS.

James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

IV.   MY CAR HAS POWER.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

V.               MY CAR HAS LIGHTS.

Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Psa 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Psa 119:105   Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

VI.            MY CAR HAS HORNS.

Isa 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

VII.         MY CAR HAS BUMPERS.

Prov. 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

1 Tim 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

VIII.      MY CAR HAS STEERING.

Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

John 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

John 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.

IX.            MY CAR HAS BRAKES.

Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

X.               MY CAR HAS REVERSE.

Jer 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

THERE IS A FINISH LINE ALSO.

IS YOUR CAR DEPENDABLE TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE?

by Thomas Tuggle