One Sentence Sermon:
Be Confident in Christ, Don’t Shrink Back or the Devil Will Devour You Like a Publix Chicken Sandwich
Confidence
/ˈkänfədəns/
1. the feeling or belief that one can rely on something or someone. firm trust.
Even when you’ve studied for a test you have to take the test with confidence. Even when you’ve prepared for something new, you have to follow through with confidence. It’s your confidence in Christ Jesus that helps you win the day and sleep peacefully at night.
Philippians 1:6 – being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 10:35-39 reminds us to not throw away our confidence in Christ, or we’ll shrink back to destruction. Speaking of destruction, 1 Peter 5:8 says the devil will devour us, meaning to literally swallow us up if we aren’t focused, alert, and of sober mind. Be confident in Christ for your next step of faith. We hope in what we can not see because we’re confident that Christ is our everything!
Be confident, don’t shrink back or the devil will swallow you up like a Publix chicken tender.
– Pastor Tom
Philippians 1:6
6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Jeremiah 17:7
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
Ephesians 3:12
12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Hebrews 4:16
16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 10:39
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Hebrews 10:35
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
1 Peter 5:8
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Numbers 27:1-2
27 The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward 2 and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,
