Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church


Morning Service - Sunday, December 2, 2007

Sermon By Elder Randy Waters, Pastor

Title: Candles Of Consolation
Text: Luke 2:5-40

Sermon Outline

  I. Waiting For The Light
      The Candle Of The Lord - Proverbs 20:27
      Searching Without A Light - I Corinthians 2:11
      The Light Of Man - John 1:9
      Witness Worth Waiting For - Romans 8:16

 II. The Fire Of Glory
      The Giver Of Light - Isaiah 42:6
      The Satisfaction Of Seeing - Ecclesiastes 1:8
      The Effects Of The Fire - John 3:30
      The Focus Of The Light - Isaiah 9:2

III. Shades Of Light
      A Candle In An Unlikely Place - John 7:52
      Shades Of Self - Galatians 2:14
      Dark Shadows - Psalm 23:4
      Searching With Candles - Zephaniah 1:12



WORDS OF WONDER

* The lamp that lights all men who come into the world, and leads them    to worship, is doubtless of God's kindling.

* The candles substance is clothed with a glory which is not its own.

* George Whitfield said he hopes he "should die blazing and not go off    as a snuff".