TITLE: Waiting for the
Dead
TEXT:
Judges 5:25-28
25
He asked for water, she gave
milk; She brought out
cream in a lordly bowl.
26
She stretched her hand to the
tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; She pounded Sisera, she
pierced his head, She split and struck through his temple.
27
At her feet he sank, he fell, he
lay still; At her feet he sank, he fell; Where he sank, there he fell dead.
28
“The mother of Sisera looked
through the window, And cried out through the lattice, ‘Why is his chariot
so
long in coming? Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
PROPOSITION:
We are often waiting for
the dead, spiritually.
QUESTION:
How?
KEY WORD:
Tactics
INTRODUCTION:
Background of this event.
Barak – general, Deborah – leader of Israel
God will deliver Israel into the hands of a woman
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite – fed Sisera, he slept
Jael put a tent stake thorough his temples
Sisera’s mother was back home – WAITING for his return
There are many ways that people today are “waiting for the dead.”
If you are trying to ________, then you are waiting for the dead.
Be saved apart from the church – Acts 2:47
Do the works of the flesh and produce the fruit of the Spirit – Galatians 5:19-26
Be saved by praying through – John 9:31
Be saved without obedience – Philippians 2:12
Be saved without assembling with the saints – Hebrews 10:25
Obtain forgiveness without forgiving others – Matthew 6:14
Worship as you please and obey God – John 4:23-24
Be saved on the basis of morality – 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
Be saved apart from baptism – 1 Peter 3:21
Conclusion:
If you are waiting for God to
change His mind and allow what He has forbidden – You are waiting for the dead.