Dedicated To The Men of God Who Preach the Word of God As It
Is To Men As They Are
"Preach The Word"
Religious Tramps
Text:
Jer 2:36 says, ":Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria."
Introduction:
In this verse the word "gaddest" is used. To "gad" is to "walk about, to rove or ramble idly without any fixed purpose. To "gad" is to be a religious tramp. He lacks singleness of purpose. He gives in rather than stands firm; he is as variable and uncertain as a weeping willow limb, instead of being like a mighty oak.
The religious tramp never excels. He is fickle and eats his spiritual food at one place today and at another one tomorrow.
Let me gives you several causes that will produces these wanderers of which I speak.
I. A Desire to Hear Something New
The Bible says in the last days people will have "itching ears."
2 Tim 4:3-4, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
"Itching ears" has reference to people desire to hear what they want to hear rather than what they need to hear.
They are "sermon tasters" never satisfied with what they hear.
II. A Spirit of Peevishness
What does that word mean?
A. Suggests Fretfulness
B. Suggests A Disposition to Murmur
C. Sourness of Temper
III. A Spirit of Pride
There are some folks who never feel like they get what they deserve in a church, so they become roamers, looking for somewhere they will get the recognition they crave. They will not stop until they are elevated to the place they desires.
Note:
I once had a couple to visit a church where I was pastor and said toi me, "We feel like we have a lot to offer to a church." They had never gotten the recognition they wanted, so they were looking for somewhere that might happen. Needless to say, I was not interested in folks with that attitude.
IV. A Spirit of Sentimentality
They go to a certain church but will not turn lose of the ties with the former church where they were for a long while. When we leave one church, we are to soon unite with another (Baptist Church Covenant). They like the new church but sentimentalism keeps them tied to the old church. If there is no value where they attend, there is no value anywhere else.
V. A Spirit of Backsliding
A. The backslider is a miserable person.
B. A backsliding spirit is a restless spirit-can't settle down.
C. God promises to heal backsliding (Jer.3:22).
CONCLUSION:
Spiritually settle in , settle down and be a part of causing the league of religious tramps to decrease in number.
Sermon from Tom Walker
(Founder PC Org. Inc.)
