How To Do God’s Work

Text: Acts 1:4-15

Introduction:

• They say Caesar was the first.
• Switzerland 1500 by Jacob.
• Prior to this time, it was only done on dead woman with a live child
• Mrs. Nufer’s 1^st born
• Labor lasted several days. Mid-wives call the surgeons and doctors. Jacob suggests a Ceasarean section, but they all refuse.
• So, Jacob does the surgery. Jacob is the woman’s husband. His instruments
• She lived to bear other children and lived to age 77.
• Jacob was not a doctor, but the woman’s husband. He used his instruments for gelding swine. He was a hog butcher.

• Basketball player saves dolphin in surgery
• Mr. Spock the dolphin at Marine World
• 1978 his tank had been repaired. The diver dropped a large stainless steel screw. They assumed that Mr. Spock had swallowed this screw. So, they took him to the local hospital for an x-ray. They couldn’t do surgery and could not get the screw The doctor exclaimed, if only my arms were 9” longer, I could reach down his throat and pull it out. Mike Demetrius then remembered Cliff. Cliff (Clifford Ray, the center on the Golden State Warriors.) had arms of almost 4 feet.was contacted

I) The Motivation (Love)

A) Doctors and Mid-wives had excuses

B) Moses had his excuses

1) They didn’t have the same motivation as Jacob

2) They didn’t have the same love that Jacob had

II) The Method (Use Your Gifts)

A) Jacob used the gifts he had

B) Clifford used his abilities to rescue the dolphin

C) Gifted by God Steward of that gift

D) Rescue the perishing like rescue the dolphins

1) People who spend time and energy rescuing animals

2) PETA

3) They at least have a cause that they believe in and are committed to

4) We need a cause

5) David, “Is there not a cause?”

III) The Means (Supernatural)

A) Spirit of God

B) The Word of God

1) Born Again requires spiritual birth

2) Spiritual birth requires spiritual means