047. Despise Not the Small Things

047. Despise Not the Small Things

47 DESPISE NOT THE SMALL THINGS Matthew 6:25-30;Zechariah 4:10

INTRODUCTION No one can afford to disregard the small things- radesman cannot.

Pennies make pounds. Doctor cannot; for a grain, or drop may kill; scholar cannot; for a, b, c’s make education.

I. LITTLE MATERIAL THINGS MAKE THE UNIVERSE 1. Grains of sands and drops of water .

2. God made the little things and cares for them. (Matthew 6:25-30.) 3. Now, will God overlook the small things in a Christian character?

II. THE CHURCH HAD A SMALL BEGINNING 1. Jesus-an infant; small hands, but to grow and grasp the scepter; small feet, but to walk upon the waters; small voice but it was to still th e tempest and raise the dead.

2. The infant became a man, the man became the crucified One-who laid the foundation of the church.

3. Church grew, developed and enlarged gradually.

III. CHRIST DID NOT DESPISE THE SMALL THINGS (Matthew 18:10;1 Timothy 4:12) 1. Young Christians are called "little ones"; hence, not despise but care tenderly for them.

IV. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ARE SMALL AS SEEN BY SOME 1. Some speak of the "essential things" and "non-essential things" -to their taste.

2. Some after reading Bible choose the things they think are essential, and slight others not to their taste.

3. We sometimes think LYING , deception, neglect of Lord’s Supper small things.

V. APPLY THIS TO THE SERVICE 1. We are called to serve , to work. Paul took pride in this title: "Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ."

2. We overlook the SMALL THINGS looking for GREAT THINGS and do NOTHING.

3. We are not prepared for great things unless we have cared for small.

4. Christian growth is little by little. Not by a stroke of miraculous enlargement.