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  REGISTERING A VERDICT
  by John Henry Jowett
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of making a definite
decision in life, avoiding the peril of wavering, and making a vow unto
the Lord.

Topics: "Faith Decision", "Spiritual Commitment"
Scripture References: Joshua 24:22, 1 Kings 18:21, Proverbs 16:3, Matthew 6:24, James 1:8

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DESCRIPTION
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John Henry Jowett emphasizes the importance of making a definitive
decision to serve the Lord and obey His voice, highlighting the danger
of indecision and the need to avoid a life of constant wavering and
uncertainty. He compares those who never decide to a jury that never
reaches a verdict, stressing the significance of making a choice and not
drifting aimlessly through life. Jowett encourages making a vow to the
Lord, pulling together our thoughts, and decisively choosing to follow
God at a specific moment in our lives.

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CONTENT
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"_The Lord our God will we serve, and His voice will we obey._"

--JOSHUA xxiv. 22-28.

Here was a definite decision. Our peril is that we spend our life in

wavering and we never decide. We are like a jury which is always hearing

evidence and never gives a verdict. We do much thinking, but we never
make

up our minds. We let our eyes wander over many things, but we make no

choice. Life has no crisis, no culmination.

Now people who never decide spend their days in hoping to do so. But
this

kind of life becomes a vagrancy and not a noble and illumined crusade.
We

drift through our days, we do not steer, and we never arrive at any rich

and stately haven.

It is therefore vitally wise to "make a vow unto the Lord." It is good
to

pull our loose thinkings together and to "gird up the loins of the
mind."

Let a man, at some definite place, and at some definite moment, make the

supreme choice of his life.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-henry-jowett/registering-a-verdict/
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