1. Evans Church of Christ

2. Life with a Bonus
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10
Bountiful, superior, overflowing

3. Enriched Personal Life
“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” Matthew 10:39
Paradox = seems to say two opposite things
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35b

4. Faithful in Little Things
God Sends bigger things
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:” Luke 16:10a
Parable of the Talents - Mt. 25:14ff
Five, two and one
Faithful in smallest = we will be rewarded

5. Patient in Well Doing Job lost everything ! Receive a greater harvest
“In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.” Job 1:22
“Blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning” Job 42:10-12

6. Patient in Well Doing
Gal. 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“peace of God, which passeth all understanding” Phil.4:7

7. Sacrifice for God’s Work
Will receive blessings an 100 fold
Matt. 19:27-29
“we have forsaken all, and followed thee”
“everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren”
“shall receive an hundredfold”
10,000 % interest

8. Sacrifice for God’s Work
Greater Blessings
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38
The Lord will not let you fail when you put Him first !!

9. Obedience brings a Bonus
Luke 5:4,5 “Launch out into the deep”
“at Your word I will let down the net”
Brothers and sisters in God’s family
Happier home life
Better influence
Clear conscience
Good feeling
Opportunity to lead others
Answers to prayer

10. None of These Diseases
“And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.” Ex. 15:26
If they would listen to God and Obey Him then they would be spared from diseases.

11. None of These Diseases Bible warns us Do not drink Alcoholic Beverages
People killed in car accidents
Serious effects on our body
Brain is damaged
Damages other organs in body
Bible warns us
1 Cor. 6:9-11 drunkards shall not inherit kingdom of God
Prov. 23:29-35

12. None of These Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Heb. 13:4 “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
Bible tells how to prevent:
Ex. 20:14 “thou shalt not commit adultery”
1 Cor. 6:18 “Flee fornication…sinneth against his own body”

13. Life with a Bonus
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Jn. 10:10
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Psalms 84:11

14. Life with a Bonus Promise of a home with God in heaven !
But the best life anyone can live is as a Christian !
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 15:58

15. Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga
Sunday Evening February 15, 2015