A WOEFUL MEAL

Introduction:

A. How Would You Like To Have A Meal With Don Rickles?

1. During the meal he would eat as much as he want.

2. During the meal he would criticize you.

3. During the meal he would insult you.

B. How Would Feel If It Was The Truth?

Body: Luke 11: 37 - 54

I. Woes To The Pharisees.

A. Outwardly clean does not make inwardly clean.

B. Just giving is not enough.

C. Humility is to be desired.

D. Be what you pretend to be.

1. Appeared to be normal ground or a garden.
2. Actually was a grave which made unclean.

II. Woes To The Lawyers.

A. Be helping to the burdened.

B. You are monuments to your father's improprieties.

C. You are hindering the truth.

Conclusion:

A. How Much Like The Pharisees And Lawyers Are We?

1. Are we more concerned about how we look than who we are?

2. Are we content to just give and let others be involved?

3. Do we enjoying "being known?"

4. Are we who others think we are?

5. Do we help others or make their loads heavier?

6. Do we aid our father's in their sins?

7. Are we hindering the truth?

B. Are We Willing To Change What We Ought?