HE SURE IS DIFFERENT!

INTRO.

1. “He sure is different!”—A description of someone considered eccentric, who marches to a different beat, not following the ordinary route, etc.
2. Can be a bad thing.
3. But can be a good thing as well!
4. Think of how being “different” is good.

1. JESUS WAS DIFFERENT!

• 1. Jn. 7:46—In his teaching.
  1. Jn. 8:46—In his life—Heb. 4:15.
  2. Jn. 4—In his attitudes toward those despised by others.
  3. Mk. 15:4, 5—In his manner in Pilate’s court.

1. DANIEL WAS DIFFERENT.

• 1. Dan. 1:8.
  1. Dan. 6.

1. MESHACH, SHADRACK, AND ABEDNEGO WERE DIFFERENT.

• 1. Dan. 3:16-18—Didn’t fear the king as much as they feared God!
  1. This one act has made them famous.

1. MICAIAH WAS DIFFERENT.

• 1. 1 Kgs. 22:13, 14.
  1. 2 Tim. 4:2.

1. PAUL WAS DIFFERENT.

• 1. Phil. 3:1-8—Refused to stick with status quo.

1. CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT.

• 1. 2 Cor. 4:14-18.
  1. Rom. 12:2.

1. THE GOSPEL IS DIFFERENT.

• 1. Gal. 1:6-9—Only one gospel.
  1. Rom. 1:16—Only one can save.

1. GOD’S JUDGMENT IS DIFFERENT.

• 1. Rom. 2:2—According to truth.
  1. Acts 17:31—Righteous.
  2. Not influenced by money, status, family connections, etc.

CONC.

1. Are you different?
2. Gospel calls for us to be different and be willing to obey the Lord in all things.