Object Lessons: 100 Lessons from Everyday Life - Softcover

Ryrie, Charles C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802460291 ISBN 13: 9780802460295

Verlag: MOODY PUBL, 1991

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What good is a broken fingernail? What can you do with a frying pan, a hammer, and an egg? How is a balloon different from a brick?

The world around us is full of items useful for interesting and meaningful object lessons. Dr. Ryrie uses pencils, light bulbs, sunglasses, and even the air around us to illustrate truths about salvation and the Christian life.

All 100 objects are simple and easy to find, and the lessons can be used for any group of any age. Children and adults alike will enjoy learning more when you present these fascinating illustrations.

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CHARLES C. RYRIE (A.B., Haverford College; Th.M. and Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh; Litt.D., Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary) was a renowned author and scholar. He wrote numerous books, including The Ryrie Study Bible, Basic Theology, Balancing the Christian Life, The Holy Spirit, Dispensationalism Today, Revelation, Survey of Bible Doctrine, and So Great Salvation, which rank among his best-selling titles.

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All of the Objects are simple and easy to find, and the lessons can be used for any age. Children and adults alike will enjoy learning more when you present these fascinating illustrations.

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Object Lessons

100 Lessons From Everyday Life

By Charles C. Ryrie

Moody Publishers

Copyright © 1991 The Moody Bible Instiute of Chicago
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8024-6029-5

Contents

LESSONS FOR EVANGELISM, 
1. Wrong Way—Right Way, 
2. Air, 
3. An Invitation, 
4. Another Letter, 
5. Faith, 
6. News, 
7. A Paycheck, 
8. Hell, 
9. The Installment Plan, 
10. The Way to Heaven, 
11. Eternity, 
12. An Important Day, 
13. Sinners All, 
14. The World, 
15. What Death Is, 
16. Rejecting, 
17. Ignoring, 
18. Power, 
19. Kerchoo, 
20. A Stopped Watch, 
21. All-Seeing, 
22. The Wind, 
23. Tears, 
24. A Uniform, 
25. A Plane Ticket, 
26. Believing, 
27. My Diary, 
28. The Right Combination, 
29. Black Paint, 
30. A Rubber Band, 
31. The Lost Pen, 
32. Something I Made, 
33. A Bottle of Medicine, 
34. A Peanut, 
35. Proofs of Life, 
36. Something Enduring, 
37. "Be Ye Ready", 
38. A Piece of Bread, 
39. Heaven, 
40. No Savior Substitute, 
41. An Anchor, 
LESSONS FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, 
42. The Comics, 
43. My Glasses, 
44. Dark Glasses, 
45. Balloon or Brick?, 
46. Cleaning Up, 
47. Secure, 
48. Trapped, 
49. A Grade Book, 
50. A Love Letter, 
51. Mosquito Bites, 
52. The Shadow, 
53. Weights, 
54. Unbelief, 
55. Shoes, 
56. How to Eat, 
57. Necessary Parts, 
58. Safe, 
59. Keeping Clean, 
60. Ticklish?, 
61. A Down Payment, 
62. The Believer's Works, 
63. A Bad Light Bulb, 
64. A Good Light Bulb, 
65. A Broken Fingernail, 
66. Hair, 
67. Windows, 
68. All Dressed Up, 
69. A Dirty Cup, 
70. A Deposit, 
71. Not Yours, 
72. All to Him, 
73. My Heart, 
74. An Onion, 
75. Fish, Salt, and You, 
76. Growing Up, 
77. Hypocrisy, 
78. The Finished Product, 
79. Tearing Down or Building Up, 
80. Strength in Unity, 
81. Light Bulbs, 
82. Walking, 
83. The Temperature, 
84. A Compass, 
85. Ask the Author, 
86. A Mirror, 
87. Time Is Running Out, 
88. Water, Water Everywhere, 
89. Mind Your Mind, 
90. On Growing Up, 
91. Joined Together, 
92. My Aching Foot, 
93. When Your Dog Wags Us Tail at You, 
94. A Light Switch, 
95. A Hole in Your Sock, 
96. Underneath Are His Everlasting Arms, 
97. Flipping Coins, 
98. Who Controls You?, 
99. Wrong Label, 
100. You Can't Change History, 

CHAPTER 1

Wrong Way—Right Way

Object: A road map.

Lesson: "There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" (Prov. 14:12).

Presentation: Not long ago I wanted to go on a trip, so I asked a friend which was the best way to get there. He told me the best road. Then I happened to see another friend and I asked him what he thought. He also told me the best road—but it was entirely different from the way the first friend had said.

Finally I did what I should have done at the first. I went to the Automobile Club and asked them how to get there. They simply got out this map and showed me on the map the right road. Well, I went on my trip and sure enough I arrived at my destination by simply following the road they had marked.

It's a simple matter to take this sort of trip, but how can you find the way to heaven? You might ask a friend, and I'm sure you would get some kind of answer. Then you could ask another friend, and you would undoubtedly get a different answer. What should you do? Who would be right? You ought to do just as I did about finding earthly directions: go where you can get the right answer. That place is the Bible. Do you know what the Bible says about the way to heaven? Listen to the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, "I am the way ... no one comes to the Father, but through me" (John 14:6). How can you get to heaven? By trusting the Lord Jesus as Savior, for He is the way to the Father; and where the Father is, there is heaven.

CHAPTER 2

Air

Object: Yourself and the air around you.

Lesson: To present the Lord Jesus Christ as the gift of God.

Presentation: Have you ever stopped to think, boys and girls, that on every side of you is one of the most wonderful things in all of God's universe? It's about the only thing that is free today, and it's something you can't possibly do without. Do you know what I'm talking about? Surely, the air we breathe. But that is not half so wonderful as another gift God has given us, and that gift is His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, whom God gave to the world many years ago.

I've just decided something. I simply do not like to take anything from anyone, so I'm not going to take God's air. If I can't buy it, I just won't use it. I'll stop breathing. (Hold your breath for a while.) Well, maybe I will change my mind after all and take this gift from God. Didn't I look rather foolish holding my breath? And yet there are probably some of you here today who are still refusing to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior. When God freely offers eternal life, peace, happiness and heaven, isn't it foolish not to accept them?

But suppose I did want to buy some air to breathe. Do you know where I could go? I don't. And there is no place where you can buy salvation. God's salvation is not for sale; it is a free gift (Eph. 2:8-9). Either you must receive it as a gift and live, or refuse it and die. What would have happened if I hadn't started to breathe again? Why, of course, eventually I would have died. A human being cannot live without air, and you cannot live eternally without Jesus Christ. If you do not take Him as a gift, then God says you must die.

CHAPTER 3

An Invitation

Object: A wedding invitation.

Lesson: To present the way of salvation.

Presentation: Look, I have a letter with me this morning, but I think I'll just put it here on top of the piano, and we'll talk about the weather for a while. Of course, I think I recognize the writing on the envelope. (Walk to the place where you left the letter.) But I'd rather talk about something else. Maybe I'll look through this hymnbook first. You know, I've had this letter quite a while, but I guess there's no hurry about opening it.

What's the matter? Oh, you want me to open the letter. Well, I guess I might as well. Look at this. It is an invitation to the wedding of a friend of mine. That's kind of him—I think I'll go. Oh, dear, I won't be able to go after all, for the date is past and the wedding is all over. I've missed it. Isn't that a shame?

Boys and girls, do you know what lesson I'm trying to teach you today? It is just this: God has sent us a message that we call the Bible, and in that Bible He has given us an invitation to heaven. But the invitation is only good until Jesus comes, and then it will be too late to accept it. In the meantime this invitation to heaven is absolutely free, for God says, "Let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost" (Rev. 22:17). It is offered to everyone in the world and that surely includes you. Someday, however, it will be too late to accept God's invitation; and just as I missed this wedding, you may miss your chance to go to heaven. Why not open your heart right now to the Lord Jesus and tell Him that you believe that He died on the cross for you and that you trust...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MOODY PUBL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802460291
• ISBN 13: 9780802460295
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
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