"Escape From Doubting Castle"
In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress Christian is captured by the giant of Despair. He is thrown into the dungeon of Doubting Castle where Despair lived. There Christian is beaten daily. Many Christians are living in Doubting Castle where they have lost their joy and their song. But no one has to stay there. You can escape Doubting Castle the same way Christian did. One day he looked in his pocket and said, "What a fool I have been. All along I have had in my pocket a key which unlocks every door to Doubting Castle." It was the key of "The Word." With the key of "The Word" Christian unlocked the doors of the dungeon of Doubting Castle and escaped, never to return. You can escape Doubting Castle by using the key of the "Word"...regarding…
I. The New Birth, John 3: 1-18
II. A Changed Life, II Cor. 5:17
III. The Witness Of The Holy Spirit, Romans 8:16, I John 4:13
IV. The Promises Of God, John 5:24, Romans 10: 13
Note: The title and opening illustration are from a sermon by Jerry Vines.