NO MAN CARED
or Insouciant Christians in a pococurante world



Text: Psa 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.



Intro: This is about indifference; Indifference to God and to man. Israel’s future king was in hiding and no one cared. God had appointed and anointed David to be their king, but they didn’t care, because they were indifferent to God. If they had really cared about God, they would have been receptive to His will and to His king.



I. Note the attitude of those at the crucifixion
A. Mat 27: 36 And sitting down they watched him there;
They had marveled at His miracles, feasted on His loaves and fishes, wondered at His words, and now they await the next adventure.



B. The disciples on the road to Emmaeus.
Luke 24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
They had even heard that He had been seen alive and were STILL wrapped up in their own perceived personal loss!



C. John 21: 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.


This was after they had met Jesus in the closed room and again with Thomas present, eight days later!

II The situation today. (Too many churches are changing to suit the world instead of changing men to suit God.
A. Men are still ignoring the crucified one while gambling away His possessions; The most valuable of which is one’s own life and influence.
B. His disciples are still overly concerned about self and sustenance and so, don’t give Him an opportunity to prove His ability to provide.
Often, He must see to it that we fail, so that HE can give us victory.
John 21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.



John 21: 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.



John 21: 12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

III The Results of this Attitude.
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
In the world, iniquity abounds and among His people, love grows cold!

IV The Solution
It begins and ends with His people, for it is only through them, that others may be reached.
A. While our ACTIONS must be changed, we must begin with our attitude.
1. Matt 12: 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.



We need His mind!
Phil 2: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
B. An aid in mind changing:
1. Imagine yourself standing on a hill called Calvary. You know it is the very spot on which He died. As you look around, you notice that at your feet, His blood stains the rocks. Would your attitude toward His death and suffering change at all?
2. Look around you now. Where are you? In Church! He bought it with His BLOOD!
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
3. Psa 24: 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Look at your hands. They were made fit to serve by the cleansing of the blood of Christ.
I Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
I can’t show you a blood-stained rock from Calvary, but I can show you some LIVING STONES made fit for His holy temple by the washing of the blood!
Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,



















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