“You Never
Mentioned
Him To Me…”
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 1 - A Reminder of Judgment
– “When in the better land before the bar we stand…”
– Acts 17:30-31 - Truly, these times of ignorance God
overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to
repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which
He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man
whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this
to all by raising Him from the dead."
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 1 - A Reminder of Judgment
– “When in the better land before the bar we stand…”
– 2 Cor. 5:9-10 - Therefore we make it our aim, whether
present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive the things done in the body,
according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 1 - A Reminder of Judgment
– “When in the better land before the bar we stand…”
– Romans 14:10-12 - But why do you judge your
brother? Or why do you show contempt for your
brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment
seat of Christ. 11 For it is written: "As I live, says the
Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue
shall confess to God." 12 So then each of us shall give
account of himself to God.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 1 - A Reminder of Judgment
– “How deeply grieved our souls may be…”
– Matt. 20:16 – So the last will be first, and the first last.
For many are called, but few chosen."
– Matt. 22:14 – For many are called, but few are
chosen."
– Matt. 7:13-14 – "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is
the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14
Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way
which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 1 - A Reminder of Judgment
– “How deeply grieved our souls may be…”
– 2 Cor. 5:11 – Knowing, therefore, the terror of the
Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to
God, and I also trust are well known in your
consciences.
– Col. 1:28-29 – Him we preach, warning every man and
teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may
present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this
end I also labor, striving according to His working
which works in me mightily.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 1 - A Reminder of Judgment
– “If any lost one there should cry in deep despair, “You
never mentioned Him to me.”
– Acts 20:26-27 - Therefore I testify to you this day that I
am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not
shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
– 1 Cor. 9:22 - to the weak I became as weak, that I
might win the weak. I have become all things to all
men, that I might by all means save some.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 2 – Let Us Spread the Word
– “O let us spread the word where’er it may be heard.”
– Mark 16:15 – And He said to them, "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every creature.
– 2 Tim. 2:2 – And the things that you have heard from
me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful
men who will be able to teach others also.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 2 – Let Us Spread the Word
– “O let us spread the word where’er it may be heard.”
– 1 Peter 3:15 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts,
and always be ready to give a defense to everyone
who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with
meekness and fear;
– Ezek. 33:8 - When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man,
you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn the
wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 2 – Let Us Spread the Word
– “Help groping souls the light to see...”
– John 1:4 – In Him was life, and the life was the light of
men.
– John 8:12 – Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I
am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not
walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
– 1 John 1:7 – But if we walk in the light as He is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 2 – Let Us Spread the Word
– “Help groping souls the light to see...”
– Matt. 5:16 – Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify your Father
in heaven.
– Phil. 2:14-15 – Do all things without complaining and
disputing, 15 that you may become blameless and
harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of
a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you
shine as lights in the world,
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 2 – Let Us Spread the Word
– “Help groping souls the light to see...”
– John 4:35-36 - Do you not say, 'There are still four
months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to
you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they
are already white for harvest! 36 And he who reaps
receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that
both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice
together.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 2 – Let Us Spread the Word
– “That yonder none may say, ‘You showed me not the
way, you never mentioned Him to me.’”
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 3 – How Do We Do It?
– “A few sweet words may guide a lost one to His side “
– Col. 4:6 – Let your speech always be with grace,
seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought
to answer each one.
– Prov. 25:11-12 – A word fitly spoken is like apples of
gold In settings of silver. 12 Like an earring of gold and
an ornament of fine gold Is a wise rebuker to an
obedient ear.
– Matt. 10:16 - "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the
midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and
harmless as doves.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 3 – How Do We Do It?
– “Or turn sad eyes to Calvary”
– 1 Cor. 2:2 – For I determined not to know anything
among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
– Gal. 6:14-15 – But God forbid that I should boast
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 3 – How Do We Do It?
– “So work as days go by”
– Heb. 9:27 – And as it is appointed for men to die once,
but after this the judgment,
– 2 Cor. 5:9 – Therefore we make it our aim, whether
present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
– John 9:4-5 – I must work the works of Him who sent
Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one
can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light
of the world."
– Col. 4:5 - Walk in wisdom toward those who are
outside, redeeming the time.
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Vs. 3 – How Do We Do It?
– “That yonder none may cry, ‘You never mentioned
Him to me.’”
“You Never Mentioned Him To Me”
• Chorus – Is This Your Reality?
– “You never mentioned him to me, You helped me not
the light to see; You met me day by day and knew I
was astray, Yet NEVER mentioned Him to me.”
What’s it to me?
• Matt. 25:41-46 - Then He will also say to those on the
left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the
everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was
thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger
and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not
clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit
Me.' Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord,
when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger
or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to
You?' Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I
say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the
least of these, you did not do it to Me.' And these will
go away into everlasting punishment, but the
righteous into eternal life."