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A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD

INTRODUCTION

THEIR ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE GOD , BUT DO NOT BELIEVE ON HIM. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE WITH GOD, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO SUBMIT TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE LORD.

A DISCIPLE IS NOT REALLY FREE UNTIL HE OR SHE HAS TOTALLY SURRENDERED TO GOD’S WILL.

JOHN CHAPTER 8 GIVES US A UNDERSTANDING OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD.

1. A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD CONTINUE IN THE WORD.

2. A TRUE DISCIPLE KNOW GOD’S VOICE.

3. A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD HEARETH GOD’S WORDS.

A. CONTINUE IN GOD’S WORD

JOHN 8:31-32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

THE PROBLEM THE JEWS HAD THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT JESUS EXISTED, BUT DID NOT BELIEVE HE WAS GOD.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, BUT DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HE IS GOD HIMSELF.

IN ORDER FOR A BELIEVER TO BE A TRUE DISCIPLE OF JESUS THEY MUST HOLD ON TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE WORD.

YOU CANNOT BELIEVE IF YOU ARE NOT A FOLLOWER OF HIM. A DISCIPLE IS A PUPIL OR A STUDENT OF THE WORD.

THE WORD CONTINUE MEANS TO ABIDE OR REMAIN CLOSE BESIDE.

JESUS CONCERNS WAS THE JEWS KNEW HE EXISTED, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO HE ARE.

THAT’S WHY JESUS SAID IF YE CONTINUE IN MY WORD, JESUS KNEW THEIR WOULD BE SOME WHO WOULD TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE TRUTH AND FOLLOW A LIE.

THE WORD IF IS CONDITION, MEANING YOU YOU MIGHT DO IT, OR YOU MAY NOT DO IT.

YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO IS A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD BASED ON THEIR FAITH. THOSE WHO ARE TRUE DISCIPLES OF GOD CONTINUE IN GOD’S WORD NO MATTER HOW HARD LIFE GETS.

BUT A SUPERFICIAL DISCIPLE IS READY TO DENY JESUS AS SOON AS HE IS CONFRONTED WITH THE TRUTH.

WHAT MAKE YOU FREE IS WHEN YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD FOR YOURSELF AND OBEY WHAT GOD SAY IN HIS WORD.

JAMES 1:25 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”

B. A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD KNOWS GOD’S VOICE.

JOHN 8:43 “Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.”

A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND GOD’S VOICE, BUT REACT UPON WHAT THEY HEAR, BECAUSE THEY LOVE HIM.

JESUS SAID MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME.

YOUR SPEECH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF WHO YOU’RE YOU CAN LEARN A LOT OF PERSON IN WHAT COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH. YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE REAL OR FAKE.

JESUS SAID IF THE JEWS UNDERSTOOD THE SUBSTANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE FORM. MEANING NOTHING EXISTED OR CREATED BEFORE ME OR AFTER ME UNTIL I SPOKE THE WORD.

MATTHEW 26:73-74 “And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.”

C. A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD HEARETH GOD’S WORDS.

A TRUE DISCIPLE OF GOD HEARETH GOD’S WORD THROUGH HIS SPIRIT., THIS IS HOW HE RIGHTLY DISCERN THE TRUTH.

THIS IS HOW HIS FAITH IS BUILT BASED ON WHAT HE HEAR FROM GOD.

ONCE HIS SPIRIT RECEIVE THE LOGOS IT REQUIRES A CORRESPONDING REACTION UPON WHAT HE HEAR.

THAT’S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY HEAR GOD’S WORD, BUT TO DO GOD’S WORD.

WHEN YOU WALK IT OUT , AND LIVE BY THE TRUTH YOU SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH.

ROMANS 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”