Be Ready

read and pray

Christians have been made ready to live godly lives by the saving work of Jesus in our lives.

Be ready to live a godly life

Christians will live differently than non-Christians.

James 4:17 ESV

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Philippians 2:3 ESV

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

It’s a little too easy to be mean isn’t it? To be rude, to gossip, to make fun of others. This is not what God’s people do.

We’ve been made ready

God has saved his people through Jesus and given us his Holy Spirit, so we are filled with hope and have what we need to live godly lives.

You have to have SCUBA equipment before you are able to go diving…

Ephesians 2:9 ESV

not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

go to John 3:3-8 to explain regeneration

Ephesians 1:13–14 ESV

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 4:13–14 ESV

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Be ready to stand against distractions

Churches can not allow people to disrupt and divide.

Gangrene is often treated by removing the affected tissue to prevent spreading…

Galatians 6:1 ESV

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.