INTRODUCTION. The two prerequisites for church membership are: (1) Regeneration; (2) Baptism. Now if you have been saved and baptized, and you are a member of a local church, then God expects certain things from you. , .
I. LET US NOTE THE EXPECTATIONS OF GOD.
A. Bible study. .
B. Holy living. . .
C. Consistency in prayer. ; .
D. Faithfulness in witness. ; .
E. Faithfulness in attendance. .
F. Liberality in giving. . Cp. ; ; .
II. THE BASIS OF GOD’S EXPECTATION. (REDEMPTION). Read .
III. THE MOTIVE OF MEETING GOD’S EXPECTATION.
A. Our love for Him. . Illustration: Family.
B. Our assurance that He will enable us to continue in good works. .
James H. Bolick, Sermon Outlines from the Word, Sermon Outline Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1987), 49.
