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As I spend time each week preparing what I am going to stand up here and speak I find that most of the time I focus on certain areas of the Bible.
The Apologetics of the Word.
(Discipline of defending a position.)
There is a logical, reasonable, moral, factual reason we should believe what the Bible teaches us.
Our Responsibilities as Followers of Christ
The book of James is like an instruction manual on how to follow Christ.
Jesus’ two commandments.
Love God
Love others
I believe that if we ever lose sight of that or fail to look at the world around us without filtering it through those two lenses, we will fail in being a light to the world.
Jesus promises that the world will hate us
but the fact is that many “Christians” are hated, not because they proclaim the only way to heaven is through Jesus, but because we say one thing and then act a different way.
As Christians we have to be ever on guard of our own heart.
To make sure that we (as the branch) stay connected to the vine.
Many of you know my connection to the song come thou fount, but the lyrics hold true.
Prone to wonder, Lord I feel it.
Prone to leave the God I love.
Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal if for thyne courts above.
If we are not vigilant in our walk with Christ, instead of lighting the path for people toward God through Jesus, we will blind them and drive them away from God.
The Cost of Following Christ
There is a measurable price to pay of following Christ.
I never want to be confused with the Prosperity Gospel Preachers, who according to are “men of depraved mind and deprived of the the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.”
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There is a price to be paid to following Christ and I will not shy away from it.
I will not be part of a bait and switch by failing to tell someone the truth in what following Christ may cost them.
That said:
There is a pretty awesome benefit’s package we receive for following Christ.
Ephesians 1:1-
Forgiveness
We know this.
I have never met a single person that when asked to reflect on the things they have done in their life won’t admit that they have made mistakes.
And for those without Christ, their hope is to make up for it before they die.
It takes 100% perfection to get into Heaven, and God doesn’t grade on a curve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2_OOaP763k
There is power in forgiveness.
If this is the power of us forgiving one another, the power of God’s forgiveness is infinitely greater.
We take on His Righteousness
2 Corinthians
Peace with God
It was promised at the birth of Christ.
Luke
That does not mean that there wont be trouble.
We don’t have peace because God removes our troubles, we have peace in spite of them.
Phi
My wife’s testimony about her conversion as a child.
The Phone Ringing.
As a young married couple we owed money we didn’t have.
The phone would ring.
No caller ID.
No answering machine.
Peace when the bills were paid.
Our Purpose in Life
Mark Twain: The two most important days in you life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
It is only through Christ that we find our purpose.
Promise of His Inheritance
Ephesians 1:
The prodigal Son :Spending money freely and recklessly ; wastefully extravagant.
As a child of God through Christ you always, no matter how bad you’ve messed up, to reconcile with the father.
As a child, you have an inheritance.
The Holy Spirit
says “having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance’
Eternal Life
Heaven
As we close.
What do you want?
Forgiveness / Peace / Purpose / Promise
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