Examining Your Walk
Notes
Transcript
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HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED
NASA LAUNCH A ROCKET?
• BEFORE THEY LAUNCH
• THEY ARE ALL SITTING IN
MISSION CONTROL
• AND THE MISSION DIRECTOR
CALLS OUT EACH DEPARTMENT
• THE FELLAS IN THE DEPARTMENT
LOOK AT THEIR PANEL OF
INDICATOR LIGHTS
• AND IF ALL THE INDICATOR LIGHTS
ARE GREEN
• THEY WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR
DEPARTMENT IS A GO FOR LAUNCH
• YOU SEE THEY DON’T GO OUT AND
ACTUALLY INSPECT THE ROCKET
• THEY CAN’T SEE THE ROCKET FROM
MISSION CONTROL
• BUT THEY CAN SEE THE INDICATOR
LIGHTS
• INDICATING THE SYSTEMS ARE
READY FOR LAUNCH
• THEY GO THROUGH THIS CHECKLIST
BECAUSE
• THE LAUNCH OF A ROCKET IS A
CRITICAL THING
• THERE’S A LOT THAT CAN GO
WRONG….
• SOMETIMES I THINK THERE’S SOME
SIMILARITY
• BETWEEN THE LAUNCH OF A
ROCKET AND OUR CHRISTIAN
WALK
• OUR CHRISTIAN WALK IS A
CRITICAL THING
• THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN GO
WRONG IN IT
• MANY OF THE THINGS HAPPENING
IN OUR CHRISTIAN WALK
• ARE THINGS WE CAN’T LOOK AT AND
EXAMINE
• WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF THERE
WERE SOME
• INDICATOR LIGHTS WE COULD LOOK
AT
• THAT WOULD TELL US THE STATUS OF
OUR WALK WITH CHRIST (PAUSE)
• IN THIS CHRISTIAN LIFE IT IS VITAL
THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF HOW
WE’RE DOING
• ARE WE WALKING WITH CHRIST? ARE
WE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD?
• WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE’RE
DOING.
• PERIODICALLY I NEED TO GO
THROUGH THE CHECKLIST
• AND SEE WHAT THE INDICATOR
LIGHTS SAYS
• HOW AM I DOING AT WALKING
WITH GOD
• WE NEED TO SEE IF WE HAVE
DRIFTED FROM ABIDING IN GOD
• MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME
INDICATORS YOU NEED TO CHECK
(PAUSE)
• TODAY WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT A
LIST FROM JOHN IN THE BOOK OF
FIRST JOHN
• THAT PROVIDES SOME OF THESE
INDICATORS WE CAN LOOK AT
• TO SEE HOW WE’RE DOING IN
OUR WALK WITH GOD
• TURN TO 1 JOHN 4:12
• JOHN HAD REQUESTED THAT
THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER
• HE HAD TOLD THEM LOVING ONE
ANOTHER
• WAS AN INDICATION OF THEIR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• HE HAD TOLD THEM HOW LOVE
HAD BEEN REVEALED TO THE
WORLD
• BY GOD SENDING CHRIST DO DIE
FOR OUR SINS
• HE TOLD THEM SINCE GOD LOVED
THEM IN THIS WAY
• THEY OUGHT TO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER
• HE IS NOW GOING TO EXPAND ON
THIS IDEA OF LOVING ONE ANOTHER
1 JOHN 4:12
NO ONE HAS SEEN GOD AT ANY
TIME; IF WE LOVE ONE
ANOTHER, GOD ABIDES IN US,
AND HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN
US.
INDICATING THE UNSEEN
• JOHN IS STILL TALKING ABOUT
FELLOWSHIP
• HE KEEPS USING THE WORD
ABIDE WHICH IS ALL ABOUT
FELLOWSHIP
• BUT IN THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT
FELLOWSHIP HE SAYS
• NO ONE HAS SEEN GOD AT ANY
TIME;
• NOW, THE FIRST TIME I READ THIS I
IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT
• WHAT ABOUT MOSES AND THE
BURNING BUSH
• OR ANY OF THE OTHER ACCOUNTS
WHERE MEN “SEE” GOD
• BUT THE KEY IS THE WORD JOHN
USES FOR “SEEN”
• IT MEANS TO EXAMINE CLOSELY TO
SEE ENTIRELY
• AND CERTAINLY NO ONE AS SEEN
GOD ENTIRELY
• BUT, WHAT HAS SEEING GOD GOT
TO DO WITH FELLOWSHIP (PAUSE)
• WELL, IF WE COULD SEE GOD IT
WOULD BE EASY
• TO KNOW IF WE WERE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
• YOU COULD JUST LOOK AND SEE
THAT YOU ARE WALKING WITH
HIM
• BUT WE CAN’T DO THAT
• JUST LIKE MISSION CONTROL
CAN’T LOOK DIRECTLY THE
ROCKET
• WE CAN’T LOOK DIRECTLY AT
GOD
• SO, JOHN IS GONNA TELL US
ABOUT SOME INDICATOR LIGHTS
WE CAN LOOK AT
INDICATING BY LOVE
• THE FIRST INDICATOR LIGHT
JOHN IS GOING TO TELL US
ABOUT
• IS LOVING ONE ANOTHER, THAT
IS CHRISTIANS LOVING EACH
OTHER
• JOHN TALKS A LOT ABOUT LOVING
ONE ANOTHER
• HE INSTRUCTS US TO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER
• HE SAYS ANYONE WHO DOES NOT
LOVE IS WALKING IN DARKNESS
• HE SAY THE ONE WHO DOES NOT
LOVE ABIDES IN DEATH
• HE SAYS TO LOVE IN DEEDS AND
NOT JUST IN WORDS
• HE PLEADS FOR US TO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER
• HE SAYS IF WE DO NOT LOVE WE
DO NOT KNOW GOD
• AND NOW HE SAYS
• IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD
ABIDES IN US,
• THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE EARN
GOD ABIDING IN US BY LOVING OTHERS
• IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT LOVING ONE
ANOTHER
• IS AN INDICATION OF GOD ABIDING IN
US
• AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, JOHN
SAYS
• HIS (GOD’S) LOVE IS PERFECTED IN
US.
• WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS
WORD PERFECTED
• IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US
BEING PERFECT
• THE WORD TRANSLATED
PERFECTED
• CAN MEAN COMPLETE OR MATURE
• BUT IT CAN ALSO MEAN
ACHIEVING THE GOAL
• DOING WHAT IT SET OUT TO DO
(PAUSE)
• SEE IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER WE
ARE ABIDING, WALKING WITH GOD
• AND GOD IS WALKING WITH US
• WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE GOAL OF
GOD’S LOVE FOR US IS COMPLETED
• THAT WOULD MEAN THE GOAL OF
GOD’S LOVE FOR US
• IS FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM, AND
WHEN WE LOVE OTHERS
• THAT GOAL IS ACHIEVED
• THE MOTHER WHO
SACRIFICIALLY LOVES HER
CHILDREN
• WHO PUTS THEIR NEEDS FIRST
• IS IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• AND THE GOAL OF GOD’S LOVE
IS COMPLETED
• ONE INDICATOR OF OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• IS WHEN WE UNCONDITIONALLY,
SACRIFICIALLY, LOVE ONE
ANOTHER
• BUT WE CANNOT LOVE THIS WAY
ON OUR OWN
1 JOHN 4:13
BY THIS WE KNOW THAT
WE ABIDE IN HIM AND HE
IN US, BECAUSE HE HAS
GIVEN US OF HIS SPIRIT.
INDICATING BY INDWELLING
• I THINK JOHN PUT THIS RIGHT
WHERE HE DID
• BECAUSE WITHOUT THE
INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• WE REALLY ARE NOT ABLE TO
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
ROMANS 5:5b
BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD
HAS BEEN POURED OUT
WITHIN OUR HEARTS
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO WAS GIVEN TO US.
• AND THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT FUNCTIONS AS AN INDICATOR
• OF OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• WHEN HE PROMPTS US TO LOVE
• IT IS AN INDICATOR
• WHEN HE CONVICTS US OF OUR SIN,
IT IS AN INDICATOR
• WHEN WE YIELD TO HIM AND THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS PRODUCED
IN OUR LIVES
• LOVE, JOY, PEACH, PATIENCE,
GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, AND SELFCONTROL
• IT IS AN INDICATION OF OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• THE MAN LAYING AWAKE AT NIGHT
UNABLE TO SLEEP
• DOUBTING IF HE IS WALKING WITH
CHRIST
• CAN LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND KNOW
HE IS IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD (PAUSE)
• WE CANNOT SEE GOD, NO ONE HAS AT
ANY TIME
• BUT WE CAN KNOW WE ARE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
• BY THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR ONE
ANOTHER
• THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT WHO INDWELLS US
• WE CAN SEE THE EFFECT GOD HAS
ON US
(HOLD UP AN ITEM)
• NOW WHEN I LET GO OF THIS
ITEM AND IT FALLS
• YOU KNOW THAT GRAVITY IS
WORKING
• BUT DID ANY OF YOU ACTUALLY
SEE GRAVITY
• I CAN’T SEE GRAVITY; CAN YOU SEE
GRAVITY?
• SEE WE DON’T NEED TO BE ABLE TO
SEE THE GRAVITY
• WE CAN SEE THE EFFECT OF THE
GRAVITY ON THE THING THAT FALLS
• AND KNOW THAT THE GRAVITY IS
THERE AND IS WORKING
• IN THE SAME WAY WE DON’T NEED
TO BE ABLE TO SEE GOD
• TO KNOW THAT HE IS THERE AND
TO KNOW THAT HE IS WORKING
• IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS
CHRISTIANS THAT’S AN INDICATOR
• THAT GOD IS PRESENT THAT WE
ARE ABIDING IN HIM AND HE IN US
• AND THE REASON THIS IS AN
INDICATOR THAT GOD IS PRESENT
• IS BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS
PRESENCE AND FORM OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT IN US
• WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
LOVE EACH OTHER THIS WAY
• SACRIFICIALLY CARE FOR ONE
ANOTHER, TO SERVE ONE
ANOTHER
• TO FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER THE
WAY GOD HAS FORGIVEN US.
• LOVING ONE ANOTHER IS AN
INDICATION OF OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY
INDICATOR
1 JOHN 4:14–15
WE HAVE SEEN AND TESTIFY THAT
THE FATHER HAS SENT THE SON
TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
WHOEVER CONFESSES THAT JESUS
IS THE SON OF GOD, GOD ABIDES
IN HIM, AND HE IN GOD.
• JOHN IS STILL TALKING ABOUT
THINGS THAT INDICATE OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• HE BEGINS BY TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HE AND THE APOSTLES
• SAW AND TESTIFIED TOO
• THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT THE
SON TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE
WORLD.
• WE MIGHT WONDER WHAT HOW
THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH
FELLOWSHIP
• BUT I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT
THIS FOR A MINUTE
• JOHN AND THE APOSTLES WERE
IN FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS
• FOR 3 YEARS AS HE WALKED THIS
EARTH
• THIS IS WHAT THEY TESTIFIED
ABOUT……
• WHEN WE TESTIFY ABOUT THE
SAME THINGS THEY TESTIFIED
ABOUT
• WE ARE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM
AND WITH CHRIST
1 JOHN 1:3
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD
WE PROCLAIM TO YOU ALSO, SO
THAT YOU TOO MAY HAVE
FELLOWSHIP WITH US; AND INDEED
OUR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE
FATHER, AND WITH HIS SON JESUS
CHRIST.
• WHEN WE FOLLOW AFTER THE
APOSTLES AND
• TESTIFY THAT CHRIST IS THE SAVIOR
IT IS A DISPLAY
• AN INDICATOR THAT WE ARE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM
• AND WITH GOD AND HIS SON JESUS
CHRIST
INDICATING BY CONFESSION
• JOHN STATES THIS VERY CLEARLY WHEN
HE WRITES
• WHOEVER CONFESSES THAT JESUS IS
THE SON OF GOD, GOD ABIDES IN HIM,
AND HE IN GOD.
• AGAIN, IT IS NOT THAT WE EARN
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD BY CONFESSING
• OUR CONFESSION IS AN
INDICATION OF OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
UNDERSTAND
• SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WORD
CONFESSION
• THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING WE SAY IN PRIVATE
• THIS IS TALKING ABOUT AN OPEN,
PUBLIC EXPRESSION
• OF OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS
THE SON OF GOD
• WHEN WE ARE WILLING TO OPENLY
AND PUBLICLY
• PROCLAIM THE TRUTH THAT JESUS
CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD
• THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
• THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AS
INDICATOR OF OUR FELLOWSHIP
WITH GOD
• WHEN THE YOUNG PERSON IN
COLLEGE IS CHALLENGED
• BY THEIR PROFESSOR ABOUT THEIR
FAITH
• AND THEY STAND UP BEFORE AN
ENTIRE LECTURE HALL
• AND STATE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS
THE SON OF GOD
• THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
• THEY CAN KNOW THAT IN THAT
MOMENT
• RIGHT THERE IN THAT CLASS ROOM
THEY ARE WALKING WITH CHRIST
• THEY ARE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH
GOD….
• WHEN WE ARE AT A FAMILY
GATHERING
• AND THAT ONE ATHEIST IN THE
FAMILY
• THAT HAS TO BASH OUR BELIEFS
EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER
• STARTS IN ON CHURCH AND HOW IT
IS FILLED WITH HYPOCRITES
• AND WE PROCLAIM THAT EVEN IF
CHURCH IS FULL OF HYPOCRITES
• JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, THE
SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
• WE CAN KNOW WE ARE, AT THAT
MOMENT
• WALKING WITH GOD, IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST…..
• WE CAN PROCLAIM CHRIST AS
SAVIOR VERBALLY
• WE CAN PROCLAIM CHRIST AS
SAVIOR BY OUR ACTIONS
• WHEN WE LOVE, SERVE, FORGIVE,
HELP OTHERS
• WE ARE PROCLAIMING CHRIST
• THE TRUTH IS HOWEVER WE LIVE
• WE ARE PROCLAIMING SOMETHING
MANY EMPLOYERS TODAY
• LOOK AT THE SOCIAL MEDIA OF
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES
• THAT’S RIGHT, WHEN YOU GO
APPLY FOR A JOB
• THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT
YOU’VE POSTED ON FACEBOOK
• THE REASON THEY DO THIS IS SIMPLE…
WHATEVER WE CONFESS PUBLICLY
• THAT IS AN INDICATION OF WHERE WE
ABIDE
• HOW WE LIVE WHO WE HANG OUT
WITH
• WHEN A YOUNG MAN’S FACEBOOK IS
FILLED
• WITH PICTURES OF DRINKING
AND PARTYING
• THAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT
WHO HE IS
• WHO HE HANGS OUT WITH
WHO HE’S ABIDING WITH
• YOU SEE, OUR PUBLIC
CONFESSION OF JESUS CHRIST IS
A LITTLE LIKE A FACEBOOK PAGE
• IT ANNOUNCES TO THE WORLD
WHO WE HANG OUT WITH WHO
WE ABIDE WITH.
• IT IS AN INDICATOR OF OUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• ONE OF THE WAYS WE EXPRESS
THIS FELLOWSHIP
• IS FOUND IN HOW WE TREAT
OTHERS
1 JOHN 4:16
WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND
HAVE BELIEVED THE LOVE
WHICH GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS
LOVE, AND THE ONE WHO
ABIDES IN LOVE ABIDES IN GOD,
AND GOD ABIDES IN HIM.
• JOHN JUST TOLD US SOMETHING
AMAZING
• I DON’T WANT US TO MISS THIS
• IT IS A DESCRIPTION OF HOW
SALVATION WORKS
• HE SAYS
• WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND
HAVE BELIEVED THE LOVE WHICH
GOD HAS FOR US.
• TO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, TO BE SAVED
• WE FIRST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
KNOW, THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS
FOR US
• THAT HE LOVED US SO MUCH HE
CAME IN THE FORM OF A MAN
JESUS CHRIST
• WHO LIVED A SINLESS LIFE AND DIED
ON THE CROSS TO PAY FOR OUR SINS
• ROSE AGAIN AFTER THREE DAYS,
ASCENDED TO HEAVEN AND IS
COMING BACK
• NEXT WE HAVE TO BELIEVE,
TRUST, HAVE FAITH
• IN THE LOVE WHICH GOD HAS
FOR US
• THIS IS HOW WE ENTER INTO AN
ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD
• BUT THIS IS NOT THE END,
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
• THEN WE HAVE TO LIVE OUT
THIS RELATIONSHIP IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
INDICATING FELLOWSHIP BY
OUR ACTIONS
• ONCE SOMEONE IS SAVED
AND HEADED TO HEAVEN
• THEY SHOULD START WALKING
WITH GOD
• AND ONE INDICATOR OF IF THEY
ARE WALKING WITH GOD
• IS HOW THEY TREAT OTHER PEOPLE
• JOHN SAYS
• GOD IS LOVE, AND THE ONE WHO
ABIDES IN LOVE ABIDES IN GOD,
AND GOD ABIDES IN HIM.
• THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN
THIS LETTER THAT JOHN HAS
SAID GOD IS LOVE
• THAT MAKES THIS A PRETTY
IMPORTANT CONCEPT
• WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS
DOES NOT MEAN THAT
• GOD IS ONLY LOVE, GOD IS LOVE
BUT HE IS ALSO
• RIGHTEOUS, HOLY, JUST,
• ALSO, GOD IS LOVE DOES NOT
MEAN LOVE IS GOD
• WE SHOULD NOT WORSHIP LOVE
• GOD IS LOVE MEANS THAT
• GOD IS ALL THAT LOVE CAN EVER
BE
• HE IS THE TOTALITY OF THE
CONCEPT OF
• UNCONDITIONALLY, SACRIFICIALLY,
CARING FOR SOMEONE ELSE
• BECAUSE GOD IS ALL THAT LOVE
CAN EVER BE
• WHEN WE UNCONDITIONALLY,
SACRIFICIALLY, CARE FOR OTHERS
• WE ARE IN FACT ABIDING IN,
WALKING WITH, GOD
• THIS IS ALL ABOUT HOW WE ARE
LIVING LIFE
• IF WE ARE LIVING LIFE, LOVING,
CARING FOR OTHERS, SERVING
• IT IS AN INDICATION THAT WE ARE
ABIDING IN, WALKING WITH GOD
• HOW SOME ONE WALKS THROUGH
LIFE CAN TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT
THEM
I CAN LOOK AT SOMEONE
PUSHING ON A SKATEBOARD
• AND TELL YOU IF THEY WERE REAL
SKATEBOARDER OR NOT
• JUST BY THE WAY THEY PUSH
• I CAN TELL YOU IF THEY HAVE GIVEN
THEIR LIFE TO SKATEBOARDING
• MY GUESS IS MANY OF YOU
COULD LOOK AT A SOMEONE
RIDING A HORSE
• THE WAY THEY SIT IN THE
SADDLE THE WAY THEY HOLDS
THEMSELVES
• THE WAY THEY HOLD THE REINS
• AND TELL IF THEY ARE A REAL
COWBOY
• TELL IF THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR
LIFE TO BEING A COWBOY
• THE WAY WE DO THINGS, HOW
WE WALK
• SAYS AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT WHO
WE ARE ABOUT WHAT WE’VE
GIVEN OUR LIFE TO
• IF WE GO AROUND LOVING
PEOPLE, CARING FOR THEM
• SERVING THEM UNCONDITIONALLY
LOVING THEM SACRIFICIALLY
• THEN THAT IS AN INDICATOR OF
OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
(PAUSE)
• FROM HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE THE
WORLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE
• THAT WE ABIDE IN GOD AND GOD
ABIDES IN US
IF YOU WERE SITTING IN A ROCKET
• ON THE LAUNCH PAD STRAPPED
• TO MILLIONS OF TONS OF
MACHINERY
• MADE BY GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTORS FOR THE LOWEST BID
• YOU WOULD REALLY WANT MISSION
CONTROL TO GO THROUGH
• THAT CHECK LIST, YOU WOULD WANT
THEM TO LOOK
• AT ALL THOSE INDICATOR LIGHTS,
MAKE SURE ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE GO
• AS CRITICAL AS THAT LAUNCH WOULD
BE
• IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO OUR
WALK WITH GOD (PAUSE)
• JOHN HAS PROVIDED US A LIST
• A LIST OF THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT,
INDICATORS
• SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WE ARE IN
ABIDING IN, WALKING WITH GOD
• 1. IF WE ARE CARING FOR, SERVING
OUR FELLOW CHRISTIANS
• WE CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
• 2. IF WE ARE YIELDING TO, BEING LED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
• WHO INDWELLS EVERY BELIEVER
• WE CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
• 3. IF WE CONFESS THAT JESUS IS
THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD
• THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
• WE CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE
WALKING WITH, ABIDING IN
GOD
• 4. IF WALKING IN LOVE,
UNCONDITIONALLY CARING FOR
OTHERS
• IN OUR DAILY LIVES
• WE CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
• THIS LIST IS FOR INTERNAL USE
ONLY
• THIS LIST IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE
USED TO INSPECT OTHERS
• WE ARE TO USE IT AS A CHECK LIST
FOR OUR SELVES
• HOW AM I DOING, AM I READY FOR
LAUNCH?
• WE NEED TO DO THIS, INSPECT
OURSELVES EVERY NOW AND THEN
• BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN
ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD
• WHO HAS CALLED US TO LIVE
ACCORDING TO HIS WORD
• WE ENTERED INTO THIS
RELATIONSHIP WHEN WE TRUSTED
IN JESUS CHRIST
• THAT HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS PAID
FOR OUR SINS
• IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TODAY…
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