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God Expects (DEMANDS) Our Obedience
Romans 2:
(Review) Over the last month, we’ve seen the following from this text:
When we live as hypocrites we sin against God
When we live as hypocrites we create confusion within others about God—this greatly hinders our witness!
When we live as hypocrites we create confusion within others about God—this greatly hinders our witness
When we live as hypocrites others reject God because of our duplicity—this kills our witness!
However, acknowledging our hypocrisy and striving to turn from it helps others see God—this strengthens our witness!
We also briefly examined a three-tiered awareness of sin:
Sins that are easily visible to me
Sins that the Scripture helps me discover
Sins that the Church helps me discover
CONSEQUENTLY, our struggle against hypocrisy is immense and difficult because we are unable to fix ourselves!!!
What we need help in:
We need the work of the Holy Spirit within us to soften our hearts and will!
We need the work of the Word of God in our minds to instruct us in holiness!
We need the work of the Word of God on our minds to instruct us
We need the work of the church to help us become aware of the sin that we are blind toward!
We need the work of the church to help us become aware of the sin that we are blind to!
Let me prove this from Scripture… Paul writes to the Romans church, thereby:
Paul writes to the Romans church, thereby:
Helping them see their sin, confusion, and hypocrisy
Providing proper teaching, instruction, and direction in the Lord
As a church, NHBC is ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED to the example and type of worship, discipleship, and lifestyle presented within Scripture:
Our Goals:
Devotion to the Word of God
Praise/Thanksgiving toward God
Prayer and fellowship in God
Proclamation of the Word, Work, and Call of God
United Fellowship in the pursuit of God and His Glory
Our Method:
Large Group (one corporate group) = As ONE person we...
PRAISE God through song and testimony
Worship God through extended meditation upon His Word that calls us to seek Him more completely (often through revealing sin)
We look for God’s greatness = Where God is right = who we turn to
We look for our sin = Where we are wrong = where we turn from
Medium Group (smaller corporate groups) =
Systematically engage, teach, and respond to the Word of God
Pray together, live together, care for each other, and enjoy each other
Small Group (gender segregated groups) = These are temporary groups designed to...
Develop our prayer life
Help us hide the word of God in our hearts (memorize Scripture)
Provide accountability in specified areas and help us discover sin!
Encouragement in reading the word of God in such a way that we interact with the Lord
Bearing all of this in mind, it is absolutely hypocritical for us to:
See the Lord, know what He calls us to, know how and why He saved us, and to be aware of our need of Him.... and… then…
Make our church, our families, and our life about anything other than the pursuit of God!!! (just a reminder of what we primarly tend to pursue in the church)
Emotional Comfort
Acceptance (by the way… God doesn’t accept you the way you are—He saves you first!)
Community
Pleasure
Success
Clout
Personal Gain
Now… not all of these are bad things—some are things God promises to us—but NONE of these is the purpose of the church.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH (and individuals) IS TO GLORIFY GOD, ENJOY GOD, AND CALL OTHERS TO DO THE SAME!
THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH (and individuals) IS TO GLORIFY GOD, ENJOY GOD, AND CALL OTHERS TO DO THE SAME!
In fact… we must realize that the Scripture calls us to God—and we are commanded to respond!!!
Therefore…
When we live as hypocrites—who say we believe in God, but fail to seek God— God holds us accountable for our actions!
Three questions we need to ask and answer:
Why Should I Obey God
What Does God Command
How Do I Obey God
Why Should I Obey God?
From the Positive:
God is Good and Truly Enjoyable:
Abundant Life, a Deep Purpose, and Soul-satisfying Meaning is Found in the Lord:
In difficult times Strength, Hope, Comfort, and Peace are found in God
From the Negative:
Rejection of God results in eternal condemnation ()
Rejection of God results in temporal consequences with eternal implications ()
A impurity of the soul
A desire for that which demeans
A depraved mind that thinks incorrectly
A desire for that which demeans
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What Does God Command?
While this may seem like an oversimplification, it is one the Lord made in both the OT & NT: (, )
We are commanded to LOVE God with ALL our heart, soul, mind, & strength.
Then… we are commanded to love others as ourself.
A few observations we MUST see:
God calls us to LOVE Him: Our love for God ABSOLUTELY must supersede our love for others.
The love we have for God should be paramount and unmatched (husband and wife)
God calls us to Love others (including ourselves) in a manner that is subservient to our love for Him.
The love we have for others should be horizontal and equal (brotherly or family)
God calls us into a love-relationship, not a works-based or uninvolved approach:
The one who works does so for wages—not love
The one who is uninvolved is lazy—not loving
Hypocrites do not understand the nature of what God calls us to obey, thus they live in contradiction to the commands of God.
When we view Christianity as a set of rules we follow, we follow the letter of the law without grasping the heart of the Law (Pharisaicalism)!
When we view Christianity as a get-out-of-jail-free card we obtain through proper confessional statements, we give lip-service to God while rejecting a relationship with God (Carnal-Christians)!
Both of these are the same sin from different angles—it is a failure to love God!
Consequently…
God COMMANDS us to love Him!
Consequently… God COMMANDS us to love Him! God
God EXPECTS us to love Him!
God REVEALS Himself to us so we love Him!
God SACRIFICED Himself for us so we could love Him!
God ENABLES us to love Him!
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