SF206 - WHY I SERVE THE LORD (1 John 2 29-3 10)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF 206

@TITLE = WHY I SERVE THE LORD

@LEVEL ONE = 1 JOHN 2:29‑3:10

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = The Devil can Supply Reasons not to Serve God.

@LEVEL TWO = I Want To Share Three Reasons I Serve God.

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. GOD THE FATHER LOVES ME (vv. 1‑3)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. What We Are (v.1)

@SCRIPTURE = JOH 1:12<R>Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God‑‑

@ILL TITLE = I MIGHT HURT HIM

@ILL TEXT = A group of teenagers were enjoying a party, and some one suggested that they go to a certain restaurant for a good time.

@ILL TEXT = "I'd rather you took me home," Jan said to her date.  "My parents don't approve of that place."

@ILL TEXT = "Afraid your father will hurt you?" one of the girls asked sarcastically.

@ILL TEXT = "No," Jan replied, "I'm not afraid my father will hurt me, but I am afraid I might hurt him."

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. What We Shall Be (v.3)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. In Process Now

@SCRIPTURE = ROM 8:29<R>For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Will Be Completed Then

@LEVEL THREE = PHI 3:20‑21<R>But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

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@LEVEL TWO = 3B. What We Should Be (v.3)

@LEVEL THREE = "Pure" = What awakens awe, signifies moral purity

@SCRIPTURE = MAT 5:8<R>Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

@SCRIPTURE = 2CO 7:1<R>Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

@ILL TITLE = THE LOVE OF GOD

@ILL TEXT = The love of God is greater far, Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell; The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win; His erring child He reconciled, And pardoned from his sin.

@ILL TEXT = O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall for evermore endure The saints' and angels' song.

@ILL TEXT = Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky.

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. GOD THE SON DIED FOR ME (vv.4‑8)

@LEVEL THREE = Turns from the future appearing of Christ to His Past appearing.

@LEVEL THREE = Two Reasons Jesus Died

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. To Take Away Our Sins (vv. 4‑6)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Sin Defined (v.4)

@LEVEL FOUR = Lawlessness = defiance

@LEVEL FOUR = Attitude of Rebellion

@ILL TITLE = STANDING UP INSIDE

@ILL TEXT = Little Judy was riding in the car with her father.  She decided to stand up in the front seat.  Her father commanded her to sit down and put on the seat belt, but she declined.  he told her a second time, and again she refused. "If you don't sit down immediately, I'll pull over to the side o f the road and spank you!"  Dad finally said, and at this the little girl obeyed.  But in a few minutes she said quietly, "Daddy I'm still standing up inside."

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@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Sin Defeated (vv. 5‑6)

@LEVEL FOUR = Resource for Victory (v.5)

@LEVEL FOUR = Reason for Victory (v.6)

@INDENT PARA =          Live in Christ

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. To Destroy The Works Of The Devil (vv. 7‑8)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. The Devil is Real

@LEVEL FOUR = Not eternal

@LEVEL FOUR = Fell into sin

@ILL TEXT = "Christ is God but was willing to become a servant.  Satan was a servant and wanted to become God."

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. The Devil is Dangerous

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. The Devil is Defeated

@LEVEL FOUR = "Destroy" = to render inoperative, to rob of power.

@ILL TITLE = THE PARABLE OF THE STRONG MAN<R>(Luke 11:14‑23)

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN ME (vv. 9‑10)

@LEVEL TWO = "seed" = refers to regeneration.

@LEVEL TWO = Regeneration produces a New Nature

@SCRIPTURE = 1PE 1:23<R>For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

@SCRIPTURE = 2CO 5:17<R>Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

@LEVEL TWO = We must care for our New Nature

@SCRIPTURE = 2CO 4:16<R>Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

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@LEVEL TWO = 1B. We Must Feed The Inner Man

@SCRIPTURE = MAT 4:4<R>Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Study God's Word

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Pray

@ILL TITLE = TWO DOGS

@ILL TEXT = A converted Indian explained, "I have two dogs living in me‑a me an dog and good dog.  They are always fighting.  The mean dog wants me to do bad things, and the good dog wants me to do good things.  Do you want to know which dog wins?  The one I feed the most.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. We Must Cleanse The Inner Man

@SCRIPTURE = JAM 4:8<R>Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double‑minded.

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Recognize our Sin

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Repent of our Sin

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. We Must Exercise The Inner Man

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Sharing our Faith

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Doing good Works

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Building up the Saints

@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION

@LEVEL TWO = I Serve The Lord Because

@LEVEL THREE = He Loves Me

@LEVEL THREE = He Died For Me

@LEVEL THREE = He Lives In Me