Four Steps of Discpliship

James

James 4:7 (NKJV)

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Tom Taylor <[e-mail]> 4:41 PM (11 minutes ago) 📷 📷 to care 📷 MENS GROUP 11-9-21 REMIND THE GUYS IF THEY WANT TO ATTEND THE FRIENDSGIVING EVENT  THEY NEED TO REGISTER LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT DISCIPLES. TAKE  OUT YOUR PHONES WRITE DOWN THESE FOUR THINGS

# 1 ADMIT # 2 SUBMIT # 3 COMMIT # 4 TRANSMIT LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT. #1 ADMIT #1 ADMIT.  MEANS TO CONFESS                                             #1  ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH #2 EXCEPT THE TRUTH.                          #3 CONFESS  THE TRUE TAKING OWNERSHIP - OWN UP.OF THE TRUTH TO SPEAK THE TRUTH WE COULD SPEND A FULL MONTH ON EACH OF THESE AND PROBABLY SHOULD . BUT WE WONT. UNLESS THE MAJORITY RULES OTHER WISE. #2 SUBMIT-           THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN JAMES THAT EVERYONE LOVES -AT LEAST THE SECOND HALF THATS THE PART MOST PEOPLE QUOTE. JAMES. 4 -7. SPEAKS OF GOD GIVING GRACE TO THE HUMBLE V7 THEREFORE SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. WHEN I SEE THIS WORD I THINK OF TWO MEANINGS A.  SUBMIT  BRINGING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE FOR  SERVICE. A CONTRACT        3 COPIES IM AGREEING                                       ROMANS 12 -1 I BESEECH YOU  THEREFORE , BRETHREN , BY THR MERCIES OF GOD THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE,HOLY, AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE.                                ACCEPT OR YELD TO A SUPERIOR FORCE OR TO THE AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER PERSON  HERES SOME EXAMPLES , THAT AS MEN YOU PROBABLY WONT LIKE BACK DOWN- CAVE IN  SOFTER SAYINGS GIVE IN- GIVE WAY OR RIGHT OF WAY TO YELD SUBMIT COMES FROM THE  GREEK WORD HUPOTASSO / WHO /PO/TOSSO HUPO MEANING TO COME UNDER ARE TO ARANGE UNDER. ITS A MILITARY WORD MEANING SET IN YOUR PLACE UNDER A HIGHER AUTHORITY. AS A PRIVATE IS UNDER THE SARGENT SARGENT UNDER A MASTER SARGENT MASTER SARGENT UNDER A JESUS SUBMITTED TO WHAT GOD PERMITTED. JESUS SUBMITTED WHEN THEY CAME TO CAPTURE HIM. MATT. 26- DO YOU THINK THATI CANNOT PRAY TO MY FATHER AND HE WILL PROVIDE ME WITH MORE THAN 12 LEGIONS IF ANGELS THAT 72 THOUSANDS ANGLES IN THE GARDEN : LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME . NEVERTHELESS NOT MY WILL BUT THINE WILL BE DONE.