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STAYING CLOSE

INTRODUCTION

WE ARE IN SOME DIFFICULT TIMES, AND IT IS NOT THE TIME TO BE DISTANCING YOUR SELF FROM GOD.

THE BLOOD OF JESUS HAS GIVING US ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS FOR US.

WE SHOULD BE CONFIDENT THAT WHEN WE BOLDLY ENTER INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, WE CAN OBTAIN EVERYTHING WE STAND IN NEED OF.

JESUS CHRIST SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS FOR SIN PUT US BACK IN A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

PAUL LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN JEWS WARN THEM IT IS A TRAGIC THING TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY OF LIVING, WHEN JESUS CHRIST BLOOD HAS SET YOU FREE FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN.

HEBREWS 10:22- LET US DRAW NEAR WITH A TRUE HEART IN FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, HAVING OUR HEARTS SPRINKLED FROM AN EVIL CONSCIENCE, AND OUR BODIES WASHED WITH PURE WATER.

THERE ARE THINGS IN OUR LIVES THAT WILL KEEP US FROM DRAWING NEAR TO GOD, AND THEY ARE A HEART THAT IS REBELLIOUS AGAINST THE THINGS OF GOD, OR THE LACK OF TRUST IN GOD’S REDEMPTIVE WORK THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.

THE WORD REDEMPTIVE MEANS DELIVERING OR SAVING SOMEONE FROM SIN.

GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR US THE PERFECT SACRIFICE IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST AND BECAUSE OF IT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD WHICH PRODUCES GOD’S WORSHIP, GOD’S WORK, AND GOD’ WILL, BEING DONE IN THE WORLD.

WHAT DRAWS US NEAR TO GOD, IS A HEART THAT IS SINCERE.

WHEN WE DO THIS IT SHOWS A HEART THAT HAS BEEN REGENERATED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

MEANING YOUR YOUR HEART SHOULD SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES WITHIN YOU AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS HAS CLEANSE YOU FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.

THE WORD DRAW MEANS TO COME TO. WE MUST APPROACH GOD WITH CONFIDENCE AND FULL ASSURANCE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO HIM.

EPHESIANS 2:18 FOR THROUGH HIM WE BOTH HAVE ACCESS BY ONE SPIRIT UNTO THE FATHER.

THEN WE NEED TO HOLD FAST THE PROFESSION OF OUR FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING.

THE WORD HOLD IS TO STICK TO FIRMLY; WHETHER IN A PHYSICAL OR ABSTRACT SENSE.

BELIEVERS MUST BUILD A FIRM FOUNDATION IN THE LORD, THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN NO MATTER WHAT DIFFICULTIES MAY COME INTO THEIR LIVES.

YOUR PROFESSION IS YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM. IT’S WHO YOU TRUST IN OR WHO YOU RELY UPON.

IN ORDER FOR YOU TO TRUST SOMEONE, YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. ONCE THAT HAPPEN YOU TRUST THEM.

JESUS SAITH I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND LIFE; NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME.

WHEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE AND YOU WILL NOT FOLLOW ANOTHER.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 BUT WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES, THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRUST IN OURSELVES, BUT IN GOD WHICH RAISETH THE DEAD.

WE WAS THE WALKING DEAD, UNTIL THE SPIRIT OF GOD QUICKEN OUR MORTAL BODIES AND GAVE LIFE TO IT. THE WALKING DEAD IS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST JESUS.

WHEN YOUR HEART HAS BEEN PURGED FROM EVIL THOUGHTS AND EVIL DOINGS, YOU CAN LOVE OTHERS AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.

LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.

BELIEVERS NEED TO HAVE A URGENCY TO COME TOGETHER IN THE BOND OF UNITY, KNOWING WHAT TIMES WE ARE IN, AS THE DAY IS APPROACHING FOR JESUS CHRIST RETURN.

THE BIBLE SAID ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD, MEANING HE KEPT PACE WITH GOD. WE MUST STAY CLOSE TO GOD SO THAT WE DON’T FALL FROM GOD’S GRACE.