WEEK 3 OF SERIES ON HURLDES

  A TEMPORARY OBSTACLE OR DIFFICULTY, A BARRIER A WALL OF FENCE.  NOT A DEAD END

WEEK 1 HURDLE- READ FIRE AIM                                          

   IS IT POSSIBLE SOMEONE IS TRYING TO

• LOOK LIKE A GRAPE- ACT LIKE A GRAPE- SMELL LKE A GRAPE TASTE LIKE A GRAPE – AND THEY ARE NOT SAVED

WEEK 2-

• WHAT ARE POSSIBLE HURDLES FOR US AS CHRISTIAN PEOPLE RELATED TO CULTURE?

WEEK 3.  …

STEALTH BOMBER                                             

• February 23 2008, Spirit of Kansas, a B-2 STEALTH BOMBER Spirit  crashed.
• aircraft  destroyed, crew members EJECT
• The accident marked the first operational loss of a B‑2 bomber
• TINY SENSOR FROM UNDER WINDSHILED
• 1/100^TH OF 1 % OF COST OF PLANE HUMIDITY SENSOR
• estimated loss of US$1.4 billion- NOW 2 BILLION.       

TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES ON HURDLES

• WHAT KEEPS US FROM EXPERIENCING FULLNESS OF LIFE WITH GOD?
• EVEN A TINY THING- A SMALL SIN IN OUR LIVES IS TOO MUCH
• IS YOUR LIFE FREE FROM THE CONTAMINATION OF SIN – HOW DID WE GET HERE?                              

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:15

    15. “THE LORD GOD TOOK THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO WORK IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT”

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:16

  16. AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN, “YOU ARE FREE TO EAT FROM ANY TREE IN THE GARDEN;

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:17

  17. BUT YOU MUST NOT EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, FOR WHEN YOU EAT FROM IT YOU WILL CERTAINLY DIE.”

• PERFECT UNION- HARMONY WITH ONE ANOTHER
• NEED YOU TO KNOW ALL THIS IS YOURS
• JUST ONE SMALL THING- ALL OF IT- BUT …

AN OUTSIDE VOICE- THE DEVIL ARRIVES

 SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:3                                   

   3. BUT DID GOD SAY, “YOU MUST NOT EAT FRUIT FROM THE TREE THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARDEN, AND YOU MUST NOT TOUCH IT, OR YOU WILL DIE.”

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:4

   4. “YOU WILL NOT CERTAINLY DIE,” THE SERPENT SAID TO THE WOMAN.

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:5

   5. FOR GOD KOWS THAT WHEN YOU EAT FROM IT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:6

   6. WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD AND PLEASING TO THE EYE, AND ALSO DESIRABLE FOR GAINING WISDOM

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:6

   6. SHE TOOK SOME AND ATE IT. SHE ALSO GAVE SOME TO HER HUSBAND, WHO WAS WITH HER, AND HE ATE IT.

• RELATIONSHIP FRACTURED- ONE BITE?
• THE INTENDED DESIGN NOW BROKEN

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:8

   8. “AND THEY HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY.”

SCRIPTURE GENESIS 3:8

   8. AND ADAM AND HIS WIFE HID THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD AMONGST THE TREES OF THE GARDEN

• RELATIONSHIP BROKEN-YET GOD PURSUES THEM

• SIN IS … WE DON’T EVEN USE THE WORD
• SIN COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE SALVATION
• DO SOMETHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG DO IT ANYWAY.
• DANGEROUS/RISKY/UNFORGIVING

SIN: WILLFUL VIOLATION TO THE KNOWN LAW OF GOD

SLIDE 16: TEN COMMANDMENTS

• SERVE THE LORD ONLY DON’T TAKE LORDS NAME IN VAIN
• REMEMBER THE SABBATH (NOT AS SERIOUS)
• HONOR YOUR MOM AND DAD DON’T KILL- BIGGER ONE
• DON’T COMMIT ADULTERY
• DON’T STEAL DON’T BEAR FALSE WITNESS
• DON’T COVET NEIGHBORS WIFE OR GOODS

SCRIPTURE 1 JOHN 1:5

   5. THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE HAVE HEARD FROM HIM AND DECLARE TO YOU. GOD IS LIGHT; IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.

SCRIPTURE 1 JOHN 1:6

    6. IF WE CLAIM TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND YET WALK IN DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT LIVE OUT THE TRUTH.

SCRIPTURE 1 JOHN 1:7

   7. BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN.  (YOU CANNOT MANAGE SIN)

   THERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD.               

    DRAWN FROM EMMANUELS VEINS`

    AND SINNERS PLUNGE BENEATH THAT FLOOD

    LOSE ALL THEIR GUILTY STAIN

SCRIPTURE MARK 7:20

  20. HE WENT ON: “WHAT COMES OUT OF A PERSON IS WHAT DEFILES THEM.

SCRIPTURE MARK 7:21

  21. FOR IT IS FROM WITHIN, OUT OF A PERSONS HEART, THAT EVIL THOUGHTS COME-SEXUAL IMMORALITY, THEFT, MURDER,

 SCRIPTURE MARK 7:22

  22. ADULTERY, GREED, MALICE, DECEIT, LEWDNESS, ENVY, SLANDER, ARROGANCE, AND FOLLY.

SCRIPTURE MARK 7:23

  23. ALL THESE COME FROM INSIDE A PERSON AND DEFILE A PERSON.”

PICTURE OF DOG KOBE GRIFFIN

• THIS DOG LOOKS CUTE/FUN/FRIENDLY
• He embodies both a sinful nature and sinful behavior.

• All of the forgiveness and correction we have given him, not affected the sinful dog nature inside of him.

SLIDE 25: SCRIPTURE GALATIONS 5:19                        

  19. THE ACTS OF THE FLESH ARE OBVIOUS: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, AND DEBAUCHURY;

 SCRIPTURE GALATIONS 5:20

  20. IDOLATRY AND WITHCRAFT; HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS

SCRIPTURE GALATIONS 5:21

  21. AND ENVY; DRUNKENESS, ORGIES, AND THE LIKE. I WARN YOU, AS I DID BEFORE, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”

• NOW BREATHE- WE DIDN’T SEE CATALOG-
• JUST READ LIST OF THINGS CONTRARY TO GOD

SCRIPTURE GALATIONS 5:22

  22. “BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, FORBEARANCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF CONTROL.

 SCRIPTURE  JOHN 16:13

  13. BUT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, COMES, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN; HE WILL SPEAK ONLY WHAT HE HEARS, AND HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS YET TO COME.”

 PICTURE OF BASEBALL GAME  W B CLASSIC  

• STORY OF A MAN- CATCHER
• ELEM SCHOOL-HS/ COLLEGE/ ADULT LEAGUE
• CAUGHT OVER 1000 BASEBALL GAMES
• COACH-FAN-PARENT-SPORTSWRITER/OPPONENT
• OUR PITCHER STRUGGLING-INJURED
• HE STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT/ DOESN’T LIKE YOU
• PLEASE CHANGE SIZE OF THE PLATE-

Can I ask you this morning-Is your life free from the contamination of sin? THE SMALLEST THING?

• DO WE THINK EVERYONE ENDS UP IN HEAVEN ?

• TABLETS TO CLEAN AND PURIFY

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Church of the Nazarene – East Rockingham Campus 

Hurdles Part 3 

Control freak… 

We are continuing in our 4-part teaching series called “Hurdles”. 

Throughout this series we are going to face some of the key obstacles or hurdles that keep us from a full and abundant life in Christ. 

Today we are talking about the hurdle of control. 

The fact is, we love this level of control and in many ways have come to expect it in most areas of our lives… 

Sometimes we expect control in our relationship with Jesus. And control will always be a hurdle for us in growing closer to Jesus. 

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭24‬‬ 

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 

Jesus says that whoever really wants to experience life with him, you have to be all in. 

You have to deny yourself- say no to your desires, your old ways of doing things, what feels good. Give up your right to do your own thing, yoru own way. 

Take up your cross- Jesus is using the cross bearing idea that we would literally die to our old way of life and thinking- that it has no power over us anymore. 

We deny ourselves, put a decisive end to life our way, and we follow after Jesus. We learn to do all of life, his way. 

This is the picture Jesus paints for everyone who wants to know him in relationship. 

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬-‭6‬‬ 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. 

This is one of the often quoted verses of the bible and it’s all about letting go of control. That we would trust the Lord completely, we wouldn’t depend on our perspective or our understanding- we would give that up and trust him. 

In all your ways submit to him, that is a letting go of control. Surrender. 

As long as we clinch on to what we will and wont do, what we will and wont surrender. Our hands and our heart are closed off from receiving more of God’s grace, more of his presence in our lives. We are closing ourselves off from the Lord. 

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬‬ 

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 

Paul is saying that he has put to death his old self, his desires, his self-determination, his rights, he has given all that over to the Lord- it’s as if he died. Complete and total surrender to Jesus himself. 

You could say, Paul has waved the white flag of surrender. 

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬‬ 

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. 

The normal Christian response to all of God’s mercy is that we would give ourselves 100% over to the Lord and whatever he wants and wills for our lives. 

This is not just for pastors, or board members, or those who feel some sort of calling on their life- This is for everyone who wants to be a Christian, a follower of Jesus. 

Because this is exactly what Jesus taught us… 

On the other side of the hurdle of control is grace, peace, life, and freedom that far surpasses anything you are being asked to surrender. 

When we waive the white flag of surrender over our lives, we open ourselves up to receive more of him, more of his grace and presence in our lives. And that’s our invitation this morning. 

To waive the white flag of surrender over our lives. 

Panel Discussion on the hurdles of our culture

““Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.””‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭36‬-‭40‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Church of the Nazarene – East Rockingham Campus 

Hurdles Part 2 

A little dance with darkness… 

We are continuing in our 4-part teaching series called “Hurdles”. 

Throughout this series we are going to face some of the key obstacles or hurdles that keep us from a full and abundant life in Christ. 

Today we are talking about the hurdle of “little sins”. 

It can be easy for us to think that the smaller consequences of some sin, means they are not that big of a deal. But that’s not a biblical view of sin. In fact, the bible knows nothing of “little sins”. The bible says that all sin is serious and it is always a hurdle in our relationship with Jesus. 

Sin shows up in the human story in chapter 3 of Genesis. 

In Genesis 1 and 2, God has created all things. All of creation and the cosmos, the land, the sea, and everything in them. He has created Adam and Eve, male and female, in his image. God has given them an identity, a calling and purpose for their lives. They are his co-agents, in creation, they enjoy perfect intimacy together. 

This is God’s vision for humanity- for your life and mine. That hasn’t changed. 

In this relationship, God gives them a choice. For a relationship to be loving, for it to be real intimacy, there has to be choice. Without a choice, Adam and Eve would have been God’s Robots, not sons and daughters. 

So God has given them unlimited freedom with only one rule, one choice to obey him. 

The devil comes into the story as a snake, and he goes after Eve at the point of this choice. He convinces her that God is holding out on them, that he cant be trusted. 

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3‬:‭6‬‬ 

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 

Sin enters our story. 

Sin wasn’t just the eating of a forbidden fruit, the breaking of a rule. It was the failure to be fully human as God intended. It was a fracture of trust and relationship with God, it was outside of his planned design for their lives. Friends that’s sin. 

In the Old Testament Hebrew Language, the word for sin is Khata (Ha-tah). In the New Testament Greek the word is Hamartia. Both words carry the same idea of missing the mark, or a failure to make the goal, or coming up short. 

The bible pictures sin as a failure to live into our calling as image bearers of God, a coming up short of our truest calling as his sons and daughters. 

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬-‭9‬‬ 

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 

We choose sin, it continually separates us from relationship with God and distorts our lives. God in his mercy and grace continually comes after us, inviting us to turn away from our sin and into right relationship with him. 

To be transformed, to be healed, and remade into the design he has for our lives and our flourishing. 

And the healing and renewal is a critical part of God’s mercy because sin, according to the bible, is not just wrong actions, a list of rules broken. Sin has distorted our humanity- it’s a nature, a drive within us. Sin is part of our nature now as a result of Genesis 3. 

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭7‬‬ 

The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬‬ 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 

The Good news for us today, is that Jesus came to deal with both. The guilt of our wrong actions, and the corruption and impurity of our heart. 

‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭23‬-‭24‬‬ 

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. 

Dealing with sin on our own seems hopelessly impossible, and to be honest, it pretty much is. But God does not expect us to deal with it alone, he invites us to surrender out life to him, including our sin, and allow him to come into our lives and make us new. 

To literally restore and renew his image witin us, that we wouldn’t even desire sin anymore. 

That’s the hope today friends- that’s the invitation. 

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭9‬‬ 

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 

If we will confess our sins- that is we agree with the Lord that what we are doing is wrong, that it is sin and falling short of who he has called us to be, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins, and purity us from all unrighteousness. 

Are you ready to clear the hurdle of sin in your life? Walk in the light, as he is in the light. 

• WELCOME
• STRUCK ME- HURDLERS RUN EFFORTLESS
• SOME SEEM TO STRUGGLE- OTHERS DON’T

HURDLE DEFINED

• TEMPORARY OBSTACLE
• A BARRIER- WALL A FENCE
• HURDLES ARE NOT WALLS PER SAY
• THEY AREN’T DEAD ENDS

  READY     FIRE        AIM

• PLANNING SERIES TOPICS
• CONVERSATION – SOME THINGS ARE HURLDES
• SOMETIMES WE GET THINGS OUT OF ORDER

PUT YOUR BOAT IN WATER- NO PLUG IN IT

HOSE IN YOUR GAS TANK GO PULL AWAY

• DON’T GET THIS SERIES RIGHT- WE RUN THE RISKS

Putting sanctification before salvation (justification)-SPIN WHEELS

• only be frustrated if you want to act like Christ before you have CHRIST

 SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:22                                      

  22. THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS GIVEN THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEW AND GENTILE.

SCRIPTURE 3:23

  23. FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

 SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:24

  24. AND ALL ARE JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS.       (JUST AS IF I NEVER SINNED)

SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:25

  25. GOD PRESENTED CHRIST AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT, THROUGH THE SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD-TO BE RECEIVED BY FAITH

 SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:25

  25. HE DID THIS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE IN HIS FORBEARANCE HE HAD LEFT THE SINS COMMITTED BEFOREHAND UNPUNISHED.

SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:26

  26. HE DID IT TO DEMONSTRATE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AT THE PRESENT TIME.

SCRIPTURE ROMANS 3:26

  26. SO AS TO BE JUST AND THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS.

SLIDE 12: SIN                                                                        

• WORKING DEFINITION

WILLFUL VIOLATION TO THE KNOWN LAW OF GOD

• I WONDER TODAY- HOW MANY ARE TRYING

YOU ATTEND CHURCH – READ SOME SCRIPTURE

KNOW SOME OF THE SONGS – TOOK COMMUNION

NOT BECAUSE WE WERE BAPTIZED

• THINGS THAT SHOULD BE EVIDENCE OF OUR FAITH
• THERE ARE THINGS WE DO BECAUSE OF FAITH
• NOT THE SOURCE OF OUR FAITH
• HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN- ADOPTION

HAVE YOU REPENTED OF YOUR SINS?

   SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH-

GRACE CALLS US TO REPENANCE, WHICH IS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEING SORRY FOR OUR SIN, BUT TURNING AWAY FROM OUR SIN. TURNING FROM OURSELVES TOWARD GOD. WHEN WE RESPOND TO GODS GRACE WE ARE ABLE TO REPENT AND BELIEVE. 

   ROY: FORMER CHURCH                                                 

• DIDN’T LIKE ME MUCH- I WORE JEANS- HE WORE TIE
• DIDN’T CARE FOR MUSIC- TELL WORSHIP LEADER
• DIDN’T LIKE THE CHURCH GROWING- HIS WIFE
• OTHERS DIDN’T WANNA EAT WITH HIM-WAITRESSES
• HED BEEN IN CHURCH FOR LONG TIME-SAME SEAT
• SOMETIMES TELL ME- SOMETIMES TALK BOUT ME
• NO ONE WAS SURPRISED AND EVEN EXPECTED IT
• PEOPLE JUST TOLERATED HIM
• I DIDN’T AND NO ONE ELSE SAW ANY CHANGE
• WE ARENT HIRED TO INSPECT SPIRITUAL FRUIT
• BUT NO ONE SAW ANY REAL CHANGE IN HIS LIFE
• NO ONE EXPECTED HIM TO BECOME LIKE JESUS

SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO LIVE A LIFE LIKE JESUS

• I WONDERED- HAS ROY EVER BEEN SAVED?

HAD HE GENUINELY REPENTED OF ANYTHING?

   I ALSO WONDERED IF HE HAS BEEN SAVED- HAS HE EXPERIENCED ANY REAL LIFE CHANGE

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 4:17

  17. “FROM THEN ON JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH, “REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND TURN TO GOD, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR.”

   JAREDS STATEMENT ON REPENTANCE- DIDN’T MEAN IT

SCRIPTURE 1 JOHN 1:9

   “IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND PURIFY US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNES

SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

  21. GOD MADE HIM WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN HIM WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21.

  21. FOR GOD TOOK THE SINLESS CHRIST AND POURED INTO HIM OUR SINS. THEN IN EXCHANGE, HE POURED GODS GOODNESS INTO US.”

STATEMENT ON SALVATION

   SALVATION IS A THRESHOLD SO LOW ANYONE CAN COME ACROSS IT

STATEMENT ON SALVATION

   BUT ITS SO HIGH NO ONE CAN CLIMB IT

SALVATION IS A GIFT- SAVED BY GRACE- FAITH

COACH BILL MCARTNEY

• FORMER COLORADO FOOTBALL COACH

 JAMES RYLE

• FORMER PASTOR OF BILL MCARTNEY

  PROMISE KEEPERS

• 1997 WASHINGTON DC
• PREACHED THAT NIGHT

 MACHINE                                  

• A MACHINE THAT HAS FASCINATING PARTS
• THE MACHINE DOES NOTHING
• LOOKS IMPRESSIVE

POSSIBLE TO LOOK LIKE A GRAPE AND NOT BE ATTACHED

JUSTIFICATION

   IS THE FREEDOM FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN

SANCTIFICATION

   IS THE FREDEDOM FROM THE POWER OF SIN

 GLORIFICATION

  IS THE FREEDOM FROM THE PRESENCE OF SIN

   SANCTIFICATION– A SCRIPTURE FROM PAUL

 SCRIPTURE 1 THESALONIANS 5:23

  23. “MAY GOD HIMSELF, THE GOD OF PEACE, SANCTIFY YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH.” (PARTIALLY)

SCRIPTURE 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23

  23. MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY BE KEPT BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

 SCRIPTURE 1 THESSALONIANS 5:24               

  24. THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL, HE WILL DO IT.

• PAUL ALSO SAID ROMANS 12:1

  12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to

BRENNAN MANNING- CATHOLIC PRIEST- RETREAT

ROMANS 7:25

SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND ME WHEN YOU SEEK

COMMUNION

DO YOU BELIEVE TODAY JESUS DIED ON A CROSS FOR YOUR SINS THAT SOMEHOW THAT HAPPENED FOR YOU- IF SO THEN DECLARE IT TODAY

SCRIPTURE ROMANS 10:9

   9. “IF YOU DECLARE WITH YOUR MOUTH, “JESUS IS LORD, AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED.

 SCRIPTURE ROMANS 10:10

  10. FOR IT IS WITH YOUR HEART THAT YOU BELIEVE AND ARE JUSTIFIED, AND IT IS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU PROFESS YOUR FAITH AND ARE SAVED.

WHAT IS NECASSARY

BELIEVE IN JESUS ENOUGH TO FOLLOW HIM

HOLINESS IS INSTANTANEOUS AND ALSO PROGRESSIVE

REPENTANCE IS NOT A ONCE AND DONE- ITS AN ENTRANCE

SURRENDER ISN’T A ONE AND DONE EVENT

PAUL SAID I DIE DAILY

 Judson W. Van DeVenter-

MAKING A DECISION TO STAY AN ARTIST OR ANSWER CALL

MENTORED BILLY GRAHAM

1 All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

SOME TO JESUS I SURRENDUR

SOME TO HIM I BEGRDUGINLY GIVE

2 All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel Thy Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

SOME OF US NEED TO JUST REPENT AND BE SAVED

SOME OF US NOT TO SURRENDER AFRESH AND NEW

WE NEED A NEW FILLING

WE DON’T GET A PIECE OF GOD-

HE GETS ALL OF US