Short Bible messages part- 5

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CONTENT:

  • WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
  • UNDERSTANDING HEARTS AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART 
  • GOD'S FORGIVENESS: WILLED & AVAILABLE
  • A CHRISTIAN SHOULD / SHOULD NOT
  • WHY DID JESUS DIE?
  • WHEN JESUS ASCENDED?
  • BASIC CHANGES OCCUR IN SPIRITUAL CONVERSION
  • WHAT BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MARRIAGE?
  • WHICH ROAD ARE YOU ON?
  • WHO ACTED IN YOUR BEHALF AT THE CROSS?

WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

1. He is our God and we should so honour Him as such. PSALM 45:11

2. To honour Him and Praise His holy name.PSALM 66:1-4

3. In recognition of His holiness. PSALM 99:5,9 REVELATION 15:4

4.Because of His loving kindness. His truth, and His word. PSALM 138:1-2

5.Because He is worthy. REVELATION 4:10-11: 15:34; 7:15-12

6. To glorify Him. REVELATION 14:7

7. Because he is our God. PSALM 95-6-7 

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
John 4-24 

How We Worship God Each Lord's Day:

God has not only told man to worship john 4:24 but He has instructed us How to worship.

Each Lord's Day When We Meet Worship:

We Sing hymns and spiritual songs. Ephesians 5:9

We offer our prayer to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20

We gather around the LORD'S TABLE to remember the body and blood of our Savior Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20

WE GIVE as we have been prospered. 1 Corinthians 16:1-2

WE PREACH and TEACH the Word of God. 1 Timothy 4:2

We enter our places of assembly to worship 
We exit our places of assembly to serve

UNDERSTANDING HEARTS AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART 

Acts 13.21 Samuel 13:14

DAVID WAS AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART IN THAT HE... 
  • HID WORD IN HIS HEART. Psalm 119:11 . Colossians 3:16 1 John 3:5
  • LOVED GOD'S WORD Psalm 119:97 ,1 Kings 15:5, Psalm 1:2
  • CONFESSED HIS SINS Psalm 51:3 -2 Samuel 12:13 James 5:16 Proverbs 28:13
  • HATED EVERY FALSE WAY Psalm 119:104, 128 Revelation 2:7 . Romans 12.9 - Psalm 119:105
  • LOVED UNITY Proverbs 6:19 . Philippians 1:27

AFTER WHOSE HEART ARE YOU?1 Kings 3:9

WE NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF.....

  • OF OURSELVES 2 Corinthians 13:5 Galatians 6:4 1 Corinthians 9:27 Romans 12:3
  • TO DISCERN BE TWEEN GOOD AND EVIL Philippians 1:9-10 Hebrews 5:12-14        Romans 12-9
  • OF OTHERS Philippians 2:3-5 Matthew 7:12 Romans 12:15
  • OF GOD'S WILL Ephesians 5:17, 2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Corinthians 14:20
  • TO JUDGE RIGHTEOUSLY John 7:24 Matthew 7:1-6 Matthew 5:7 Colossians 2:16
  • OF THE CHURCH Acts 2:38-41, 47 Ephesians 4:12  Ephesians 3:10-11

SOLOMON'S REQUEST IS A GOOD ONE FOR TODAY!

GOD'S FORGIVENESS: WILLED & AVAILABLE

Forgiveness is Available
Luke 23:34

GOD'S FORGIVENESS IS FULL AND PERFECT Acts 3:19
GOD'S FORGIVENESS FORGIVES ALL OUR INIQUITIES Psalm 103:5
GOD'S FORGIVENESS CLEANSES US OF OUR SINS 1 John 1:0
GOD'S FORGIVENESS REMEMBERS SIN NO MORE Isaiah 43:25

"... THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW." ISAIAH 1:18

Forgiveness: God's Will For Us

  1. FORGIVENESS LACKING TODAY
  2. FORGIVENESS A COMMAND
  3. FORGIVENESS IS CHRIS-LIKENESS
  4. FORGIVENESS IS KEY TO JOYFUL CHRISTIANITY
  5. FORGIVENESS IS THE RESULT GOD'S GRACE
  6. FORGIVEN TO BE PERPETUAL
  7. FORGIVENESS IS THE KEY TO OUR FORGIVENESS

ARE YOU FORGIVING AND FORGIVEN?

CHRISTIAN GRACES CHANGE PEOPLE!

ADD THE CHRISTIAN GRACES...
2 Peter 1:5-11

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge: And to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience and to patience godliness: And to godliness brotherly Kindness and to brotherly kindness charity For it these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 
2 Peter 1:5-8.
  • Add FAITH
  • Add VIRTUE
  • Add KNOWLEDGE
  • Add TEMPERANCE
  • Add PATIENCE
  • Add GODLINESS
  • Add BROTHERLY KINDNESS
  • Add LOVE

WHEN PEOPLE BECOME CHRISTIANS, THEY CHANGE!
2 Corinthians 5:17-21

  • A CHRISTIAN HAS A CHANGE OF HEART Paul saw Jesus differently Acts 9:1-18
  • A CHRISTIAN HAS A NEW LIFESTYLE Romans 6:14-18, 21-22
  • A CHRISTIAN HAS A CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIP Galatians 3:27
  • A CHRISTIAN HAS A NEW ALLEGIANCE A NEW LOYALTY Romans 10:9-10        
  • Matthew 22:42
  • A CHRISTIAN HAS A NEW REASON FOR LIVING - A NEW PURPOSE OF LIFE            Acts 26-16-17 Philippians 1:21

CHRISTIANS CHANGE FROM THE INSIDE OUTWARDLY!

A CHRISTIAN SHOULD / SHOULD NOT

A Christian Should Not

  • Fear
  • Lie
  • Waste Time
  • Be Deceived
  • Swear
  • Steal
  • Defraud
  • Get Drunk
  • Sow Discord
  • Sin Wilfully
  • Love the World
  • Be Dishonest
  • Commit Adultery
  • Be a Busybody
  • Hate One Another
  • Dress Immodestly
  • Sin with the Tongue
  • Live After the Flesh
  • Forsake the Worship Service
  • Be Fashioned by the World
  • Neglect Salvation
  • Offend Others

A Christian Should 

  • Teach Others
  • Be faithful
  • Seek God First
  • Study the Bible
  • Obey Government
  • Love the Brethren
  • Set a Good Example 
  • Overcome Evil with Good
  • Walk Worthy of God
  • Add the Christian Graces
  • Do Good to All People
  • Worship in Spirit and Truth
  • Glorify God in His Body
  • A good man out of the
  • Grow in Grace and Knowledge
  • Bring Forth Fruit to God
  • Fight the Good Fight of Faith
  • Attend Services Faithfully 
  • Wear the Whole Armour of God
  • Bear the Burdens of Others
  • Demonstrate the Fruit of the Spirit 
  • Keep Unspotted from the World

WHY DID JESUS DIE?

  • To make an atonement for sin  Heb 1:3; 2:17, John 2:2
  • To put away the hindrance of sin Heb 9:26
  • To put away the guilt of sin Rom 4:25
  • To cleanse from the pollution of sin Rev 1:5
  • To constitute us righteous Roman 5:19,2 Cor 5:21
  • To deliver us from the world Gal 1:4
  • To separate us from self 2 Cor 5:4-15
  • To bring us to God 1 Peter 3:18
  • To make us dead to sin 1 Peter 2:24
  1. JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS 1 Cor 15:1-4 John 3:17 Rom 5:8 Heb 2:9
  2. JESUS DIED TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE FOR MAN John 3:16; 15:13 1 John 3:15-16
  3. JESUS DIED TO FULFIL PROPHECY Mark 15:24-28 Isa 53:12 John 19:23-24 Psa 22:18
  4. JESUS DIED TO SHOW OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER'S WILL LK 22:41-42 John 19:30 Heb 5:8-9 John 10:17-18
  5. JESUS DIED FOR THE UNITY OF BELIEVERS IN ONE BODY (CHURCH) Eph 2:13-16; 4:46. John 17:20-21 Acte 2:46; 4:32
  6. JESUS DIED TO ESTABLISH THE CHURCH Acts 20:28 Mt 16:18 Eph. 1:20-23 Rom. 1:4

"WHILE JESUS WAS ON THE CROSS, YOU WERE ON HIS MIND."

WHEN JESUS ASCENDED
Acts 1:9-11

When Jesus Ascended 
  • 1 Savior returned home
  • 11 Apostles saw Him leave 
  • 2 Angels promised His return
  • The earth gave Him up 
  • Heaven received him up
  • God seated Him on His own right hand
  • All mankind benefited
Jesus Ascended As... 
  • The risen Lord Acts 2:24 
  • The Mediator Between Bed and man 1 Timothy 2:3-7 
  • The Ransomed One 1 Timothy 3:6
  • The Advocate of man before God 1 John 2:1-2
  • Man's High Priest Hebrews 8:1
  • Man's Intercessor Hebrews 7:25
  • "King of Kings, and Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16
  • The Coming One Acts 1:11
"Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, he was taken up and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up heaven? This name Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven"".

CONVERSION AND CHANGES INVOLVED

  • PSALM 19:7 "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul."
  • PSALM 51:13 "Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted to them."
  • MATTHEW 18:3-"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye the converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."
  • ACTS 3:19- Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sine may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord."
CONVERSION
  • From two Greek words
  • Means: "turn" "turning"
  • Appears 48 times in the New Testament,39 times translated "turn", 9 times translated "convert"
  • A spiritual turning which is man's own act in response to God's command.
  • Man is responsible for turning to God.
  • Must be according to the commands of the Lord rather than the feeling of the individual.
THREE BASIC CHANGES MUST OCCUR IN SPIRITUAL CONVERSION

1. The HEART (affection) must be changed from the love of sin to the love of God.

2. The LIFE (conduct) of man must be changed from sin to righteousness.

3. The STATE (relationship) of man must be changed from the realm of Satan's rule to God's Kingdom.
  • HEARING brings faith and faith changes the heart to obey.
  • BELIEF leads to repentance.
  • REPENTANCE changes life
  • CONFESSION changes allegiance.
  • BAPTISM changes one's state or relationship.
"And said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."Matthew 18:5.

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MARRIAGE?

  1. MARRIAGE IS GOD'S IDEA Genesis 2:18-24
  2. COMMITMENT IS ESSENTIAL IN A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE Genesis 24:58-60
  3. ROMANCE IN MARRIAGE IS IMPORTANT Genesis 29:10-11
  4. MARRIAGE HOLDS TIMES OF GREAT JOY Jeremiah 7:34
  5. MARRIAGE HOLDS THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR REARING CHILDREN Malachi 2:14-15
  6. UNFAITHFULNESS BREAKS DOWN THE BOND OF TRUST, THE FOUNDATION OF RELATIONSHIPS Matthew 5:32
  7. MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT Matthew 19:6
  8. IDEALLY, ONLY DEATH SHOULD DISSOLVE MARRIAGE Romans 7:2-3
  9. MARRIAGE IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLED PRACTICE OF LOVE, NOT FEELINGS Ephesians 5:221-33
  10. MARRIAGE IS A LIVING SYMBOL OF CHRIST & HIS CHURCH Ephesians 5:23
  11. MARRIAGE IS GOOD AND HONORABLE Hebrews 13:4

ON THE ROAD?

Which Road Are You On?

  • THERE IS A ROAD THAT SEEMS RIGHT BUT ISN'T  Proverbs 16:25
  • THERE IS A BROAD ROAD LEADING TO DESTRUCTION  Matthew 7:13
  • THERE IS A NARROW ROAD LEADING TO EVERLASTING LIFE  Matthew 7:14
  • THERE IS THE ROAD OF OTHERS
  • THERE IS ONE'S OWN ROAD
  • THERE IS SATAN'S ROAD
  • THERE IS CHRIST'S ROAD... HIMSELF  John 14:6

ARE YOU ON THE RIGHT ROAD?

INTERCESSION AT THE CROSS

Who Acted In Your Behalf At the Cross?

  1. JUDAS Betrayed the Lord Matthew 25:14-15, 47-49
  2. DISCIPLES Ran away Matthew 26:56-58
  3. JEWISH RELIGIOUS LEADERS Kept people away from Christ
  4. THE MOB Blindly followed their leaders Matthew 21:8-9
  5. THOSE WHO DROVE THE NAILS "Jesus is just another Man"
  6. ROMAN CENTURION Knew the truth but did nothing about it Matthew 27:54
  7. ROMAN SOLDIERS Indifference John 19:2
  8. SIMON OF CYRENE Served because he was compelled Matthew 27:32
  9. JOHN A true friend & servant John 27:32
  10. MARY, THE LORD'S MOTHER With her son to the end John 19:25
  11. MARY MAGDALENE A faithful follower
  12. MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES & CLEOPHAS A faithful follower
  13. MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES & JOSHES Followed Christ regardless of circumstances John 19:25

Who represented you when they crucified our lord? (Isaiah 53:4,11-12 fulfilled)
Study: Redemption, Atonement






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