Text: Text: Hebrews 6:1-3 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of
repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of
resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
Hebrews 6:1-3 (Message Bible) So come on, let's leave the preschool
finger painting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art.
Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your
back on "salvation by self-help" and turning in trust toward God; baptismal
instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment.
God helping us, we'll stay true to all that. But there's so much more. Let's get
on with it!
We are well versed in the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Where
do we go to from here?
Examine yourselves
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Ask God for help
Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.
Look to the past and see what God has done.
Psalm 121:1-8 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper. The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Forget the past that is unprofitable
Ephesians 5:6-14 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith; Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Repent and move on
Romans 14:22 Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Don't let Satan haunt you with sins that God has forgiven you.
What else can we do for Jesus?
Say not; What will God do for me. Say; What can I do for Jesus.
Is your life o.k. with the Lord? How are you doing?
Have you allowed sin to creep in?
Have you neglected your prayer life?
Have you read your bible lately?
Have the things of this life kept you out of church?
FUTURE (2021) commit, submit & benefit
Philippians 3:11-14 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also, I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
You are on your way
Philippians 3:12-14 The Message
12 I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made.
But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me.
13 Friends don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus.
14 I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Are we doing all we can do for Jesus?
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
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Evangelize
Can we pray that Jesus will send people out to church? This won't work.
Prayer is good. In fact, when we pray, we invoke the spirit of God and he
prepares hearts for evangelism.
We have to do things the way the scripture tells us to do them.
Luke 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the
highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be
filled.
Compel means to use irresistible force
We have already started the evangelizing process by praying for our communities. God is already talking to those in our communities about their souls. They are just waiting for our invitation to come and get saved.
Grow up in Christ. Each one must be the firstfruits of our labor.
Make yourself loveable.
Exercise your calling.
Get ready for revival.
This year can be the best one we have ever had. We have a lot to look forward to.
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