• Great Commission main theme!
• "Go and sin no more" - "and confirming the word with signs following!"
• Repent!
• They tell people the reason they are not saved is because of what they are doing!
• They tell others to be like they are - "They can be like me and then get saved, too!"
• But they don't really know to tell them ...
• ... they are lost because they are in Adam, it really isn't their fault or walk, but...
• I Corinthians 15:22 - For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
• ... the true definition of the 'lost'
• Ephesians 2:11-12 - Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• The truth! - they are lost because they reject the Risen Saviour for their 'free' salvation, not because of their works, etc.
• The truth - repenting and stopping their sinning won't do them an ounce of good until...!  Romans 8:8 - So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
• Walk in his footsteps to stay clean!
• Be 'like' Christ!
• Imitate Jesus!
• You are to be His image!
• Confess your sins for those few times you are "out of sorts with God"
• loss of salvation from God?
• loss of fellowship / closeness with God?
• loss of physical blessings if not right with God...
• or they seek gain, if their heart is 'right with God"
• See I Timothy 6:5 - ... supposing that gain is godliness...
• (See Acts 19:24-28 - Paul's stuff took away their gain and the magnificence of their religion.)
• Quotes:
• "The experience of Christianity isn't about me.  It' about us!"
• "Jesus promised that He would enter our lives if we ask Him!"
• delivered from the 'dominion' of darkness...
• (power changed)
• 'transferred' us 'to' the kingdom of his dear Son...
• ('translated' changed; 'unto' changed)
• etc.
• A few wrongly divided verses that could make you think you have to stop sinning today!
• I John 1:8-10 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• John 5:14 - Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
• John 8:11 - She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
• I John 3:8,9 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
• I John 3:22-24 -And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
• I Peter 2:21 - For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
• Hebrews 13:17 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

• 1 Corinthians 4:16 - So I urge you to imitate me.
• 1 Corinthians 11:1 - And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
• Ephesians 5:1 - Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.
• Ephesians 4:15 - Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

Ok, if that were to be true, then ...

• 1)  What is the judgment seat for?
• 2)  Did Christ not pay IT ALL?
• They sing that he did...
• 3)  It has become a very conceited Christianity
• Romans 11:25 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
• Also more and more Christians have become very prideful (they don't recognize that in themselves, either), thus the anger and contention when you try to talk to someone about their religion compared to the KJB and Paul!
• Proverbs 13:10 - Only by pride cometh contention...
• Ours shouldn't be a pride - we had nothing to do with what we have.
• We are humbled when we read what Christ did and how he did it.
• Joy - boldness - confidence - strength, etc.
• the more abundantly we love, the less we will be loved!
• we will be called the enemy because we tell them the truth.
• We are the answer to their prayers...  "Here is the truth, folks!"

We are APPROVED!
II Timothy 2:15,16 - Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

• Take a closer look - study... to shew thyself... approved unto God
• Not just learning how to do things that are approved (Philippians 1:9,10), but we can study to see the 'obvious' truth that "we are already approved unto God!"

• Ephesians 1:6 - To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

• Ephesians 2:13-18 - But now in Christ Jesus...
• II Thessalonians 2:13-17 - But we are bound to give thanks...
• Ephesians 5:8 - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord...
• II Timothy 3:10 - But thou has fully known my ...

• Romans 6:1-14
• We are no longer dead in our sins...
• Ephesians 2:1 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Ephesians 2:5 - Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• Colossians 2:13 - And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• Romans 6:15-22
• But now we can make a choice to follow our flesh / sin or not!
• On to the Judgment Seat of Christ
• our works - good and bad - will be judged!
• I Corinthians 3
• II Corinthians 5:10
• Romans 14:10
• Even Paul lost some battles
• See Romans 7:15-25
• Galatians 4:14 - And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

• ... an opportunity unto the furtherance of the gospel - see Philippians 1:12-14 is not God's wrath but reaping personally or from the nation's rejection of God are different 'results.'
• Can we make it work in our lives even when things get as bad as they are - and worse...?
• We are also seeing the importance of the brethren, folks - and that is scary knowing what the devil has done to blind hearts as well as minds... and the hardness that we are to endure as a soldier of Jesus Christ.   sigh
• Yet it is the brethren who are to take care of the brethren physically, etc.
• We have nothing to be ashamed of... even if we have messed up.
• We are approved!  Life must go on!  We have nothing to be ashamed of in God's eyes!
• II Timothy 1:8 - Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• I Timothy 6:6 - But godliness with contentment is great gain.
• Remember the true definition of godliness - I Timothy 3:16 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

• Yesterday!
• Jesus Christ took care of our soul!
• Christ on the cross, obviously, but ... there is more...
• The circumcision of Christ - Colossians 2:10-17
• Topped off with the sealing with that holy Spirit of promise! - Ephesians 1:13,14 - In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
• Today
• King James Bible rightly divided helps us with our growth and building upon the foundation!
• I Corinthians 3:12-15 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
• Tomorrow
• Judgment Seat of Christ takes care of today's walk - but that is not until 'tomorrow!'
• Philippians 3:21 - Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
• I Corinthians 15:50-58
• Romans 8:23-29

• We are his workmanship!
• Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• We are in Christ!
• I Corinthians 12:13,27 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. /  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
• Ephesians 2:6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
• Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Christ is in us!
• Colossians 1:27 - To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• Romans 8:9,10 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
• We are made the righteousness of God!
• II Corinthians 5:21 - For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• We are a new creature!
• II Corinthians 5:17-19 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
• Galatians 6:15 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
• We are made nigh unto God
• Ephesians 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
• We are habitation of God
• Ephesians 2:22 - In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
• We are quickened!
• Ephesians 2:1 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Ephesians 2:5 - Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• Redeemed from the curse of the law
• Galatians 3:13 - Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
• Romans 10:3,4 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
• All things are lawful
• but... and you know the "strings attached," right?
• I Corinthians 6:12 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
• 1.  expedient
• 2.  not brought under the power of
• I Corinthians 10:23 - All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
• 3.  edify
• Galatians 5:13 - ... use not liberty not for an occasion to the flesh...
• 4.  to the flesh
• Romans 14:13 - Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
• 5. not to cause someone to stumble
• Romans 14:19-22
• Remember - those strings help us maintain truth in our testimony... but don't bring on God's judgment, wrath or chastisement today - and anything being stored will be brought up at the judgment seat of Christ, not the white throne!...

• Philippians 2:7 - But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men...
• Why do folks think we are to try to live in his likeness today?
• Can we imitate?
• Can we do all that He did?
• He fulfilled the law
• And it was the OT law, anyway!