Michael Bishop Jr.
Place: Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church, Ackerman MS
Date: 5-1-2011
- Romans 8:3-17
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Unforgiving sin build up in our lives and we life in darkness
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Romans 8:5-8
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Romans 6:20-23
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1 John 3:8-10
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Roughly 13% of Jesus teachings and half of his parables are in reference to hell, judgment, or punishment. “The existence of hell, the instruction by Jesus of hell should reveal to us how sinful sin truly is and how rebellious we really are,” - Mark Driscoll
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Isaiah 66:24 ( NKJV ) 24“And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
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It matters not how spiritual a church may profess to be, if souls are not saved, something is radically wrong, and the professed spirituality is simply a false experience, a delusion of the devil. People who are satisfied to meet together simply to have a good time among themselves are far away from God. Real spirituality always has an outcome. Oswald J. Smith (b. 1889)
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When was the last time you truly felt the Sprite of God move?
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With the Sin in our life, true Worship takes a Back seat.
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John 4:10-26
Worship is not:
A. Geography … it can be done anywhere.
B. Race … the woman was a Samaritan.
C. Anything and everything … Jesus said, “You worship what you do not know.” There is such a thing as wrong worship.
D. Terminology … the main word here means to “bow down,” but we dare not get lost in mere lexical studies.
E. Enthusiasm … ”inspirit” means something different than “clap your hands.”
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If you are singing a song in church and thinking about your neighbor, you are not worshiping Christ. If you are sitting during a prayer and thinking about your fantasy team, you are not worshiping Christ. If you are listing to me preach today, but you wondering when I'm going to finish this sermon, you are not worshiping Christ. You worship the One True God when you focus on Him.
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How often Christians assume they have worshiped God simply because they have been in church! We are told that the church building is “God’s house” (an inaccurate designation borrowed from the Old Testament temple) and conclude that worship must take place there! Not necessarily. God was not pleased with the worship at Jerusalem (the Holy City). Nor is he impressed with beautiful cathedrals. Erwin W. Lutzer (1941– )
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Worship leads to a further disclosure of God. The point of John 4 is not to give us a manual of personal evangelism. As the woman talks about worship with Jesus, He is revealed. First she sees Him to be just a man, then a prophet, then the Messiah, and finally the Savior of the world.
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If worship and preaching the gospel is not the focus of what we do for Christ, we are wasting our time. Many people think that we need more talking and lest singing. The point of singing is not to fill time in the worship gathering. The point is to worship the One and Holy God, to give thanks and honor to Him for what we did not acquire.
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Knowing Jesus Christ as your Savior is a relationship not a theological virtue. Like any other relationship, we cannot experience the fullness of Christ if we don't take the time to Praise Him, to SING to Him, to study about Him, and talk about Him. If we are not doing these things, we are better off entering the Pits of Hell.
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There is only one way for forgiveness .
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Romans 8:14-17
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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
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Romans 5:8-10
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1 John 1:9
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It is the Savior, Jesus Christ, though Grace alone, by faith alone, and by serving Him in a way that glorify Him and Him alone that we are save for the Pitts of Hell! We cannot “do this” and “do that” to get save.
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If we are not continuing killing the sin in our lives, than the sin will kill you.
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