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9/14/2008 ~ Checklist For Life


GRACE covers everything.
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... He might show the exceeding riches of His grace
in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ... ~ Ephesians 2:1-10


The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit ... ~ Romans 8:16-17

The Spirit bears witness of our spirit.
~ Our spirit must correspond with the Spirit.


Dispensations
  1. Patriarchal
  2. Mosaiac
3. Christian

We use a checklist to identifiy which dispensation we are in.

1. Hear
2. Believe
3. Repent
4. Confess
5. Baptized
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      Salvation of the Individual
      
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Many scriptures tell us how to worship God.
There are checklists to be faithful toward God's once delivered word.


... on the Lord's Day, ... ~ Revelation 1:10

... speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:19


It is simply clear what God asks of us.

teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. ~ Colossians 3:16


... pray without ceasing, ... ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:17

Patterns have been established.

Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together
to break bread, ... ~ Acts 20:7


And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. ~ Acts 2:42


On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside,
storing up as he may prosper, ... ~ 1st Corinthians 16:1-2


... (by grace you have been saved), ... ~ Ephesians 2:5

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God, ... ~ Ephesians 2:8


It is grace that looks down upon us.

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit
that we are children of God, ... ~ Romans 8:16


For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man
which is in him? ... ~ 1st Corinthians 2:11


Each one of us determines our spirit.

... judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy.
Mercy triumphs over judgment. ~ James 2:8-13


We need the Bible to show us that checklist of what we need to do.

... that I might win those who are without law; ... ~ 1st Corinthians 9:21

... Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. ...
~ Galatians 5:16-26


  DON'T DO THIS:     BUT DO THIS:  
Adultery
Fornication
Uncleanness
Lewdness
Idolatry
Sorcery
Hatred
Contentions
Jealousies
Outbursts of Wrath
Selfish Ambitions
Dissensions
Heresies
Envy
Murders
Drunkenness
Revelries
Love
Joy
Peace
Longsuffering
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-Control

~ A lifetime of work.

... put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh,
to fulfill its lusts. ~ Romans 13:8-14


... he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has
forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. ~ 2nd Peter 1:5-9


We should remember we who are Christians
that we have the remission of sins.


... if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance
will be supplied to you abundantly ... ~ 2nd Peter 1:10-11


All should know what God looks for in our spirit.

... as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to
wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what
is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, ... ~ Titus 1:5-11


We apply a checklist for elders.

... be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not
greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith ... ~ 1st Timothy 3:1-13


Do we align with the word of God under His gift of grace?
We need to recognize the grace that covers us.


My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. ...
~ 1st John 2:1-5


Salvation is by grace and gives us the liberty to repent,
but not a license to sin.


License to sin OR Pass from God to Misbehave?

We must consider His checklist
~ if we wish to please God.


  Man and his desires
God in the Highest!



 

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