“For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” 2 Tim. 3:2 -4 “Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing…” Gal. 6:19 -21
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Eph. 4:30-32 “But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another…” Col. 3:8 -9
“See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.” Heb. 12:25 “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” James 1:22 “But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. “ James 3:14 “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James 4:17
“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders, these are the things which defile the man…” Matt. 15:19-20a
1. CHECK YOUR ID . Vs. 8-10 “Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.” vs. 8 -9
“For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.” vs. 10 “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.” Rom. 5:6 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom. 5:8 “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36
2. CONSIDER THE TRUTH . Vs. 11 “Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.”
“Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.” Col. 3:5 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.” Gal. 2:20
3. MAKE A BREAK . Vs. 12-13a “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness…”
“While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain, I saw some naïve young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense. He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman, strolling down the path by her house.” Prov. 7:6-8 “He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” Prov. 13:20
4. OFFER YOURSELF . vs. 13b “…but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.” “I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.” Rom. 12:1
5. REMEMBER GRACE . Vs. 14 “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.” “…by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.” Rom. 3:20
Motivates Restores Instills hope Strengthens
APPLICATION FOR ME:
I'm Forever Grateful
You did not wait for me to draw near to You But You clothed Yourself with frail humanity
You did not wait for me to cry out to You But You let me hear Your voice calling me
And I'm forever grateful to You I'm forever grateful for the cross
I'm forever grateful to You that You came to seek and save the lost
You did not wait for me to draw near to You But You clothed Yourself with frail humanity
You did not wait for me to cry out to You But You let me hear Your voice calling me
And I'm forever grateful to You I'm forever grateful for the cross
I'm forever grateful to You that You came to seek and save the lost
And I'm forever grateful to You I'm forever grateful for the cross
I'm forever grateful to You that You came to seek and save the lost
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