Sermon Notes

RLJ-680-OL

GRACE & HOLINESS
PART NINE

Every time you make a decision, you will trade one thing for something else.  GOD SAID, "I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING: THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR SEED MAY LIVE."
Deuteronomy 30:19b

OBDIENCE TO GOD IS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS!  John 15:1-7

Just as the GIFT OF REPENTANCE is given by God Himself (John 6:44; 65) so is OBEDIENCE TO GOD!  THIS IS A GIFT FROM GOD HIMSELF WHICH MAN CANNOT PRODUCE IN HIS OWN POWER.  Romans 3:10-18

OBEDIENCE TO GOD is ONLY PRODUCED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT!  HEBREWS 8:1-13

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God the Father, Jesus the Son, and God the Holy Spirit is three in one.  God, Elohim, has always existed and the Bible tells us nothing about the eternity in which He has existed.  God's personal life is totally separated from the creation we know as humans.  Isaiah 45:21-25, 46:9-13; Hebrews 6:13-20; John 1:1-14

God did not create the universe and the angels because He was lonely, but to show His GLORY!
Psalm 8:1, 148:13; Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 21:23-27

THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED TO BE USED AS A TRAINING CENTER OF OBEDIENCE!
Lucifer failed to graduate - Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:11-19  One third of God's Holy angels believed Lucifer and failed eternally - Revelation 12:3-4, 7-12

Adam and Eve failed to graduate - Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17, 3:1-13

Cain failed - Genesis 4:1-11

Abraham struggled, but in the end he graduated - Genesis 22:1-18; Romans 4:1-5; Hebrews 11:8-10

The purpose for each human being is to be saved (born again) - John 3:1-8, and then begin the training in FAITH, LOYALTY AND OBEDIENCE!  Hebrews 2:9-18, 3:1-19

Now you should be able to understand the teachings of Jesus.  The purpose of man on this planet is not to receive riches, fame and power.  God will give us what we need, but as students in His TRAINING CENTER OF OBEDIENCE we should focus on our studies and be ready to graduate the day we are removed from this planet.  Matthew 6:19-34

Do you have an ear with which to hear?

                        To be continued . . . .