Obedience (7 of 7)
Series: Authentic Christianity
Jerry Watts
John 14:15, 24; 1 John 2:3-6
The former fisherman turned disciples who morph into a divine writer of Holy Scripture, John, gave us the reason for his writings. In 1 John 5:13 he offers, ''I am writing these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you might KNOW that you have eternal life.'' That you might KNOW is his reason. Candidly, I have a deep connection with John's words because my heartbeat is for every person here to KNOW that you are saved so that you may GROW in your salvation and walk with Christ that you naturally SHOW Jesus to everyone you meet.
In thinking back over the last 40 years things have greatly changed inside the local church. It seems that today, few concern themselves with their eternal destiny. How long has it been since someone has spoken to you (or me) about struggling with their 'assurance of Salvation?' There was a time when people gave this a lot of thought because the truth of Matthew 7 was real. How many times have you seen someone come to altar, receive counseling, and praying to be assured they were saved; AND you were surprised at their coming because they exhibited all the attributes of a believer? At the same time, how often have we observed people who were ''so confident'' of their salvation but their life gave no evidence of Christ, they were mean as snakes, and a prideful as Satan himself?
I say all of this to hopefully get our spiritual attention that we might check out our lives, our walk with Christ, and even our salvation to make sure we have eternal life and are living like our Lord expects and demands us to.
Over the past 7 weeks we have walked through a plethora of Characteristics which are found in the life of an authentic believer. THERE IS NO AUTHENTICITY FOUND IN THE LIFE OF A COUNTERFEIT.
The starting place is 'followship.' The call from Jesus is to FOLLOW ME. This is that point in your life where God speaks to y ...
Series: Authentic Christianity
Jerry Watts
John 14:15, 24; 1 John 2:3-6
The former fisherman turned disciples who morph into a divine writer of Holy Scripture, John, gave us the reason for his writings. In 1 John 5:13 he offers, ''I am writing these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you might KNOW that you have eternal life.'' That you might KNOW is his reason. Candidly, I have a deep connection with John's words because my heartbeat is for every person here to KNOW that you are saved so that you may GROW in your salvation and walk with Christ that you naturally SHOW Jesus to everyone you meet.
In thinking back over the last 40 years things have greatly changed inside the local church. It seems that today, few concern themselves with their eternal destiny. How long has it been since someone has spoken to you (or me) about struggling with their 'assurance of Salvation?' There was a time when people gave this a lot of thought because the truth of Matthew 7 was real. How many times have you seen someone come to altar, receive counseling, and praying to be assured they were saved; AND you were surprised at their coming because they exhibited all the attributes of a believer? At the same time, how often have we observed people who were ''so confident'' of their salvation but their life gave no evidence of Christ, they were mean as snakes, and a prideful as Satan himself?
I say all of this to hopefully get our spiritual attention that we might check out our lives, our walk with Christ, and even our salvation to make sure we have eternal life and are living like our Lord expects and demands us to.
Over the past 7 weeks we have walked through a plethora of Characteristics which are found in the life of an authentic believer. THERE IS NO AUTHENTICITY FOUND IN THE LIFE OF A COUNTERFEIT.
The starting place is 'followship.' The call from Jesus is to FOLLOW ME. This is that point in your life where God speaks to y ...
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