Sunday Morning, December 22, 2013
Scriptures: Ephesians 6, Romans 1, 1 Peter 4
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Notes
If you are honest with yourself, you know pagan holidays (like Christmas) have nothing to do with Christ. Instead, they are using Christ as a way to get stuff (covetousness).
Idolatry is no big deal to the world. Most people are going to do what they want to do. Have you asked yourself what looks beautiful to Christ?
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
What kind of spiritual strength and direction do you have? Do you complain about how weak and tired you are? How much you can’t take?
Sometimes we are too weak in the Lord. God says to be strong and secure in the Lord! A great defense is a better offense. (Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me).
According to most broadcast, the world is a God hating society. (Ex: Duck Dynasty- “homosexuality is wrong”)Laws are being changed because homosexuality now exists. The world is passing homosexuality off as normal. However, they are all lies! Don’t be blinded by the world’s lies.
Today, Christianity is watered down. It is not what it used to be several years ago. Don’t get diluted with the culture.
There is a whole system that Satan uses to mess your mind up. (Ex: In school, nurses can’t give you aspirin, but they can give you an abortion pill without your parents’ permission as early as the third grade).
You can’t read a bible in school that says God created the world, but you can read a science book that says God didn’t create the world. They have to rewrite science books to keep up with all their lies!
You can celebrate Christmas all you want as long as it isn’t religious, but you can’t pray in school. You can make a mockery of Jesus, but you can’t promote Jesus. However, you can learn about all the other religions that people believe.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
You know God has created everything around you; all you have to do is look! If you don’t believe it, you are being willfully ignorant.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
The greatest history book is the bible. It tells you everything you need to know. Scientists are just now finding the bible to be true with their findings.
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
It is obvious that men were made for women, and not men. If you can’t understand the basic truth, it will be hard to reason with those people.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
A man liking a man is lustful and not right. (Ex: AIDS)
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Be careful what you have pleasure in.
You can’t be a Christian and still be sneaky. What grade would you give yourself in Christ? The grade you give yourself has to be based upon who you are.
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Righteous means that you are right.
If the righteous are barely getting saved, where shall the ungodly appear?