“Living for God is More than Putting on A Garment”
Sunday Morning April 15, 2012
scriptures: 1 Corinthians, Matthew, Judges, Deuteronomy, 1 Peter
keywords: examine, communion, attitude, eye, beam, hypocrite, Samson, love, temple, bless, curse
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Make sure we examine ourselves. We should make sure that we are doing what we are supposed to be doing. A mirror is good to examine ourselves- sometimes it also helps for someone else to say that you missed something. 1 Corinthians 11:26-29 Even when you take communion, you just can’t go through the motions and have a bad attitude. Jesus washed feet. Part of being clothed in Christ is to reflect what he has done- we should be able to perform a service to God. If God died for you so that you can have a new life but you are not living it then something is wrong.
Matthew 7:1-5 Verse 3- Before we start telling somebody else something we need to make sure you are right. We need to get the beam out of our eye first. We should be in a spirit of trying to help others once we get the beam out of our eye.
Judges 16:18-20 God had blessed Samson with a lot strength. He had defeated 1000 people with a
jawbone. Samson was allowing Delilah to hang around when he shouldn’t. Delilah coaxed Samson to reveal how he had his strength which was given to him by God. Samson ended up getting his hair cut, the source of his strength. If Moses and Samson got punished for doing wrong then what do you think will happen to us.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6 God will bless if we do what he says do. Deuteronomy 28:15-19 On the other
hand, if we don’t do God’s will then we will be cursed. 1 Peter 1:21-25 We are supposed to love one another. 1 Peter 2:1-5 We are supposed to have a holy character in we how deal with things. We are supposed to be disciplined. Our bodies are supposed to be a temple that is sufficient for God to dwell in. Have we cleaned out everything that we are supposed to so that are temples are clean?
Being clothed in Christ is not just putting on a garment. We need to strive to do what God wants us to do. We have not gone through anything that can even compare to what God has gone through.