“Are You Married to God?”
Sunday Morning, January 27, 2013
scriptures: Romans 6, Romans 2, Romans 7, James 4
keywords: evil, servant, surrender, judgment, relationship, secret, patient, immortality, marriage, fruit, money
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Romans 6:19-23
Verse 19- people will find a way to participate in evil. Just like a person is given to evil when they were not saved they have to be given to righteousness.
Verse 22- people are ashamed of some of the stuff that they used to do.
Verse 23- the bible uses the word “servant” and a lot of people don’t like the word servant unlike the word
“Christian”. The word servant means that you do work and are used by God.
The song I Surrender All says a lot- it means that you are giving it up for God.
What you do matters in God- you will pay for what you do- see Verse 24.
Romans 2:1-16
Verse 1- the people were doing the same thing as sinners. Verse 3- God’s judgment will come. Verse 7- Are you a person who is patient, seeking well doing, seeking for glory and honour and immortality, and eternal life? What are you doing well for Christ? Seeking for immortality- for a new life, a greater purpose. How am I seeking in this life to make a difference? Some people seek for recognition from men instead a reward God. Verse 8- some people are argumentative. Verse 10- God wants you to go to sleep feeling good about your relationship with him. Verse 14- A lot of people know what they are doing is not right. Verse 16- God judges the secrets of the heart.
Romans 7:1-4
Verse 2- God uses marriage here to talk about our relationship with him. Verse 4- Do you consider yourself married to Christ? You can’t do whatever you want to do when you are married. The bible considers us married to God. We are supposed to be bringing forth fruit together with God in Verse 4.
James 4:13-17
Most people make decisions based on how much money they are going to make. In this world it is more important to be successful but in God’s world it is more important to be sacrificial. Verse 14- Your life is nothing but a vapor. Verse 15- God is telling you how to talk when it comes to how to talk about your plans. Verse 17- When you know something that you are supposed to be doing and you don’t do it when you know it is good then you are sinning. Make your relationship better with God.