“Do You Do Things Because You Know God Will Reward You”
Sunday Morning May 13, 2012
scriptures: Ephesians 6, 1 Timothy 5, Romans 4, Psalms 32, James 5, Hebrews 11
keywords: mother, honor, honour, parent, aunt, sin, swear, best, faith, reward
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Mother’s Day: Ephesians 6:1 Must honor your parents. Some people murmur and complain under their breath which is still disrespectful. Ephesians 6:2 We should honour our parents regardless if we consider them honorable or not. The word honour also means that you must give something of value to them. There is a condition tied with verse- that it may be well with thee. You could have issues or hard times because you are not honoring your parents.
1 Timothy 5:3-11 We should not just look after moms but also aunts as well. Verse 5- There is criteria for helping certain widows. There are a lot of infidels that are running around church who are not helping their mothers. Sixty years is the age where someone would be taken under the care of the church.
Romans 4 tells that is important to have your faith in God. Psalms 32:1-5 How many of you can say that your sins are covered. Verse 5 – Gods knows every sin that you committed. You got to acknowledge your sin; don’t just move forward without acknowledging your sin.
James 5:7-16 Verse 12- Don’t swear. Don’t do the opposite of what God has asked you to do. Verse 16- You have to confess your faults first to get things right
Hebrews 11:1-6 The things of God are real and true. Verse 4- you got to give God your best and people who believe that God will do something will give God their best. Verse 6- without faith it is impossible to please him. A Christian is thinking about what they are doing and whether what they are doing is acceptable to God. When you are doing things for God, you can be the best wife with the worst husband, the best husband with worse wife, the best son with the worst mom, or the best mom with the worse son. Do you do things because you know that God will reward you because you want to do what is right?