“Being a Christian”
Sunday Morning September 9, 2012
scriptures: 1 Peter 3, Psalm 66, Hebrews 10, Luke 14
keywords: faith, prayer, brother, evil, excuse, new christian, new believer, heaven, saved
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You don’t want to take things for granted and figure that everyone has access to God and therefore, their prayers will be heard. We have access to God because we trust in him and have faith
in him.
1 Peter 3:8-15 We are supposed to work with others and be concerned with what is going on
with us.
Verse 8- we are supposed to love as brethren.
We can’t give an excuse as a Christian that they are not my mother or brother.
As a new Christian, we are supposed to love others in Christ as a brother.
Verse 8- “be pitiful”: we are supposed to get on one another’s level and be really concerned.
Verse 9- We are notsupposed to give evil for evil.
Verse 10- We have to watch our mouth and not use it for evil.
There is an abundance of problems started by opening the mouth.
Verse 12- God does not hear everyone’s prayers.
Verse 15- We need to be more expressive about our faith and speak more confidently about who we trust in. Never assume you don’t have to answer to someone close to you about your faith in Christ.
Psalms 66:16-20 Verse 18- If you regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear you. So many peoplehave secret sins. Why doesn’t God hear me- because he knows your heart. Pray with a very clear conscious. Some people will ask you to pray because they know that they are not right. If you are doing something stupid then you are testing God if you ask prayer. For example, God has already said that if you jump off a cliff you are going to fall.
Hebrews 10:22-26 It is our responsibility to get to know other people. We are supposed to help stimulateothers in Christ. We are supposed to consider others and how we might be more involved in other people’s life. It is not about our personality but about being a Christian.
As a new believer, you need to be commited and to love another. Christ needs to be our number onepriority.
Luke 14:15-33 A lot of people talk about that heaven will be great. A lot of people realize that everyone isnot going to make it to heaven. Your goals, your relationships or someone that you think that you love can not become before Christ. Verse 21- Sometimes people who are sick are more faithful. If you live a lifeexcusing your life for God then you are going to be excused from God’s final supper. Verse 26- Our lovefor God should not compare to anyone else. Verse 28- Becoming a Christian is something that you needto consider what God requires before you do it. Verse 33- if you are not sold out for Christ then you can not be saved.