THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP and DISCERNING THE TIMES
and a
CALL TO REPENTANCE
The nature of Christ needs to be ignited in a believers life as we partake of the Power of the Holy Spirit thereby being a living witness
Luke 12:49-50
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF CHRIST?
Jesus allows no middle of the ground followers but expects a true response from each of us
Luke 12:51-53
Jesus warnings
Luke 12:54-59
How often are divine warnings ignored and set aside as did people in the days that Jesus walked the earth?
CALL TO REPENTANCE
A sinner is a debtor, one who owes a moral obligation, an offender, a delinquent, a moral transgressor.
The debt concept unfolds in that we are morally bound to live a life free from violation of God’s commandments; failing in performance we thus become delinquent transgressors and debtors to divine justice
Luke 13:4
Those who fail to produce spiritual fruit need to awaken.
GOD REACHES FORTH WITH ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE THAT WE WOULD SO RESPOND TO JESUS
Luke 13:6-9
We are accountable before God for our walk in life and how we so respond in our interactions one with another.
Are we totally committed and truly loyal being free of any form of compromise
RECOGNIZE and ANTICIPATE the essential avenues of truly being a disciple and being in a relationship with Christ
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOW DEFINED BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST being FREE OF DISTRACTIONS and the LURES OF LIFE
BE STILL and KNOW THAT I AM GOD
and so
ANTICIPATE THE CREATIVE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WE ALL NEED TO REPENT and TURN and SO RESPOND
Luke 13:1-5
We are to be as a fruitful tree planted and established in Christ
Psalm 1
Being rooted and grounded in Christ
LET US TAKE HEED AND BEAR THE FRUIT THAT REFLECTS HIS PRESENCE BEING INCORPORATED INTO OUR LIFE AND BEING
Luke 13:6-9
ARISE and BE A PARTAKER OF HIS KINGDOM
The natural tendencies of our being will be replaced with the fruit and nature that the Holy Spirit can so reflect and release in us and through us
COME BE ESTABLISHED IN CHRIST TODAY
Study by Charlotte…January 2012
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A Prayer for Victory…Helps us prepare for any great challenge
TRUST SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE LORD
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress
May the name of the God of Jacob protect you
May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support
May he give you the desire of your heart
We will shout for joy
May the Lord grant all your requests
The Lord saves his anointed, he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.
We trust in the name of the Lord our God
We rise up and stand firm
Answer us when we call
Psalm 20
As long as there have been armies and weapons, nations have boasted of their power but such power does not last.
Throughout history, empires and kingdoms have risen to great power only to vanish in the dust.
David knew that true might was in worship and in God’s power
God alone can preserve a nation or an individual
BE SURE YOUR CONFIDENCE IS IN GOD WHO GIVES ETERNAL VICTORY IN WHOM WE ARE TO TRUST
Psalm 20:6-8
God delivers in times of distress
Genesis 35:3
Because he loves me, says the Lord, I will rescue him
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name
He will call and I will answer
I will be with him
I will satisfy him and show him my salvation
Psalm 91:14-16
If the Lord delights in a man’s ways he makes his steps firm and the Lord will uphold him
Psalm 37:23-24
TRUST IN THE LORD PLACING ONES CONFIDENCE IN HIM WITH OUR HOPE CENTERED IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
CHRIST ALONE IS DEPENDABLE AND WORTHY OF OUR TRUST
Study by Charlotte
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There will always come a time in our lives when there'll be nowhere left to go but on our knees..and nothing more to do but just pray until the victory comes!...
God is not slack concerning His promise.. He's the God that answers prayers... more than what you could ever ask or imagine.. try it on your knees...
God bless you and be encouraged...eunish camalon