Transcript Are You a Christian? - Rosemount Bible Church

Sunday, October 24, 2010
Speaker: David Brereton
Are You a Christian?
Obey
Love
Believe
Message 2 in our 6-week series on The Three Epistles of John.
Physician to Patient
I believe that you no longer have x. I am sending
you for a blood test to confirm this. We will test
for …
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The Gospel
Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is
the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not
only for ours but also for the sins of the
whole world.
1 John 2:1&2
Synonym Quiz
• Smart
• Authentic
• Crafty
• Cunning
• True
• Handsome
• Thief
• Haughty
• Humble
• Intelligent
• Beautiful
• Prudent
• Arrogant
• Robber
• Wise
• Unpretentious
Matthew 5
• Poor in spirit, mourning,
meek, hunger and thirst
for righteousness,
merciful, pure in heart,
peacemakers, persecuted
for righteousness
• Salt and Light – in the
world!
• Righteousness beyond
teachers of law
• Eye offends…pluck it out
• Your yes means yes and no
means no
• Give to the one who asks
• Don’t turn away from the
one who wants to borrow
• Love your enemies…He
sends rain on the just and
unjust
• When you give to the
needy…not if!
• Do you love your brothers and sisters?
• We are commanded to love…yes…it’s forced
affection
• Love is not an uncontrollable emotion but
the steady devotion of the will…John Stott
• If we harbour bad feelings…we cannot claim
to have discernment in spiritual matters
Stages of Life
Children:
• Enjoy sins forgiven
• Know the father
Young Men
• Strong
• Immersed in the Word
• Have overcome the wicked one!
Fathers
• Known Him who is from the beginning
Stages of Life
Children:
• Enjoy sins forgiven
• Know the father
Young Men
• Strong
• Immersed in the Word
• Have overcome the wicked one!
Fathers
• Known Him who is
from the beginning
Cravings of
our flesh
Lust of our
eyes
Look at what I
have!
Mark 12:29-31
Jesus replied, “The most important commandment
is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The LORD our God is the one
and only LORD. 30 And you must love the LORD your
God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind,
and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally
important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No
other commandment is greater than these.”
Believe…
• If you are a Christian…you may wander but
you feel that strong pull back!
• The Spirit within you and His word tell you
that Jesus is the Son of God
• You can’t love the King but not the Prince!
• The enemy is not your bro who differs with
you on sprinkling versus immersion!
Obey
Love
Believe
And now, dear children, continue in him, so
that when he appears we may be confident
and unashamed before him at his coming.