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5-23-10 AM: Oops, I Forgot I was a Christian Opps! I Forgot I Was a Christian
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
I. When you find yourself… Opps! I forgot I was a Christian
A. making excuses for your sin…
Proverbs 28:13 13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
B. watching fornication on TV…
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
C. When you find yourself harboring unforgivness…
D. When you find yourself critical of others who are not as spiritual as you…
Luke 18:9 through Luke 18:14 9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
E. When you find yourself missing Church
Hebrews 10:24-26 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
F. not reading your Bible
2 Timothy 2:15 15Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
G. more interested in your wife meeting your needs than you are in meeting hers
Ephesians 5:25 25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
H. using non-Biblical methods of discipline
Proverbs 22:6 6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
I. Thinking highly of your skills, abilities, gifts
Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
2 Corinthians 3:5 5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
J. Showing your boss, teacher, pastor, more reverence than you show your husband
Ephesians 5:33 33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
K. Spending more time on the internet than you do with God
Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
L. Having relationships with anyone about which your spouse is not welcomed to know all the details
Mark 10:7-8 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
M. Letting your children decide where and how often you go to Church
Ephesians 5:23 -24 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
N. Being sarcastic and hateful
Colossians 4:6 6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
O. Reading books or looking at pictures that arouse you in a sexual manner
1 John 2:15-16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
P. Avoiding a brother or sister
John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Q. Ignoring a visitor
James 2:1-4 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
R. Being more concerned with victory than Truth
Debate: Contention in words or arguments; discussion for elucidating truth; strife in argument or reasoning, between persons of different opinions, each endeavoring to prove his own opinion right, and that of his opposer wrong; dispute; controversy; as the debates in parliament or in congress.
S. Using profane language
Matthew 12:36-37 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
2 Timothy 2:16 16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
T. Tail-gating the man going 35 in a 55.
2 Timothy 2:24 24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
U. Lying, stretching the Truth, revealing only the facts that make you look good
Ephesians 4:25 25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
V. Allowing your anger to determine your behavior
W. Holding a grudge
Ephesians 4:26 26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
X. Lascivious Behaviour
Lasciviousness: Tendency to excite lust. Trying to look your best vrs. trying to be attractive
Ephesians 4:17-19 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
II. Grievous: afflictive; painful; hard to be borne.
Maybe you did not forget. Maybe you are not.
III. Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
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