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YOU CAN BE SAVED AND KNOW IT! 1 JOHN 5:9-13
INRO: MANY FOLKS THINK THEY ARE SAVED, SOME HOPE THEY ARE SAVED, SOME ARE TRYING TO BE, BUT THANK GOD YOU CAN KNOW IT.
---REALIZE YOU ARE A SINNER------ ROMANS 3:23 ---REALIZE CHRIST DIED FOR YOU------ROMANS 5:8 ---RECEIVE HIM AS LORD-----JOHN 1: 11-12
A—THE WORD OF GOD DESCRIBES OUR PROGRESSION ---GROWTH IN BIBLE KNOWLEDGE---2 PETER 3:18 ---GROWTH IN BLESSINGS—PS. 1:2-3
2. BY OUR WITNESS 1 JOHN 5:10 THE HOLY SPIRIT: ---IDENTIFIES US----------ROMANS 8:9, 14-16 ---PURIFIES US-----------GAL. 5:16 ---GLORIFIES CHRIST IN US-------JOHN 16 : 14a ---FORTIFIES US------1 JOHN 4:4
3. BY OUR WILL 2 COR. 5:17 ---BY A WILL TO STUDY---1 PETER 2:2 ---A WILL TO SEPARATE--- HEB. 12 : 1-2 ---A WILL TO SURRENDER--- PHIL. 2:5
4. BY OUR WORKS JOHN 14:12 ---WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ---WORKS OF REPENTENCE-------MAT. 3 : 8 ---WORKS OF REACHING OTHERS---JOHN 4:4
5. BY OUR WALK 1 JOHN 2 : 6 ---WALK IN LOVE---EPH. 5:2 ---WALK IN LIGHT----EPH. 5:8 ---WALK IN LINE----EPH. 5:15
CONCLUSION: YOU CAN KNOW THAT YOU ARE SAVED, IF YOU DON’T KNOW THEN YOU PROBABLY ARENT ! BUT YOU CAN BE, IF GOD IS DEALING WITH YOU! |
