THE SALVATION FROM SIN
Romans 3:23-26
"... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being
justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith,
to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God has passed
over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present
time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the
one who has faith in Jesus."
IMPUTATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
JUSTIFICATION
Romans 4:22-25
"And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now
it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also
for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up
Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses,
and was raised because of our justification.
BUILDING
OF CHARACTER AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH PROBLEMS
Romans 5:3-5
"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that
tribulation produces perserverance; and perserverance, character; and character,
hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been
poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
ORIGINAL SIN
Romans 5:12
"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death
through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned –"
DO NOT KNOWINGLY CONTINUE
SINNING
Romans 6:1-2
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace
may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live
any longer in it?"
Romans 6:12
"Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should
obey it in its lusts."
Romans 6:14
"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law
but under grace."
CHRIST DIES ONCE FOR ALL
Romans 6:9-10
"... knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no
more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death
that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives,
He lives to God."
BELIEVER VS. NON-BELIEVER
PERSPECTIVE
Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in Chirst Jesus our Lord."
THE LAW IS TO SHOW OUR SINFULLNESS
Romans 7:7
"What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not!
On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law.
For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall
not covet”"
ADVOCATING THE MIND
ABOVE FLESH
Romans 7:25
"I thank God – through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the
mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin."
WHERE THE MIND GOES &
RESULTS
Romans 8:5-6
"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on things
of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of
the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace."
WORK NOW
WITH SUFFERING TO THE FUTURE REST
Romans 8:18
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
HOW GOD PREDESTINES
HIS CHOSEN
Romans 8:30
"Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called,
these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."
THE STRENGTH OF GOD'S LOVE
Romans 8:38-39
"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities
nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth,
nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love
of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
EVERYTHING AT THE MERCY
OF GOD
Romans 9:16,18
"So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God
who shows mercy. ... Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and
whom He wills He hardens."
GOOD AND EVIL SHAPED BY
GOD
Romans 9:20-21
"But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the
thing formed say to him who formed it, “why have you made me like this?”
Does not the potter have the power over the clay, from the same lump to
make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?"
WORKS WITHOUT
FAITH AS A STUMBLING BLOCK
Romans 9:32
"Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were,
by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone."
SHARE AND
CONSIDER IDEAS WITH FOUNDATION
Romans 12:16
"Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind
on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in
your own opinion."
ALL IS DONE FOR GOD
Romans 14:8
"For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the
Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's."
NOTHING IS INHERENTLY
UNCLEAN (FOOD)
Romans 14:14
"I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean
of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is
unclean."
RIGHTEOUSNESS,
PEACE, AND JOY (CONTRIBUTE ONLY TO THIS END)
Romans 14:16-17
"Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; for the kingdom
of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy
in the Holy Spirit."
THE SPIRIT KNOWS
1 Corinthians 2:11
"For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man
which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the
Spirit of God."
MINISTERS
SHOULD NOT BE PRAISED AND BE GIVEN EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO GOD
1 Corinthians 3:4-7
"For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,”
are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers
through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted,
Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who
plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase."
DO NOT BOAST IN MEN
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
"Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours
: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or
things present or things to come – all are yours. And you are Christ's,
and Christ is God's."
AVOID PRIDE IN THOUGHT
1 Corinthians 4:6
"Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself
and Apollos for your sakes, tha you may learn in us not to think beyond
what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against
the other."
DON'T IGNORE THE SINS
OF FELLOWS
1 Corinthians 5:2, 5-6
"And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has
done this deed might be taken away from among you. ... deliver such a one
to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved
in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Do
you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?"
ALTHOUGH
FORGIVEN, WE SHOULD NOT DO EVIL WITHOUT TRUE REPENTANCE AND CHANGE BEFORE
GOD
1 Corinthians 6:11-12
"And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were
sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by
the Spirit of our God. All things are lawful for me, but all things
are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be
brought under the power of any."
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS
SAVE YOUR SPOUSE
1 Corinthians 7:15-16
"But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister
is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace
for how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband?
Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?"
GOD
IS IN CONTROL OF HIS CHOSEN (WHO IS CHOSEN)
1 Corinthians 7:17
"But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each
one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches."
RITUAL
IS UNNECESSARY, GOD'S LAW IS (NECESSARY)
1 Corinthians 7:19
"Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping
the commandments of God is what matters."
AVOID
DOING SOMETHING THAT CAUSES FELLOWS TO STUMBLE
1 Corinthians 8:13
"Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat
meat, lest I make my brother stumble."
ALWAYS
CHECK TO SEE IF WHAT YOU DO IS CORRECT
1 Corinthians 10:12
"Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall."
GOD HELPS US SURVIVE
TEMPTATION
1 Corinthians 10:13
"No temptation has overtaken you except such is common to man; but
God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are
able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you
may be able to bear it."
DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD
1 Corinthians 10:31
"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to
the glory of God."
DO NOT BE SELFISH IN ACTS
1 Corinthians 10:32-33
"Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church
of God, just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own
profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved."
PRESENT
YOURSELF TO GLORIFY GOD (TO BE RESPECTED IN A GIVEN CULTURE)
1 Corinthians 11:14-16
"Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair,
it is a dishonor to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory
to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering. But if
anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches
of God."
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
IS SELFISH
1 Corinthians 14:4
"He who speakes in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies
edifies the church."
EDIFICATION
REQUIRES DISTINCTION (MUSIC EXAMPLE)
1 Corinthians 14:7-8
"Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a
sound, unless they make a distinction in their sound, how will it be known
what is piped or played? For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound,
who will prepare for battle?"
NO
ONE BENEFITS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, SO ALWAYS SPEAK TO BE UNDERSTOOD
1 Corinthians 14:15-16
"What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and
I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit,
and I will sing with the understanding. Otherwise, if you bless with
the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen”
at your giving thanks, since he does not understand what you say?"
GOD KEEPS PROMISES
2 Corinthians 1:20
"For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the
glory of God through us."
CHRISTIANS
NOT ONLY LEAD TO GOD, BUT ALSO AWAY
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
"For we are to God the fragrence of Christ among those who are being
saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma
of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to
life. And who is sufficient for these things?
REVEALING GOD'S WORD THROUGH
TRUTH
2 Corinthians 4:2
"But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness
nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth
commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."
EXTERNAL HEALTH
IS UNEQUAL TO INTERNAL HEALTH
2 Corinthians 4:16
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man
is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day."
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ETERNAL AND TEMPORARY THINGS
2 Corinthians 4:18
"... while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at things
which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary,
but the things which are not seen are eternal."
CHRIST'S SINLESSNESS
2 Corinthians 5:21
"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become
righteousness of God in Him."
THE RESTRICTIONS CAUSED
BY AFFECTIONS
2 Corinthians 6:11-13
"O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide
open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your
own affections. Now in return for the same (I speak as to children),
you also be open."
SEPARATE YOURSELVES
FROM UNBELIEVERS
2 Corinthians 6:14
"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what
fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion
has light with darkness?"
REPENTANCE LEADS TO SALVATION
2 Corinthains 7:9
"Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow
led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that
you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces
repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of
the world produces death."
GIVE TO OTHERS
CHEERFULLY ON GOD'S BEHALF
2 Corinthians 9:7
"So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or
of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver."
COMMENDATION COMES FROM
GOD
2 Corinthians 10:18
"For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends."
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO BOAST
2 Corinthians 11:18
"Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast."