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“In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains;
it will be raised above the hills, and people will stream to it.  Many nations will come and say, “come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of God of Jacob.”           Micah 4:1-2

Our church can be Your home.

 

 

 

November 3, 2002

Citizenship is Now Available

Text: Mark 2:18-22

Thesis: Today is the day of salvation

 

I. Jesus taught that the practice of fasting should spring from spiritual

motives and not to be used to draw attention.  (18-20)

 

A.       Love will compel us to fast and pray not duty.

 

1.        Bridled passion should characterize the Christian life.

 

“A Christian without passion is like trying to ride a dead horse.

Unbridled passion is like riding a run away horse”  Unknown

 

2.        Pray for more love not burden.

 

B.       Jesus was not ruled by tradition or ceremonial law.

 

II. Jesus taught that new spiritual life calls for new forms of expression. (21-22)

 

A.       The old static forms of Judaism could not hold the exploding force of the Christian movement.

 

“But you will receive power (dunamos) when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  (Acts 1:8)

 

1. The new kingdom is about relationships not legalism.

 

2. The new kingdom is about forgiveness not condemnation.

 

III. Jesus’ new kingdom was created for all who would follow the king.

 

A. Citizenship is available to everyone at the present time.

 

"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts

as you did in the rebellion.”  Hebrews 3:15

 

THE ABCs OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST

 

       Admit that you have sinned.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  Romans 3:23

 

Believe that Jesus Christ died for you.

Yet to all who receive him, to those who believed in his name,

he gave the right to become children of God.  John 1: 12

 

Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of your life.

That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart

That God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  Romans 10:9

 

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