Lesson 3 GOD Wants Your ALL cont GOD

Lesson 3: GOD Wants Your ALL (cont. )

GOD Wants Your ALL 1. God Has Called Us to Give Him Our ALL a. Love the Lord with ALL your heart, soul, mind & strength – Matt. 22: 37; Mark 12: 30, 33; Luke 10: 27 b. Believe with ALL your heart – Acts 8: 37 c. Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart – Prov. 3: 5 -6 d. Man’s ALL: fear God & keep His comm – Ecc. 12: 13 e. Commit your soul – 1 Pet. 4: 19 f. Honorably/Holy in ALL things – Heb. 13: 18; 1 Pet. 1: 15 g. Give ALL diligence – 2 Pet. 1: 5 h. Do ALL in the name of Christ, ALL to the glory of God, ALL with love – Col. 3: 17; 1 Cor. 10: 31; 16: 14

GOD Wants Your ALL 2. Giving ALL Requires Deep/True Sacrifice from Us a. Submit yourself to God – James 4: 7 1) Serve Him with ALL humility – Ac. 20: 19; Jas. 4: 10; 1 Pet. 5: 6 2) Say in ALL things, “If the Lord wills” – Jas. 4: 15; Heb. 10: 7 b. Give your life as a living sacrifice – Rom. 12: 1; Heb. 13: 16 1) 2) 3) Save your life by losing/hating your life for Him – Lk 9: 24; Jn 12: 15 You died & your life is hidden with Christ in God – Col. 3: 3 You crucified the old man to be forgiven – Rom. 6: 6; Gal. 2: 20

GOD Wants Your ALL 2. Giving ALL Requires Deep/True Sacrifice from Us a. Submit yourself to God – James 4: 7 b. Give your life as a living sacrifice – Rom. 12: 1; Heb. 13: 16 c. Deny self, ungodliness & worldly lusts – Lk. 9: 23; Titus 2: 12 1) Put away ALL bitterness, anger, evil speaking, uncleanness, covetousness, foolish talking, crude joking, filthy language, deceit, hypocrisy, envy – Eph. 4: 31; 5: 3 -4; Col. 3: 8; 1 Pet. 2: 1 2) Flee/Abstain from EVERY form of evil, sexual immorality, idolatry, love of money, greediness, youthful lusts, fleshly lusts – 1 Thess. 5: 22; 1 Cor. 6: 18; 10: 14; 1 Tim. 6: 10 -11; 2 Tim. 2: 22; 1 Pet. 2: 11 3) Put to death/crucify the deeds of the body – Rom. 8: 13; Gal. 5: 24 4) Make NO provision for the flesh – Rom. 13: 14 d. Count ALL things loss for Christ – Phil. 3: 7 -9 e. Forsake ALL or you cannot be His disciple – Luke 14: 33

GOD Wants Your ALL 3. God Expects & Accepts Nothing Less Than First Place/ Top Priority in Every Aspect of Our Lives a. No other gods besides Him – Ex. 20: 3 b. Cannot serve two masters – Matt. 6: 24 1) 2) 3) 4) Serve either God or mammon – Matt. 6: 24 Serve either God or the world – James 4: 4 Serve either will of God or lusts of men – 1 Pet. 4: 2 Serve either God or self – James 3: 13 -18 1) 2) 3) 4) Seek first the kingdom of God & His righteousness – Matt. 6: 33 In ALL things He must have preeminence – Col. 1: 18 Love for own family will be less (hate) – Luke 14: 26 “Christ is all and in all” – Col. 3: 11 c. Must make your choice – Josh. 24: 15 d. Your choice will be reflected in your life e. Being lukewarm is totally unacceptable – Rev. 3: 15 -16

GOD Wants Your ALL 4. Proper Examples in Scripture Abound a. The disciples left ALL & followed Jesus – Luke 5: 11, 28 b. A widow gave ALL the livelihood she had – Luke 21: 4 c. Jesus is our perfect example – 1 Pet. 2: 21 1) He emptied Himself & humbled Himself – Phil. 2: 7 -8 2) He continually committed Himself to God – 1 Pet. 2: 23 3) His life’s purpose was to do the will of God – John 4: 34; 9: 4 4) He lived, “Not My will, but Yours, be done” – Luke 22: 42

GOD Wants Your ALL 5. Consequences of Giving LESS Than ALL a. The wrath of God against ALL ungodliness & unrighteousness – Rom. 1: 18 1) ALL unrighteousness is sin – 1 John 5: 17 2) Sin leads to death – 1 John 5: 16 -17; James 1: 13 -16 3) To NOT do what you know to DO is sin – James 4: 17 b. Jesus warned: “I will vomit you out of My mouth” – Rev. 3: 16

GOD Wants Your ALL 6. Consequences of Giving ALL a. Be found in Christ – Phil 3: 7 -8 b. He will direct your paths – Prov. 3: 5 -6 c. Unstoppable growth – 2 Pet. 2: 5 -11 d. Freedom from cares of the world – Titus 2: 11 -14 e. Necessities of life – Matt. 6: 33 f. Salvation from sin – Rom. 6: 6 -7 g. Eternal LIFE – Mark 8: 35