CHRISTIANS
ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THEY ARE SINNERS SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD WITH A PERFECT
CALLING.
( 2 Timothy 1:9 ) Who hath saved
us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus
before the world began,
1.
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT ARE CALLED TO FOLLOW THE STEPS OF THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST.
( 1 Peter 2:21 ) For even
hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow his steps:
* The two
fishermen whom the Lord Jesus Christ called immediately left everything to
follow Him.
(Mark 1:17-20) [17]And Jesus
said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
[18]And straightway they forsook their nets, and
followed him.
[19]And when he had gone a little further thence, he
saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship
mending their nets.
[20]And straightway he called them: and they left
their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
2. THE
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT CHRIST COMMANDED THEM TO BE THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD.
( Matthew 5:16 ) [16]Let your
light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
John 17:14-21 [14]I have
given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the
world, even as I am not of the world.
[15]I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of
the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
[16]They are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world.
[17]Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is
truth.
[18]As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have
I also sent them into the world.
[19]And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they
also might be sanctified through the truth.
[20]Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word;
[21]That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in
me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe
that thou hast sent me.
*
The Lord Jesus desires for Christians to live a sanctified life because
they have been redeemed by His precious blood.
( I Peter 1:18-19 ) [18]Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
[19]But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot:
3. THE CHRISTIANS ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THE PERFECT HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS IN
OUR LIVES FROM MOMENT WE ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
( John 16:13 ) Howbeit when
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.
*
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Us:
* He guides
us and gives us wisdom in our Christian walk.
* He gives
us power so that we can please God with our lives.
( Acts 1:8 ) But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.
* He
produces spiritual fruit in our lives.
( Galatians 5:22-23 ) [22]But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith,
[23]Meekness, temperance: against such there is no
law.
* He
guides our prayers and helps us walk according to the will of God.
( Romans 8:26 ) Likewise the
Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered.
4. CHRISTIANS
ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT CHRIST HAS CHOSEN US TO BE HIS FRIENDS AND PARTNERS IN HIS
GREAT MINISTRY.
( John 15: 13-16 ) [13]Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
[14]Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command
you.
[15]Henceforth I call you not servants; for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all
things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
[16]Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you.
* God the
Father treats Christians as His co-workers and laborers in the ministry of the
Lord.
(1 Corinthians 3:9-10 ) [9]For we are
labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
[10]According to the grace of God which is given unto
me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
5. CHRISTIANS
ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT CHRIST COMMANDED US TO BE READY FOR HIS COMING.
( 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ) [13]But I would
not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that
ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
[14]For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
[15]For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord,
that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep.
[16]For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
[17]Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught
up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord.
[18]Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
* Jesus
consistently reminds Christians to remain watchful and ready for His return.
( Mathew 24: 45-47 ) [45]Who then is
a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household,
to give them meat in due season?
[46]Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing.
[47]Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him
ruler over all his goods.
God bless
you all always!
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