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How do I apply God’s truth in my life?. Heb. 4:12; Eph. 4:17-24 Gal. 4:19; John 14:21-23. How do I turn what the Bible teaches into the way that I live?. 1. How do I apply God’s truth to my life?. The Challenge :. How do I have the right heart? (Col. 3:12-15)
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How do I apply God’s truthin my life? Heb. 4:12; Eph. 4:17-24 Gal. 4:19; John 14:21-23 How do I turn what the Bible teaches into the way that I live? 1
How do I apply God’s truthto my life? The Challenge: • How do I have the right heart?(Col. 3:12-15) • How can I be a good spouse?(Eph. 5:22-30) • How do I mature in Christ?(2 Pet. 3:18) 2
A Good Heart God’s truth in your life • Unprejudiced mind that will receive & hold fast the truth – Lk. 8:15 • Will cleanse the heart, Matt. 23:25-26 • Will submit to its regulation, 2 Tim. 3:16 • Relationship of salvation with God,Psa. 51:10-13 3
A Responsive Faith (Heb. 11:6) God’s truth in your life • Trust what God says will work & is best • Noah (Heb. 11:7); Abraham & Sarah(11:8, 11-12);Moses(11:29) • For example: • Put attitudes into action,Col. 3:12-15 • Wives submit & husbands sacrifice,Eph. 5 • Be faithful--labor is not vain,1 Cor. 15:58 4
Complete Commitment (Romans 12:11) God’s truth in your life • We pursue what is valuable to us – Matthew 6:19-24 • Fervent use of the word of God – Hebrews 5:13-14; 6:1-3 5
Serious Study(2 Tim. 2:15) God’s truth in your life • Bible must be the final word of guidance for our lives – John 6:63, 68 • Consult Scripture often & lay it on your heart, Psa. 119:11 • Study with the intention of obeying – John 7:17 (Gal. 4:19; 5:16, 25) 6
Self-Examination(2 Cor. 13:5; Jas. 1:22-25) God’s truth in your life • Don’t measure yourself by: -Others (2 Cor. 10:12) -Worldly wisdom (Col. 2:8)-Feelings or opinions (Prov. 14:12) • Correct what you find amiss 7
Abide in Christ(John 15:4-7) God’s truth in your life 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8