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God ’ s Place for You. 1 Thessalonians 4:1. Where God does not Want Us. Sin causes one to be in a terrible condition. }. Darkness: John 12:46 Way of the flesh: Rom. 8:5-8 Way that seems right to us Prov. 14:12 Error: 2 Pet. 3:17 Disobedience: Eph. 2:1-3 Unfaithfulness: Luke 16:10-12
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God’s Place for You 1 Thessalonians 4:1
Where God does not Want Us Sin causes one to be in a terrible condition } • Darkness: John 12:46 • Way of the flesh: Rom. 8:5-8 • Way that seems right to usProv. 14:12 • Error: 2 Pet. 3:17 • Disobedience: Eph. 2:1-3 • Unfaithfulness: Luke 16:10-12 • Pollutions of the world:2 Pet. 2:20-22 Not just people in the world! But...
Where God does not Want Us 2 Peter 2:20-22 “For if, the through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: ‘A dog returns to his own . ,’ and, ‘a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the . .’” after they have escaped pollutions of the world turn from the holy commandment vomit mire
Where God does not Want Us Sin causes one to be in a terrible condition } • Darkness: John 12:46 • Way of the flesh: Rom. 8:5-8 • Way that seems right to usProv. 14:12 • Error: Acts 26:9-10 • Disobedience: Eph. 2:1-3 • Unfaithfulness: Luke 16:10-12 • Pollutions of the world:2 Pet. 2:20-22 Christians and non-Christians alike, God does not want us to remain in this condition! 2 Peter 3:9
God Has a Place for Every Accountable Person God’s place for you is... In Christ: Rom. 6:3-5; 1 John 5:11. Christ is not simply one “option” among many. He is the Creator of all things (Col. 1:16-18). We are on this earth to serve Him (Eccl. 12:13). We belong in Him. He is the only way to salvation (John 14:16; Acts 4:12) } Whether you are a: Man Woman Child
What is God’s Place for Me? • Many know they need to be in Christ, but do not know HOW to LIVE in Christ. • For some it is a matter of simply not knowing. • For some it is a matter of being afraid of giving up the kind of life that is familiar to them. • For others it is a matter of not liking God’s plan for them. • But if we want to avoid the terrible condition sin places us in, we must learn to walk in God’s pattern for us. • We must learn to live as those who are in Christ.
Children Men God’s Place for You In Christ Obedient:Ep 6:1-3; Col 3:20 Honest work:1 Thess 4:11-12 Sober, Temperate, Sound: Ti 2:2, 6 Remember Creator:Eccl 12:1 Head: Ep 5:23; 1 Pt 3:7 Knowledge:2 Ti 1:5; 3:14-15 Faithful: Mt 19:3-6;1 Cor. 7:3 Provide: 1 Ti 5:8 Example: Eph. 6:4 Women Modest: 1 Ti 2:9-10 Subject: Ep 5:22; 1 Pe 3:1-2 Faithful: Ro 7:3-4; 1 Co 7:3-5 Keeper at home: Ti 2:3-5 Teacher: Ti 2:3-5; 2 Ti 3:14-15