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Commitment is a. Daily Decision. Commitment =. Character. Matt 5:13. "You are the salt of the earth.". Commitment =. Character. I Kgs 18:4. "How long will you stand between two opinions?". Commitment =. Character. 2 Tim 4:7. "Fought, Finished, Kept.". Commitment =. Character.
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Commitment is a Daily Decision
Commitment = Character Matt 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth."
Commitment = Character I Kgs 18:4 "How long will you stand between two opinions?"
Commitment = Character 2 Tim 4:7 "Fought, Finished, Kept."
Commitment = Character Lk 14:28-30 "Not able to finish"
Commitment & Conduct John RW Stott
The Christian landscape is strewn with the wreckage of derelick, half-built towers. The ruins of those who began to build and were unable to finish. • Thousands of people still ignore Christ’s warning and undertake to follow Him without first pausing to reflect on the cost of doing so. • The result is the great scandal of Christendom, so called “nominal Christianity.”
Large numbers of people have covered themselves with a decent but thin veneer of Christianity. They have allowed themselves to become somewhat involved. Enough to be respectable, but not enough to be uncomfortable. • Their religion is a great soft cushion. It protects them from the harsh realities of life and changes its shape and form to suit their conveniences.”
Christianity is a Daily Commitment Daily Prayer "Give us this day..our daily bread."
Christianity is a Daily Commitment Daily Sacrifice "Let him deny himself and take up his cross" Lk 9:23
Christianity is a Daily Commitment Daily Study "Searched the scriptures daily" Acts 17:11
Christianity is a Daily Commitment Daily Teaching "Daily in the temple and house to house" Acts 5:42
Christianity is a Daily Commitment Daily Encouraging "Exhort one another day by day" Heb 3:13
I will follow you…Matt 8:19 -22 • Answer to #1: “Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the son of man hath no where to lay His head.” • Answer to #2: “Let the dead bury the dead.”
Christianity is a Daily Commitment TWO ESSENTIAL APPLICATIONS: Change your priorities "Change your choices"
Christianity is a Daily Commitment FIVE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #1: What does God say about this? Prov 14:12
Christianity is a Daily Commitment FIVE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #2. What good will come from this? I Cor 10:23 "Somethings are lawful but not helpful."
Christianity is a Daily Commitment FIVE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #3. Can I stop this once I start? I Cor 6:12 "not be brought under the power."
Christianity is a Daily Commitment FIVE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #4. Will others know I am a Christian? Col 3:3-4 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life is manifested. . .
Christianity is a Daily Commitment #5. Will this choice please God? "Whatever you do, .. do all to the glory of God!" I Cor 10:31
Three Non-negotiable Commitments Commitment to a Person - JESUS CHRIST
Three Non-negotiable Commitments Commitment to - THE PEOPLE OF CHRIST I Cor 12:20-21
Three Non-negotiable Commitments Commitment to - THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST Acts 20:24 "None of these things move me."