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DEVOTION TO GOD

DEVOTION TO GOD. Do We Have It?. DEVOTION TO GOD. By "devotion to God" we mean having the attitude of Job and of Christ. . Job 23:11-12. 11 My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

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DEVOTION TO GOD

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  1. DEVOTION TO GOD Do We Have It?

  2. DEVOTION TO GOD By "devotion to God" we mean having the attitude of Job and of Christ.

  3. Job 23:11-12 11 My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. 12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.

  4. John 4:34 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work."

  5. DEVOTION TO GOD By "devotion to God" we mean having the attitude of Job and of Christ. Why is it that some are devoted to God and others are not? Perhaps some do not appreciate what devotion to God is all about. Let’s consider three things concerning this attitude.

  6. DEVOTION TO GOD GROUNDS OF DEVOTION ASPECTS OF DEVOTION MANIFESTATIONS OF DEVOTION

  7. GROUNDS OF DEVOTION • The mercies of God

  8. Romans 12:1 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God….

  9. Lamentations 3:22 22 Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

  10. GROUNDS OF DEVOTION • The mercies of God • The goodness of God

  11. Romans 2:1-4 1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. 2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

  12. Romans 2:1-4 3 And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

  13. Romans 11:1-22 1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  14. Romans 11:1-22 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 "Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"?

  15. Romans 11:1-22 4 But what does the divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

  16. Romans 11:1-22 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

  17. Romans 11:1-22 8 Just as it is written: "God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day."

  18. Romans 11:1-22 9 And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always."

  19. Romans 11:1-22 11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

  20. Romans 11:1-22 13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.

  21. Romans 11:1-22 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

  22. Romans 11:1-22 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

  23. Romans 11:1-22 19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in." 20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

  24. Romans 11:1-22 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. not.

  25. GROUNDS OF DEVOTION • The mercies of God • The goodness of God • The death of Christ

  26. 2 Corinthians 5:15 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

  27. Galatians 2:20 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

  28. GROUNDS OF DEVOTION • The mercies of God • The goodness of God • The death of Christ • Our redemption

  29. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

  30. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

  31. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people."

  32. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 17 Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you." 18 "I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty."

  33. 2 Corinthians 7:1 1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  34. ASPECTS OF DEVOTION 1. Spiritual

  35. 1 Peter 4:6 6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  36. ASPECTS OF DEVOTION 1. Spiritual 2. Physical

  37. Romans 12:1 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

  38. ASPECTS OF DEVOTION 1. Spiritual 2. Physical 3. Material

  39. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

  40. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, 19 storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  41. ASPECTS OF DEVOTION 1. Spiritual 2. Physical 3. Material 4. Complete

  42. Matthew 6:24 24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

  43. Luke 14:33 33 "So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple."

  44. ASPECTS OF DEVOTION 1. Spiritual 2. Physical 3. Material 4. Complete 5. Progressive

  45. Luke 2:52 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

  46. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 1 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  47. ASPECTS OF DEVOTION 1. Spiritual 2. Physical 3. Material 4. Complete 5. Progressive 6. Fearful & Fearless

  48. Matthew 10:28 28 "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

  49. Romans 14:8 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

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