Surrendering To God s Love Lesson Five Introduction: We Have

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Surrendering To Gods LoveLesson Five
"He Became flesh And Dwelt Among Us"

• Introduction
• We Have A Wonderful And Powerful Creator Who
  Loves Us More Than Words Can Express, So He
  Became Flesh And Dwelt Among Us (John 114).

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He Lived A Perfect Life

• After Living A Perfect Life He Offered Himself
  As An Atoning Sacrifice For Our Sins.
• By The Power Of God He Was Raised From The Dead,
  Giving Proof Of His Divine Nature.
• How Would God Have Us Respond To His Great Love?

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The Solution To Mans Sin Problem

• We Noticed In Our Last Lesson That God Has
  Provided The Solution To Mans Sin Problem.
• When We Put Our Faith In Christ Jesus, God Gives
  Us Undeserved Grace.
• Remember The Acrostic That Helps Give A
  Definition Of Faith.
• Lets Use This Illustration To Lead Us Into This
  Lesson Abut Our Response (Action) To Gods Love.

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A Renewed Relationship With God

• Lets Start This Lesson By Using An Equation Of
  Words And Phrases That Are Used Interchangeably
  In Scripture.

Saved Sins Forgiven Eternal Life Born Again

• As Truth Seekers, Lets Search The Scriptures And
  Find Passages Where These Terms Are Used.
• Lets Look For Certain Facts Stated About Jesus
  And The Action God Is Looking For From Us In
  Response To Those Facts.

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His Promise To Us

• We Will Also Study What He Promised Us When We
  Respond As He Asks.
• We Will Begin By Looking At John 316

"For God So Loved The World That He Gave His One
and Only Son, That Whoever Believes In Him
Shall Not Perish But Have Eternal Life."
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Do You Believe That Jesus Christ Is The Son Of
God?

• All Students Of Gods Word Must Come To A Point
  Where They Either Accept Or Reject The Evidence
  Of The Scriptures About Who Jesus Is.
• The Question You Must Ask Yourself Is,
• Do You Believe That Jesus Christ Is The Son Of
  God?
• The Bible Shows Us How Important It Is For Us To
  Believe.

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Salvation

• John 1125-26 (Jesus To Martha)
• Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and
  the life. He who believes in me will live, even
  though he dies and whoever lives and believes in
  me will never die. Do you believe this?"

If This Were The Only Verse That Talked About
The Subject Of Salvation, Then Believing Would Be
The Only Necessary Response. However, Satan,
The Demons And Many Unsaved People Believe That
Jesus Christ Is The Son Of God Without Receiving
The Promise Of Eternal Life.
You Cannot Do More Than Believe Until You Believe.
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The Demon Possessed Man

• In Mark We Read About A Demon-possessed Man That
  Jesus Met.
• In Mark 57-8, Jesus Has A Conversation With The
  Demon That Lived In This Man.
• Mark 57-8
• He (the demon) shouted at the top of his voice,
  "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most
  High God? Swear to God that you won't torture
  me! For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this
  man, you evil spirit!"

The Demon Calls Jesus Son Of The Most High God,
Yet He Did Not Receive The Promise Of Eternal
Life.
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The Demons Believe And Shudder

• James 219
• You believe that there is one God. Good! Even
  the demons believe that and shudder.
• No One Would Say That Demons Are Saved Even
  Though They Believe Rather, They Stand In Fear
  Of God And Shudder.
• Therefore, We Must Search For More Verses That
  Deal With The Subject Of Our Salvation.

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Believe In Our Hearts
The Apostle Paul Is Writing To A Group Of
Baptized Believers In Rome Telling Them What They
Must Continuously Be Doing In Their Saved
Relationship With God. Not Only Is Believing In
The Resurrection Of Jesus A Necessary Response,
But So Is Confessing Jesus Is Lord.

• Romans 109-10
• That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is
  Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised
  him from the dead, you will be saved. For it
  is with your heart that you believe and are
  justified, and it is with your mouth that you
  confess and are saved.

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We Must Surrender To Christ
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We Must Surrender To Christ
Promises
Facts
Actions
Believe
John 316 Jesus is Gods Son John 1125-26 Mark
57 James 219
Eternal Life
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We Must Surrender To Christ
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We Must Surrender To Christ
Satan Or The Demons Believe Jesus Is The Son Of
God, But They Will Not Surrender Their Lives To
His Lordship.
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We Must Surrender To Christ
Satan Or The Demons Believe Jesus Is The Son Of
God, But They Will Not Surrender Their Lives To
His Lordship. To Make Someone Lord Means We
Surrender To Him As Our Master, Our King, And The
Authority Of Our Lives.
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Jesus Said

• Matthew 721-23
• "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will
  enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does
  the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many
  will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we
  not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive
  out demons and perform many miracles? Then I
  will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away
  from me, you evildoers!'

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More Than Lip Service

• Jesus Is Looking For More Than Our Lip Service.
• His Lordship Guides Our Actions As Well.
• He Also Says Our Relationship With God Is Not
  Secure By Just Doing A Lot Of Good Things That We
  Think Are Right.
• If He Truly Is Lord, Our Lifelong Desire Is To
  Know And Do His Will In Our Lives.
• Our Surrender To Him, Our Acknowledging His
  Authority, Should Be Obvious To Others By The Way
  We Live Our Lives.
• This Will Make A Difference On The Day Of
  Judgment When We Stand Before God, As Explained
  By Jesus In The Gospel Of Matthew.

Matthew 1032-33 "Whoever acknowledges me before
men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father
in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I
will disown him before my Father in heaven.
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Making Jesus Lord
A Diagram That Illustrates The Importance Of
Making Jesus Lord Is To The Right. Lets Let This
Circle Represent Your Life While The Marks Around
The Outside Represent Characteristics Of Who You
Are (Your Hobbies, Speech, Friends, Attitudes,
Places You Frequent).
The Chair Pictured In The Middle Represents The
Throne Of Your Life Or The One Who Is In Control,
Which Is Usually Ourselves.
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Jesus Is King

• Often When People Want Jesus In Their Lives, They
  Add Him As One Of The Marks Around The Outside Of
  Their Circle (Going To Church On Sunday, Reading
  The Bible More, Praying Daily).
• But That Is Not Good Enough.
• Jesus Deserves To Sit On The Throne Of Your Heart
  Because He Is King.

Throne of my heart
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I Surrender All

• Everyone Must Choose Whether Or Not To Surrender
  To Jesus And Let Him Take This Place Of
  Authority In Their Lives.
• If We Do, From That Point Forward, Our Lives
  Begin To Change To Be More Like Him.

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What Would Jesus Do?

• We Start Asking, What Would Jesus Do?
  Concerning Every Aspect Of Our Lives.
• We Stop Doing The Things That He Would Not
  Approve Of And Start Doing The Things That He
  Would By The Power Of His Spirit Living In Us.

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Being Transformed

• These Changes Will Take Place For The Rest Of Our
  Lives Until He Comes To Take Us Home, As Paul
  Explained In His Letter To The Christians At
  Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 317-18
• Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
  of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who
  with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's
  glory, are being transformed into his likeness
  with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the
  Lord, who is the Spirit.

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Jesus As Lord

• Surrendering Your Life To Jesus As Lord Is
  Inviting Him To Come Into Your Life.
• Some People Refer To This As Asking Jesus To Come
  Into Your Heart.
• When His Spirit Co-exist With Your Spirit, He
  Rules.

You Submit To Him And Let Him Be Your Master
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Freedom

• Notice The Statement About Our Freedom In This
  Verse
• 2 Corinthians 317
• Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
  of the Lord is, there is freedom.
• Freedom From Sin, Freedom From The Guilt Of Sin,
  Freedom From Self-centeredness, Freedom From
  Doing Only The Things That Would Satisfy Us But
  Not Glorify The Lord.
• Freedom From These Things Give You Peace, Joy And
  Hope Through The Assurance That You Will Spend
  Eternity With Him.

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Our Guarantee

• His Spirit With Us Is Our Guarantee, And We Live
  To Glorify Him.
• Paul Described These Truths To The Christians At
  Ephesus.
• Ephesians 113-14
• And you also were included in Christ when you
  heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
  salvation. Having believed, you were marked in
  him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is
  a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the
  redemption of those who are God's possession--to
  the praise of his glory.

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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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What Have We Learned So Far?
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Belief And Surrender Is Essential

• I Would Like To Ask Each Reader Who Believes That
  Jesus Christ Is The Risen Son Of God A Very
  Important Question
• Are You Ready To Let Jesus Have This Place Of
  Authority In Your Life Confessing Him As Lord?
• This Is The Most Important Decision That You Will
  Ever Make.
• It Has Eternal Consequences.
• The Scriptures Convince Us That Our Belief And
  Surrender Is Essential.

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The Scriptures Tell Us How To Surrender

• They Also Tell Us How To Surrender Our Lives To
  Jesus As Believers In Him.
• Mark 1615-16
• He said to them, "Go into all the world and
  preach the good news to all creation. Whoever
  believes and is baptized will be saved, but
  whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• Matthew 2818-20
• Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority
  in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
  to obey everything I have commanded you. And
  surely I am with you always, to the very end of
  the age."

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The Great Commission

• These Two Verses
• Mark 1615-16 And Matthew 2818-20
• Are Known By Most Bible Students As The Great
  Commission.
• After The Resurrection Of Jesus, He Appeared To
  The Apostles And Sent Them Out On This Great
  Mission To Teach All People The Good News Message
  Of Jesus.

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Response To Gods Love

• In Mark 16 We Notice That To Just Believe Was Not
  A Complete Response To The Message Of Gods Love.
• In Matthew 28 We Read That Jesus Has All
  Authority.
• If We Are To Become His Disciples, We Must
  Surrender To Him As He Asks Us To.
• A Disciple Is One Who Diligently Follows The
  Teaching And Lifestyle Of Another.
• When You As A Believer Are Baptized, This Is Your
  Surrender To Jesus As Lord, And You Become His
  Disciple.

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What Is Baptism?

• Lets Talk About Baptism And What It Means
  According To Scripture.
• Baptism Is A Word That Literally Means To
  Immerse Or To Dip.
• It Comes From The Greek Word Baptizo.
• If Sprinkling Or Pouring Water On Someone Was
  Intended, Other Greek Words Were Available And
  Would Have Been Used.
• But Baptizo Was Used Every Time One Surrendered
  His Life To The Lordship Of Jesus And Called On
  Him To Salvation.
• We Will Study More About This In Our Next Lesson.

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A Final Look At Our Diagram
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Conclusion to Lesson Five

• In This Lesson We Have Learned That It Is
  Absolutely Necessary For You To Make A Choice.
• Either Believe The Facts About Jesus
  Or Not.
• As A Believer In Jesus Christ As The Resurrected
  Son Of God, You Must Surrender You Life To Him As
  Lord.
• You Cannot Have Him Be Your Savior Without
  Letting Him Be Your Lord.
• We Have Considered Some Facts Of How God Would
  Have You Surrender The Throne Of Your Life To Him
  Through Your Repentance And Baptism.
• In Our Next Study We Will Learn More From Gods
  Word About This Important Response.
• May God Bless You In Your Search For Truth

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End Of Lesson Five