Goodmorning and welcome in everyone. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to share something with you.
How many of you parents have children who really don’t take care of the things that you have given them. For example, maybe you bought them a brand new bike, but instead of keeping it in the garage and putting it away when they were done with it, they just throw it on the ground by the front door of the house. Each day, it sits out in the rain and the snow and eventually gets ruined. They simply don’t take care of what they were given.
This reminds me of the Christian Life
God gives us a gift of forgiveness, but you want to make sure that you take care of the gift that He has given you. You don’t want to neglect God’s grace. To neglect means to pay little or no attention, or fail to heed and disregard something. God’s grace is given to us so that through an obedient heart we can eventually grow into new creatures in Christ.
Hebrews 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
As a Christian, we are not supposed to neglect the gift that is in us. God’s grace is a gift that He extends to the entire world, when we place our faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. When we receive God’s gift of forgiveness, we don’t want to receive it in vain, but rather use it as a starting point of transformation and change in our lives. We must undergo conversion right now so that we can prepare for the kingdom of Heaven that is coming. Our salvation depends on it.
1 Timothy 4:14-16 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
When you believe in vain, it never truly results in a change from the ways of the world, to the way of Truth. This is why the Apostles warned that we are not supposed to deceive ourselves.
1 Corinthians 15:1-2 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
God gives Grace to us for the purpose of conversion and transformation. If these things really don’t take place inside of a person’s heart, grace really didn’t really have an effect on their life. When you get forgiven for being disobedient, it should result in becoming obedient.
2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
When we walk in the grace of God, we will undergo a change in our life. Salvation is a process that begins when we get baptized into the Christian faith, but that is only the very first step. Christianity is about a daily walk of obedience to the teachings of Christ. This is why those who never truly convert in their hearts from sinful living are going to miss out on Paradise. Conversion is not optional, it’s mandatory. Certain Jews felt that they were going to heaven simply because they were circumcised, yet they killed the Lord Jesus Christ. Even though the Lord saved people out of the land of Egypt, He later destroyed some of them because of their lack of faith.
Jude 1:3-5 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Genuine faith will result in a changed heart and becoming obedient to the will of God.
1 Corinthians 10:5-13 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
We need to pay close attention to the things that we have learned in our faith, so we don’t slip and fall into sin. To slip is to fall to a lower level or standard. It means to fall into fault or error. You don’t want to be a forgetful hearer, but apply the things that you have learned daily in your life. God cleanses us from our sins, and when we walk in obedience to the truth, we will never fall. Heaven awaits the obedient of God.
2 Peter 1:9-11 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Obviously, without obedience, the result is disobedience. Don’t be let away with other people who profess the Christian faith, who wilfully live in this manner.
2 Peter 3:17-18 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Like a child that is given a brand new bike, we are given the most precious gift of all, the gift of God’s forgiveness and mercy. Take great heed that you don’t neglect it. Make sure for your sake and salvation, that you……
……Take Care of It
Let’s think about these things for right now, and Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ❤️
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