Obedience is the fruit of the new birth. When a person has accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, then God expects something of that person who is now His son. He expects us to be surrendered. He expects us to abide in His love. He expects us to constantly abide in His love. As we do, God changes us. Christianity is a lifelong process of growing from glory to glory into the image of Christ. We are never going to be finished, until we get to Heaven. Until then, when we yield, when we surrender, when we abide, the natural result of that is going to be fruit. The natural result of a branch yielded to the Vine is a changed life, a fruitful life.
J. Delany

SINCERITY

SINCERITY

SINCERITY

  1. Christ was an example of # 1Pe 2:22
  2. Ministers should be examples of # Tit 2:7
  3. Opposed to fleshly wisdom # 2Co 1:12
  4. SHOULD CHARACTERISE 4a) Our love to God

    # 2Co 8:8,24

4b) Our love to Christ # Eph 6:24 4c) Our service to God # Jos 24:14 Joh 4:23,24 4d) Our faith # 1Ti 1:5 4e) Our love to one another # Ro 12:9 1Pe 1:22 1Jo 3:18 4f) Our whole conduct # 2Co 1:12 4g) The preaching of the gospel # 2Co 2:17 1Th 2:3-5 5) A characteristic of the doctrines of the gospel # 1Pe 2:2 6) The gospel sometimes preached without # Php 1:16 7) The wicked devoid of # Ps 5:9 55:21 8) Exhortations to # Ps 34:13 1Co 5:8 1Pe 2:1 9) Pray for, on behalf of others # Php 1:10 10) Blessedness of # Ps 32:2 11) Exemplified 11a) Men of Zebulun # 1Ch 12:33 11b) Hezekiah # Isa 38:3 11c) Nathanael # Joh 1:47 11d) Paul # 2Co 1:12 11e) Timothy # 2Ti 1:5 11f) Lois and Eunice # 2Ti 1:5 11g) The Redeemed # Re 14:5