MY COMMITMENT

“I’m part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Ghost power. The dye has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I’m a disciple of Christ! I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

“My past is redeemed. My present makes sense. My future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed vision, mundane talking, cheap living, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotion, plaudits, or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His Presence, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

“My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide reliable, my mission clear. I can not be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded, or delayed, I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

“I won’t give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, preached up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. And when He comes for His own, He will have no problem and recognizing me- my banner will be clear!”

*** THE NEEDS OF THE TIMES FOR THE CHRISTIANS ***

TEXT: I PETER 4:7-11

THEME: The needs of the times for Christians, call for a serious spiritual life.

INTRODUCTION: Obviously, this world has come to its perilous times. We can see the signs in

their peak as prophesied by saint Paul( II Tim. 3:1-5) “Man shall be lovers of

their own selves; covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to

parents, thankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false

accusers, incontinent, fierce despises those that are good, traitors, heady,

high-minded, lover of pleasures more than lover of God. They have the form

of godliness but deny the power of God. We who like to please God in this

present world must be serious in our spiritual life.

I. THE NEEDS OF THE TIMES CALL FOR SOBERNESS. (v.7)

A. Soberness means temperate and well balance attitude or state of mind.

B. Soberness is the opposite of rushness or resorting to something without

proper consideration.

II. THE NEEDS OF THE TIMES CALL FOR PRAYERFULNESS. (v.7)

A. Let us increase our prayerfulness in these evil days. (Matt. 26; 41; phil. 4:6)

B. Prayers will motivate us to obedience to do the will of God.

III. THE NEEDS OF TIMES CALL FOR CHRISTIANS TO BE HOSPITABLE. (v.9)

A. Use hospitality without grudging, but with liberality. (v.9)

B. Give freely with all the heart without counting the cost.

IV. THE NEEDS OF THE TIMES CALL FOR GOOD STEWARDSHIP. (v.10-11)

A. Let us not “bury” or “hoard” the gifts, use them liberally to those that are in

need.

B. Gifts not being used will be lost.

C. If we speak, let us speak as the oracles of God (v.11), never apologize for

telling the truth.

D. Let us trust God for the good results in ministering of our individual gifts.

Dying To Self —Unknown Author

Dying To Self

—Unknown Author

When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don't sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ, that is dying to self.

When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take it all in patient, loving silence, that is dying to self.

When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, and climate, any society, any raiment, any interruption by the will of God, that is dying to self.

When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works, or itch after commendations, when you can truly love to be unknown, that is dying to self.

When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy, nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances, that is dying to self.

When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than your self and can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart, that is dying to self.

“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” —Matthew 16:24-25

FULL SALVATION (Sermon Outline)

FULL SALVATION

TEXT: I THESSALONIANS 5:15-24

THEME: The believer is fully saved if he is fully sanctified.

INTRODUCTION:

Evangelical salvation is salvation from sin. There are two classes of sin: the committed and the habitual sin and the sin as a principle in the heart of a man. The word sin which is “hamartia” in Greek denotes the act of disobedience and at the same time a condition or the state of the heart. Salvation is the deliverance from all sin, the habitual and the root of sin. If a believer is only justified and not fully sanctified he is considered as not fully saved yet. He needs the second work of grace of entire sanctification done in the heart through the agency of the Holy Spirit by purifying it from the carnal sin: when these works are accomplished in the life of a believer he is fully saved from sin. How can a believer or a child of God be fully sanctified?

I. FIRSTLY, ONE HAS TO BE SURE HE OR SHE IS REALLY JUSTIFIED AND EXPERIENCES THE REGENERATION (BORN AGAIN) OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

A. Repentance is fully done. (Isaiah 55:7)

B. Regeneration is experience in the heart. (Titus 3:4, 5)

C. By living Godly and righteously. (Titus 2:11, 12)

II. SECONDLY, ONE HAS TO WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORD OF GOD. (I John 1:7)

A. There is a ready mind to obey what is required of a child of God upon Illumination of the WORD OF GOD.

B. There is an attitude of real love and fellowship with the children of God.

III. THIRDLY, EXERCISE THE NATURAL DUTIES OF THE CHILD OF GOD. (I Thess. 5:15-22)

A. Render not evil for evil, Rejoice evermore, Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks.

B. Quench not the spirit: despise not prophesying; prove all things, hold fast that which is good, abstain from all appearance of evil.

(NOTE: The approach to entire sanctification is the exercise of all Christian duties known.)

IV. FOURTHLY, CONSECRATE ENTIRE ONE’S PERSON AND ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. (Rom. 12:1)

A. Consecration of self is the natural requirement of God from His child.

B. Consecrate to God what He has given you.

V. FIFTHLY, HAVE FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST (ATONEMENT) AS THE GROUND OF FULL SANCTIFICATION. (I John 1:7)

A. After fully consecrating one’s self, believe that the work is done in the heart.

B. The altar sanctifies the gift. (Ex.29:37; Matt.23:19)

CONCLUSION:

Entire sanctification gives us holiness in the heart. In regeneration the holy life begins. In full sanctification holiness is completed in the life or soul of the child of God. There is power in living for God in full sanctification. Entire sanctification is full-salvation from sin.