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Seven Voices of Jesus
Text: I Kings 19:12
Introduction: The Lord speaks to men today by the written Word of God. He also speaks silently to the Christian's heart by the Holy Spirit. We will take a brief look at seven voices of the Lord Jesus Christ as found in Scripture.
I. The Shepherd's Voice -- Follow Me
A. The Sheep follow Him John 10:27
B. Follow Him and not walk in darkness John 8:12
1. To follow Jesus expresses a union of the two, you and Christ
2. To follow Jesus shows that you are united or "hooked together" with Him
3. To follow Jesus is to go the same way as He goes
C. Follow Him and be a fisher of men Matt. 4:19
D. Follow Jesus and take up your Cross
1. Die to the importance of self
2. Put the Lord first in your life every moment of every day
3. Make Christ the number #1 priority in your living; serving; and giving
Leave Nothing to Chance, Part 1: Intentional Christians Are Decisive
“Becoming the Intentional Christian”
OVERVIEW OF THE SERIES: So many Christians today are too casual about their faith. We go to church on Sunday then the rest of the week we say “ok God make something happen”. That way if nothing happens in the week then we can say “God didn’t use me” this week and we take no personal responsibility for our day to day life.
Every guy who seeks to better himself probably knows by heart Proverbs 27:17 . Even then they knew that one of the best tools that guys have in their lives are other guys. That "brotherhood" is imperative to a healthy life.
ChristianGuys.org also knows that we need those connections. While we do not desire or claim to take the place of real personal interaction and accountability, we do want to make sure that we are facilitating the opportunity for you to connect with someone else in a personal way.
You're not here by accident. Jesus loves you, and He wants you to have a personal relationship with Him. There is just one thing that separates you from God. That one thing is sin.
People tend to divide themselves into groups - good people and bad people. But God says that every person that has ever lived is a sinner, and any sin separates us from God. That includes you and me.
"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
An answer to the oft-asked question of if masturbation is a sin for believers in Christ Jesus, and what the scriptures teach concerning it.
The Scripture is strangely silent about this universal issue, while not shy about all sorts of other sexual situations and perversions... in great detail concerning sex with animals, etc. Yet the bible says nothing about masturbation. This is odd, don't you think?
Some, mistakenly, cite Onan in Gen 38:9 as suggesting that masturbation is a sin. In fact, "onanism" has become a synonym for masturbation. But this is obviously an error, and a rather daft one at that. We know what Onan did, for it is spelled out for us in lurid detail; and we know why it was a sin: he was maliciously using and cheating Tamar in way that was wrong. In any case, what Onan was doing was certainly not masturbating, and you have to be pretty dimwitted to miss this.