WHO AM I … REALLY?
And
WHAT AM I HERE FOR … REALLY?
1. ACKNOWLEDGING
MY ROLE.
a.
A CHRISTIAN
i. ON
THE BASIS OR ROMANS 10:9-17
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When thinking about salvation it’s helpful to
think about what we are saved from, what we are saved to, who we are saved by.
It’s also helpful to think about our salvation as a past, present, and future
happening.
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We see, then, that salvation speaks of
receiving deliverance from our greatest problem; namely, the many consequences
of our sin against a holy God.
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So how does this salvation come about?
o
In Acts
16:30 a Philippian jailer asks a very important question. “Sirs,
what must I do to be saved?” The apostles did not hesitate in pointing to
Jesus Christ as the only means by which men will be saved.
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What
Are We Saved To?
o
This is where the image of a salvage yard is somewhat helpful.
When a salvage yard reclaims a wrecked car, they take possession of it, change
it substantially, and repurpose it. Though far less utilitarian, this is true
of believers. Some people think of salvation as God cleaning our
slates, offering forgiveness, and giving us a second chance. It is so much more
than this. Salvation is not only being saved from something it is also being
saved to someone.
We are saved from sin and brought to God.
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We are saved for a relationship.
o
When we place our faith and trust in Christ the Bible says we
are saved. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,” Joel
2:32 (also Acts
2:21 and Romans
10:13).
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO KNOW WHAT IS, IS
TO CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT IS NOT. AN ORGANIZATION ROTW POSTS STAGGERING DATA.
Our founder is Barry Meguiar whose passion for his business, his
life and for God is contagious and renowned. As the third generation leader of
his family business and the host of Car Crazy Television on Discovery’s
Velocity Channel, he’s learned how to sail thru insurmountable odds by ‘Living
in the FOG…The Favor of God’.
Barry had a family member and business partner try to kill him,
faced multiple close calls with bankruptcy, lost his daughter to drugs for ten
years, had a venture capital partner attempt to seize control of his board and
throw him out of his own company and was in a coma for a week of a 2½ week
hospital drama that saw the doctors give up on him. In response, the
overwhelming peace and joy that Barry manifested throughout these trials now
validates and motivates this ministry of Revival…Outside the Walls.
https://www.rotw.com/this-weeks-shocking-stat
Atheists and Agnostics
scored 15% higher on their knowledge about religion than Evangelical Christians
taking the Pews Religious Knowledge Survey.
While 1 in 4 Americans
are done with church, half of all Americans (48%) are done with God. Known as
post-Christian, they say that God plays no role whatsoever in their life.
93% of practicing
Christians aren’t comfortable to have a conversation about the Lord with their
own grandchildren.
51% of U.S. churchgoers
say they’ve never heard of the term, “The Great Commission”.
70% unchurched people
have never been invited to church in their whole lives.
65% of all “Christians”
believe there are multiple paths to Heaven.
Almost 50% of all
Evangelicals, 18-29 years of age, favor same sex marriage.
Two thirds of those who
are 18-34 years of age, do not believe pre-marital sex is ever wrong.
55% of those attending church at least once a
month have not had a 'born again' experience.
More than 50% of all Evangelicals believe there
is more than one way to Heaven.
JESUS HIMSELF, SHARED
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A TRUE BELIEVER, IF THAT BELIEVER CHOOSES TO IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES AS A CHRISTIAN.
John 8:12 - Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Matthew 7:21-23 - Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven
1 John 2:3-4 - And
hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
John 10:27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them, and they follow me:
John 15:16-17 - Ye
have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye
shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Matthew 10:22 - And
ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the
end shall be saved.
John 15:14 - Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you.
John 15:5-8 - I am the vine,
ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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