MAKE BELIEVER
Make Believer - Rabbit Trail
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Sunday Christian - A follower of Christ
can go to Sunday School and Church - Sing the songs of Praise - Enter into
prayer - Be a part of laying hands on the sick - See the Holy Spirit at work in
healings and miracles - Taste the sweetness of communion with the other saints…
And still not be a part of the Faith. – NYOBS 35.02 –
FALLING FROM GRACE
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How can that be; the Bible teaches that once you are saved you are always saved.
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As
Jesus taught His followers, they experienced the miracles of healings; the
casting out of demons; the feeding of thousands and tasted the power of the
Holy Spirit; but at some point they could not spiritually discern His
teachings which caused them to walk away.
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IT IS IMPOSSIBLE for someone like this with
their own ability and power to come back to the Faith; except by the GRACE
of Jesus Christ. - With Him all things
are possible.
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According
to Scripture the rain waters all the soil, some good and some not so good. Some brings forth good vegetation and
some brings up worthless thorns and thistles; but both got the same water. NYOBS 30.27 – TWO JUDGMENTS
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A True Believer will not
leave the Faith.
– A Make-Believer will; this proves that they were never a part of the Faith to
begin with.
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How can you know if you
are a True Believer? - God said, you will know them by their fruits’; their
actions. – Take a close look at your “check book”; your speech, your SONGS and
your activities. – Do they honor God or bring shame?
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The Fruit of the Spirit has nine expressions; but
all nine of them are exhibited as just ONE fruit - Love, Joy, Peace, Patience,
Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. – They are utilized
along with the Gifts of the Spirit for the perfecting of the Saints and the building
up of the Church body. – Does your actions build up the Church and strive for
the perfection that is offered through Jesus Christ?
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Adam and Eve were not kicked out of
the Garden because of their sin; they were kicked out because they DID NOT
CONFESS their sin and seek forgiveness.
Instead they blamed each other as well as God for their actions –
Obedience brings Mercy and Blessings – Disobedience brings Judgment.
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Lip
Service - Are you just going through the motions, having only “a form
of Godliness”? – Is God’s word spoken through your mouth, but not spoken in
your actions?
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We are told to examine
ourselves
before we take part in communion. Do we
have unconfessed sin? – Do we need a “course correction” in our life?
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God does not have any STEP
CHILDREN; only Children. You are not a child of God because your Mama
is. – Life is Choice Driven – Are you a Believer or a Make-Believer?
John 6:66 – Many DISCIPLES left the Faith.
66 As a result of this many of His DISCIPLES withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. (NASB)
66 As a result of this many of His DISCIPLES withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. (NASB)
1 John 2:19 – The left because they were MAKE
BELIEVERS
19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. (NIV2011)
19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. (NIV2011)
2 Timothy 3:2-5
Make-Believers have a form of Godliness
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
5 HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. (NIV2011)
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
5 HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. (NIV2011)
Hebrews 6:4-6 – Believers & Make-Believer -
taste the power
4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6 and then have fallen away, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6 and then have fallen away, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
Matthew 19:25-26 - With God all things are possible
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?
26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?
26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
(KJV)
Hebrews 6:7-8 – The Rain waters; Some Useful, Some
Worthless
7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;
8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. (NASB)
7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;
8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. (NASB)
Matthew 7:16 – You will know them by their FRUIT
16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? (NIV2011)
16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? (NIV2011)
Galatians 5:22-23 – FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (NASB)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (NASB)
Ephesians 4:12 – Gifts are for the PERFECTING of the saints
12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: (ASV)
12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: (ASV)
1 Corinthians 11:27-28 –
EXAMINE YOURSELF
27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. (NLT)
27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. (NLT)
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:14
I
am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses. Because
of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further that I otherwise ever
could have.
Four Blood Moons; TV
Series – John Hagee
Gospels Interwoven; The – Kermit Zarley
Harper’s Bible Dictionary – Harper & Row
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary; The - Tyndale
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary – Nelson
Late Great Planet Earth;
The – Hal Linsey
Nave’s Topical Bible; NIV
– Zondervan
Nave’s Topical Bible; NIV-
Nelson
New International
Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas
Tenney
Seven Deadly Sins – British Broadcasting Network
Who’s Who and Where’s Where
in the Bible – Stephen M. Miller
Wikipedia
Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible; The - Tenney
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