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An Introduction to New Testament Commands Law of Liberty: An Introduction to New Testament Commands

Law of Liberty: Review I. We are free! Free from sin; Free to live in accordance with God’s Word; II. Free from Sin? Don’t go back to it! N.T. Liberty is not a license to sin; Worldly Liberty is not of God’s Word; To continue in or return to a life of sin is to remain in chains of sin;

Law of Liberty: Review Romans 6: 12-15; [12] Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. [13] Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. [14] For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. [15] What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

The Law of Liberty: Review III. The Perfect Law of Liberty (God’s Word) James 1: 21-27; …[25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. [26] If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. [27] Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The Law of Liberty: Review IV. It is imperative that we follow the commands of God’s Word.

The Law of Liberty: VI. Which Commands apply to me? If failing to obey them causes us to return to sin! If they are part of the moral laws, they still apply! If failing to obey causes us to live a lie; not to be Christ like!

The Law of Liberty: Who is subject to the command? That doesn’t apply to me! Who, Me? That’s only for Pastors! That was only for the Jews! But I live under Grace!

The Law of Liberty: Review A. I have Liberty but it’s not expedient or beneficial for me; B. Don’t use your liberty as a cloke of maliciousness. C. Grace is not a license to sin!

New Testament Commands: The most important Command. To not obey will send you to Hell; You must obey it to go to even; Necessary for salvation; The Command to Repent!

New Testament Commands: Acts 17: 25-31; And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

New Testament Commands: John preached repentance! Mathew 3: 1-11; In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand… …[8] Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance… …[11] I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

New Testament Commands: Jesus preached repentance! Matthew 4: 17; From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 9: 13; But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

New Testament Commands: Jesus preached repentance! Luke 13: 1-5; [1] There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. [2] And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? [3] I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. [4] Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? [5] I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

New Testament Commands: The Apostles preached repentance! Acts 26: 20; But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. Romans 2: 4; Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

New Testament Commands: Revelation 9: 17-21; [17] And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. [18] By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. [19] For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. [20] And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: [21] Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.