IS GOD REALLY THE GOD OF ME? John 8:37-47 & 1 John 1:1-10

What is the difference between PROFESSING one’s faith and PRACTICING one’s faith?

What does it say about me, if I say… HE’S THE LORD OF MY LIFE, BUT NOT THE LORD OF MY LIPS?

What does it say about me, if I say… HE’S THE LORD OF MY FAMILY, BUT NOT OF MY FINANCES.

What does it say about me, if I say… HE’S THE LORD OF MY SALVATION, BUT NOT THE LORD OF MY SENSUALITY.

What does it say about me, if I say… HE’S THE LORD OF MY HEART, BUT NOT THE LORD OF MY HOME.

What does it say about me, if I say… GOD IS MY GOD, BUT I DO NOT CARRY OUT HIS DESIRES.

What does it say about me, if I… ACKNOWLEDGE THE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD, BUT I DON’T MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE LORD.

HOW DO I REALLY KNOW, IF GOD IS THE GOD OF ME?

JOHN 8:37

“My Word has no place in you.” JOHN 8:37 “My Word has no place in you.”

PROFESSORS BUT NOT PRACTITIONERS

“you do what you have seen your father do.” JOHN 8:38-39 “you do what you have seen your father do.”

“If you were Abraham’s children you would do JOHN 8:38-39 “If you were Abraham’s children you would do the works of Abraham.”

JOHN 8:41 “You do the deeds of your father.”

“We are not born of fornication.” JOHN 8:42 “We are not born of fornication.”

“Are we not say right in saying that you are a Samaritan JOHN 8:48 “Are we not say right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

“If God were your Father, JOHN 8:42 “If God were your Father, You would love Me”

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of JOHN 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.”

JOHN 8:47 “He who is of God HEARS God’s words.”

IF YOU LOVED ME, YOU WOULD DO THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM!

1 JOHN 1:1-10

1 JOHN 4:8 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US.

1 JOHN 4:10 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE GOD A LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US.

CONFESS YOUR FAULTS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER. JAMES 5:16 CONFESS YOUR FAULTS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER.

TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 1 JOHN 1:9 IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.

For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. REGARDING WHAT WE SAY Matthew 12:34 For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:18a (NLT) The words you speak come REGARDING WHAT WE SAY Matthew 15:18a (NLT) The words you speak come from the heart—

REGARDING WHAT WE SAY Luke 6:45 (NLT) A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

REGARDING WHAT WE THINK Proverbs 23:7a As a person thinks in their heart, so they are.

REGARDING WHAT WE DO JOHN 8:44 “you are of your father of the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.”

I MUST PUT MY FAITH INTO PRACTICE HOW DO I REALLY KNOW IF GOD IS THE GOD OF ME? IF I DO WHAT GOD SAYS. I MUST PUT MY FAITH INTO PRACTICE