REALISM OF CHRISTIANITY

ROMANS 14:10 “FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.” 1 CORINTHIANS 5:10 “FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST;…”

“So then EVERY ONE of us shall give account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12

“Knowing Therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;”

I. THE REDEMPTION

DEUTERONOMY 23:3 “AN AMMONITE OR MOABITE SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD, EVEN TO THEIR TENTH GENERATION SHALL THEY NOT ENTER IN TO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD FOR EVER,” NEHEMIAH 13:1 “THE AMMONITE OR MOABITE SHOULD NOT COME INTO THE CONGREGATION OF GOD FOREVER; V.2 BECAUSE THEY MET NOT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH BREAD AND WITH WATER, BUT HIRED BALAAM AGAINST THEM, THAT THEY SHOULD CURSE THEM:…”

EPHESIANS 2:11-12 “WHEREFORE REMEMBER, THAT YE BEING IN TIME PAST GENTILES IN THE FLESH, WHO ARE CALLED UNCIRCUMCISION BY THAT WHICH IS CALLED CIRCUMCISION IN THE FLESH MADE BY HANDS; THAT AT THAT TIME YE WERE WITHOUT CHRIST, BEING ALIENS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL, AND STRANGERS FROM THE COVENANTS OF PROMISE, HAVING NO HOPE, AND WITHOUTH GOD IN THE WORLD:”

Ezekiel 16:8-14 “I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the lord god, and thou becamest mine v.9 Then washed I thee with water; v.14 and thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord god.”

“FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

Ruth 4:10 “Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I PURCHASED TO BE MY WIFE,…” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

1 Peter 1:18-19 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:”

I. THE REDEMPTION

II. The Recognition

2 Peter 1:1 “to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: v.3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: v.4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

“So then EVERY ONE of us shall give account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12

2 Peter 1:5 “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith…”

Diligence- constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind

2 Peter 1:5 “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith…”

1. VIRTUE- HIGH MORAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

1. KNOWLEDGE- COLOSSIANS 1:10 “INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD”

1. VIRTUE- HIGH MORAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES 2. KNOWLEDGE- COLOSSIANS 1:10 “INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD” 3. TEMPERANCE- SELF-CONTROL; MODERATION (GALATIANS 5:23)

1. VIRTUE- HIGH MORAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES 2. KNOWLEDGE- COLOSSIANS 1:10 “INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD” 3. TEMPERANCE- SELF-CONTROL; MODERATION (GALATIANS 5:23) 4. PATIENCE- OBTAINED THROUGH TRIBUALTION (ROMANS 5:3)

1. VIRTUE- HIGH MORAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES 2. KNOWLEDGE- COLOSSIANS 1:10 “INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD” 3. TEMPERANCE- SELF-CONTROL; MODERATION (GALATIANS 5:23) 4. PATIENCE- OBTAINED THROUGH TRIBUALTION (ROMANS 5:3) 5. GODLINESS- THINKING HIS THOUGHTS AND RESPONDING AS HE WOULD RESPOND

1. VIRTUE- HIGH MORAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES 2. KNOWLEDGE- COLOSSIANS 1:10 “INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD” 3. TEMPERANCE- SELF-CONTROL; MODERATION (GALATIANS 5:23) 4. PATIENCE- OBTAINED THROUGH TRIBUALTION (ROMANS 5:3) 5. GODLINESS- THINKING HIS THOUGHTS AND RESPONDING AS HE WOULD RESPOND 6. BROTHERLY KINDNESS- EPHESIANS 4:32 “AND BE YE KIND”

1. VIRTUE- HIGH MORAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES 2. KNOWLEDGE- COLOSSIANS 1:10 “INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD” 3. TEMPERANCE- SELF-CONTROL; MODERATION (GALATIANS 5:23) 4. PATIENCE- OBTAINED THROUGH TRIBUALTION (ROMANS 5:3) 5. GODLINESS- THINKING HIS THOUGHTS AND RESPONDING AS HE WOULD RESPOND 6. BROTHERLY KINDNESS- EPHESIANS 4:32 “AND BE YE KIND” 7. CHARITY- “LOVE THAT GIVES” (COLOSSIANS 3:14)

2 Peter 1:8 “For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” v.9 “But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.” v.12 “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.” v.13 “ Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;”

“Knowing Therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;”

I.THE REDEMPTION II.The Recognition

Iii. THE reference

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning,…” Romans15:4

1.Israel- Picture of the Church 2.Egypt- Picture of the World 3.Exodus- Picture of the Spiritual Life

1 Corinthians 10:5 “But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.” v.6 “Now these things were our examples, TO THE INTENT we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.” v.7 “Neither be ye idolaters,…” v.8 “Neither let us commit fornication,…” v.9 “Neither let us tempt Christ,… v.10 “Neither murmur ye,…”

1 Corinthians 10:11 “Now these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” Admonition- counsel; advice; caution; warning

Deuteronomy 7:1 “When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perrizites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, SEVEN nations greater and mightier than thou;” v.2 “And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:”

v.3 “Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thy take unto thy son.” v.4 “FOR THEY WILL TURN AWAY THY SON FROM FOLLOWING ME, THAT THEY MAY SERVE OTHER GODS; so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.”

1 Kings 11:1 “But King Solomon loved many strange women,…women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and HITTITES;” v.4 “For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods:” Nehemiah 13:26 “Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?...nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.”

1 Corinthians 10 :14 “Wherefore, my dearly beloved, FLEE FROM IDOLATRY.” 1 John 5:21 “Little children, KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS. Amen.” 2 Corinthians 7:1 “…let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” Psalm 119:9 “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.” John 15:3 “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”

i. THE REDEMPTION ii. The Recognition iii. The Reference

Iv. THE reward

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10

“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” 1 John 2:28

“So then EVERY ONE of us shall give account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12

i. THE REDEMPTION ii. The Recognition iii. The Reference iv. The reward