Hitting RESET for ‘09 Titus Preview

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness “Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness.”- Titus 1:1

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is …” - Romans 12:2

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him.” - 2 Peter 1:2-3

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness “For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 2 Peter 1:8

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness “We have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work.” - Colossians 1:9-10

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”- Tozer

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness B.Dismissal of the knowledge of God leads to unrighteousness “To those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable … and worthless for any good deed.” - Titus 1:15-16

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness B.Dismissal of the knowledge of God leads to unrighteousness “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.” - Romans 1:18

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live A.Knowledge of God leads to godliness B.Dismissal of the knowledge of God leads to unrighteousness “they became futile in speculations and their foolish heart was darkened … bodies would be dishonored … men abandoned the natural function of the women and burned in desire toward one another … do things which are not proper …”- Romans 1:21-32

Hitting reset for ‘09 I. Our beliefs lead to how we live II. Yet incongruity exists between them “But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy.”- Titus 3:4-5

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?” - Romans 6:1-3

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge “We have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will … so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” - Colossians 1:9-10

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” - 2 Peter 3:18

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget “I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you. I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, …

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget “… knowing that my laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.” - 2 Peter 1:12-15

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget “Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.” - Judges 8:34

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget “So we have the more certain prophetic word, to which you do well to pay attention to as to a lamp shining in a dark place.” - 1 Peter 1:19

Hitting reset for ‘09 I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget “What happens in meditation is that we create the emotional and spiritual space which allows Christ to construct an inner sanctuary in the heart … We cannot burn the eternal flame of the inner sanctuary and remain the same.” - Richard J. Foster

I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget C.Failure to apply “For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.” - James 1:23-34 Hitting reset for ‘09

I.Our beliefs lead to how we live II.Yet incongruity exists between them A.Lack of knowledge B.Tendency to forget C.Failure to apply “Solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” - Hebrews 5:14