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2. Responding to God’s Word
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3. Responding to God’s Word
Two Responses:
Rejection
Acceptance
Matthew 12:30 – “He who is not with Me is against Me”
Matthew 7:24-27 –
“whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them”
“everyone who hears these saying of Mine, and does not do them”

4. Responding to God’s Word - Rejection
Definition
“to refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of”
“to discard as defective or useless; throw away”
Medically – “to fail to accept as part of one’s own body”
Basketball – “block; get that out of here”

5. Responding to God’s Word - Acceptance
Definition
“to take or receive; receive with approval or favor”
“to respond to or answer affirmatively”
“to undertake the responsibility, duty of”
“to regard as true or sound, believe”
Medically – “to receive as part as one’s body without adverse reaction”

6. Some of God’s Teachings that We Must Respond to
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7. Some Teachings We Must Respond To
Lying

8. Teachings about Lying
Ephesians 4:25 – “Therefore, putting away lying, ‘Let each one of you speak truth’”
Colossians 3:9-10 – “Do not lie to one another”
Proverbs 6:16-17 – “things the Lord hates… a lying tongue”
Revelations 21:6-8 – “and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone”

9. Some Teachings We Must Respond To
Lying
Forgiving

10. Teachings about Forgiving
Ephesians 4:32 – “forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you”
Matthew 6:14-15 – “if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you”
Luke 17:3-5 – “if your brother sins against you… if he repents, forgive him”
Luke 23:33-34 – “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do”

11. Some Teachings We Must Respond To
Lying
Forgiving
Doing Good for Others

12. Teachings about Doing Good
Galatians 6:9-10 – “as we have opportunity, let us do good to all”
Titus 2:11-14 – “His own special people, zealous for good works”
II Timothy 3:16-17 – “thoroughly equipped for every good work
Acts 10:38 – “Jesus… who went about doing good”

13. Some Teachings We Must Respond To
Lying
Forgiving
Doing Good for Others
Knowledge of Sin

14. Teachings about Sin
Romans 3:23 – “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
Isaiah 59:1-2 – “your iniquities have separated you from your God”
Romans 6:23 – “the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life”
Ephesians 1:7 – “In Him we have redemption though His blood, the forgiveness of sins”

15. Some Teachings We Must Respond To
Lying
Forgiving
Doing Good for Others
Knowledge of Sin
Repenting

16. Teachings about Repenting
Luke 13:3, 5 – “but unless you repent you will all likewise perish”
Acts 17:30 – “God… now commands all men everywhere to repent”
I Peter 4:1-3 – “no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God”
II Peter 3:9 –“not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”

17. Some Teachings We Must Respond To
Lying
Forgiving
Doing Good for Others
Knowledge of Sin
Repenting
God’s Invitation

18. Teachings about God’s Invitation
John 3:16-17 – “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved”
Matthew 11:28 – “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”
I Timothy 2:3-4 – “God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved”
Acts 2:37-41 – “For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off”

19. Responding to God’s Word
How will you respond to God?
Will you reject God & His Word…. or
Will you accept God & Jesus as your Savior?
Will you make the necessary changes in your life so that you can be right with God?
God loves you so much & desires for you to be right?
Why don’t you come even tonight?
II Corinthians 6:2 – “Behold, now is the accepted time; Behold now is the day of salvation”

20. Responding to God’s Word
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