"9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
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"12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."
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Hebrews 3:12-13
"12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
-I love this verse too because it reminds us to encourage other believers and even other people everyday. It reminds us to be encouragement to others so they won't fall into or be harden by sin. We can pull them out with encouragement. We don't want to let our friends and other believes turn away from the Living God.
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-What is Faithfulness?
-Heb. 12:1-3-Life of Faithfulness
-Lay aside sin that entangles us.
-Keep our eyes on Jesus.
-Do not grow weary and lose heart.
-"Treat sin as we treat lice."
-Gal. is a battle/warfare to us.
- Galatians 5:16-25
-"16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c]you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
-Why?
-First, it tells us what sin is and then it tells us what to replace the sin with. The replacements are the Fruit of the Spirit. Having the Fruit of the Spirit is a battle against sin everyday. We have to be willing to put the fruit on or sin will get to us.
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Proverbs 4:25New International Version (NIV)
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
-This verse goes great with what is being talked about here. I didn't get it from the sermon that was preached this past Saturday. Just found it over the weekend.
fix your gaze directly before you.
-This verse goes great with what is being talked about here. I didn't get it from the sermon that was preached this past Saturday. Just found it over the weekend.
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