•Some Scarry Passages of Scripture

How Serious Are You About Your Salvation? Does It Show?
• Passages That We Should Take Seriously,
• But Do We Really?

• Introduction
• This is a lesson that should cause us to consider our own salvation.
• Philippians 2:12 “So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling”.

• Do We Fear God?
• Exodus 20:20 “Moses said to the people, ‘do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin”
• Deuteronomy 5:29 “If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.

• Do We Fear God?
• Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person”.
• What is involved in fearing God?

Keeping His commandments.
• Leviticus 19:14; 19:30; 19:32; 25:17; 25:36; 25:43
• Deuteronomy 28:58; 31:12-13
• We are talking about reverential fear.

• Do We Tremble At God’s Word?
• Psalm 4:4 “Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways”
• Psalm 96:9 “Worship the LORD in holy attire! Tremble before Him, all the earth!”
• Isaiah 32:11 “Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves – put sackcloth on your waist”.
• Our soul depends upon how we respond to God’s word, and that is no small matter.

• “All Your Heart”
• ALL as opposed to some, most, partly
• Deuteronomy 4:29; 26:16
• Joshua 22:5
• 1 Samuel 12:20,24
• Proverbs 3:5
• Jeremiah 29:13
• Mark 12:30
• Do we really?

• “Do Not Fall Short”
• Hebrews 12:15 “see to it that no one falls short of the grace of God…….
• Sure there will be those who reject God, but do not be the one that causes them to do so.
• Don’t set a bad example for them.
• Romans 3:23 : “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”.
• That is why we need salvation.

• What Is Sin To Me?
• Different people might have different answers.
• 2 John 3:4 Sin is transgression of the Law.
• Sin is doing something God forbids.
• James 4:17 “He that knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin”.
• Sin is NOT doing what you know is right.

• “…and such like”
• Galatians 5:21 “and such-like” or “things like these”.
• It is easy to make a list of specific sins that God has forbidden,
• But this is a generic that we must be very careful about.
• Some things are wrong even though they may not be specifically listed in the Bible.

• Forget the past
• Philippians 3:13
• Some things of our past we are proud of.
• But we cannot dwell in the past.
• We live in the here and now, and each day will bring a new here and now.
• The Ephesians were dwelling on their past accomplishments, but had lost their first love (Revelation 2:2-4).

• Forget the past.
• Yes our past should be behind us, but we must never forget from whence we came.
• We were in sin and lost, but by the grace of God, we have been found and now live a new life.
• We should learn to appreciate our salvation, and not take it for granted.

• Be Diligent
• Every passage that has these words really do scare me.
• The meaning is “to make every effort”
• I fear that I have failed here, and probably everyone in this room has failed here.
• We could justify ourselves by claiming that there is just too much going on to make every effort towards our salvation, But………

• Be Diligent
• To maintain a spirit of unity Ephesians 4:3
• Do we do our best to keep unity in our congregation?
• To add to your faith 2 Peter 1:5
• You do this and you will not stumble.
• Seeking God Hebrews 11:6
• Serving in a leadership capacity Romans 12:8

• Conclusion
• The more we study the Bible, the more we realize that we need to do better.
• Sure the grace of God comes to our rescue, but we cannot solely rely upon that grace.
• And are you going to push your luck in just how much of God’s grace you need.
• Romans 3:1-8 shall we sin, so that grace may abound? God forbid!
• We have to come through with effort in serving God and keeping His commandments.

By Carey Scott

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