Scripture: Exodus 20:2-3
What does it mean to have no other gods but just Him?
When it comes to prioritizing our lives, God is ALL or nothing.
Here's some way to check our priority:
- The Love test
- The Trust test
- The Abide test
The first commandment is not simply a duty or obligation to worship God. It is our privilege.
Scripture: Mark 12:29-31
We are constantly reminded to love God and others.
- The greatest commandment to love God is about revering God
- The second greatest commandment is to love others. It's about respecting others
Scripture: Acts 1:8
Are you timid in sharing your faith with others?
Being a witness for Christ is not as scary or intimidating.
- To be a witness for Christ is to testify for what happened to you in Christ
- To be a witness for Christ is to know your story and experience of what happened to you in Christ
- To be a witness for Christ always includes this 4 major points in witnessing:
- Share the truth of your experience
- Share the truth about Jesus
- Remember your lifestyle speaks volume
- Remember the Holy Spirit uses you to testify and glorify about Christ
Scripture: John 14:16-18
To live with a sense of fulfilment and achievement as disciples of Christ, we need the help of the Holy Spirit and experience His power working is us.
- Be open to who the Holy Spirit is
- Be conscious of the fact that the Holy Spirit lives in us
- Be humble to admit our need for the Holy Spirit
- Be wholly surrendered to and dependent upon the Holy Spirit
- Be wise to know that God by His Holy Spirit has more for us to experience
Scripture: Luke 9:21
How shall we live? As disciple in Christ?
- The first benchmark as Christ's disciples is we concede our rights to Him
- The second benchmark of disciples of Christ is we carry our Cross
- The third benchmark of Christ's disciples is we follow Him at all cost
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17
How shall we live? As a new creation in Christ.
That's the only way we can live for Christ.
- We can live guilt free without condemnation because we're cleansed and forgiven by God
- We can live with a new direction in life because we have a new heart
- We can live with new strength and zeal because we have a new spirit
- We can live in the abundance of God's grace because we're living in the new Covenant
Scripture: Matthew 22:36-39
It’s important to know as followers of Jesus, how to live with the beliefs and practices of the paganistic, pluralistic, anti-God culture today.
There are 3 possible positions to live. Observe which one you could be?
- As Jonah?
- As Esther?
- As Daniel?