2nd Corinthians 5:9-10 | So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
Acts 17:30-31 | “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”
Read MoreWe’ve examined so many flawed heroes - men and women that God used to rescue His people and to lead them back to following Him. All of the judges we’ve looked at were flawed— fallible people who struggled with sin just like you and me. Some of them followed God wholeheartedly and others fell away from him, just like many of the kings who would come after them. God’s choice to use them reminded us over and over again of our theme verse—
Read MoreHebrews 2:1 | So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
What does it mean to ‘drift away from God?’
Have you ever drifted away from God? When and for how long?
We can drift away from God even after hearing from Him. What does Hebrews say we should do so that we don’t drift away?
James 2:17-18 | So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
What is faith?
Do you have faith in what God says (through His Word and through His Spirit)? Why or why not?
According to James, faith in what God says should result in what?
John 10:27 | My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Before Samuel knew God, He didn’t recognize His voice. As Samuel grew older and followed God longer, do you think it got easier for Him to recognize God’s voice? Why or why not?
Jesus says His sheep listen to
John 10:27 | My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Before Samuel knew God, He didn’t recognize His voice. As Samuel grew older and followed God longer, do you think it got easier for Him to recognize God’s voice? Why or why not?
Jesus says His sheep listen to
John 8:47 | Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”
God’s followers should gladly listen to His directions. What would that look like?
According to John
