To serve the living God

Text: For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Theme:

what?

Conversion- when they abandon heathenism and embrace the Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are converted when, by the influence of divine grace in their souls, their whole life is changed, old things pass away, and all things become new

1.       Leaving sin in our life

-          The original sin gone

-          Leaving our old self

-          Leaving our sin in life

a.       Gal. 5: 19- 21- Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

2.       Serving the Lord

-          James 2: 21… faith without works is dead

-          Necessary to faith- public testimony

-          Luke 10: 16

-          John 15: 12

3.       Embracing the teaching of the Lord Jesus and God

-          Worship

-          Prayer

-          Bible reading

-          Offering

-          Evangelism

-          Salvation is through faith in the Lord Jesus

4.       New lifestyle

-          Gal. 5: 22, 23- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

-          Col. 3: 5… no idolatry, 1 john 5: 21… keep yourself from idols

5.       A new creation

-          Heir of eternal things

-          Son and daughter of God

-          Citizen of heaven- phill. 3: 20

-          Given eternal life

-          Rev. 5: 10… has made us priest and king and given the power to govern the earth