Opening Prayer - Heavenly Father we thank You for this oppertunity to worship You and study Your Word. We're eternally thankful for Your Son who came into this world to give His life for us on the cross so that we would have an oppertunity to not only go to Heaven, but that we would have the power and ability to obey Your commandments. We pray that everyone who reads or listens to these sermons who are not saved will become saved. Please help us to learn Your Word. For our fourth sermon in this series for Sunday evenings, we ask that You will help us to stop committing these sins and help us to be sure we are really going to Heaven. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Worship music - Please click the links and sing along if you know the words (You can also click skip ad to go straight to the songs) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1YEgtRZ08&list=PLE9A8CB3DEF963A22&index=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4sBn8wVdng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8faG9oaWHM
COMMANDMENTS THAT CAN’T BE IGNORED
Jesus said in John 14:15, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." There’s nobody in Heaven who doesn’t love Jesus, so that verse means that if you are saved, you will keep Jesus’ commandments the best that you can.
There are many examples of sins to avoid in the Bible -
Mark 7:20–23 says, "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth (makes someone sinful) the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries (having sexual relations with someone other than their spouse), fornications (having sex before marriage), murders, Thefts, covetousness (wanting something that someone else has), wickedness (evil actions), deceit (misleading someone to get them to believe what is false or get them to not believe what is true), lasciviousness (having strong desires to sin and aren’t ashamed of it), an evil eye (being jealous of others and wanting something that someone else has), blasphemy (making fun of and disrespecting God in your mind or out loud), pride (thinking that you are excellent in many ways. For example, you may think that your mind, body, possessions, accomplishments, job, country, and church are much better than others), foolishness (not understanding truths in the Bible. For example, 1 Corinthians 1:18 says, "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."): All these evil things come from within, and defile the man (makes someone sinful)."
If you have never prayed or made a decision to trust Jesus’ death on the cross and His shed blood to erase your sins and let you into Heaven, please go to this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven
The Bible teaches that if someone claims to be a Christian and continually commits the sins that were just listed (or any other sins) on purpose, and they don’t feel sorry and/or try to not do them again, that person is not a Christian. A Christian can and will very likely commit some of these sins repeatedly, but that Christian will feel really bad about it and will ask God to forgive them and try their best, with the Holy Spirit’s help, to not do them again.
If you continually commit sins on purpose, and you aren't bothered and upset because of it (Hebrews 12:5–11), then you need to pray or make a decision again to become saved. Please follow this website to become saved - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven
(If you have prayed or made a decision to trust Jesus’ death on the cross and His shed blood to erase your sins and let you into Heaven, but you commit the sins that were mentioned in Galatians 5:19-21, ask God to forgive you. Then, “from this moment on”, try your absolute best (explained in Revelation 3:19) to not commit these sins again, with God helping you change.)
If in the future you haven’t tried your absolute best to live this way, then ask God to forgive you. After that, “from this moment on” try your absolute best (explained in Revelation 3:19) to begin living this way again, with God helping you change (Continue to follow this pattern every time you fail to live this way.).