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 seventh 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=eQuJhyTI0Tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ajtJtNXF4
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 -
1 Corinthians 5:11 says, "But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother (who says they are a Christian) be a fornicator (someone who has sex before they are married), or covetous (someone who wants something that someone else has), or an idolater (those who spend more of their time, thoughts, and effort on anything or anyone other than witnessing to and/or helping others and spending time with God), or a railer (someone who verbally abuses other people), or a drunkard, or an extortioner (someone who takes something from someone physically or by an illegal use of power); with such an one no not to eat (Don't even eat with people like this)."
If you are a Christian, you shouldn't spend time with people who say they are a Christian, but they live a sinful lifestyle (such as 1 Corinthians 5:11 explains). However, you should spend time with them in order to encourage and kindly tell them that they need to stop saying, thinking, and/or doing things that are sinful because Galatians 6:1 says, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted."
If they realize that they have sinned, they want to quit that sin or other sins, and they want God to forgive them, then that is evidence that they may be saved (Hebrews 12:8). Although, if these people refuse to quit that sin or other sins, you shouldn't eat with them, go to the mall with them, etc.
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.).