Opening Prayer - Heavenly Father, we thank you for the oppertunity to worship your Son this morning. We know that if He hadn't died on the cross for our sins and arose from the dead, we would have no way to have a future home in Heaven or the privilage of worshiping Him this morning. Please bless us indeed and give us the strength and wisdom to live the way the Bible says we should live. We pray that everyone who reads this sermon who are not saved will become saved before it is too late. 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=P8ajtJtNXF4&list=RDkIEEz9yaukA&index=7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJ6wQpLmuo&list=RDkIEEz9yaukA&index=46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxbju9ymtuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yj-KCMvvyA
THERE NEEDS TO BE A WILLINGNESS
(The book that is refered to in this sermon is www.areyousureyouaresaved.com)
James 2:19 says, “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble” Many people may say, “James 2:19 says that demons believe in God, but it doesn’t say that they believe in Jesus or that they believe He came to the earth to save sinners, so that is why demons aren’t saved.” That’s not an accurate conclusion because Mark 1:23-26 says, “And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.” It is also very important to include the verses before and after James 2:19. James 2:18-20 says, “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?”
Clearly after reading this, you can see that someone can believe in God or believe that Jesus came to the earth to be the Savior (Mark 1:23-26), but if they haven’t done good works (which are things such as giving food and money to the less fortunate, giving someone advice on how to get through a problem they are having, telling others how they can become a Christian, and doing random acts of kindness, etc.) after believing (with the exception of those who get saved but don’t live long after that or people who are in bad health and can’t get out and do much), they aren’t really saved. More particularly, if they aren’t consciously or unconsciously willing to do good works (follow Jesus – explained in chapter 34 of this book) before they pray or make a decision to get saved, their heart isn’t prepared to receive Jesus. Obviously, demons do not do good works, and they are not “willing” to do good works because they are trying very hard to send people to hell instead of heaven. Obviously, there is a major difference.
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