AS FOR ME
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AS FOR ME
As individuals and as a church, we have to make choices about what will be important to us. I can’t control what you do, but I can control what I do.
We must have a “AS FOR ME” attitude
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: (HIS SON SOLOMON GOT TO FINISH THE WORK HE PREPARED)
Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Psalm 55:16-17 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalm 73:2-3, 16-17 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. & When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
I can’t control or change what you know but AS FOR ME this is what I know:
Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
ONE BODY
• John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in
thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
• This is Jesus’ final prayer request – and it is the only prayer that the church can answer! The church’s greatest power lies in UNITY. What about prayer? Not as powerful as UNIFIED prayer! What about worship? Not as powerful as UNIFIED worship! Etc.
ONE SPIRIT
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
here are different styles, different tastes and different preferences in the body of Christ, but there is ONE SPIRIT. It is God’s Spirit, and I do not have a right to impose my spirit on His church!
ONE HOPE
• Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
No matter how bad things get here on earth, Christians have a HOPE
beyond this life. It is an ANCHOR when things get stormy!
ONE LORD
Paul lets us know that the Jesus we serve today is the same God who
created everything that exists in the beginning!
• Colossians 1:15-19 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And
he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of
the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that
in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in
him should all fulness dwell;
We are not a “Jesus Only” church, but we are a “Jesus Name” church! The Bible says that there is one throne in Heaven, and there is One that sits on that throne, and His name is Jesus!
ONE FAITH
Sometimes the Bible speaks simply of FAITH, but other times it speaks of THE FAITH. It is not just indicating individual belief, but the entire body of truth that we believe about Jesus Christ.
ONE BAPTISM
Baptism is not an option; there is no such thing in the Bible as a Christian who was not baptized!
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
The Bible says that there is only “one baptism” – so if there is only one right way to be baptized, WHAT IS IT? WE MUST BE IMMERSED IN WATER
Because Jesus was baptized by immersion. Because every baptism in the Bible was by immersion. Because that’s precisely what the word baptism means. Because it is the best portrayal of a burial and resurrection
WE MUST BE BAPTIZED IN JESUS’ NAME
Every baptism in Acts was performed in Jesus’ name. THE DAY OF PENTECOST: Acts 2:38 – be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins
THE SAMARITANS: Acts 8:16 – they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus
THE HOUSE OF CORNELIUS: Acts 10:48 – he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord
THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN: Acts 19:5 – they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus
PAUL’S BAPTISM: Acts 22:16 – And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
The epistles teach baptism in the name of Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ.
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Colossians 1:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Jesus is the only name with the power to save us.
Philippians 2:9-11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name ofbJesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other
name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
AS FOR ME THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE!