Love and Lordship
October 27, 2024
Romans 13:11-14
1. The Motivation to Live for Jesus is Based in
and
in
! (Vs. 11, Eph 2:8, 1 Cor 15:2, Rom 10:13)
Ephesians 2:8, “For you ARE SAVED by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift.”
1 Corinthians 15:2, “and by which you are BEING SAVED, if you hold to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.”
Romans 10:13, “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord WILL BE SAVED.”
2. The “
” is Near; Put on “Light’s”
.
a. The Armor of
1 Thessalonians 5:8, “But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled and put on the armor of faith and love, and a helmet of the hope of salvation.”
Ephesians 6:12-13, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.”
Hebrews 12:1-2, “Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.”
b. The Armor of
1 Peter 1:18-19, “For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb.”
Psalm 63:4-5, “So I will bless you as long as I live; at your name, I will lift up my hands. You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.”
c. The Armor of
Luke 9:57-62, “As they were traveling on the road someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Then he said to another, “Follow me.” “Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.” But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.” Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.” But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”