INTRODUCTION:
A. Believe: “to accept something as true; to feel sure of the truth of.”
1. Believe.
2. Believe in Something.
3. Believe in Science.
4. Believe in Yourself.
5. Believe in Jesus as the Son of God (Rm. 1:4).
B. Where does your belief place you in terms of your relationship with God?
I. FOUR OPPOSING VIEWS:
A. Universalism (2 Pet. 3:9; Hb. 5:9)
B. Predestination (Mt. 7:13-14; Josh. 24:15)
C. Total Hereditary Depravity (Mt. 18:2-3; Eze. 18:20)
D. Faith Alone (Jn. 1:11-12; Mt. 11:28; Jas. 2:24; Gal. 5:6; Jn. 3:5)
II. BELIEVERS WHO DID NOT BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD:
A. Demons (Jas. 2:19)
B. Jews (Jn. 8:31, 44; Jn. 1:11-12; 1 Jn. 5:19)
C. Rulers (Jn. 12:42-43; Mk. 8:38)
D. King Agrippa (Acts 26:27-28)
III. BELIEVERS WHO DID BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD:
A. Jews at Pentecost (Acts 2:38, 41)
B. Those Baptized Too Late in John’s Baptism (Acts 19:1-5; Mk. 16:16)
CONCLUSION:
A. Do you believe in Jesus?
B. Exercise your right to become a child of God.