Believe

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.