GODS FAMILY ON EARTH

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GODS FAMILY ON EARTH

• Ephesians 314-15
• For this reason I bow my knee to the Father of
  our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family
  in heaven and earth is named.

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GALATIANS 610

• Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do
  good to all, especially to those who are of the
  household of faith.
• household family.

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EPHESIANS 219

• Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and
  foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints
  and members of the household of God
• household family.
• When we become Christians we are born into the
  family of God.

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JOHN 35

• Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
  of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the
  kingdom of God.
• In the New Testament, what is the only act a
  person is commanded to do when he obeys the
  gospel that requires water?
• Baptism (Immersion).

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IS IT POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY GODS FAMILY ON EARTH?

• YES
• Things necessary to enter the family.
• The kind of worship that Gods family on earth
  engaged in.
• The names by which Gods family were called.
• The way Gods family lived their lives.

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EVERY ACCOUNTABLE PERSON MUST OBEY THE GOSPEL

• Hebrews 58-9 though He was a Son, yet He
  learned obedience by the things which He
  suffered. And having been perfected, He became
  the author of eternal salvation to all who obey
  Him...

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2 THESSALONIANS 16-9

• ...since it is a righteous thing with God to
  repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and
  to give you who are troubled rest with us when
  the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His
  mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance
  on those who do not know God, and on those who do
  not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  These shall be punished with everlasting
  destruction from the presence of the Lord and
  from the glory of His power...

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FAITH

• John 316 For God so loved the world that He
  gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
  in Him should not perish but have everlasting
  life.
• John 824 "Therefore I said to you that you will
  die in your sins for if you do not believe that
  I am He, you will die in your sins."

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REPENTANCE

• Matthew 2128-29 "But what do you think? A man
  had two sons, and he came to the first and said,
  'Son, go, work today in my vineyard.' "He
  answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he
  regretted it and went.
• Matthew 38 bear fruits worthy of repentance.

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CONFESS CHRIST BEFORE MEN

• Matthew 1032 "Therefore whoever confesses Me
  before men, him I will also confess before My
  Father who is in heaven.
• Romans 109-10 ...that if you confess with your
  mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart
  that God has raised Him from the dead, you will
  be saved. For with the heart one believes unto
  righteousness, and with the mouth confession is
  made unto salvation.
• Acts 837 I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son
  of God.

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BAPTISM

• Galatians 326-27 For you are all sons of God
  through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you
  as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• you ARE all sons of God present time.
• Something happened in the past that made them
  sons of God.
• For as many of you as WERE baptized into
  Christ
• What made them sons of God NOW depended on what
  happened to them in the past WERE baptized.

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BAPTISM

• Galatians 326-27 For you are all sons of God
  through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you
  as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• HOW did they become sons of God? By faith in
  Christ Jesus.
• WHEN did they become sons of God? When they were
  baptized into Christ.

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BAPTISM

• Acts 238 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and
  let every one of you be baptized in the name of
  Jesus Christ for the remission of sins

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WORSHIP OF GODS FAMILY

• John 424 - "God is Spirit, and those who worship
  Him must worship in spirit and truth.
• Must worship no other option for acceptable
  worship.
• in spirit Right attitude spiritual worship.
• in truth according to Gods directions
  revealed in the New Testament. The specific acts
  required by God.

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LORDS SUPPER

• Acts 207 Now on the first day of the week, when
  the disciples came together to break bread, Paul,
  ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and
  continued his message until midnight.

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GAVE OF THEIR MEANS

• 1 Corinthians 161-2 Now concerning the
  collection for the saints, as I have given orders
  to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also
  On the first day of the week let each one of you
  lay something aside, storing up as he may
  prosper, that there be no collections when I
  come.

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SINGING

• Colossians 316 Let the word of Christ dwell in
  you richly in all wisdom, teaching and
  admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
  spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
  hearts to the Lord.
• Ephesians 519 speaking to one another in psalms
  and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
  melody in your heart to the Lord,

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PRAYING TEACHING

• Acts 242 And they continued steadfastly in the
  apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the
  breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• apostles doctrine teaching

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THE WORD OF GODTHE STANDARD OF LIVING

• James 125 But he who looks into the perfect law
  of liberty and continues in it, and is not a
  forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one
  will be blessed in what he does.

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THE WORD OF GODTHE STANDARD OF LIVING

• 2 Corinthians 1012 For we dare not class
  ourselves or compare ourselves with those who
  commend themselves. But they, measuring
  themselves by themselves, and comparing
  themselves among themselves, are not wise.
• 2 Corinthians 1018 For not he who commends
  himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

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NAME

• 1 Corinthians 12, To the church of God which is
  at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ
  Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every
  place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
  both theirs and ours
• Set apart to serve Christ.

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NAME

• Galatians 12 all the brethren with me.
• Emphasizes our relationship to each other.
• We are brothers and sisters in Christ.
• When we obey the gospel we are all brothers and
  sisters in the family of God.
• John 1335 "By this all will know that you are
  My disciples, if you have love for one another.
• 1 Pet 122 Since you have purified your souls in
  obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere
  love of the brethren, love one another fervently
  with a pure heart

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HOLY PRIESTHOOD

• 1 Peter 25 you also, as living stones, are being
  built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to
  offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
  through Jesus Christ.
• We dont have to approach God through any other
  person.
• Since each Christian is a priest, he can approach
  God directly.

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CHILDREN

• John 112 But as many as received Him, to them He
  gave the right to become children of God, to
  those who believe in His name
• Romans 816-17 The Spirit Himself bears witness
  with our spirit that we are children of God, and
  if children, then heirs heirs of God and joint
  heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him,
  that we may also be glorified together.

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CHILDREN

• 1 John 31 Behold what manner of love the Father
  has bestowed on us, that we should be called
  children of God!
• IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN YOU ARE A CHILD OF
  ALMIGHTY GOD!

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DISCIPLES AND CHRISTIANS

• Acts 1126 So it was that for a whole year they
  assembled with the church and taught a great many
  people. And the disciples were first called
  Christians in Antioch.
• Acts 412 "Nor is there salvation in any other,
  for there is no other name under heaven given
  among men by which we must be saved."

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THE CHRISTIANIS A MEMBER OFGODS FAMILY ON EARTH

• When you look at the identifying marks of the
  family of God as revealed in the New Testament.
• And you find a family who has those same marks
  today
• You have found the family of God on earth.

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OBEY THE GOSPEL TODAY

• Hear Romans 1017
• Believe that Christ is the Son of God - John
  824
• Repent of your sins Acts 238
• Confess your faith in Christ before men Romans
  109-10
• Be baptized into Christ for the remission of your
  sins Acts 238
• Live a faithful Christian life Revelation 210

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HAVE YOU LEFT THE FAMILY OF GOD?

• Repent of your sins Acts 822
• Confess your sins 1 John 19
• Pray for forgiveness Acts 824
• Come back to your first love Revelation 24-5