ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?
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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

• The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but
  to God.

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1 Corinthians 619-20

• Or do you not know that your body is the temple
  of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have
  from God, and you are not your own? For you were
  bought at a price therefore glorify God in your
  body and in your spirit, which are God's.

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Romans 121

• I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
  of God, that you present your bodies a living
  sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
  reasonable service.

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Matthew 1624-25

• Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone
  desires to come after Me, let him deny himself,
  and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever
  desires to save his life will lose it, but
  whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."

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2 Corinthians 85

• And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave
  themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the
  will of God.

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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

• The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but
  to God.
• Saints must seek first the kingdom and
  righteousness of God.

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Matthew 633

• "But seek first the kingdom of God and His
  righteousness, and all these things shall be
  added to you."

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Matthew 1034-36

• "Do not think that I came to bring peace on
  earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
  For I have come to 'set a man against his father,
  a daughter against her mother, and a
  daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law' and
  'a man's enemies will be those of his own
  household.'

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Matthew 1037-39

• "He who loves father or mother more than Me is
  not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or
  daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he
  who does not take his cross and follow after Me
  is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will
  lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake
  will find it."

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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

• The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but
  to God.
• Saints must seek first the kingdom and
  righteousness of God.
• One may be sick or otherwise unable to engage in
  spiritual activities.

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2 Timothy 420

• Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have
  left in Miletus sick.

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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

• The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but
  to God.
• Saints must seek first the kingdom and
  righteousness of God.
• One may be sick or otherwise unable to engage in
  spiritual activities.
• One's ox may be in the ditch.

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Luke 145

• Then He answered them, saying, "Which of you,
  having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a
  pit, will not immediately pull him out on the
  Sabbath day?"
• But if it is the same ox in the same ditch time
  after time, one may need to
• A. build a fence
• B. fill the ditch
• C. get rid of the ox

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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

• The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but
  to God.
• Saints must seek first the kingdom and
  righteousness of God.
• One may be sick or otherwise unable to engage in
  spiritual activities.
• One's ox may be in the ditch.
• There may be times when something else is more
  pressing.

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Matthew 521-22

• "You have heard that it was said to those of old,
  'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will
  be in danger of the judgment.' But I say to you
  that whoever is angry with his brother without a
  cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And
  whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in
  danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You
  fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.

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Matthew 523-26

• "Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar,
  and there remember that your brother has
  something against you, leave your gift there
  before the altar, and go your way. First be
  reconciled to your brother, and then come and
  offer your gift. Agree with your adversary
  quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest
  your adversary deliver you to the judge, the
  judge hand you over to the officer, and you be
  thrown into prison. Assuredly, I say to you, you
  will by no means get out of there till you have
  paid the last penny."

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ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

• Your plans to be here go awry.
• Unforeseen sickness in the home.
• Traffic accident on the way to the building.
• It could be anything over which you have no
  control.
• This is different from not even planning to be
  here when the saints come together to worship God
  and encourage one another.