Commitment

• 1. Commitment Great Commission Ministries International

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• COMMITMENT

DEFINING COMMIT DEPOSITING ENTRUSTING GIVING OVER THAT WHICH WE HAVE TO ANOTHER 3. 1 Peter 4:16-17

• 16Yet ifany man sufferas a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

• 17For the timeis comethat judgmentmust begin at the house of God : and ifitfirstbeginat us, what shall the endbeof them that obey not the gospel of God?

• 18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

• 19Wherefore let them that sufferaccording to the will of God commit the keeping of their soulsto himin well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

4. SPEAK OF COMMITMENT. . . SPEAK OF PRIORITIES

• Life is all aboutprioritiesandvalues

• • Howcommittedwe are to something depends on how much wevalueit

• • • Committed to marriagetreasure marriage

• • • Committed to your work

• • • Committed to childrentreasure children

• • • Committed to selftreasure things (cf. Lk. 12:15-21)

• • We are never committed to things thatwe do not value

5. ICorinthians 15:58

• Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that yourlabour is not in vain in the Lord.

6. How Grossly Offensive Is A Non-Committed Christian?

• Revelation 3:15-16

• 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

• 16So then because thou artlukewarm , and neither cold nor hot,Iwill spue theeout of my mouth.

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• 2 Peter 2:21

• 21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have knownit, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

• 22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb,The dogisturned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

How Grossly Offensive Is A Non-Committed Christian? 8. Luke 14:25-27

• 25And there went greatmultitudeswith him: and he turned, and said unto them,

• 26If anymancome to me,and hate nothis father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

• 27And whosoeverdoth not bear his cross , and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

9. Luke 9:23

• And he said tothemall, If anymanwill come after me,let him deny himself , andtake up his cross daily , andfollow me.

10. NEHEMIAH 8:1-6

• 1Andall the peoplegathered themselves together as one man into the street thatwasbefore the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring thebook of the law of Moses , which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

• 2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all thatcould hearwith understanding , upon the first day of the seventh month.

• 3And he read therein before the street thatwasbefore the water gate from themorning until midday , before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of allthe peoplewere attentiveunto the book of the law.

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• 4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah,andMeshullam.

• 5And Ezraopened the bookin the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it,all the people stood up :

• 6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: andthey bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD withtheirfaces to the ground.

12. Acts 13:42-44

• 42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, theGentilesbesought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

• 43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

• 44And the next sabbath day camealmost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

13. Proverbs 8:32-36

• 32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessedare they thatkeep my ways .

• 33 Hear instruction , andbe wise , andrefuse it not .

• 34Blessedisthe man that heareth me,watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

• 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

• 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: allthey that hate me love death.

14. GENESIS 12:1-4

• 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

• 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

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• 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

• 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abramwasseventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

GENESIS 12:1-4 16. Genesis 13:7-13

• 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

• 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for webebrethren.

• 9Isnot the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: ifthou wilt takethe left hand, then I will go to the right; or ifthou departto the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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• 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that itwaswell watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,evenas the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

• 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

• 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitchedhistent toward Sodom.

• 13 But the men of Sodomwerewicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

18. Genesis 14:12

• And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

19. JESUS IS NOT A 2ND PLACE PRIORITY

• Do you like to take a number?

• Sometimes we want to give Jesus a number!

• Jesus doesnt take a number

• • Luke 9:59-62

• • Matthew 6:33

20. Titus 2:13

• Looking for thatblessed hope , and the glorious appearing ofthe great Godandour Saviour Jesus Christ ;

21. WHAT THE LORD SAYS AT JUDGMENT WILL BE IN PROPORTION TO OUR COMMITMENT 22. DO YOU WANT TO COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS? YES or NO? The Choice is yours!