We Serve His Purpose
Matthew 22:37-39
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment."
And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Matthew 28:19-20
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I command you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Philippians 2:13-15
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Do all things without murmuring and disputing,
that you may be blameless and unoffending, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Revelation 2:19
I know thy works, and charity and service, and faith and thy patience, and thy works, and the last to be more than the first.
There is a plan of salvation
There is a plan of salvation. Hearing, Believing, Repenting, Baptism, and remaining Faithful is the plan of salvation for individuals. These are words on a page but each of them is an important step and life decision.
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1.As potential Christians we are to Hear the Word as the first step. - Romans 10:14-17; Acts 15:7
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2.Then we must Believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He lived, died, and rose for us. - Mark 16:16
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3.Once we hear and believe, we Repent of our old ways. - Acts 2:38
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4.We Confess Christ before men. - Matthew 10:32-33
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5.Then we are Baptized as the scriptures illustrate. - Romans 6:1-4
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6.Finally, we remain Faithful in our devotion to the Truth and the Way. - Revelations 2:10
