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NEW LIFE IN CHRIST – LESSON 9
To Serve & Obey Jesus
Christ came to serve…Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and give His life a ransom for many.” He is our example to follow and we will encounter trials along the way. You must put Jesus first in your life. Jesus tells us “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.” Luke 9:23 Then in Romans 12:1 we are instructed “I urge you brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living & holy sacrifice, acceptable to God” We have been give a great opportunity to show others…Jesus. The writer of Romans instructs us “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is” Romans 12:2 Serving Jesus is equal to obeying Jesus. He lived a life not conformed to this world. He was an outcast because He would not bend to it rule. We must do the same as the world tries to entice us to it’s ways. We again receive instruction from the book of I John 2:15- 16 “Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.” You are not of this world any longer. You have been purchased by the blood of Jesus and you are now His servant. His servant to serve a lost and dying world that is filled with real people that will either spend eternity with Christ or eternity without Him in hell. You now have a message to deliver.
QUESTIONS:
1. How are you to live your life now that is different than before?
2. Do you believe that Jesus desires your obedience?
3. Memorize: I John 2:15-16 (Write from memory)
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