BUILDING SPIRITUAL BUILDING SPIRITUAL STRENGTHSTRENGTH

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Brother BRIAN GARNETTBrother BRIAN GARNETT

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION:

ARE THERE REALLY ONLY “FIVE STEPS” LEADING TO ETERNAL

SALVATION?

Hearing

Believing

Repenting

Confessing

Being Baptized

WHAT IS LACKING (KULANG) IN THIS ILLUSTRATION?

HEAVEN

IMMERSION

CONFESSING

REPENTING

BELIEVING

HEARING

WHAT IS LACKING? 1. There is NO EXAMINATION OF

DISCIPLESHIP

“ ….For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large

company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first

time called Christians.”(Acts 11:26)

FOR EXAMPLE:

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and

mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and

even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”

(Luke 14:26)

FOR EXAMPLE:

“ ….Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

(Revelation 2:10)

THOSE BECOMING

DISCIPLES

OF JESUS

MUST REALLY

“COUNT THE COST”(Luke 14:25-33)

2. LEAVING ONE “STEP” TO GO TO ANOTHER “STEP”

ALL OUR LIFE, WE MUST:

HEAR CHRIST!

BELIEVE CHRIST!

REPENT IN HIS NAME!

CONFESS CHRIST!

SALVATION!

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

______________PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

SALVATION FROM “PAST SINS” WHEN WE ARE BAPTIZED

“And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to

the whole creation.”

“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

(Mark 16:15, 16)

SALVATION CONTINUES NOW AS WE “WALK IN THE LIGHT”

“but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have

fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son

cleanses us from all sin.”

(I John 1:7)

FINAL “SALVATION” IS STILL FUTURE IN HEAVEN

“Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you

to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us

now than when we first believed;”

(Romans 13:11)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES TO HEAR

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of

eternity. Amen.”

(II Peter 3:18)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES A LIFE OF OBEDIENT BELIEVING“But we are not of those who

shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and

preserve their souls.”

(Hebrews 10:39)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES A LIFE OF REPENTANCE

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual

immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which

is idolatry.”

(Colossians 3:5)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES

A LIFE OF “CONFESSION”

“Let us hold fast the confession (“homologian”) of our hope

without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;”

(Hebrews 10:23)

“By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from

your confession (“homologias”) of the gospel of Christ, and the

generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,”

(II Corinthians 9:13)

IS THE FOLLOWING

A MORE COMPLETEILLUSTRATION OF

SALVATION, AND

DISCIPLESHIP?

A A Closer Look Look At The At The FIVEFIVE!!

JESUS CHRIST THE FOUNDATION

HEARING CHRIST

BELIEVING CHRIST

REPENTING IN HIS NAME

CONFESSING CHRIST

IMMERSION INTO CHRIST

LIFE OF THE DISCIPLE BEARING FRUIT

HEAVEN!SALVATION IN CHRIST

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

PLEASE NOTICE THE

“ADDING” THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN

LIVINGAS A DISCIPLE

OF JESUS!

A Closer Look At theA Closer Look At the EIGHTEIGHT!!This instruction refers to ENDURING

UNTIL THE END

2 Peter 1:3-11

Be quick to add to your FAITH

VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE

SELF-CONTROLENDURANCE

GODLINESSBROTHERLY KINDNESS

LOVE

If these are in you and increasing

…they will never let you be unfruitful!

THE SAME APPROACH

SHOULD BE FOLLOWED

IN BECOMINGA DISCIPLE

OF JESUS!!!

A A Closer LookCloser Look At The At The SIXSIX!!

JESUS CHRIST THE FOUNDATION

HEARING CHRIST

BELIEVING CHRIST

REPENTING IN HIS NAME

CONFESSING CHRIST

IMMERSION INTO CHRIST

LIFE OF THE DISCIPLE BEARING FRUIT

HEAVEN!SALVATION IN CHRIST

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

IN ORDER TO LIVE “AS A

DISCIPLE” OF CHRIST,

WE MUST

“BUILD SPIRITUAL

STRENGTH”

GOD’S PURPOSE

IN OUR LIFE

IS TO PROMOTE

SPIRITUAL STRENGTH,

AND

SPIRITUAL DEPTH

(II Peter 1:4-11)

WE ARE TO BE A “NEW PERSON” IN THE LORD

“….and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its

creator.”

(Colossians 3:10)

“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,

compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and

patience,”

“bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against

another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you…..”

(Colossians 3:12, 13)

“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which

indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”

(Colossians 3:14, 15)

WE MUST BE “STRONG IN THE LORD”

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand

against the schemes of the devil.”

(Ephesians 6:10, 11)

“Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he

who takes a city.”

(Proverbs 16:32)