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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Deuteronomy 23:21-23
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was first written for school children in 1892 for
Columbus Day.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was first written for school children in 1892 for
Columbus Day. It first appeared in print on September 8, 1892.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was first written for school children in 1892 for
Columbus Day. It first appeared in print on September 8, 1892.
It read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which
it stands—one nation indivisible—with liberty and justice of for
all.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was first written for school children in 1892 for
Columbus Day. It first appeared in print on September 8, 1892.
It read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which
it stands—one nation indivisible—with liberty and justice of for
all.”
The author of the pledge was Francis Bellamy.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was first written for school children in 1892 for
Columbus Day. It first appeared in print on September 8, 1892.
It read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which
it stands—one nation indivisible—with liberty and justice of for
all.”
The author of the pledge was Francis Bellamy. She wrote it for a one-time recitation on Columbus Day 1892.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was first written for school children in 1892 for
Columbus Day. It first appeared in print on September 8, 1892.
It read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which
it stands—one nation indivisible—with liberty and justice of for
all.”
The author of the pledge was Francis Bellamy. She wrote it for a one-time recitation on Columbus Day 1892.
But, it became quite popular, became a Columbus Day tradition,
& then began to be used in classrooms throughout the country.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions. In 1923, the National Flag Conference of the American Legion
changed “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions. In 1923, the National Flag Conference of the American Legion
changed “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America.”
In 1954, amid fears of Communism, Dwight Eisenhower signed a
bill to add the words “under God.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions. In 1923, the National Flag Conference of the American Legion
changed “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America.”
In 1954, amid fears of Communism, Dwight Eisenhower signed a
bill to add the words “under God.”
We have each repeated that pledge countless times.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions. In 1923, the National Flag Conference of the American Legion
changed “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America.”
In 1954, amid fears of Communism, Dwight Eisenhower signed a
bill to add the words “under God.”
We have each repeated that pledge countless times. We likely don‟t even pause to contemplate the words‟ meaning.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions. In 1923, the National Flag Conference of the American Legion
changed “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America.”
In 1954, amid fears of Communism, Dwight Eisenhower signed a
bill to add the words “under God.”
We have each repeated that pledge countless times. We likely don‟t even pause to contemplate the words‟ meaning.
But, there are some pledges we dare not take lightly.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance has undergone two major revisions. In 1923, the National Flag Conference of the American Legion
changed “my Flag” to “the Flag of the United States of America.”
In 1954, amid fears of Communism, Dwight Eisenhower signed a
bill to add the words “under God.”
We have each repeated that pledge countless times. We likely don‟t even pause to contemplate the words‟ meaning.
But, there are some pledges we dare not take lightly.
This morning, we want to explore what Moses taught about
pledges & apply that teaching to today.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
OLD TESTAMENT PLEDGES
Deuteronomy 23:21-23
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS LAW IS
TWO-FOLD.
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One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled. It does little good to pledge but never get around to fulfilling it.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled. It does little good to pledge but never get around to fulfilling it.
God has no interest in delay.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled. It does little good to pledge but never get around to fulfilling it.
God has no interest in delay.We cannot delay in exhorting one another, lest our hearts become
hard.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled. It does little good to pledge but never get around to fulfilling it.
God has no interest in delay.We cannot delay in exhorting one another, lest our hearts become
hard: “Exhort one another every day, as long as it is called „today,‟ that
none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb 3:13,
ESV).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled. It does little good to pledge but never get around to fulfilling it.
God has no interest in delay.We cannot delay in exhorting one another, lest our hearts become
hard: (Heb 3:13).
We cannot delay, for each day may be our last.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
One: This commandment points to the speed with which these
vows were to be fulfilled. It does little good to pledge but never get around to fulfilling it.
God has no interest in delay.We cannot delay in exhorting one another, lest our hearts become
hard: (Heb 3:13).
We cannot delay, for each day may be our last: “You do not know
what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that
appears for a little time and then vanishes” (Js 4:14, ESV).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Second: This commandment points out that these pledges are
absolutely voluntary.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Second: This commandment points out that these pledges are
absolutely voluntary. The one who does not vow is not guilty of sin, and any pledge
that is made has been “voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Second: This commandment points out that these pledges are
absolutely voluntary. The one who does not vow is not guilty of sin, and any pledge
that is made has been “voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God.”
KJV: “That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and
perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed
unto the LORD thy God” (v 23).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Second: This commandment points out that these pledges are
absolutely voluntary. The one who does not vow is not guilty of sin, and any pledge
that is made has been “voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God.”
KJV: “That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and
perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed
unto the LORD thy God” (v 23). The Hebrew term “a freewill offering” is often used in the Old
Testament for a freewill offering.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Second: This commandment points out that these pledges are
absolutely voluntary. The one who does not vow is not guilty of sin, and any pledge
that is made has been “voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God.”
KJV: “That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and
perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed
unto the LORD thy God” (v 23). The Hebrew term “a freewill offering” is often used in the Old
Testament for a freewill offering.
However, the term is also used for any act of service to God that is
completely voluntary.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Second: This commandment points out that these pledges are
absolutely voluntary. The one who does not vow is not guilty of sin, and any pledge
that is made has been “voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God.”
KJV: “That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and
perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed
unto the LORD thy God” (v 23).
Regardless of the precise translation, the meaning is abundantly
clear: This is a vow you have voluntarily made to God.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
God continues to deal with us on a voluntary basis.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
God continues to deal with us on a voluntary basis.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with
him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20, ESV).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
God continues to deal with us on a voluntary basis.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with
him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20, ESV). Jesus isn‟t going to force us to open the door, but he stands there
& knocks.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
God continues to deal with us on a voluntary basis.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with
him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20, ESV). Jesus isn‟t going to force us to open the door, but he stands there
& knocks.
Granted, there are blessings for opening the door & dire
consequences for refusing to do so.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
God continues to deal with us on a voluntary basis.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with
him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20, ESV). Jesus isn‟t going to force us to open the door, but he stands there
& knocks.
Granted, there are blessings for opening the door & dire
consequences for refusing to do so. But, the decision is fully
ours.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
EACH OF US HAS A VOLUNTARY
DECISION TO MAKE.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
EACH OF US HAS A VOLUNTARY
DECISION TO MAKE.Shall we serve God?
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
OUR PLEDGE
Baptism
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
When we are baptized into Christ, we make a solemn vow to
follow Jesus.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
When we are baptized into Christ, we make a solemn vow to
follow Jesus. “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a
removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 3:21,
ESV).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
When we are baptized into Christ, we make a solemn vow to
follow Jesus. “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a
removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 3:21,
ESV).
The phrase “an appeal to God for a good conscience” is difficult
to translate.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
When we are baptized into Christ, we make a solemn vow to
follow Jesus. “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a
removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 3:21,
ESV).
The phrase “an appeal to God for a good conscience” is difficult
to translate.KJV: “the answer of a good conscience toward God.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
When we are baptized into Christ, we make a solemn vow to
follow Jesus. “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a
removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 3:21,
ESV).
The phrase “an appeal to God for a good conscience” is difficult
to translate.KJV: “the answer of a good conscience toward God.”
NIV: “the pledge of a good conscience toward God.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Which translation is correct?
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Which translation is correct? Does Peter envisions converts asking for a good conscience,
answering from a good conscience, or pledging to serve God
from a good conscience?
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Which translation is correct? Does Peter envisions converts asking for a good conscience,
answering from a good conscience, or pledging to serve God
from a good conscience?
The KJV translates the term most literally.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Which translation is correct? Does Peter envisions converts asking for a good conscience,
answering from a good conscience, or pledging to serve God
from a good conscience?
The KJV translates the term most literally. The term Peter uses here does mean “answer.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Which translation is correct? Does Peter envisions converts asking for a good conscience,
answering from a good conscience, or pledging to serve God
from a good conscience?
The KJV translates the term most literally. The term Peter uses here does mean “answer.”
But, it really seems that both the KJV & NIV get it correct.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question. This is the only occurrence of the term in the New Testament.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question. This is the only occurrence of the term in the New Testament.
When Jesus is on trial & answers questions, a different term is
used.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question. This is the only occurrence of the term in the New Testament.
When Jesus is on trial & answers questions, a different term is
used.
In this era, contracts were often entered into verbally.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question. This is the only occurrence of the term in the New Testament.
When Jesus is on trial & answers questions, a different term is
used.
In this era, contracts were often entered into verbally. There was a back-and-forth exchange about the terms of the contract.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question. This is the only occurrence of the term in the New Testament.
When Jesus is on trial & answers questions, a different term is
used.
In this era, contracts were often entered into verbally. There was a back-and-forth exchange about the terms of the contract.
When individuals answered questions & thus entered into the
contract, this was the term that was used.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
In Peter‟s day, the word he uses meant far more than simply
answering a question. This is the only occurrence of the term in the New Testament.
When Jesus is on trial & answers questions, a different term is
used.
In this era, contracts were often entered into verbally. There was a back-and-forth exchange about the terms of the contract.
When individuals answered questions & thus entered into the
contract, this was the term that was used.
The term implies an agreement to carry out the terms of a
contract.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The imagery of 1 Peter 3:21, then, is where a convert formally
pledges to follow God.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
The imagery of 1 Peter 3:21, then, is where a convert formally
pledges to follow God.
He makes such a pledge from a “good conscience.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
A NEGATIVE PLEDGE
To put away sin.
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“All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death” (Rom 6:3, ESV).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
“All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death” (Rom 6:3, ESV).
“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made
without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the
circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him through faith in the
powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead” (Col
2:11-12, ESV).
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Shortly after the days of the apostles, converts made a verbal
pledge at baptism to put away sin.
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Shortly after the days of the apostles, converts made a verbal
pledge at baptism to put away sin. Hippolytus (writing about AD 215): Converts would declare, “I
renounce you Satan, all your service, and all your works.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Shortly after the days of the apostles, converts made a verbal
pledge at baptism to put away sin. Hippolytus (writing about AD 215): Converts would declare, “I
renounce you Satan, all your service, and all your works.”
Tertullian (AD 160-220): “When we are going to enter the water,
but a little before, in the presence of the congregation and under
the hand of the president, we solemnly profess that we disown
the devil, and his pomp, and his angels.”
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Shortly after the days of the apostles, converts made a verbal
pledge at baptism to put away sin. Hippolytus (writing about AD 215): Converts would declare, “I
renounce you Satan, all your service, and all your works.”
Tertullian (AD 160-220): “When we are going to enter the water,
but a little before, in the presence of the congregation and under
the hand of the president, we solemnly profess that we disown
the devil, and his pomp, and his angels.”
Whether or not we verbalize it, we make a vow at baptism to
“disown the devil, and his pomp, and his angels.”
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We must make such a pledge, for we come to Christ so full of
sin.
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We must make such a pledge, for we come to Christ so full of
sin. “You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once
walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of
the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of
disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of
our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and
were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind” (Eph
2:1-3, ESV).
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We must make such a pledge, for we come to Christ so full of
sin. Eph 2:1-3.
Jesus “freed us from our sins by his blood” (Rev 1:5, ESV).
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We must make such a pledge, for we come to Christ so full of
sin. Eph 2:1-3.
Jesus “freed us from our sins by his blood” (Rev 1:5, ESV).
Therefore, we dare not live in sin.
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Of course, we cannot live above sin.
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Of course, we cannot live above sin. If we claim to be without sin, “we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us” (1 Jn 1:8, ESV).
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Of course, we cannot live above sin. If we claim to be without sin, “we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us” (1 Jn 1:8, ESV).
God‟s grace is just as great toward a Christian who sins as it is
toward a non-Christian (Acts 8:18-24).
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But, we dare not use our human frailties as an excuse for sin.
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But, we dare not use our human frailties as an excuse for sin. “Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By
no means!” (Rom 6:15, ESV).
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
But, we dare not use our human frailties as an excuse for sin. “Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By
no means!” (Rom 6:15, ESV).
If we persist in sin after baptism, there only remains an
expectation of judgment.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
But, we dare not use our human frailties as an excuse for sin. “Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By
no means!” (Rom 6:15, ESV).
If we persist in sin after baptism, there only remains an
expectation of judgment: “If we go on sinning deliberately after
receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a
sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury
of fire that will consume the adversaries” (Heb 10:26-27, ESV).
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“We have recently been converted and because of our
conversion we want to try to help. We won‟t ever need these
again. Can you use them for something?”
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HAVE YOU MADE THAT PLEDGE?
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HAVE YOU MADE THAT PLEDGE?Are you living up to your pledge?
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A POSITIVE PLEDGE
We pledge to follow Jesus.
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“Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt
28:19, ESV).
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“Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt
28:19, ESV). The idea of a “disciple” is one who learns from someone whom
he is following.
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“Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt
28:19, ESV). The idea of a “disciple” is one who learns from someone whom
he is following.
Jesus saw Simon & Andrew casting nets into the sea “and he
said to them, „Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.‟
Immediately they left their nets and followed him” (Mt 4:19-20,
ESV).
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“Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt
28:19, ESV). The idea of a “disciple” is one who learns from someone whom
he is following.
Jesus saw Simon & Andrew casting nets into the sea “and he
said to them, „Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.‟
Immediately they left their nets and followed him” (Mt 4:19-20,
ESV). The Greek term doesn‟t mean that Simon & Andrew followed Jesus
on the seashore.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
“Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt
28:19, ESV). The idea of a “disciple” is one who learns from someone whom
he is following.
Jesus saw Simon & Andrew casting nets into the sea “and he
said to them, „Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.‟
Immediately they left their nets and followed him” (Mt 4:19-20,
ESV). The Greek term doesn‟t mean that Simon & Andrew followed Jesus
on the seashore.
The term means “be a disciple.”
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Jesus often encouraged his hearers to learn from him.
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Jesus often encouraged his hearers to learn from him. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and
lowly in heart” (Mt 11:29, ESV).
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Jesus often encouraged his hearers to learn from him. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and
lowly in heart” (Mt 11:29, ESV).
After washing the disciples feet, Jesus says, “I have given you an
example, that you also should do just as I have done to you” (Jn
13:15, ESV).
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Jesus often encouraged his hearers to learn from him. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and
lowly in heart” (Mt 11:29, ESV).
After washing the disciples feet, Jesus says, “I have given you an
example, that you also should do just as I have done to you” (Jn
13:15, ESV).
As Jesus‟ baptized disciples, therefore, we must go to his
teachings & example to know how to live.
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In being baptized, we are raised to live like Jesus.
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In being baptized, we are raised to live like Jesus. “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in
order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of
the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Rom 6:4, ESV).
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In being baptized, we are raised to live like Jesus. “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in
order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of
the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Rom 6:4, ESV).
“As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ”
(Gal 3:27, ESV).
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DO WE CONTINUE TO WEAR THAT
GARMENT?
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Our pledge to the Lord in baptism is a solemn & serious
pledge.
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Our pledge to the Lord in baptism is a solemn & serious
pledge.
The Lord has no desire that we turn back to sin.
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Our pledge to the Lord in baptism is a solemn & serious
pledge.
The Lord has no desire that we turn back to sin. “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for
the kingdom of God” (Lk 9:62, ESV).
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Our pledge to the Lord in baptism is a solemn & serious
pledge.
The Lord has no desire that we turn back to sin. “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for
the kingdom of God” (Lk 9:62, ESV).
“My righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my
soul has no pleasure in him” (Heb 10:38, ESV).
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Pledging to follow Jesus & then turning back to sin is serious,
serious business.
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Pledging to follow Jesus & then turning back to sin is serious,
serious business. Heb 10:26-31.
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Pledging to follow Jesus & then turning back to sin is serious,
serious business. Heb 10:26-31.
“If, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through
the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are
again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has
become worse for them than the first. For it would have been
better for them never to have known the way of righteousness
than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment
delivered to them” (2 Pt 2:20-21, ESV).
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Pledging to follow Jesus & then turning back to sin is serious,
serious business. Heb 10:26-31.
2 Pt 2:20-21. It‟s better, says Peter, never to become a Christians than to turn back
from it.
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Pledging to follow Jesus & then turning back to sin is serious,
serious business. Heb 10:26-31.
2 Pt 2:20-21. It‟s better, says Peter, never to become a Christians than to turn back
from it.
I‟m convinced that‟s because a more fearful judgment awaits the
fallen Christian.
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Pledging to follow Jesus & then turning back to sin is serious,
serious business. Heb 10:26-31.
2 Pt 2:20-21. It‟s better, says Peter, never to become a Christians than to turn back
from it.
I‟m convinced that‟s because a more fearful judgment awaits the
fallen Christian: “That servant who knew his master‟s will but did not
get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will
receive a light beating” (Lk 12:47-48, ESV).
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While that pledge is serious, the God in heaven stands ready
to help us with our lives.
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While that pledge is serious, the God in heaven stands ready
to help us with our lives. “Because [Jesus] himself has suffered when tempted, he is able
to help those who are being tempted” (Heb 2:18, ESV).
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While that pledge is serious, the God in heaven stands ready
to help us with our lives. “Because [Jesus] himself has suffered when tempted, he is able
to help those who are being tempted” (Heb 2:18, ESV).
“We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with
our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted
as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near
to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace
to help in time of need” (Heb 4:15-16, ESV).
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WE DO NOT WALK THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE ALONE!
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WE DO NOT WALK THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE ALONE!Jesus stands ready to help us—if we’ll let him!
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Maybe you have turned “back from the holy commandment.”
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Maybe you have turned “back from the holy commandment.” Granted, that is a serious predicament.
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Maybe you have turned “back from the holy commandment.” Granted, that is a serious predicament. But, God, full of grace,
stands ready to forgive.
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Maybe you have turned “back from the holy commandment.” Granted, that is a serious predicament. But, God, full of grace,
stands ready to forgive.
Peter says to Simon the sorcerer, “Repent, therefore, of this
wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the
intent of your heart may be forgiven you” (Acts 8:22, ESV).
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DO YOU NEED TO REPENT &
PRAY TO THE LORD THIS
MORNING?
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DO YOU NEED TO MAKE THE
PLEDGE OF BAPTISM THIS
MORNING?