Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

2 Cor. 13:5

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Long Obedience in the Same Direction

And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matt. 24:10-13

  They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

1 John 2:19

 

25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

John 12:25

 

11And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Rev. 12:11

 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'

Matt. 25:21

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Rev. 2:7

Promises…

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.

Rev. 2:11

Promises…

  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says

to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a

white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.‘

Rev. 2:17

Promises…

 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,

Rev. 2:26

Promises…

 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Rev. 3:5

Promises…

 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Rev. 3:12

Promises…

 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Rev. 3:21

Promises…

 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Rev. 21:7

Promises…

 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Rom. 8:27

Promises…

 

Luke 8:4-15

Soils…

 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:2-4

Trials…

  Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when

he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

James 1:12-15

Temptation…

 

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in

the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 14:19-22

Suffering…

lust

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self-control

gentlenessJoy

Fruit of the Spirit

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lovekindness

goodnesscontrol

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depression

addictionFear/anxiety

Pressure

Self(Flesh/world/demonic)

Christ(Spirit)

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Help!

 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Prov. 16:18

 

Pride

 Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important, for it promises a reward in both this life and the next.

1 Tim. 4:8

 

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.  Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

1 Cor. 9:24-27

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire;he breaks out against all sound judgment.

Prov. 18:1

Community…

Step 10: We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Matt. 5:23–24

 We continue in the fear of the Lord, putting to death those things which rob our affections for Christ, while persevering in loving and joyful obedience to Him. We return to the Lord quickly with an attitude of repentance when out of step with the Spirit as we are trained in godliness and grow spiritually.

Redeeming Truth of Step 10: