Introduction:
1. We have responsibilities to Christ.
2. Are we responsible enough to take them on?
I. Confess Christ.
A. Command (Mt. 10:32; Rom. 10:10).
B. Confession and the first century (Jn. 12:42).
C. Confession and the 21st century-continuous (2 Tim. 1:8-12; 1 Jn. 4:2, 15).
II. Hear Christ.
A. Command (Mt. 17:5).
B. Difference between hearing and listening.
C. Because Jesus is the way (Jn. 6:45-48; Heb. 7:25).
III. Remember Christ.
A. Command (Heb. 12:2).
B. The brains ability to store and retrieve information.
C. Our memory of Christ. Remember His teachings, call, pledge, burial, and resurrection.
IV. Imitate Christ.
A. Command (1 Jn. 2:6).
B. What does it mean to imitate Christ? You have his mind, attitude, disposition, actions.
C. Look at his sacrifice (2 Cor. 8:9), speech (1 Pet. 2:22), submission (Jn. 5:30), suffering (Heb. 2:9, 10), He subdued temptation (Mt. 4:1-11), and stood for the truth (Mt. 5-7).
V. Serve Christ.
A. Command (Mt. 20:26; 4:19).
B. Christ’s service was to God (Jn. 10:17) and for others (Mt. 15:24).
C. Christian must roll up his sleeves and get started (2 Cor. 8:5).
VI. Teach Christ.
A. Command (Mt. 28:19).
B. Reason (Rom. 10:14, 15). Everyone is a minister.
C. Lord uses people to accomplish his preaching-look at the conversion stories in Acts (Pentecost, Eunuch, Jailer, etc.).
Entered on 5/31/2009
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