• “All of us have become guilty of sin.”
  • Acts 2:22-23, 36-37; 3:14-15; 4:11; 7:51-53; 26:18
  • Isaiah 59:2
  • II Thessalonians 1:8-9
  • It may help to use the word “us.”
    • Acts 22:4-5, 20; 26:9-11
    • I Timothy 1:15
    • Ephesians 2:1-3
  • “Jesus Christ died so we can be forgiven!”
    • Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:13-14

Problem: Sin

Solution: Jesus

Acts 2:22-23, 36-37

Acts 2:38-40

Acts 3:14-15

Acts 3:19-20

Acts 4:11

Acts 4:12

Acts 7:51-53

(Killed)

Acts 26:18

Acts 26:19-23

• “We have to follow God’s instructions to receive this gift!”
  • II Thessalonians 1:8
  • “How can these both be true at the same time?
    • Ephesians 2:8; Matthew 7:21
    • Romans 4:5; James 2:24
    • Titus 3:5; II Corinthians 5:10
  • Paul to the Romans:
    • Romans 1:16 – Gospel!
    • Romans 3:24 – Grace!
    • Romans 5:1 – Faith!
    • Romans 5:9 – Blood!
    • Romans 6:3-4 – Baptism!
    • Romans 10:9-10 – Believe and confess!

• Lesson 8, continued:
  • When a member insists upon having company with those who have been refused, what action is the local church to take?
    • Must admonish and admonish them (Titus 3:10).
    • If one still insists on having company with them, he too is walking disorderly; he is to be disciplined.
    • In the Old Testament, God also punished the ones who sympathized with the discord sowers (Numbers 16:41-49).
  • Conclusion: One cannot please the Lord if he refuses (or fails) to work with a local church in his locality. Let us be diligent servants of the Lord that we glorify God by doing individually that which He has thus assigned and doing in the local church that which He has thus assigned.

• Numbers 13 – The Israelites spy out the land of Canaan.
• Numbers 14 – The Israelites rebel against God.
• Joshua 1:1-9 – God charges Joshua with leading the people into the land of Canaan.
• I John 1:1-4

• Hebrews 11:23-29
• Refusing
  • Hebrews 11:24
  • We have to develop our own faith, regardless of the faith or actions of our parents.
  • Galatians 1:14 – Paul was very zealous for his ancestral traditions, but gave them up to serve God.
• Choosing, considering, and looking
  • Hebrews 11:25-26
  • “reproach of Christ” – reproach suffered for the sake of Christ.
  • As Christians, we should not pine for the life we used to have before we were Christians.
  • Colossians 3:1
  • Philippians 3:4-11
• Leaving and enduring
  • Hebrews 11:27
  • We must leave the path of sin, even if we cannot fully see the path ahead.
  • Once we are following God, we must endure.
  • Hebrews 10:35-39