“Disobedience to God’s Word”

 “Disobedience to God’s Word”

  

 

Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.  You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.  He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.  All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature.  By our very nature we were subject to God’s Anger, just like everyone else.    Ephesians 2:1-3

 

 

EVERY person outside of JESUS CHRIST, is SPIRITUALLY DEAD, they are SEPARATED from the ALMIGHTY GOD, and ALL that is RIGHT and GOOD.  They LIVE in DARKNESS, with NO HOPE. 

They are CHAINED to their TRESPASSES and SINS.  

 

Let’s look at three things that KEEP an UNBELIEVER from becoming SPIRITUALLY ALIVE.  FIRST, is the WORLD, the ways of this WRETCHED OLD WORLD.  SECOND, is the DEVIL, the RULER of the POWER of the AIR.  THIRD is the FLESH, our FLESHLY DESIRES.  We who are NOW BELIEVERS, were ONCE just like those who are REJECTING GOD and His HOLY WORD.  We too were SPIRITUALLY DEAD, and we also lived, FOLLOWING the PASSIONATE DESIRES and INCLINATIONS of our SINFUL NATURE and we LIVED in DARKNESS and CHAINED to our TRESPASSES and SINS, and WE, by our VERY NATURE, were subject to GOD’S ANGER, just like EVERYONE ELSE.

But we TURNED AWAY FROM the DEVIL and his SCHEMES and have TURNED to GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  

 

And by GOD’S AMAZING GRACE, we now have been set FREE from SPIRITUAL DEATH and have received SPIRITUAL LIFE with the HOPE of an ETERNAL HOME in a place called HEAVEN. We are NO LONGER SUBJECT to GOD’S ANGER, but we will have FREEDOM FROM ALL the CHAINS that KEPT us in DARKNESS, and SUBJECT to the ANGER of the ALMIGHTY GOD.  In HEAVEN we will have SWEET FELLOWSHIP with GOD, the FATHER, and HIS SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who by the GRACE of GOD made US, the TRUE BELIEVER, CLEAN and PART of GOD’S FAMILY.  And we NOW HAVE a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with GOD.  And it is ALL because of the OBEDIENCE of JESUS to GOD and His WORD.  JESUS PAID the PRICE for our FREEDOM by SHEDDING His PRECIOUS BLOOD on the CROSS.  And He was VICTORIOUS over DEATH and the GRAVE.  He made us SPIRITUALLY ALIVE.  Are YOU SPIRITUALLY ALIVE?  YOU ARE if you have TRULY GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to God, THROUGH His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  And IF you have NOT been DISOBEDIENT to GOD and His WORD. 

 

However, if you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, but you KEEP REJECTING God, then you have NO HOPE for an ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  But your ETERNITY will be an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. You have the OPPORTUNITY to CHANGE from being SPIRITUALLY DEAD to being SPIRITUALLY ALIVE!  This is what YOU MUST DO:  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, and You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for You, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and STOP being DISOBEDIENT to God and His Word. And become SPIRITUALLY ALIVE and NO LONGER SPIRITUALLY DEAD.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!