Text: S. John xj.

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Called to Come Foth From the Tomb of Sin1
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Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not ome into ondemnation! but is "assed from death unto life# 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, $he hour is oming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voi e of the %on of &od: and they that hear shall live#' (ol 2:12 ) having been buried with (hrist in ba"tism, in whi h you were also raised with him through faith in the "owerful wor*ing of &od, who raised him from the dead# 1+ ,nd you, who were dead in your tres"asses and the un ir um ision of your flesh, &od made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our tres"asses### -om .:/ 0or to be arnally minded is death! but to be s"iritually minded is life and "ea e#

'i(ing (r )apti*mal Calling: Stop Sinning&

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-om /:1 9hat shall we say then7 %hall we ontinue in sin, that gra e may abound7 2 &od forbid# How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein7 + :now ye not, that so many of us as were ba"ti;ed into Jesus (hrist were ba"ti;ed into his death7 4 $herefore we are buried with him by ba"tism into death: that li*e as (hrist was raised u" from the dead by the glory of the 0ather, even so we also should wal* in newness of life#2 8u* 12:42 ,nd that servant who *new his master<s will but did not get ready or a t a ording to his will, will re eive a severe beating# 4. 3ut the one who did not *now, and did what deserved a beating, will re eive a light beating# =veryone to whom mu h was given, of him mu h will be re>uired, and from him to whom they entrusted mu h, they will demand the more# Jas 4:12 %o everyone who *nows what is the right thing to do and does not do it ommits a sin#

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Helping ther! "o the Same: #ea$h the %od&

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Joh .:51 I tell you the truth, if anyone *ee"s my word, he will never see death#' -om 11:12 %o faith omes from hearing, and hearing through the word of (hrist# Jas 1:22 3ut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, de eiving your own selves#

=,- now the word of our 8ord Jesus (hrist, but do not merely listen to the word, and so de eive yourselves# 5o what it says, and not 6ust on e in a moon y le, but as often as you an# $a*e, eat: this is my body, whi h is bro*en and given for you: this do in remembran e of me# $his u" is the new testament in my blood, "oured out for you and for many, for the remission of sins: this do ye, as often as ye drin* it, in remembran e of me# $ruly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the %on of ?an and drin* his blood, you have no life in you# 9hoever feeds on my flesh and drin*s my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him u" on the last day# 0or my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drin*# 9hoever feeds on my flesh and drin*s my blood abides in me, and I in him# ,s the living 0ather sent me, and I live be ause of the 0ather, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live be ause of me# If
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4n behalf of the whole (hur h, I as* you: 5o you renoun e the s"iritual for es of wi *edness, re6e t the evil "owers of this world, and re"ent of your sin7 5o you onfess Jesus (hrist as your %avior, "ut your whole trust in his gra e, and "romise to serve him as your 8ord, in union with the (hur h whi h (hrist has o"ened to "eo"le of all ages, nations, and ra es? (GBOD Preaching Notes)

$his is why a large "art of the wor* of the early ate humenate, that three year or longer "ro ess of "re"aring andidates for ba"tism, was fo used not on tea hing do trine, but rather tea hing "ra ti es of fasting and "rayer, along with aring for the "oor, the widows, the si * and the elderly, "ra ti es that ould hel" those "re"aring for ba"tism @and all of us, to be sureA be ome more aware of the reality of their atta hments to the flesh, the degree to whi h they were in fa t driven by it, but also the "ossibility that their minds and bodies may be able to learn better how to oo"erate with and fo us on the will and way of the Holy %"irit on e the %"irit was in them' through ba"tism# @Ibid#A

anyone loves me, he will *ee" my word, and my 0ather will love him, and we will ome to him and ma*e our home with him# 9hoever does not love me does not *ee" my words# ,nd the word that you hear is not mine but the 0ather<s who sent me#' In the same way, these are not my words, but (hrist<s words in the 3ible# In nomine...

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aga3ne tho(gh the fa3th of the operation of -od6 4ho hath rai*ed him from the dead.