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CHURCH OF CHRISTat
Gospel MeetingJuly 26-29
Pleasant View
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Ye Serve the Lord— Joshua 24:19
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I. What this statement does not mean
II.What this statement does mean
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Notice the statement closely:
Joshua 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Ye cannot serve the Lord He will not forgive your
transgressions
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What the statement does not mean
1) It does not mean that we cannot serve the Lord because of some unpardonable sin
– Challenge: Find a specific sin too great to be forgiven
– I Corinthians 6:9-11 …fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners…
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What the statement does not mean
• But what about the “sin unto death”?– I John 5:16-17 If any man see his brother
sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
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What the statement does not mean
• Consider these points:– I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. •God forgives every sin that is confessed
– I John 5:16—there is a sin God will not forgive– That sin must be a sin that has not been
confessed
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What the statement does not mean
2) It does not mean that we cannot serve the Lord unless __________– Everyone has the capacity to serve
the Lord– Joshua 24:15 …choose you this
day whom ye will serve…
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What the statement does mean
1) Ye cannot serve the Lord with sin present in your life
– Joshua 24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.
– They were pledging allegiance to God with idols still in their homes and hearts!
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What the statement does mean
• I Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived…
• I John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth
• I John 2:4 He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in HIm.
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What the statement does mean
• Notice what persistent sin will ultimately do:– Isaiah 32:6 For the vile person will speak
villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy
– I Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy…– Luke 12:1 …Beware ye of the leaven of the
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy– I Timothy 4:2 …having their conscience
seared…
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What the statement does mean
• But what about my status as “a sinner”?– I Timothy 1:15 This is a faithful
saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief
– I John 1:8, 10 must be balanced with I John 1:7, 9 and 2:1-2
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What the statement does mean
• Ye cannot serve the Lord half-heartedly– Judges 2:2a And ye shall make no league
with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars…
– Judges 1:28 …they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out…
– Judges 2:2b …but ye have not obeyed My voice…
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What the statement does mean
• Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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What the statement does mean
• Consider Peter:– Luke 22:31-32 And the Lord said,
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
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What the statement does mean
• Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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No matter what is in your past, you can serve the Lord…
…but you cannot if:• there is sin still in your life
• you are not willing to do it 100%