LAST WEEK S SERMON. Lie: Let us sin so that grace shall abound; all grace, no change required. Truth: Sin separates us from God.

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2 LAST WEEK S SERMON Lie: Let us sin so that grace shall abound; all grace, no change required. Truth: Sin separates us from God.

3 LIE TRUTH Doing nothing doesn t hurt anyone. Sin separates people.

4 The Golden Rule So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12

5 Sayings of Eastern Religions CONFUCIANISM: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you (Analects 15:23) HINDUISM: This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you (Mahabharata 5:1517) BUDDHISM: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful (Udanavarga 5:18)

6 JESUS said the Golden Rule is: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12

7 Are you a sheep or a goat? Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me. They also will answer, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you? He will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. Matthew 25: 41-46

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9 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. James 4:17

10 Sins of Omission I never cut my neighbour's throat; My neighbour's gold I never stole; I never spoiled his house and land; But God have mercy on my soul For I am haunted night and day By all the deeds I have not done; O unattempted loveliness O costly valour never won Marguerite Wilkinson

11 I didn t do anything wrong. I didn t do anything right.

12 Why don t we do something right?

13 1 Corinthians 14:20 (MSG) To be perfectly frank, I m getting exasperated with your infantile thinking. How long before you grow up and use your head your adult head? It s all right to have a childlike unfamiliarity with evil; a simple no is all that s needed there. But there s far more to saying yes to something.

14 1 Corinthians 14:20 NIV Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

15 I look like an adult on the outside I think like a child on the inside

16 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

17 Why don t we think like adults?

18 We still give heed to FABLES One of them, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth. Titus 1: 12-14

19 I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth Revelation 3: 15-16

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21 If we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 1 John 1: 6

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23 If we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another. 1 John 1: 6-7

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25 How can we walk in the light?

26 If we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1: 6-9

27 Let s be adults and confess the truth: MY sins of omission separate me from other people.

28 Let s do something 1. Find somebody and share with one another. 2. Commit to connect with each other during the week and then again next Sunday. 3. Prepare to share your experience with the fellowship next Sunday contact Jayde before the service starts.