Sermon - 4 November 2012 by Bruce McCallum

1. LIFE IN 3D
Obedience Based Disciples

4. Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to
obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I
am with you always, to the very end of the age."

6. “and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you”

7. Gen 1:16-17
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are
free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you
must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

8. 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild
animals the Lord God had made. He said to the
woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from
any tree in the garden'?" 2 The woman said to the
serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the
garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from
the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you
must not touch it, or you will die.'" 4 "You will not
surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God
knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and
evil." 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree
was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.

9. Genesis 3:6 (MSG)
6 When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good
eating and realized what she would get out of it—
she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit
and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.

10. Luke 11:27-28 (NIV)
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the
crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave
you birth and nursed you." 28 He replied, "Blessed
rather are those who hear the word of God and obey
it."

11. Luke 6:46-47 (NIV)
46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do
what I say? 47 I will show you what he is like who
comes to me and hears my words and puts them into
practice.

12. Luke 8:21 (NIV)
20 Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are
standing outside, wanting to see you." 21 He replied,
"My mother and brothers are those who hear God's
word and put it into practice."

13. John 14:21 (NIV)
21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is
the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved
by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself
to him."

14. James 1:22-25 (NIV)
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive
yourselves. Do what it says.23 Anyone who listens to
the word but does not do what it says is like a man
who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking
at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what
he looks like. 25 But the man who looks intently into
the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to
do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-
-he will be blessed in what he does.

15. John 13:17 (NIV)
17 Now that you know these things, you will be
blessed if you do them.

16. Matthew 7:24-29 (NIV)
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of
mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man
who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came
down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat
against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had
its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears
these words of mine and does not put them into
practice is like a foolish man who built his house on
sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and
the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell
with a great crash."

17. 1. Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him
2. It's not what you believe, it's what you OBEY that
determines your destiny. Demons believe but don't
obey!
3. Spiritual maturity is based on how obedient you are,
not how old you are.
4. Don’t fool yourself. You only believe the parts of the
Bible you actually follow.
5. Die is the heart of ObeDIEence. I die to living for
myself, or the approval of others, in order to follow
God's plan for me.