PASSION THAT LASTS

REMEMBER…

1 Cor. 11:23-26

1. REMEMBER THE PASSION OF JESUS

2. RESIST THE PASSION TO SIN

Romans 6:12-14

WHAT WILL HELP• FORGIVEMat 6:14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

• PUT ON AND PUT OFFEph 4:22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

• SEE THE CHRIST IN EACH ONE1

• 2 Corinthians 2:5 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life.

THE THREE SIEVES * A LITTLE boy one day ran indoors from school and called out eagerly: "Oh, mother, what do you think of Tom Jones? I have just heard that ——" "Wait a minute, my boy. Have you put what you have heard through the three sieves before you tell it to me?" "Sieves, mother! What do you mean?" "Well, the first sieve is called Truth. Is it true?" "Well, I don't really know, but Bob Brown said that Charlie told him that Tom ——" "That's very roundabout. What about the second sieve — Kindness. Is it kind?" "Kind! No, I can't say it is kind." "Now the third sieve — Necessity. Will it go through that? Must you tell this tale?" "No, mother, I need not repeat it." "Well, then, my boy, if it is not necessary, not kind, and perhaps not true, let the story die."

3. RESTORE THE PASSION FOR THE

MISSION

Eze 18:23

1 Timothy 2:4

Acts 1:8

Conclusion

• PASSION THAT LASTS

• REMEMBER THE PASSION OF JESUS

• RESIST THE PASSION OF SIN

• RESTORE THE PASSION FOR THE MISSION