What is my WORK

as aCHRISTIAN?

By

Brian Birdow

James 2:14-26

Belief a WORK?? John 6:27 Labor not for the food which perishes,

but for that food which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for on him has God the Father set his seal.

John 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

John 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.

Faith without works….

• Matthew 25:31-46

• James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Sow the SEED

• Matthew 28:19 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

• Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

• Mark 16:16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned.

Sowing the seed implies

• That the seed is already implanted in me.

• James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted wordengrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (Ps.119.11)

• Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Sowing the Seed implies….

I (am) live the messageI (am) live the message

Romans 2:1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whosoever you are that judge: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge do the same things.

Romans 2:3 And do you think, O man, that judge them who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

Romans 2:22 You that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

Sowing the seed implies..That I am a student of God’s wordstudent of God’s word!

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Acts 17:12 ThereforeTherefore many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

Sowing the seed implies..

• That I am continuing to GROW

• 2 Peter 3:18 But growgrow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

To Whom do I Sow the SEED?Mark 6:12 And they went out, and preached that men

should repent.

Luke 9:6 And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

Matthew 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

To Whom do I Sow the SEED?

To everyone who is in need of salvation!

1. Look at the contacts in your phone please.

2. Develop a list to call

3. Develop a method i.e. Tracts, dvd’s bible class, preacher, etc…

REMEMBER THAT>>>

• 2 Timothy 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

• 2 Timothy 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose them; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

• 2 Timothy 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

REMEMBER THAT>>>

1. Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

2. Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

Our Reward

1. My SAVIOR is pleased

2. Heaven rejoices

3. A soul is saved and a multitude of sins are covered

4. Self-gratification (satisfaction)

My REWARD

#1 My SAVIOR is pleased

Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Our REWARD

• #2 Heaven Rejoices

• Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Our REWARD

#3 A multitude of sins covered!

James 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Our REWARD #4 Self-Gratification (satisfaction)

Philemon 1:17-20 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Our REWARD!! 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

• Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

• For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written,

Our REWARD….

• Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law: but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Our Reward!

• Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

• Acts 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

A habitation built by GOD!

• 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

• Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

My REWARD

• Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

• Revelation 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

My REWARD

• Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,

• Revelation 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen.

The New Jerusalem

• Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

• Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

The New Jerusalem• Hebrews 12:22 But you are come unto mount Zion,

and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

• Hebrews 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

• Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

The New Jerusalem

• Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

• Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.