March 19, 2017

How We Choose Life? We Walk in His Ways! Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Our Question: Will You Choose Life? Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Choosing Life = Loving God + Walking in His Ways + Obeying His Voice and Holding Fast to Him!

Two Ways! The Ways of God or the Ways of the World or the ways of man! Your Choice is Critical!

1 John 2:15 – The Ways of the World! Death, Adversity, the Curse!

Deuteronomy 30:11-20 – The Ways of God! Life, Prosperity and the Blessing!

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows this he will also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

So We Choose Life Everyday by

1. Loving the Lord Our God!
2. Walking In His Ways! Psalm 103:

Psalm 103:7 He made known His Ways to Moses, His Acts to the sons of Israel. 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in Loving kindness!

The Acts of God: Pardon, Healing, Redemption, A Crowning – Loving-kindness and Compassion A Satisfied Life with Good Things! Recipients of Righteous Deeds!

What are the Ways of God & How do we Walk Them? Exodus 34:5-7

• Compassionate – Merciful, It’s a Movement in Your Heart! Feeling!
• Gracious – To Show Favor, To Bend or stoop in kindness
• Slow to Anger – Long suffering, Patient, to Anger
• Abounding in Loving-kindness: Mercy that Forgives, Grace that empowers, and Favor that positions us to Glorify Him! It’s the love, kindness and everlasting covenant love of God
• And Truth: faithfulness, stability, reliable
• Keeps loving-kindness for thousands!
• Forgives iniquity, transgression and sin!

Manifested in Christ: John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, glory of the only begotten of the Father full of Grace and Truth!

What does this Look Like?

A Woman Caught in Sin! John 8:1-12
When God Stands Up For Daughters and Others Do Not!

Jesus Choosing Life! Jesus Acts! He pardons, Heals, redeems, Crowns, Satisfies and performs a Righteous Deed on her behalf!

When Prodigals Come Home! Luke 15:11-32
When God Rejoices and Others Do Not

Notice the Way of Life: Rejoicing, No Condemnation, Forgiveness, Provision, Freedom, Restoration, Celebration!

Notice the Way of the World: Pride, Anger, Judgment, Condemnation, Rehearsing what the other Person Did, Demanding credit, It needs to be fair.