Climbing the Christian Construct, Step 01-Faith

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Text: 2 Peter 1:5-8

Topic: Growth in Christian Virtue.

Thesis: Believers must work outtheir own salvation.

Title: Climbingthe Christian Construct,

Step One-Faith


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Two of the great themes of the

ages are ______________.This is represented in the following

quotations by the same author.

Regarding ____: Our pleasant

vices are made the whip to scourge

us. And _____: A heartunspotted is not easily daunted.

Shakespeare


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Two of the great themes of the

ages are vice and virtue.This is represented in the following

quotations by the same author.

Regarding vice: Our pleasant vices

are made the whip to scourge us.

And virtue: A heartunspotted is not easily daunted.

Shakespeare


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For this very reason, you must

make every effort to support your

_________________, and

______________________,

(2 Peter 1:5 NRSV)


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For this very reason, you must

make every effort to support your

faith with goodness, and

goodness with knowledge,

(2 Peter 1:5 NRSV)


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According to Peter, the Apostle,

the path begins with faith, and climbsupward toward heaven.

For by grace you have been

saved through faith, and this is not

your own doing; it is the gift of God--

(Ephesians 2:8 NRSV)


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You have been saved

1. ________


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You have been saved

1. Out Of

sins you may have been sinning.

Come to a sober and right mind,and ___________; for some people

have no knowledge of God. I say this

to your shame.

(1 Co 15:34 NRSV)


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You have been saved

1. Out Of

sins you may have been sinning.

Come to a sober and right mind,and sin no more; for some people

have no knowledge of God. I say this

to your shame.

(1 Co 15:34 NRSV)


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for though they knew God,

they did not honor him as God or

give thanks to him, but theybecame futile in their thinking,

and their senseless minds were

darkened.(Romans 1:21 NRSV)


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You have been saved

2. ______


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You have been saved

2. From

Very truly, I tell you, anyone who

hears my word and believes him who

sent me has eternal life, and does notcome under judgment, but has

_____________________.

(John 5:24 NRSV)


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You have been saved

2. From

Very truly, I tell you, anyone who

hears my word and believes him who

sent me has eternal life, and does notcome under judgment, but has

passed from death to life.

(John 5:24 NRSV)


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He has rescued us

_______________________ and

transferred us into the kingdom of his

beloved Son,

(Col 1:13 NRSV)


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He has rescued us

from the power of darkness and

transferred us into the kingdom of his

beloved Son,

(Col 1:13 NRSV)


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Kingdom Point:

Whether good or evil, right or

wrong, saintly or sinful, we are____________________

_________.
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Kingdom Point:

Whether good or evil, right or

wrong, saintly or sinful, we arewe are responsible for our

behavior.
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20 And he said, "It is what comes

out of a person that defiles. 21 For it

is from within, from the _____

_____, that evil intentions come:

fornication, theft, murder, 22 adultery,avarice, wickedness, deceit,

licentiousness, envy, slander, pride,

folly. 23 All these evil things comefrom within, and they defile a

person." (Mark 7:20-23 NRSV)


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20 And he said, "It is what comes

out of a person that defiles. 21 For it

is from within, from the human

heart, that evil intentions come:

fornication, theft, murder, 22 adultery,avarice, wickedness, deceit,

licentiousness, envy, slander, pride,

folly. 23 All these evil things comefrom within, and they defile a

person." (Mark 7:20-23 NRSV)


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and

3. _____


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and

3. For

These proclaim Christ out of

love, knowing that I have been put

here for _____________________;

(Php 1:16 NRSV)


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and

3. For

These proclaim Christ out of

love, knowing that I have been put

here forthe defense of the gospel;

(Php 1:16 NRSV)


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Like good stewards of the

manifold grace of God, ________

_______ with whatever gift each ofyou has received.

(1 Peter 4:10 NRSV)


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Like good stewards of the

manifold grace of God, serve one

anotherwith whatever gift each ofyou has received.

(1 Peter 4:10 NRSV)


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WORSHIP,

_____________,

____________,_______________ and

_____________.


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WORSHIP,

FELLOWSHIP,

____________,_______________ and

_____________.


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WORSHIP,

FELLOWSHIP,

DISCIPLESHIP,_______________ and

_____________.


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WORSHIP,

FELLOWSHIP,

DISCIPLESHIP,MINISTRY and

_____________.


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WORSHIP,

FELLOWSHIP,

DISCIPLESHIP,MINISTRY and

EVANGELISM.


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Vice is a _________ of so frightful mien,

As to be ______ needs but to be seen;

Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,We first endure, then pity, then _________.

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Vice is a monsterof so frightful mien,

As to be hated needs but to be seen;

Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

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