Grace Fellowship
Church
www.GraceDoctrine.org
Pastor/Teacher
Jim Rickard
Tuesday,
August 10, 2010
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—
Amen.
Memory Verse
John 15:13,
“Greater love has no one
than this, that one lay down
his life for his friends.”
John 15:12-14
Impersonal Love
Motivates Divine Good
Production!
The Doctrine of Laying
Down your Life for your
Friends.
3. There are two aspects in
scripture that describe
“laying down your life”:
a) Your mental attitude,
b) Your actions.
b. Your Actions in
“Laying Down Your Life”.
1) Behave according to
God’s mandates in society.
Rom 13:8-14; Gal 5:24-26
2) Suffer and rejoice
with others when they
are suffering or honored.
1 Cor 12:26
1 Cor 12:26,
“And if one member
suffers, all the members
suffer with it; if one
member is honored, all the
members rejoice with it.”
3) Give graciously to your
fellow believer who is in
need.
1 John 3:17
1 John 3:17,
“But whoever has the world’s
goods, and sees his brother in
need and closes his heart
against him, how does the
love of God abide in him?”
4) You are not the 007 of
Grace.
4) Your are not the 007 of
Grace.
Do not use Grace as a
license to sin.
Gal 5:13-14
5) Do not gossip or malign
in order to get ahead.
Gal 5:15
6) Have an absence of self
righteous arrogance.
Gal 5:26
7) Forgive the sins of
others and encourage them
to go forward in the Plan of
God.
Gal 6:1-2; Eph 4:1-3;
Col 3:12-17
8) Strive for harmonious
rapport inside the body of
Christ.
1 Peter 3:8-12; Gal 6:10
9) Have harmonious
rapport inside your
marriage and family.
Eph 5:22-6:4; Col 3:18-21
10) Apply authority
orientation to human
institutions, governments,
bosses, Pastors, etc.
Rom 13:1-7; Col 3:22-25;
1 Thes 5:12-13; 1 Tim 5:1718; 6:1-2; Titus 2:9-10; 3:1-2
4. Conclusion:
“Laying down your life”,
means living righteously
with confident expectation
in the Plan of God.
Titus 2:11-14
Grace Fellowship Church
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tape # 10-086
Impersonal Love Motivates
Divine Good Production
Laying Down Your Life, Part 3
Upper Room Discourse, Part 400
John 15:13-14; Gal 5:13-15, 22-26; 6:1-2, 10
James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010