COMMITMENT

COMMITMENT I. REVIEW: IMPORTANT THAT WE ESTABLISH SPIRITUAL RUMBLE “CONVICTIONS.” A. TO KEEP US FROM DRIFTING SPIRITUALLY. B. CHRISTIANS, KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS AND DO NOT COMPROMISE. II. WHAT GOOD ARE CONVICTIONS IF WE ARE NOT COMMITTED TO THEM? A. WEBSTER DEFINES COMMITMENT: “AN AGREEMENT OR PLEDGE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.” WEBSTER’S “COMMIT”: “TO CARRY INTO ACTION DELIBERATELY.” B. WE ARE BORN INTO THIS WORLD WITH A DESIRE TO LOVE AND PLEASE OURSELVES. C. MARK 8:34 III. TO GROW AND DEVELOP AS A CHRISTIAN WE MUST COMMIT TO BIBLICAL CONVICTIONS. A. CHRISTIANS ENTER THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE ZONE. B. THIS REQUIRES WORK, SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT. IV. YOUNG CHRISTIANS MUST COMMIT TO DAILY READING OF BIBLE. A. 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 KJV B. COMMITTING TO STUDY GOD’S WORD LEADS TO COMMITTING SCRIPTURE TO MEMORY. C. PSALM 119:11 PSALM 119:97 V. ANOTHER COMMITMENT: “LOVING THE LORD WITH ALL OUR HEART, SOUL AND MIND, AND NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES.” A. JESUS WAS COMMITTED TO A SABBATH OBSERVANCE. B. LUKE 4:16b C. OUR COMMITMENT TO WORSHIP IS AN INDICATION OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD. VI. A CLASSIC, SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENT: THE STORY OF RUTH. A. RUTH 1:16-17 B. RUTH WAS TRUE TO THE COMMITMENT SHE MADE TO NAOMI AND GOD BLESSES HER FOR HER FAITHFULNESS AND COMMITMENT. VII. COMMITMENT SWIMS AGAINST THE CURRENT OF CONSUMERISM. A. WILL YOU COMMIT TO BEING A PERSON OF COMMITMENT?