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Choose To Follow Christ · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  Choose to follow Christ.
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  As we continue our walk through the Scriptures, discovering God's expectations
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  for our witness to be true to Him and to lead others to Christ,
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  we are going to shed light on the truth that living for Christ is a conscious choice.
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  It is a choice that we all must make and one that has eternal consequences.
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  Those who choose to follow Jesus make a choice that results in never being alone
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  in this world or the next.
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  Jesus is always with the born-again believer, Hebrews 13.5.
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  Those who do not choose to follow Jesus and do not place their faith in him
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  choose to go through this world alone and reserve a place in hell for eternity.
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  It comes down to a choice.
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  The devil deceives many into thinking that Christianity is a false teaching.
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  The devil confuses their minds, tells them lies, and they believe there is no
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  truth in Christ's commandment that you must be born again, John 3, 7.
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  They mock the free gift of salvation, Ephesians 2, 8-9, that Jesus affords everyone
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  who believes, John 3, 16.
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  Others simply deny Jesus because they do not choose him.
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  No choice is a no choice.
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  1 Kings 18, 21 says, And Elijah came unto all the people and said,
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  How long halt ye between two opinions?
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  If the Lord be God, follow him.
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  But if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
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  God demands you choose him.
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  Jesus says, I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot.
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  I would that thou wert cold or hot So then because thou art lukewarm And neither
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  cold nor hot I will spew thee out of my mouth Revelation 3, 15-16.
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  You must choose Jesus as your Savior, and you must choose to follow him and his commandments.
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  Anything less than that is denial.
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  Your life, how you live it, what others see, demonstrates your choice.
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  It doesn't matter what you say. It matters the choice you have truly made.
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  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,
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  and where thieves break through and steal.
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  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth
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  corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
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  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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  Matthew 6, 19-21 Your life will give proof of the choice you have made.
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  Choose Jesus and live for him.
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  He who hesitates is lost, was a common statement my tennis coach often made.
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  He was pointing out that you needed to be prepared to commit to the correct
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  shot when the opportunity came.
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  It was crucial to winning the game. Though decisiveness is important in tennis,
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  the consequences of hesitation or a wrong choice are not anywhere near as grave
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  as the consequences for not choosing Jesus as your Savior.
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  There is no room for hesitation regarding choosing Jesus.
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  You must trust in the Lord with your whole heart.
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  You must not rely upon your own intellect or abilities to determine your fate or live your life.
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  In all things and in all ways, you must acknowledge God, trust in Jesus,
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  and purpose in your heart to live in the center of God's will.
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  Proverbs 3, 5-6 You must be not wise in thine own eyes.
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  Fear the Lord and depart from evil. Proverbs 3, 7 How you live matters.
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  How you live starts with what you choose to believe, where you place your faith, and who you trust.
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  You must choose life in Christ, Deuteronomy 30, 19.
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  All other choices lead to death, Romans 6, 23.
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  Remember, you must choose.
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  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye
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  will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other
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  side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell.
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  But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24, 15.
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  There is no mistaking a true believer in Christ. They are Christ-like in all their ways.
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  Their heart is pure, their motives just, and their actions holy.
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  They are living testimony of
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  who God is, and they make him king of their heart and lord of their lives.
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  Anything less is unacceptable.
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  God said, Thou shalt have no other gods before me, not once, but twice.
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  He said it in Exodus 20, verse 3, and Deuteronomy 5, 7. He said it.
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  So believe it and live it. Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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