This document summarizes the benefits of being a Christian according to a sermon given at O'neal church of Christ on May 10, 2015. It discusses that Christians are friends with God, have forgiveness of sins, and redemption through Christ's blood. Additionally, it outlines that Christians have a good home life with loving families, are promised God's help in providing for needs, and have hope for health and the future, including eternal life. Overall, the document examines the spiritual and practical benefits Christians receive both in this life and the next according to scripture.
2. Psalm 103:1-22
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is
within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget
not all his benefits:
3. V. 3 “who forgiveth all thine iniquities;…Rom.
5:8,9
V. 3 “who healeth all thy diseases…James 5:14
V. 4 “who redeemeth thy life from destruction..
Rom. 5:8,9
4. All of this done…
V.4: ‘who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies
V.5. “who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things; so that thy youth is renewed like the
eagle’s.”
5. V. 6 “The Lord executeth righteousness
and judgment for all that are oppressed.
V.7. “He made known his ways unto
Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
6. V. 8 “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to
anger, and plenteous in mercy.
V.9 “he will not always chide
(He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever. NKJV)
V.10 “He hath not dealth with us after our sins;nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities.
7. V.11 “For as the heaven is high above the earth,
so great is his mercy toward them that fear
him….”
V.12 “As far as the east is from the west, so far
hath he removed our transgressions from us.”
V.13 “Like as a father pitieth his children so the
Lord pitieth them that fear him.”
8. V. 14 “for He knoweth our frame; he
remembereth that we are dust..”
V.15 “As for man, his days are as grass: as a
flower of the field, so he flourisheth
V.16 “For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
and the place thereof shall know it no more.
9. V.17 “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his
righteousness unto children’s children;
V.18 “To such as keep his covenant, and to those that
remember his commandments to do them.
V. 19 “The Lord hath prepared his throne in th heavens;
and his kingdom ruleth over all.
10. V.20 “Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that
excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice
of his word.”
V.21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye
ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
11. V. 22 “Bless the Lord, all his works in all
places of his dominion: Bless the Lord,, O
my soul.”
13. Christians are Friends
With God: United with Christ
Rom. 6:23
John 3:16
Prov. 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine
eyes observe my ways.
John 16:13
Isa. 1:1818 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as
wool.
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14. Eph. 1:7 In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not
servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but I have called you friends;
for all things that I have heard of my Father
I have made known unto you
15. Christians Have a Good
Home Life
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not
to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.
Phil. 2:3,4 Let nothing be done through strife or
vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem
other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others.
Eph. 4:32
16. Look what God says:
1. Husbands loving their wives Eph. 5:25
2. Wives loving their husbands. Titus 2:3-5
3. Children obeying their parents. Eph. 6:1
And think of the joy when you have
Grandgirls and grandboys! +++
17. Christians are promised
God’s help in providing
Matt. 6:33
Matt. 4:5-7 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and
setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
18. Psalm 37:25
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet
have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor
his seed begging bread.
19. Christians are promised to
have God’s help with their health
Purpose of prayer…pray, pray, pray
I Thess. 5:17
I Cor. 6:19-20What? know ye not that your body is
the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.
20. Matt. 4:23,24 23 And Jesus went about all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and
they brought unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments, and
those which were possessed with devils, and
those which were lunatick, and those that had the
palsy; and he healed them.
21. Christians have Hope for the
Future
John 14:1-6
I Thess. 4:13-18
I’ll be somewhere, listening for my name…
1,000 years from now, you and I will be
somewhere.
10,000 years from now, we’ll be somewhere
