A Proper Response
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Imagine yourself as a sheep.
You belong to God and He has gathered you into one of His barns to feed you
I am an under shepherd, a servant, a steward.
My job is to feed you what the Owner/Master has decided.
Open your life this morning to be fed.
For some of you who are healthy & productive, it will be your favorite food.
For others who are injured, sick, in pain or malnourished it may be difficult to eat.
It may be hard to keep your mind off the pain and on the eating.
What the Master has prescribed may not taste good to you.
You may not even feel like eating.
Your loving God has prepared a portion for you today to help you get better, stronger, well and be productive.
Decide this morning that you are here to eat.
Open your hearts and minds to God’s word at my hand.
I. A Proper Response
Note: A proper response to God is what is expected of you regardless of what anyone else does or does not do.
A. Luke 10:25-28
25 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
B. Your Proper Response To God
1. Love Him
A. 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
B. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
2. Trust Him
A. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
B. Matthew 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
C. Psalms 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
3. Obey Him
A. Mark 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
B. Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
C. If devils obey Him and the wind and sea obey Him … then ought not we obey Him?
D. John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
E. 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
F. 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
4. Care For Others
A. 1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
B. 1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
C. 1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
E. Response Ability
