THE HOLY COMMANDMENT

Sunday Morning: September 5, 1999

Text: Matthew 7:6 "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."

SEEK THE KINGDOM

Matthew 6:33 "But seek [present active imperative] ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness (by living faith); and all these things shall be added unto you."

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Matthew 5:20 "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

THE HOLY COMMANDMENT

2 Peter 2:20-21 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge [epignwsiv] of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known [epignwsiv] the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [epignwsiv] it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."

COMMANDMENT SINGULAR

THE COMMANDMENT

RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH

Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe [present active]: for there is no difference:"

MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH

JUSTIFIED BY BELIEVING

BELIEVING EQUALS FAITH

RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH

FAITH CAN STOP

BELIEVING CAN STOP