So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest…

Hebrews 4:9-11 (ESV)

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in van, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."

Exodus 20:7 (ESV)

I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. - Isaiah 42:8 (ESV)

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redempDon, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creaDon. - Colossians 1:13-15 (ESV)

The Ten Commandments:

And God spoke all these words, saying,

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:1-3 (ESV)

The Graduate’s Exam

2 Corinthians 13:5-14

I. An Eternal Exam (v.5)

A. The Test of Repentance

(1 John 1:8-10)

B. The Test of Obedience

(1 John 2:3-6)

C. The Test of Love for God

(1 John 5:1-3)

D. The Test of Love for people

(1 John 3:10-16)

E. The Test of Spirit of indwelling

(1 John 4:13-15)

And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. - 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (ESV)

II. A Radical Restoration (v.9b)

A. Medically: He sets our bones.

(Ezek.37:1-10)

B. Nautically: He supplies our boat.

(Philip.4:10-20)

C. Militarily: He suits us for battle.

(Eph.6:10-20)

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. - Ephesians 6:10-11 (ESV)

III. A Benefical Benediction (v.14)

A. The Gift of the Father’s

Lavish Love

B. The Gift of the Son’s

Glorious Grace

C. The Gift of the Spirit’s

Faithful Fellowship

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. - 1 Corinthians 1:9 (ESV)

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.” - Mark 9:42 (ESV)

"For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” - Mark 8:35-36 (ESV)

We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace. But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:1-9 (ESV)

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives

the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me

his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God…

2 Timothy 1:8 (ESV)

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all

things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the

sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:22-23 (ESV)

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16 (ESV)

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)