2. Introduction: Determination: To set one’s mind on a given task with full intentions of complete and final victory, a mind set, made up, of a strong will. Nothing worthwhile is ever accomplished without determination. Most everybody has determination, but, there are two kinds of determination: The wrong kind and the right kind.
3. The Wrong Determination TO CONTINUE IN SIN… Rom. 6:1-2, 23 Jas. 1:15; Isa.59:1-2 Some ways man is determined to continue in sin: Determined to engage in the works of the flesh. Gal. 5:19-21; 1 Cor. 6:9-10 Determined to cling to human creeds and remain in human institutions of religion. Col. 2:21-22: Mt. 15:9, 13; Ps. 127:1; Eph. 4:4; Eph. 2:16
4. The Wrong Determination Some ways man is determined to continue in sin: Determined never to obey the gospel of Christ and let God add them to the church. Romans 10:16; 2 Thes. 1:6-9; Jn. 3:36; 2 Cor. 10:5; Acts 2:47; 1 Cor. 12:13, 18 Determined never to confess faults as a child of God. 1 John 1:8-10; 5:16 Determined to hold to the doctrine of Balaam.Num. 22; Rev. 2:14; 2 Pet. 2:15
5. The Right Determination Ezra 7:10 “For Ezra had prepared his heart to SEEK THE LAW OF THE LORD, and TO DO IT, and TO TEACH in Israel statutes and judgments.” The RIGHT DETERMINATION is to know God’s will! Jn. 8:32; 1 Tim. 2:3-4 To know God’s will one must climb some mountains & top them. The Mt. of indifference, unconcern. Eph. 3:4; 1 Tim. 4:13-16 The Mt. of pre-conceived ideas. Prov. 21:2; 14:12; Acts 26:9 The Mt. of Unbelief. Hebrews 11:1, 6; Acts 27:25
6. The Right Determination The RIGHT DETERMINATION is to DO GOD’S WILL! Mt. 7:21; Hebrews 10:36; 5:9 To do this one must overcome the… Mountain of Pleasing – Man. Gal. 1:10; Ac. 10:34-35 Mountain of Fear. 1 John 4:17-18; 1 Cor. 10:13
7. The Right Determination The RIGHT DETERMINATION is TO TEACH God’s will to others! Mt. 28:18-20 To accomplish this you must overcome these mountains The Mountain of it will do no good. Isa. 55:10; Heb. 4:12; Rom. 1:16 The Mountain of let others do it. Romans 14:11-12
8. Conclusion: When one has the RIGHT DETERMINATION… To KNOW God’s will To DO God’s will To TEACH God’s will Then, he’s determined to be saved now and be saved eternally! 2 Tim. 4:6-8; Phil. 1:23 Come to Jesus today by! Hearing and believing the gospel (Rom. 10:17), Repenting of sin (Lk. 13:3), Confessing Jesus as God’s son (Ac. 8:37), and Be baptized into Jesus (Rom. 6:3-6) washing away your sins (Acts 22:16).
