The document discusses how God demands holiness, obedience, and the heart from believers. It provides biblical examples to support each point. For holiness, God demands it but supplies his grace. For obedience, Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac is given as the prime example of obeying God even when it is difficult. God rewards obedience with blessings. For the heart, God demands love and looks at the heart rather than outward appearances. God supplies his love in return for a heart devoted to him.

1. When God Demans, He Supplies
November 09, 2014

2. I. God Demands Holiness
1 Peter 1:16(NIV)
for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy
Leviticus 11:44-45 (NIV)
44 I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy,
because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any
creature that moves along the ground. 45 I am the Lord, who
brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy,
because I am holy.
Hebrews 12:14 (NIV)
Warning and Encouragement
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy;
without holiness no one will see the Lord.

3. I. God Demands Holiness
• God Demands Holiness, He supply Grace
Acts 2:37-38 (NIV)
37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to
Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s
special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who
called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

4. II. God Demands Obedience
Titus 2:11-12 (NIV)
11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all
people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly
passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in
this present age,
1 Samuel 15:22-23 (NIV)
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

5. II. God Demands Obedience
GREAT EXAMPLE
ABRAHAM - Genesis 22
..2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—
Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt
offering on a mountain I will show you.”
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey...
7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the
burnt offering?”
8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt
offering, my son.”
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built
an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac
and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached
out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of
the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

6. II. God Demands Obedience
15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time
16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you
have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I
will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as
the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your
descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
because you have obeyed me.
God Demands Obedience, He supply blessing

7. III. God Demands Heart
Matthew 22:37 (NIV)
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind.
1 Samuel 12:20
Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet
do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your
heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or
his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at
the things people look at. People look at the outward
appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

8. III. God Demands Heart
God Demands Heart, He supply Love
1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.