Remembering God's Perfect Demands

Lent: Remembering God's Perfect Demands

  1. God _______________ that our _____________ be holy.

 Since you desire truth on the inside, in my hidden heart you teach me wisdom. (Ps 51:6)
You shall be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy. (Le 19:2b)
Adam lived 130 years, and he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his own image, and he named him Seth. (Ge 5:3)
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned. (Ro 5:12)
[Jesus said] “So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mt 5:48)
[Apostle Peter said] For it is written, “Be holy, because I am holy.” (1 Pe 1:16)
because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Ro 3:23)
For the wages of sin is death (Ro 6:23a)
They demonstrate the work of the law that is written in their hearts, since their conscience also bears witness as their thoughts go back and forth, at times accusing or at times even defending them. (Ro 2:15)
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men. (Ec 3:11b)
8 Indeed, it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast. (Eph 2:8–9)
No, your guilt has separated you from your God, and your sins have hidden is face from you, so he does not hear. (Is 59:2)
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Ro 3:23)
Certainly, I was guilty when I was born. I was sinful when my mother conceived me. (Ps 51:5)
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh. (Jn 3:6a)
For the wages of sin is death (Ro 6:23a)
Certainly I, the LORD, do not change. (Mal 3:6a)
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he changes his mind. (Nu 23:19a)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Heb 13:8)

  1. God teaches us where to _________ for that __________________ that we need for eternal life.

 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. (Ps 111:10)

Fear of the Lord (God) is being _____________ of God's anger, and _______ and _______________ for God and his commands as a result of ___________ in him.

4 I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that are not able to do any more. 5 But I will show you the one you should fear. Fear him who, after he has killed the body, has authority to throw it into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! (Lk 12:4–5)
For the mind-set of the sinful flesh is hostile to God, since it does not submit to God’s law, and in fact, it cannot. (Ro 8:7)
41 In the same way the chief priests, experts in the law, and elders kept mocking him. They said, 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he’s the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now, if he wants him, because he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44 In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him kept insulting him. (Mt 27:41–44)
In fact, it is God who is working in you, both to will and to work, for the sake of his good pleasure. (Php 2:13)
God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Co 5:19)
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. (1 Co 1:18)
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Co 1:24b)
Jesus said … “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.” (Jn 14:6)

Points to Ponder

  1. What is one thing that stood out for you from this week’s message?
  2. What is wrong with these two statements: I may not be perfect, but I’m a pretty good person; I do more good than bad. Why does the devil love them so much.
  3. Why do you think David emphasizes inner truth rather than just outward actions?
  4. How does God's desire for truth and wisdom in our hearts shape our understanding of repentance?
  5. Can you think of a time when you struggled with being honest before God? How did that experience shape your faith?
  6. What are some practical ways we can cultivate truth and wisdom in our hearts?

Homework: Psalm 51