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The Christian COMMITMENT

The document discusses the importance of commitment for Christians and lists seven key areas Christians should be committed to in order to bear spiritual fruit: 1. Commitment to God's word through regular Bible reading, study, and meditation. 2. Commitment to prayer through consistent prayer and supplication. 3. Commitment to separating from worldliness and living a holy life. 4. Commitment to Christian fellowship and regular church attendance. 5. Commitment to managing one's time wisely and redeeming every moment. 6. Commitment to listening, learning, and growing through teaching. 7. Commitment to financially supporting God's kingdom through regular tithes and offerings.

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The Christian COMMITMENT

The document discusses the importance of commitment for Christians and lists seven key areas Christians should be committed to in order to bear spiritual fruit: 1. Commitment to God's word through regular Bible reading, study, and meditation. 2. Commitment to prayer through consistent prayer and supplication. 3. Commitment to separating from worldliness and living a holy life. 4. Commitment to Christian fellowship and regular church attendance. 5. Commitment to managing one's time wisely and redeeming every moment. 6. Commitment to listening, learning, and growing through teaching. 7. Commitment to financially supporting God's kingdom through regular tithes and offerings.

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The Christian COMMITMENT

commitment
: a promise to do or give something
: a promise to be loyal to someone or something
: the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support
something

Full Definition of COMMITMENT


1
a : an act of committing to a charge or trust: as (1) : a consignment to a
penal or mental institution (2) : an act of referring a matter to a
legislative committee
b : mittimus
2
a : an agreement or pledge to do something in the future; especially : an
engagement to assume a financial obligation at a future date
b : something pledged
c : the state or an instance of being obligated or emotionally impelled <a
commitment to a cause>
See commitment defined for English-language learners

synonyms: responsibility, obligation, duty, tie, liability; task;


engagement, arrangement

TEXT: ROMANS 12:1-2

Bible Characters who displayed or taught us what COMMITMENT IS!

Daniel – Daniel 1:8


Joshua – Joshua 24:14
Paul – Phil 3:13-14
Jesus – Luke 23:46
Peter – Acts 5:29
David – 2 Sam 24:24

To be able to be a fruit bearing Christian, what are the areas we are too
deeply committed in order for God to see the results in our life?

1. Commitment to the Word of God


1 Peter 2:2
2 
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye
may grow thereby:

Joshua 1:8
8 
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.

1 Tim 4:13
13 
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
doctrine.

2. Commitment to Prayer

Matt. 26:39
39 
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Mark 13:33
33 
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time
is.

Luke 18:1
1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought
always to pray, and not to faint;

Acts 2:42
42 
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

3. Commitment to Separation of Worldliness


2 Cor. 6:14-18
14 
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness?
15 
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath
he that believeth with an infidel?
16 
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell
in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
17 
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you.
18 
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Psalms 1:1
1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful.
Psalms 101:3
3 
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of
them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Romans 12:2
2 
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

4. Commitment to Christian Fellowship and Worship


Hebrews 10:25
25 
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the
manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the
more, as ye see the day approaching.
Acts 2:42
42 
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Psalms 122:1
1
 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of
the LORD.

5. Commitment to Time
Ephesians 5:16
16 
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:1
1
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the
evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;
Romans 13:11
11 
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake
out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed.

2 Cor. 6:2
2 
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the
day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the
accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

6. Commitment to Listening and Learning


Matthew 11:15
15 
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:9
9
 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:43
43 
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom
of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:9
9 
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:23
23 
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 7:16
16 
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke 8:8
8 
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He
that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Rev. 2:17
17 
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the
hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone
a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that
receiveth it.

Rev. 2:29
29 
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

Rev. 3:6
6 
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

Rev. 3:13
13 
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

Rev. 3:22
22 
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

Rev. 13:9
9 
If any man have an ear, let him hear.

2 Tim. 2:15
15 
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

7. Commitment to Giving
Matthew 23:23
23 
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Malachi 3:8-10
8 
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,
Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this
whole nation.
10 
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be
meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith
the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven,
and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough
to receive it.

2 Cor. 9:7
7 
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him
give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful
giver.

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