Karl H.

Hoyer Wellspring Fellowship September 1, 2013

Commitment
The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Matthew 22:36-40
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. (NKJV)

James 4:17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. (NKJV)

Commitment to Christ is to follow his command. Love God and love each other. In doing these two things, Christ is exalted.

-Karl H. Hoyer

Isaiah 6:1

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

JESUS

DOCTRINE

POLITICS

Other People

SELFISH MOTIVES

GIFTS

MANIFESTATIONS

EMOTIONS and FEELINGS

CHRIST
ALL ELSE

EXALT NOTHING AND NO ONE ABOVE CHRIST

Let It Be Evident that He is High and Lifted Up in Your Life

Jesus said:

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.
John 12:32

I Cor. 13:1-8 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.

LOVE Col.3:12-14
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things, put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

If Christ is taken out, you have nothing, you are nothing

ROMANS 12:3-21

Serve God with Spiritual Gifts For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Behave Like a Christian Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord

Behave Like a Christian cont

Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord. Therefore If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

DERELECTION OF DUTY: Willful neglect, as of duty or principle. The act of abandoning; A state of abandonment or neglect..

We are E.P.I.C.

Expressly Positioned In Christ