Holiness, Godliness, Usefulness
03/17/2014, by John Kincaid
Lesson 178: It's Never Too Late To Do Right
Ezek.36:25-27 God said, I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
If you're a believer, the Holy Spirit lives and works in you, so that are “careful to do” the Lord’s will. The Holy Spirit radically changes our desires.
A godly person is concerned about their conduct, not only because God commands it, but also because their new nature responds to His command.
It’s never too late to use our speech and conduct as a testimony to Him, and make that our new consistent pattern.
About This Series
The goal of this series is to become more useful in serving the Lord Jesus Christ, as an instrument in the Redeemer's hand. The theme verses for the series are Ephesians 4:22-24, Philemon 11, 2 Timothy 2:21
- to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
- and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.
- Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
