Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Grace Fellowship Church

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

Memory Verse John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

John 15:2 Sin Unto Death

Bearing fruit means thinking Bible doctrine and applying it, not just hustling around performing works without Doctrine in the soul.

The greatest productivity in life comes as a result of thinking Bible Doctrine which results in works. James 2:14-26

Rom 3:28, “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.”

Works are a necessary part of the Christian way of life and there must be faith motivating those works.

The reversionistic believer is negative toward doctrine, therefore he lacks food for thought.

The reversionist never uses his soul, he never has food for thought and therefore he is full of human viewpoint, full of divine discipline, full of misery.

John 15:2a The result of non-production:

AIREI - “to take up, or lift - away.” God the Father removes the reversionistic believer.

John 15:2a, “Every branch, (Church Age believer), in Me, (Jesus Christ the Vine), that does not bear fruit, (no Divine good production), He, (God the Father), takes it, (Church Age believer), away, (divine discipline).”

The Sin Unto Death is the third stage of Divine discipline for the reversionistic believer.

Three Stages of Divine Discipline 1 Cor 11:30

a) The warning / knocking type discipline;

a) The warning / knocking type discipline; b) The intensified / pounding on the door type discipline;

a) The warning / knocking type discipline; b) The intensified / pounding on the door type discipline; c) The dying / final stage discipline. a) The warning / knocking type discipline; b) The intensified / pounding on the door type discipline; c) The dying / final stage discipline.

The Sin Unto Death: 1. The Sin Unto Death is for believers only. Psa 119:75; Prov 3:12; Heb 12:6; Rev 3:19

Heb 12:6, “For you see, ‘those whom the Lord loves He disciplines and He scourges with a whip every son whom He receives’.”

Rev 3:19, “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.”

2. It is maximum punitive discipline for the reversionistic believer. Psa 118:17-18; 1 John 5:16

3. The Sin Unto Death does not mean loss of salvation. 2 Tim 2:12-13 with 1 Cor 3:12-15

4. Reversionism is the cause for the Sin Unto Death. Jer 9:16; 44:12; Phil 3:18-19; Rev 3:16-19

Grace Fellowship Church Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Tape # The Sin Unto Death Upper Room Discourse, Part 326 John 15:2a; Psa 119:75; Heb 12:6; 1Cor 11:30 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010