1. WHAT IS PRECIOUS TO YOU?

2. Precious- Highly esteemed or cherished What is precious to you? Time GodChristHoly Spirit The Church Your family Possessions The Bible talks about some precious things. Money Friends Honor These thing are not wrong as long we keep our priorities straight. What is precious to you?

3. The Word Of God I Samuel 3:1 And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. The word of God is precious and it should never be tampered with. Galatians 1:6-8 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

4. I Peter 1:22-25 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.'' John 12:48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.” It will last foreverIt will judge us.

5. The Soul Of Man I Samuel 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. The soul is worth more than all the world. Matthew 16:26 "For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” The soul is so precious God sent His Son to save it. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

6. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Because of sin the soul needs to be purified. I Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart. The soul can only be cleansed through baptism. Acts 22:16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

7. The Promises Of God II Peter 1:4 By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. What promises? Salvation from sin. Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. The promise to be with us and help us.

8. Hebrews 13:5-6 For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.'' So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'' I Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. His promise to love us. Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

9. Eternal Salvation Hebrew 5:8-9 Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. Matthew 10:22 And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. I John 5:11-13 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

10. The Blood of Christ I Peter 1:18-19 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. The blood of Christ is precious because it Was shed for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:28 For this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

11. Washes us from sin. Revelation 1:5 To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood. Continually cleanses us. I John 1:7, 9 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

12. The Death Of His Saints Psalms 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints. For many in the world, death is a scary thought. Job 14:14 “If a man dies, shall he live again?” John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. Job asked Jesus answered

13. John 5:28-29 "Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.” Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!' " "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them." ARE YOU ONE OF HIS SAINTS?

14. WHAT IS PRECIOUS TO YOU? HOW ABOUT A HOME WITH GOD IN HEAEN?

15. Given by David Hamlin on 9-6-09 pm Hollister, Missouri church of Christ www.hollisterchurchofchrist.orgwww.hollisterchurchofchrist.org