ARE YOU DOING YOUR DUTY?
Text: Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14
Introduction:
· Duties of a teacher
Body:
A. What is your duty?
1. Fear God
· Recognize that there are consequences for disobeying Him
o Matthew 10:28
o Ecclesiastes 8:11
· Make Him first in your life
o Matthew 6:24
2. Keep His commandments
· The 10 commandments
o No other God (Entertainment)
o Graven images (TV)
o Take name in vain
o Sabbath day
o Honor parents
o Kill
o Adultery (Matthew 5:28)
o Steal
o False witness (Haphazard life and call yourself Christian)
o Covet
· The great commandment (Mark 12:30)
o Bible study (2 Timothy 2:15)
o Prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
o Church attendance (Hebrews 10:24, 25)
o Evangelism (Matthew 12:34)
o Surgeon – Never opened a medical book, never went to medical school, didn’t know the difference between a scalpel and a retractor, didn’t know the parts of the body
B. Why should you do your duty?
1. The Judgment Seat of Christ
· 2 Corinthians 5:10, 11
· James 3:1
· Colossians 3:23 – 25
Conclusion:
· Luke 17:7 – 10
· Romans 12:1
· Are you doing your duty?
