Forgetting God

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FORGETTING GOD
"Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God
by not keeping His commandments, His judgments,
and His statutes which I command you
today, Deut. 811
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"Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep
yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes
have seen, and lest they depart from your heart
all the days of your life. And teach them to your
children and your grandchildren, Deut. 49
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Warning
"Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the
LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve
them and worship them, I testify against you this
day that you shall surely perish. Deut.
819
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Forgetfulness
Jude 5 I will therefore put you in
remembrance,... 1 Tim. 46 If thou put the
brethren in remembrance...
Need to be Remeinded
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Sin is forgetting God
Selfishness
Forgetting God in others Think only of self 1
Cor. 135 seeketh not her own Phil. 23-4 -
interests of others Rom. 1210 - preference
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Sin is forgetting God
Pride
Forgetting the presence of God Remembering
humility Luke 189-14 Pharisee forgot
God Publican remembered God
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Sin is forgetting God
Worry
Forgetting Gods providence Matthew 625-34
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"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow they neither
toil nor spin
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"and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Sin is forgetting God
Worry
Forgetting Gods providence Matthew
625-34 Worry trust in self and forget that God
gives to all Phil. 46
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Php 46  Be careful for nothing but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto
God. 
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Sin is forgetting God
Envy
Forgetting God has blessed us Stop and count our
blessings Gal. 521 Do not forget God in what He
has already given
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Envy
Gal 521  Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things shall not inherit
the kingdom of God. 
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Why do men forget God ?
Guilty do not like to think about
God For everyone practicing evil hates the light
and does not come to the light, lest his deeds
should be exposed. John 320
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Why do men forget God ?
Worldly opposed to God Desires of world are
appealing If anyone loves the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. I John 215b
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Why do men forget God ?
Prosperity Causes people to forget
God When men prosper they often forget God
! 1Tim. 66-10 But those who desire to be rich
fall into temptation and a snare
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Why is it sin to forget God?
Man created for glory of God Eccl. 1213 - Fear
God Will lead to eternal ruin Deut. 819 ye
shall surely perish
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Ways that we forget God?
We are Unthankful
because, although they knew God, they did not
glorify Him as God, nor were thankful...
Romans 121
At Table
Giving to God
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Ways that we forget God?
Plan without God
Jas. 413-15 "If the Lord wills, we shall live
and do this or that."
Careers
Marriage
Vacations
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Ways that we forget God?
Fail to read Bible
Have time to read newspaper Have time to attend
events
1 Tim.413 "Till I come, give attention to
reading, ...
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Ways that we forget God?
Forget the Church
Obeyed Gospel but neglected the church Seldom
Attend Soon drift into the world 2 Pet. 220-22
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2Pe 220  For if after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end
is worse with them than the beginning.  2Pe 221 
For it had been better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than, after they have
known it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered unto them.  2Pe 222  But it is
happened unto them according to the true proverb,
The dog is turned to his own vomit again and the
sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 
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Ways that we forget God?
Forget promises
Promised to live better Baptism vow to
God (Like a marriage ceremony) Rom. 121 living
sacrifice
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FORGETTING GOD
Bless the Lord, 0 my Soul, and forget not all
his benefits. Ps. 1032
Few keep their promises
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