The 3 B’s of Commitment

The 3 B’s of Commitment

WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTED TO? 


There are close to 100 million Church members and yet, why are we not making more of a moral and spiritual impact? Why is it, that on Sunday morning, hundreds of churches have empty pews? Why are so many churches having just a few at service on Sunday? Now God knows if you can’t be at Church for whatever the reason, (and He knows the reason). If you could be here and you’re not, (He knows that too)!

The Holy Bible is the inspired, inerrant (accurate) word of God, and yet, why is it that so few read it? If God is a prayer answering God, (and He is) and if He meant for us to ask, seek, and knock, then why is so little praying going on? If you and I believe there is a heaven & hell, why do we keep so quiet about the gospel?

If we believe that there is none other name under Heaven whereby we must be saved, then why are we not sharing the message of His saving grace? I’ll tell you why, there’s a lack of commitment!

Read Scripture: Ps 37: 1-5, Pr 3: 5-6, Pr 16: 3, Rom.12: 1-2, I Pet. 4:19.

The 3 B’s of Commitment

I. Be Committed to God

(John 3:16), “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (Mk. 12:30), “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength: this is the first commandment.” (Matt. 6:33), “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

A. Real commitment does not have an on and off switch.

B. Real commitment is not a Sunday thing, its 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with no vacations or off days. You are the same person on Monday through Saturday as you are on Sunday.

C. If we are really committed to God, It will show. Others will see the fruits of your commitment.

II. Be Committed to Family

A. No wonder that 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
1. Children see no commitment to family from their parents.

B. How long since you kissed your spouse and told them, “I love you?”
(Eph. 5:22, 25), 22)“Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord. 25) Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave Himself for it.”

C. When was the last time you bought your spouse a gift for no reason?
1. Don’t you think it’s about time?

D. How about your mom or dad, your sister, your brother, or your children? (Deut. 5:16), “Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Have you let them know how much they mean to you? Teach your family by your own example.

E. The Bible defines the way a family should be. (Col. 3:18-20), 18) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Children,
obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
(a) A husband has no problem loving a submissive wife.
(b) A wife has no problem being submissive to a loving husband.
(c) Children will love and honor parents who love them and teach them
according to the bible.

III. Be Committed to your Church.

This consists of 4 Things.

A. Committed to Church Attendance. (Heb.10: 25), “not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
1. Does your family need to ask “are we going to church today??”
2. Sundayitus epidemic: (a) 1 sneeze and back to bed you go, but On Monday grab a hanky and go to work. Just to tired on Sunday night. When you get to busy to go to church you are too busy. Wednesday night too many things to do. God can take some things away, so you won’t have an excuse.

B. Committed to Church Growth. How many people did you talk to this week? How many did you talk to about Christ? How many friends did you invite this week? Didn’t have the Time - Not committed to Church growth!

C. Committed to Church needs. (Mal. 3: 8-10), 8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes and offerings. 9) You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

uh oh, there’s that TITHING word. We need to be committed, to giving to the church. It’s more than tithing, it’s supporting the Church, with our love, our prayers, our time, our availability, and our finances! The ministries or programs don’t just happen by themselves. We need to be committed. 

(1) Let me tell you a story using four typical Church Members. I’ll name them: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to do and everybody thought that somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but none of them did it, so it didn’t get done. Somebody got angry because it was everybody’s job. Everybody thought for sure that somebody would do it, but nobody asked anybody. In the end the job wasn’t done, and everybody blamed somebody when nobody asked anybody. Trust God, and just do it. He is the one that gives the increase!

D. Committed to Soul winning. (Pr. 11:30), “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
 and the one who is wise saves lives.” (Matt. 28:19), “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:” Some may say: I can’t talk to people about the Lord…but they have no problem talking about anything else. Some may say: I don’t know enough about the Bible.

Whose fault is that?
(II Tim. 2:15), “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth..”
(James 1: 5), “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
(Mt. 7: 8), “For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” It all boils down to–Commitment.