Prevailing Voices

Luke 23:20-25

Prevailing Voices

• When Israel Worshiped the Golden Calf– Exodus 32 (1-4, 21-25)

• When Israel Refused to Enter Canaan – Numbers 13:31-33; Deut. 1:28

• When Saul was Rejected by God as King– I Samuel 15:13-24

• When the Kingdom Divided– I Kings 12:1-15

Prevailing Voices

• False Teachers– Jer. 5:30-31; Matt. 15:12-14; 2 Tim. 4:2-4

• Peers– Prov. 1:10-16; 12:26; I Cor. 15:33; Ps. 119:63

• Family Members– Heb. 10:24-25; Eph. 5:22-24; Matt. 10:37

Prevailing Voices

• Domineering Brethren?– Proverbs 6:16-19

– 3 John 9-11

– Titus 3:10-11

– Philippians 2:3-4

Prevailing Voices

• Weak, Compromising Brethren?– Accept Instrumental Music in Worship• Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16; Rev. 22:18-19

– Another Day to Take the Communion• Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 4:6

– Tolerate Sin in their Midst– I Corinthians 5; 2 Thessalonians 3:6

Prevailing Voices

• Weak, Compromising Brethren?– Reject Hearing the Whole Counsel of God• Acts 20:20, 26-27; 2 Timothy 4:2-4

– Oppose Identifying Error and its Teachers• Romans 16:17; 2 Timothy 2:16-18

– Support Various Forms of Worldliness– Romans 12:2; I John 2:15-17

Prevailing Voices

• Our Own Voice?– Exodus 5:2

– Judges 21:25

– Jeremiah 11:8; 16:12

Prevailing Voices

• The Lord?– I Samuel 3:10

– Proverbs 3:5-6

– Galatians 2:20

– Matthew 17:5

Prevailing Voices

• Why Do So Many Yield to These Voices?– Fear of Confrontation (lack courage)

– Popularity and Acceptance

– Pride

– Spirit of Compromise

– Stronger Loyalty to Others than the Lord

Prevailing Voices

• The Voices that are Needed Today– Insist that the Lord’s Voice Always Prevail!

– The Insistent Voices of the Righteous!

– Be Strong and Courageous!

– Refuse to Compromise on Divine Truth!

Prevailing Voices

Luke 23:20-25