when god says not to do something, we’d better listen!
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When God says not to do something, we’d better listen!. Deuteronomy 13:4 Joshua 5:6 Ephesians 5:6. Christians ought to be concerned what our actions say to others. 1 Timothy 4:12 Titus 2:7,8 Hebrews 11:4. Never Forget Precepts of God. Psalm 119:93 “never forget precepts” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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When God says not to do
something, we’d better listen!Deuteronomy 13:4
Joshua 5:6Ephesians 5:6
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Christians ought to be concerned what our actions say to
others1 Timothy 4:12
Titus 2:7,8Hebrews 11:4
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Never Forget Precepts of God• Psalm 119:93 “never forget
precepts”• Psalm 119:97 “meditate all the day”• Psalm 119:125-134 “hate every
false way”• Psalm 119:159-163 “love your law”• Psalm 119:167 “My soul keeps Your
testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.”
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We Can Forget Word of God• Deuteronomy 8:11 “do not forget
the Lord your God”• Isaiah 5:13 “gone into captivity,
because they have no knowledge”• Hosea 4:6 “”destroyed for lack of
knowledge…forgotten the law”• Hebrews 5:12 “need someone to
teach you again the first principles”
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We Must Never Keep Silent• Isaiah 62:6 “do not keep silent”• Jeremiah 20:9 “His word was in
my heart like a burning fire…weary of holding it back, And I could not.”
• Ezekiel 3:17 “give them a warning from Me.”
• 2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word…in season and out of season…”
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We Must Never Keep Silent• They say: “Romans 14 covers that…”• Not So – 2 John 9-11 “not abide in
the doctrine of Christ does not have God….”
• They say: “We can agree to disagree”• Not So – 1 Corinthians 1:10 “speak
same things… same mind & in the same judgment.”
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We Must Never Keep Silent• They say: “We’ll lose numbers if
we preach on that…”• So Be It – 1 Corinthians 5:6,7
“purge out the old leaven…”• They say: “I’ll lose friends if I say
that”• They’re your “friends” while they
are committing sins? Ephesians 5:11
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We Must Never Keep Silent•Preachers say: “I’ll lose
financial support if I speak out against that….”
•Why are they selling the Truth?•Proverbs 23:23 “Buy the truth,
and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.”
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Never Be Offended Because of Christ
• Matthew 26:33,34 “I will never stumble..”
• Matthew 26:69-75 “you will deny Me three times” “went out and wept bitterly.”
• Acts 4:19,20 “we cannot but speak the things we have seen & heard”
• Acts 5:29 “obey God rather than man”• Matthew 11:6 “blessed..not offended
because of Me.”
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Never Be Offended Because of Christ
• Jesus a Stumbling Block To:• Those who do not believe – Romans
9:32,33 “did not seek it by faith”• Jews which believe not –
1 Corinthians 1:23,24 “Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block.”
• The disobedient – 1 Peter 2:6-8 “They stumble, being disobedient to the word.”
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Many other things we should Never Do As Christians
• Summarized by “do not sin” – 1 Corinthians 15:34 ‘Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.”
• Must never forget the wages of sin – Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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True child of God spends great deal of time getting things
right• Does not take much to lose your soul
– James 2:10,11 “whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all…”
• Must never lose sight of the goal – Colossians 3:1 “If then you we raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.”