S33 - Standing Firm On A Slippery Slope

Standing Firm on a slippery Slope

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

God’s Word 2 Timothy 3:16 ESV All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (N.T. is Scripture 1 Tim. 5:18, 2 Peter 3:16 1 Peter 1:25 ESV but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you. 2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. (21) For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Samuel 23:2 ESV "The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen. 1:1

Read Gen. 1:31, 2:1-3 Day (yom) in Gen. 1:31 is same word used in Exodus 20:8-11

Proverbs 17:6 ESV Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Abortion is Murder!!! Jeremiah 1:5 ESV "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

Psalms 139:13 ESV For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. Read Luke 1:36 “son;” 1:41 “baby;” 2:12, 16 “baby”

Homosexuality is Sin •Read Romans 1:26, 27 •Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Role of Women in the church Galatians 3:26-29 ESV for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. (27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (29) And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. Read 1 Timothy 2:8-15

Marriage & Divorce Read Matthew 19:3-9

Luke 16:18 ESV "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Where’s the Piano? Ephesians 5:19 ESV addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Colossians 3:16 ESV Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Organization of the Church The church is the body of Christ, Headquarters is Heaven

Christ

Each local congregation is to have Elders

Elders

There are no inferior members of the Lord’s church

Members of a congregation, including Deacons and Evangelists

Eph. 1:22-23 ESV And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, (23) which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Read 1 Cor. 12:12-14

Shepherds – Elders - Overseers Three different words are used to designate the leaders of a local congregation. Acts 20:17 ESV Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders (presbuteroi) of the church to come to him. Acts 20:28 NASB "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers (episkopoi – bishops), to shepherd (poimaino – pastor as Eph. 4:11) the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. Read Titus 1:5-9

1 Peter 5:1-3 ESV So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: (2) shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; (3) not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. Hebrews 13:7 ESV Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Hebrews 13:17 ESV Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

The Lord’s Supper 1 Corinthians 11:20 NASB Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper, 1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. Acts 20:7 ESV On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 KJVR The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? (17) For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 1 Cor. 11:23-30 ESV For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, (24) and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." (25) In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." (26) For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. (27) Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. (28) Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. (29) For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. (30) That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.

Hear - Romans 10:17 ESV So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Believe - Hebrews 11:6 ESV And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Repent - Luke 13:3 ESV No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Confess - Matthew 10:32-33 KJV Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. (33) But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Be Baptized - Mark 16:16 ESV Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. John 3:36 ESV Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. Acts 2:37-38 As of Eph 4:5 there is just one baptism.

1 Peter 3:20-21 ESV because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. (21) Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.