See, here is water.What hinders me from being baptized?
- Acts 8:36
Hindrances sometimes due to actions & attitudes of saints.
•Lack of love.•Lack of teaching.•Lack of unity.
Hindrances sometimes due to other reasons.
•External•Internal
No Excuses In Judgment
The Faith saves the soul,Acts 6:7; Rom. 6:17
•Sound doctrine, Titus 2:1•Truth frees, Jn. 8:32
Acts 13:6-12
False teaching turns people away from the faith.
•Oppose truth, Acts 13:8, 45•Silence truth, Acts 4:1-22;2 Cor. 10:10, 11•Corrupt truth, Acts 16:16-18
Acts 13:6-12
Some have tender hearts.•When first taughtActs 8:30-39•When confronted with a corrupt heartActs 8:14-24•When convicted of killing ChristActs 2:23-41
Acts 7:51-60
Some have hardened hearts,Mt. 13:4, 19
•Pride or stubbornnessActs 7:54; Jn. 8:23-48; Jas. 4:6-10•PrejudiceActs 17:30-32; 1 Cor. 1:18, 23•LustsTitus 1:10-14; 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:6, 7
Acts 7:51-60
Some is good.•Fear God, Prov. 1:7•Compromise in marriage, Eph. 5:22-25
Much is wrong.•Fear of man, Mt. 10:28•Fear to stand for truth, Rev. 21:8•Further ungodliness, 2 Tim. 2:16-18
Reasons.•Fear of isolation, Lk. 6:26; Jn. 12:42, 43; Lk. 12:52, 53; 1 Sam. 2:12, 22; 3:13•Embarrassment or shame, Mk. 8:38;1 Pt. 4:3, 4; 2 Tim. 1:8
Reasons.•Fear of persecution, 2 Tim. 2:3, 9-13; 3:10-15•Weariness, Judg. 16:6-17
Hindrances sometimes due to actions & attitudes of saints.
•Lack of love.•Lack of teaching.•Lack of unity.
Hindrances sometimes due to other reasons.
•External•Internal
No Excuses In Judgment