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Part 2. Why The Early Church Grew. Mt 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:. NKJV = Make Disciples. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mt 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
NKJV = Make Disciples
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Matt. 28:20 “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
End of the Age
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I. Members were Dedicated
Required for growth
Dedication Crisis today
Jobs
Marriages
2 Cor. 10:5 - submission
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Dedication
Commitment
Set aside to a purpose
Rom. 12:1-2 “sacrifice”
To give in charge or trust
Determination to do the will
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II. Purity of Life
Jas. 1:27 “unspotted from the world” ESV “unstained”
2 Pet. 2:20 “escaped the pollutions of the world”
1 Pet. 2:9-10 called out of darkness
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Impure lives cannot attract
Life of Christian is different
Some members source of reproach
Impurity kills desire to serve God
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“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom. 8:7-8
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III. Fear of God
Reverence - Terror, Dread
“No place for terror” ???
“No fear in love” 1 Jn. 4:18
“Judgment to Come” is part of the gospel - Acts 24:25
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“Everlasting Punishment”
Hell is a reality
Fear of Going There
Concern about others
Acts 19:17,18 “fear fell on them all” “many believed”
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Am I really concerned about the growth of the church ?
The church today can grow
Examine our own life
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III. Fear of God
II. Purity of Life
I. Members were Dedicated
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening November 15, 2009