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Dealing With Peer Pressure

…. Dealing With Peer Pressure. Dealing With Peer Pressure. Biblical Examples Of It Aaron & the golden calf Ex 32:21-25 Result? Ù Sin Ex 32:30 Rehoboam & his advisors 1 Kings 12:1-14 Result? Ù Division 1 Kings 12:16. Dealing With Peer Pressure. Biblical Examples Of It

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Dealing With Peer Pressure

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  1. Dealing With Peer Pressure

  2. Dealing With Peer Pressure Biblical Examples Of It • Aaron & the golden calfEx 32:21-25 Result? Ù SinEx 32:30 • Rehoboam & his advisors1 Kings 12:1-14 Result? Ù Division1 Kings 12:16

  3. Dealing With Peer Pressure Biblical Examples Of It • Believing JewsJn 12:42-43 cp. 9:22 Result? Ù Lord’s denialMt 10:33 • Multitudes & JesusMk 15:9-11 Result? Ù MurderActs 2:22-24, 36-37

  4. Dealing With Peer Pressure How We Can Suffer From It • We must first see the seriousness of it • Some dismiss it, even deny it exists • Minimizing peer pressure minimizes sin • If sin & “pressure to go along with it” are not a “big deal,” why the apostolic statements?2 Cor 2:11 1 Pet 5:8

  5. Dealing With Peer Pressure How We Can Suffer From It • Two of “Satan’s schemes” are found in1 Pet 4:3-4 • Peer pressure can be enormous when others… • …think us to be strange • …speak evil of us } PRESSURE

  6. Dealing With Peer Pressure How We Can Overcome It • Arm ourselves with the mind of Christ1 Pet 4:1-2 Jn 6:5-15 Mt 27:39-44 • Remember God will ultimately judge us1 Pet 4:5 2 Cor 5:10 • Run, if necessary2 Tim 2:22a Gen 39:12 • Choose good peers 2 Tim 2:22b

  7. Dealing With Peer Pressure Conclusion • Living on Earth = a temporal realm • Peers in this realm won’t last beyond it • In this day of conformity, man must “dare” himself, others to do goodMt 5:13-16 • This means having convictions to act & speak in a godly way despite “pressure” from others

  8. Dealing With Peer Pressure Conclusion • For peer pressure to be effective, it requires conformity • Genuine individuality acts regardless of what others say, think • An individuality whose only concern is… “Will God be pleased with my actions?”

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