1 / 7

Rom. 12:18

Rom. 12:18. BEING CLEAN & STRONG. GOALS FOR EVERY CONGREGATION #4. Intro. Goal - An end that is WORKED toward. Recall Lesson #1: Being Scriptural! Lesson #2: Being Fruitful! Lesson #3: Being United! Now let us consider #4: Being Clean & Strong!.

hutton
Download Presentation

Rom. 12:18

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Rom. 12:18

  2. BEING CLEAN & STRONG GOALS FOR EVERY CONGREGATION #4 Intro. Goal - An end that is WORKED toward. Recall Lesson #1: Being Scriptural! Lesson #2: Being Fruitful! Lesson #3: Being United! Now let us consider #4: Being Clean & Strong!

  3. GOALS FOR EVERY CONGREGATION #4 BEING CLEAN & STRONG A. Clean - Purity, righteous living. 1. Christ died for this (Eph. 5:26-27)! 2. Necessary for our influence (Phil. 2:14-15). 3. Necessary for our salvation (1 John 3:1-8). B. Strong - Stand solid, keep word. I. WHAT IS CLEAN & STRONG? 1. Keep word (Rev. 3:8). 2. Not tolerant of evil (Eph. 6:10-11). 3. Active (Matt. 25:14-30). C. Antonyms: 1. Dirty, Decayed, Corrupt, Compromising 2. Weak, Soft, Wishy-washy

  4. GOALS FOR EVERY CONGREGATION #4 BEING CLEAN & STRONG A. Apathy (Rev. 2:4; 3:14-19). B. Tolerance of error (Rev. 2:14-16; 2:20-23). C. Ignorance (Matt. 22:29). D. Division (1 Cor. 1:10-13). II. WHAT MAKES A CHURCH CORRUPT & WEAK? III. HOW REACH OUR GOAL? A. Teach the Truth (2 Tim. 4:1-5). 1. Provides opportunity (Titus 1:13). 2. Make it uncomfortable to continue in sin (1 John 2:19,21-23).

  5. GOALS FOR EVERY CONGREGATION #4 BEING CLEAN & STRONG III. HOW REACH OUR GOAL? B. Personal Dedication Of Members 1. All of us (Rev. 3:1, 4; 2 Cor. 5:9). 2. Truly love God (1 John 4:10; 18-19). 3. If your love isn’t strong enough, then start by fearing Him (Prov. 1:7; 15:33; 16:6). C. Guard Our Fellowship 1. No fellowship with darkness (Eph. 5:11). 2. Discipline Disorderly (2 Thess. 3:6-15; 1 Cor. 5:1-13). 3. Causes others to fear (Acts 5:11, 13-14).

  6. GOALS FOR EVERY CONGREGATION #4 BEING CLEAN & STRONG III. HOW REACH OUR GOAL? D. Leadership 1. Elders in the local church (Titus 1:5-9). 2. Fathers in the homes (Eph. 5:25-31). CONCLUSION: 1. We won’t be the most popular... 2. We won’t be the largest... 3. But we will be pleasing to the Lord!

More Related