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What Drives This Church?

What Drives This Church?. Wrong Influences. Tradition. Churches that are driven by tradition say, “This is the way we’ve always done it .” We must be very careful about getting caught up in tradition (Mt 15:1-9 ). Tradition is wrong when: It has the status of Scripture.

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What Drives This Church?

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  1. What Drives This Church?

  2. Wrong Influences

  3. Tradition. • Churches that are driven by tradition say, “This is the way we’ve always done it.” • We must be very careful about getting caught up in tradition (Mt 15:1-9). • Tradition is wrong when: • It has the status of Scripture. • It violates Scripture.

  4. Personality. • This church is driven by the preacher. • We need to be careful that this congregation is not driven by the preacher. • The preacher is just one through whom individuals believe (1 Cor 3:5-7). • The preacher needs not preach “with wisdom of words” lest the cross “be made of no effect” (1 Cor 1:17).

  5. Finances. • This church is afraid that anything new or different might cost too much money. • The church does not exist to have a nice bank account; the church exists to glorify God.

  6. Positive Influences

  7. Reverence for Scripture. • When the Thessalonians heard the gospel, they accepted it as God’s Word (1 Thess2:13). • We must love God’s Word. • “I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved” (Ps 119:47). • “My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly” (Ps 119:167). • We must respect God’s Word (Neh 8:5).

  8. Passion for souls. • We must actively seek those who have gone astray (Lk 15:4, 8). • The early church was driven by a passion for souls. • Even after being arrested, the apostles went into the city & preached (Acts 5:21). • The early church was so driven to evangelize that the gospel was preached to every creature under heaven (Col 1:23).

  9. Love for God. • Matt 22:37. • Jn 14:15.

  10. Love for man. • Loving our neighbor as ourselves is the second great command (Mt 22:39). • We need to meet the needs of our fellow man. • We can be lost for failing to meet the needs of our fellow man (Mt 25:41-45). • As we have the opportunity, we are to do good for all men (Gal 6:10).

  11. Reverence for Jesus. • Jesus is the head of the church (Col 1:18; Eph 1:22; 5:23). • Because Jesus is the head of the church, the church needs to honor him in everything we do.

  12. Is Your Life Being Driven By Proper Influences?

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