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Balanced Christianity

Balanced Christianity. Balanced Christianity. Ecclesiastes 7:18 It is good that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God will escape them all. NKJV. Balanced Christianity. Ecclesiastes 7:18

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Balanced Christianity

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  1. Balanced Christianity

  2. Balanced Christianity • Ecclesiastes 7:18 • It is good that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God will escape them all. NKJV

  3. Balanced Christianity • Ecclesiastes 7:18 • It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all [extremes]. NIV

  4. Balancing Grace And Faith With Law And Works Ephesians 2:8-9 • For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; • it is the gift of God, • 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

  5. The Extreme Of Faith Only • “A Christian man is free from all things; he needs no work in order to be justified and saved, but receives these gifts in abundance from his faith alone.” • (Martin Luther, The History of Christianity, p. 366)

  6. The Extreme Of Faith Only • “All the sins he may commit from idolatry to murder will not make his soul in any more danger. The way a man lives has nothing whatever to do with the salvation of his soul” • (Sam Morris, Minister of the First Baptist Church)

  7. Balancing Grace And Faith With Law And Works James 2:24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

  8. The Extreme Of Works Only • “When in the fourth and fifth centuries the doctrine of original sin and consequently of the necessity of baptism for all became better known, the practice of infant baptism progressed rapidly.” • (Legislation on the New Code of Canon Law, p. 72)

  9. The Extreme Of Works Only • “As soon as the money in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory’s fire springs.” • (Johnann Tetzel as quoted by Martin Luther)

  10. Balancing Grace And Faith With Law And Works Romans 5:2 we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand,

  11. Balancing Grace And Faith With Law And Works James 2:12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

  12. Balancing Grace And Faith With Law And Works John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments.

  13. Balancing Grace And FaithWith Law And Works • Galatians 5:6 • faith working through love.

  14. Balancing Grace And FaithWith Law And Works • Ephesians 2:8-9 • By grace you are saved through faith..Not of works • James 2:24 • By works a man is justified, and not by faith only. • Galatians 5:6 • Faith working through love

  15. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • 1 Corinthians 13:13 • And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

  16. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • 1 John 4:16 • God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  17. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • Romans 10:2 • For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

  18. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • Hosea 4:6 • My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

  19. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • 1 Corinthians 13:2 • And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

  20. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • Philippians1:9 • And this I pray, • that your love may aboundstill more and more • in knowledge and all discernment,

  21. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

  22. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • 1 John 5:4 • For this is the love of God, • that we keep His commandments.

  23. Balancing Zeal And LoveWith Knowledge • 1 Corinthians 13:2 • If I have… all knowledge • But do not have love • I am nothing • Romans 10:2 • They have a zeal • for God But not according to knowledge. • Philippians 1:9 • That your love may abound more and more • In knowledge and all discernment.

  24. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth • John 4:24 • God is Spirit, • and those who worship Him • must worship in spirit and truth."

  25. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth Matthew 15:9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

  26. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth • 1 Samuel 15:22 So Samuel said: "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

  27. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth • Isaiah 29:13 • Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, • But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

  28. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth • Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

  29. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth • 1 Corinthians 11:28 • For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

  30. Balancing Worshipping In SpiritWith Worshipping In Truth • Matthew 15:9 • In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. • Isaiah 29:13 • With their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me. • John 4:24 • God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

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