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Not Called To Be Normal

Not Called To Be Normal. Living For Jesus Means Looking Different. John the Baptist Certainly Didn’t Fit In. Matthew 3:1-8 The Apostles Lived Very Differently From The Leading Jews. Matthew 12:1, Matthew 15:2, Matthew 23:1-4

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Not Called To Be Normal

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  1. Not Called To Be Normal

  2. Living For Jesus MeansLooking Different • John the Baptist Certainly Didn’t Fit In. • Matthew 3:1-8 • The Apostles Lived Very Differently From The Leading Jews. • Matthew 12:1, Matthew 15:2, Matthew 23:1-4 • Early Christians Lived & Worshipped Differently From Popular Pagan & Popular Jewish Practices

  3. Living For Jesus Means Traveling The Narrow Way • Matthew 7:13-14 • "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

  4. Today, We Are Not Normal… • We Uphold Sound Bible Doctrines, Even When They Are Unpopular. • We Accept Jesus As The Final Authority For The Work & Worship Of His Church. • We Uphold Unchanging Moral Standards, Even When They Are Confusing To Our Culture. • We Look To Heaven For Our Hope, Even When The Riches Around Us Are Tempting.

  5. Upholding Sound Bible Doctrines • Christians Diligently Seek Out Book, Chapter, & Verse For Every Practice We Engage In. We Uphold God’s Teaching… • About Male Leadership. (1 Timothy 2:12, 3:2,12) • About Hell. (2 Thessalonians 1:4-9) • About Marriage & Divorce. (Matthew 19:9) • About Baptism’s Role In Our Salvation. (Acts 22:16) • About Jesus Return. (Matt. 16:28, 1 Thess. 4:16-17)

  6. Accepting Christ’s Authority • Christians Are Devoted To Faithfulness In Their Work & Worship • Ephesians 1:22 We Uphold God’s Teaching… • About The Use of Church Funds • Collectively: Acts 11:28-30 • Individually: Galatians 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 5:16 • About The Dangers of False Teachers • 2 Peter 2:1-3, Galatians 1:6-10 • About Non-Denominational Christianity • Acts 2:42, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

  7. You’re Not Called To Be Normal,You’re Called Into His Light… • “But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…” 1 Peter 2:9

  8. Not Called To Be Normal

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