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How has God been working in your life?

How has God been working in your life?. Prayer requests the class can join you in praying for… 02/15/09. Chuck Boysen- Pat, friend from work, pray for health and for openness to the Gospel Bryant Kempf- opportunity to help with leadership with Campus Crusade in Germany

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How has God been working in your life?

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  1. How has God been working in your life?

  2. Prayer requests the class can join you in praying for…02/15/09 Chuck Boysen- Pat, friend from work, pray for health and for openness to the Gospel Bryant Kempf- opportunity to help with leadership with Campus Crusade in Germany Chuck Copeland- continue to pray for his MS symptoms Frank Ackerman- dad having tests for his liver (Paul) Becky Boysen- brother Kent having surgery, possible cancer Pray that we would all be consistent in our time with the Lord each day

  3. Other ideas for serving? Committees vs. “Grass Roots” Communicate your idea and we’ll help see how it could fit into the church calendar. ie. women’s/men’s Bible study, church wide event or outreach, etc. • Ways to Serve at BCC: • Through our SS Class: Classroom Tear Down Coordinators Randy Nabors and Class Secretary Casey Davidson Meal Coordinator Staci Aberle Missions Coordinators Alissa Hawkinson and Shower Coordinator Events Coordinator Carol Harkins ? ? ? Other ideas for serving? Committees vs. “Grass Roots” Communicate your idea to teacher/moderator and we’ll help see how it could fit into the church calendar. ie. women’s/men’s Bible study, church wide event or outreach, etc. Other Coordinators? Community involvement? Service Projects? Outreaches? 2. Other areas to highlight: · Children’s Ministry: Members or those moving toward membership to teach. Asst. teachers do not need to be members. · Nursery Care Giving: We have opportunities to help with caring for kids birth to 2 years. Membership not required. - Worship Ministry meeting TODAY after service in our SS classroom.

  4. Testimonies?

  5. http://www.timelesstexts.com/

  6. What do you think of when you think of confrontation?

  7. Time Heals all Wounds Agree or disagree? And why?

  8. Psalm 141:5 5Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds Proverbs 9:8 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. Proverbs 27:5-6 5Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. Hebrews 12:5-6 5And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 6For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

  9. Biblical Confrontation Purity Unity Sin/ Conflict Us Ephesians 5:25-27 Philippians 2:2, 4:2-3 Is this a truth to be celebrated?

  10. Math 18:15-17 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

  11. Who do we confront?

  12. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper A. Whom Should We Confront Gen 4:9 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?” So are we?

  13. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper A. Whom Should We Confront Brother 1 John 3:14 ~ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.Matt 18:15 ~ If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.1 Cor 5:9-11 ~ 9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.Confronting a brother vs. evangelizing someone

  14. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront How do we know what sins we should confront? “Show me a verse!”

  15. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront “any action forbidden in scripture that can not be overlooked” Matt 18:15 Greek “hamartese” general term for any kind of sin, No rating system before the Lord Sexual immorality, greed, idolatry, drunkenness, hurtful speech/reviler, cheating (1Cor 5:11) False teaching (Gal 1:9, 2 John 9-11) Legalism (Gal 2:11-14) Divisiveness (Titus 3:9-11) Personal conflict (Phil 4:2) Deceit (Acts 5:1-11) Laziness (2 Thes 3:6-13)

  16. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront Can you confront a “bad attitude”? Why or why not?

  17. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront “Only sins of action should be confronted, because evaluating an attitude alone is extremely difficult…judging what is in someone’s heart is simply wrong” Rom 14:4 - Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 1 Cor 4:5 - Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

  18. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront “Don’t confront over preference outside of scripture” Don’t use scripture out of context to condemn something that you don’t like 1 Thess 5:22 22 Abstain from every form of evil. ESV (Actual context here is false teaching) 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. KJV Commonly taken out of context

  19. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront How do you know when you shouldn’t overlook a person’s sins?

  20. I. You are Your Brother’s Keeper B. What Sins Should We Confront • 1 Peter 4:8 • 8Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. • If the sin creates an unreconciled relationship between you and the offender, so that you think often about the sin and think badly of him, then confrontation is necessary for the sake of unity in the body (Matt 5:23-24; Phil 2:1-4) • If you are not confident that the person is growing in the direction of Christlikeness by regularly confessing his sin and working to change, then confronting his sin may be the only way to expose his spiritual inertia and help him to avoid God’s chastening (Heb 3:12-14; James 5:19-20; 2 Peter 1:5-10) • If you know that there will be consequences of this sin that will hurt others in the offender’s life, then for their sake you should make sure that he has recognized his wrong and repented from it. (Matt. 18:6; 1 Cor 5:6-7;12:26) When you shouldn’t “overlook” – note that this is not “tolerance”

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