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Signs of Spiritual Cancer

Signs of Spiritual Cancer. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 1 Cor. 11:30 . RED FLAGS. ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER. ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER. 7 warning signs of cancer unusual bleeding sore that does not heal change in restroom habits

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Signs of Spiritual Cancer

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  1. Signs of Spiritual Cancer For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 1 Cor. 11:30 RED FLAGS

  2. ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER

  3. ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER • 7 warning signs of cancer • unusual bleeding • sore that does not heal • change in restroom habits • lump in the body • nagging cough • change in moles • difficulty swallowing

  4. ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER • Seven warning signs of cancer • Men - 51% lifetime chance of cancer • Women - 36% lifetime risk • Warning signs are “red flags” • Examine “red flags” of spiritual cancer

  5. SPIRITUAL CANCER WORST 2 TIM. 2:16-18 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. (17) And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, (18) who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.

  6. RED FLAG #1 LOSS OF APPETITE FOR GOD’S WORD

  7. BIBLE IS SPIRITUAL FOOD • Soul lives by it, MATTHEW 4:4

  8. MATTHEW 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

  9. BIBLE IS SPIRITUAL FOOD • Soul lives by it, MATTHEW 4:4. • More necessary than physical food, JOB 23:12.

  10. JOB 23:12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

  11. BIBLE IS SPIRITUAL FOOD • Soul lives by it, MATTHEW 4:4. • More necessary than physical food, JOB 23:12 • God’s words are sweet, PSALM 119:103

  12. PSALM 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  13. RED FLAG #2 NEGLECTING THE POWER OF PRAYER

  14. POWER OF PRAYER • We need daily prayer, 1 THESS. 5:17 • Make requests known to God, PHILIPPIANS 4:6

  15. PHILIPPIANS 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

  16. POWER OF PRAYER • We need daily prayer, 1 THESS. 5:17 • Make requests known to God, PHILIPPIANS 4:6 • We receive wisdom, JAMES 1:5-6

  17. JAMES 1:5-6 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

  18. POWER OF PRAYER • We need daily prayer, 1 THESS. 5:17 • Make requests known to God, PHILIPPIANS 4:6 • We receive wisdom, JAMES 1:5-6 • We receive strength, COLOSSIANS 1:9-11

  19. COLOSSIANS 1:9-11 We do not cease to pray for you...that you may be strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness...

  20. RED FLAG #3 FAILING TO ASSEMBLE WITH THE SAINTS

  21. HEBREWS 10:25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching

  22. PRIVILEGE TO ASSEMBLE • We are to provoke one another to higher service, HEBREWS 10:24

  23. HEBREWS 10:24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works...

  24. PRIVILEGE TO ASSEMBLE • We are to provoke one another to higher service, HEBREWS 10:24 • We are to encourage one another, HEBREWS 3:13

  25. HEBREWS 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

  26. PRIVILEGE TO ASSEMBLE • We are to provoke one another to higher service, HEBREWS 10:24 • We are to exhort one another, HEBREWS 3:13 • How encouraging are empty pews?

  27. RED FLAG #4 NO INVOLVEMENT IN CHURCH WORK

  28. NO WORK, NO GROWTH • We ALL have work to do, EPHESIANS 4:16

  29. EPHESIANS 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

  30. NO WORK, NO GROWTH • We ALL have work to do, EPHESIANS 4:16 • If everyone worked like you, what would get done? • If all were involved like you, how many would be involved?

  31. RED FLAG #5 A CRITICAL SPIRIT

  32. CRITICISM KILLS • Some Christians will do little or nothing. • BUT- they will criticize • Sanballat and Tobiah, NEH. 4:2-3

  33. NEH. 4:2-3 …What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? (3) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

  34. CRITICISM KILLS • Some Christians will do little or nothing. • BUT- they will criticize • Sanballat and Tobiah, NEH. 4:2-3 • How many times have you heard: • Why did THEY do it like that? • THEY didn’t do a very good job.

  35. RED FLAG #6 LACK OF REGARD FOR THE TRUTH

  36. TRUTH MATTERS • Perverted truth destroys, GALATIANS 1:6-8.

  37. GALATIANS 1:6-8 I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: (7) Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. (8) But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him beaccursed.

  38. TRUTH MATTERS • Perverted truth destroys, GALATIANS 1:6-8. • We must contend for the truth, JUDE 3

  39. JUDE 3 …it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

  40. RED FLAG #7 LACK OF SPIRITUAL CONCERN FOR OTHERS

  41. MUST LOVE SOULS • David was alone, PSALM 142:4

  42. PSALM 142:4 Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul.

  43. MUST LOVE SOULS • David was alone, PSALM 142:4 • There are many lonely people. • Many are looking for a better life. • We must “get out of self” and first desire to help, ROMANS 10:1-2.

  44. ROMANS 10:1-2 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. (2) For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

  45. RED FLAGS OF SPIRITUAL CANCER • Loss of appetite for God’s Word • Neglecting the power of prayer • Failure to assemble with saints • Not involved in church work • Critical spirit • Lack of regard for truth • Lack of spiritual concern for others

  46. What Must I Do To be Saved ? In Christ = SAVED Baptized (Gal.3:27) Confess (Rom.10:10) Repent (Lk.13:3) Believe (Jn.8:24) Hear (Rom.10:17)

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