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Danger : four times in NT Dangerous : one time

Danger : four times in NT Dangerous : one time. “ Take heed ”: twenty-one times (NKJV) . 1 Co.10:12 “ Beware ”: occurs twenty times (NKJV). Ph.3:2 Modernism – Inherited membership Compromise – Indifference. I Prejudice. “ Don’t be so narrow ” Jn.14:6

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Danger : four times in NT Dangerous : one time

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  1. Danger: four times in NTDangerous: one time • “Take heed”: twenty-one times (NKJV). 1 Co.10:12 • “Beware”: occurs twenty times (NKJV). Ph.3:2 • Modernism – Inherited membershipCompromise – Indifference

  2. I Prejudice • “Don’t be so narrow” • Jn.14:6 • “You believe you’re only ones going to heaven; you are bigoted” Ac.28:22

  3. II Lack Of Qualified Elders • Lord’s plan: • Ac.14:23; 20:28, overseers • Elders(pl.), flock (sg.) • Tit.1:5 • Congregation not likely to rise above level of leadership • Hb.13:17 • Responsible for welfare of flock

  4. A Church May Be… • Scripturallyunorganized (Ac.14:23) • Scripturallyorganized (Ac.14:23) • Unscripturallyunorganized (Tit.1:5) • Unscripturallyorganized(Tit.1:5-9)

  5. The only remedy: work! 1 Tim.3:1 • Start while young • It does not happen by accident • Pro athlete • Political office • Elder • Elder’s work far surpasses other things

  6. Must develop skills and relationships • 1. Trained children, 1 Tim.3:4-5 • 2. Qualified wife, 1 Tim.3:11 • God, siblings, self, all things • 3. Able to deal w. people, Tit.1:5-9 • 4. Able to tend sheep, Tit.1:9a • 5. Able to answer error, Tit.1:9b • 2 Tim.4:2

  7. III Half-Converted Members • Conversion: change • Many worship for years, but never change • Mt.18:3 • Many attend for years, but never grow

  8. Col.3:1-3 • 1, what to seek • 2, how to think • 3, why • Pagan idea: dead man is hidden in earth (dead and done with) • Christians are hidden, but in Christ • Dead: no longer under the influence

  9. IV Hireling Preachers • 1 Tim.6:5 (6) • 2 Tim.4:3-4 • Jn.10:11-13

  10. V Lack Of Zeal And Enthusiasm • Jn.2:17 • Ro.10:1-3 • “Zeal without knowledge is fire without light” • 2 Co.9:1-2, contagious • Tit.2:14 • Rv.3:19

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