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MAT 18:3.. Series on “Change”. Change! . What is at stake? MAT 18:1-20 The People of the Church The Purity of the Church The Power of the Church. Change! . What is at stake? MAT 18:1-5 Your entrance into the kingdom of heaven. Your room there.
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Change! What is at stake? MAT 18:1-20 • The People of the Church • The Purity of the Church • The Power of the Church
Change! What is at stake? MAT 18:1-5 • Your entrance into the kingdom of heaven. Your room there. • Your eminence in the kingdom of heaven. Your rank there.
Change! V.1-5 Unless you change now - Unless you become like a child (humble, teachable, innocent, blameless).. • You are responsible: You must be the one to make this choice. • You must be humble: You must allow God to make this change happen to you.
Change! Meaning.. • To become • To have a change of heart • To convert, to change your mind • Turn back to God • Turn from one habit of life or opinion to another • Make a u turn from sin and pride • Shift from a wrong attitude or behaviour
Change! Meaning.. • repent • rebuild • reverse • modify • recast • deviate • evolve • mutate • be different • possibilities • transformed • revised • revived • improve • metamorphosed • makeover • progress
Change! How serious?? • We think of it most often. • We resist it cleverly. • We postpone it indefinitely • We want to see it happen in others, instantly. • We desire it honestly, personally. • We think of it most often!
First Part of the Series: MAT 23:25-28 INHERENTCHANGE!
OUTWARD RELIGION:Resistant to Change! • Entrusted, v2-3 • Examples, • Experts, v24 • Exalted, v5-7 • Evangelists, v15 • Executives, v29-30
OUTWARD RELIGION:Needing Change! • Blind Guides • Show Off Socialites • Filthy Greedy • Hyper-Hypocrites • Self-Indulgent • Exaggerators • Murderers
Inherent Change: • Deal with blindness first. • Die to all Self Promotion. • Draw near to God for change. • Devote change from within. • Derive the outward from within.