jen~mHlh 29:

God's were that His would be SURVIVORS-and guess what? His

""-oH/DM '1" CJl1aIU!t:~d from then until now: God wants all

nPI,nnul' and/or ae1'enltisfJrl!

,"l"'1"ln-tlnrp that

"Survivors others' wisdom and " We have mentioned this many times but let's say it

to be not to be the wisdom and

cmrnp,laliflel·S. " You'd think that this one "'" .......... :>1..-.,"' .... wouldn't But-sad to

the

Hebrews 13:7 has

5. "Survivors desire to continue to grow." One of the 1''''E''n .... '11'\0- themes of the Bible is elolaw~ntLv eXPJ~es~')ed CpJleSlans 4:15-1

nU,UnJrn9' up is automatic. have been a believer

for over years, and I assure you that I have to make a conscious decision "walk the Lord" each and every

life!

6. "Survivors do not blame. " The sin one of the most and deal of the we suffer-both as individual ChrIstians, and as the of Christ as a whole. Listen to these "",1'\"'1"11'"10- verses from Colossians 3: 12:

as God's own chosen ones nln"1TU'fl and

Christ Jesus.

8. "Even in the midst and can at times. "Even when someone who is M"-I-+"'_' .........

attitude. Because of this nA"ltnrp,

stated in Proverbs 17 :22 like medicine:

9.

of traits-and acc:onlpanymg "'1"~'1""+11"'''' pm;sal~eS-(igam and

the Lord for the the

which tye has seen ear has not And which have not entered the heart All that God

those who love Him. "-} Corinthians that we can carry out will earth-no

matter what obstacles are!

B.

n article in the ... ~.~ ... >" ... , edition of ===

home from work in Northern Albertson was drunk at the

for into the of Folsom was to find a way to the man who had been

her husband's life. She had COIISl<lermg her actions. The article stated: "In the

But trust me on this: Without that aforementioned

know-I tried The article went on at to describe what took

came face-to-face with Albertson-the was that

four-hour session-to tOTOHJ"lTIO the man who had her life

the words of a Catholic nun who 'nr<yilJlinG is but not

D.

Since we don't have space here go into a copy of "The Breaker"

Anderson. One of the excellent book

out a those have you, or shunned you--or have died and left All seven of these will you free"

heart four "' .... "."'.+." actions that that Satan uses to "bind us up, and

It's

Bible says, in Galatians

is exltrelnellv OT'lf.>'l1THY process, it

.end,.."" ...... ""!I,, selfish!-to isolate

you the bless someone-and then

available

in need of your en,cmu~12emE~nt. embarrass them or create an awkward situation. Just ask them "How

Listen more than you talk!

with

with them-as suffers

tells

a week or

, in a series related to

God's Word has to say to us about

is

term "Revival" is often misunderstood

cOInpj,ete with an itinerant ""e'varlge:llst" tlre-and-brimstone sermons that would HV,-" .. "c"'U

to

""""'''''ihf,<:>I ternp~~ra1tun~" for week or to "suffer the initial thrill of the conference!seminar! has faded a

the hearts of a number of us and than

He wants us to become the kind of Christ envisioned as He to His

before He ascended to pffiiCieJ1CV. and

when come upon you, shall witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and

but there are many bodies of of them under

so think we're 'abnormal'!"

"See! That's what I MEAN! I don want anyone look at me and think 'holier than thou '-know

lJel'se<,;ul,wn later

OP1DoS,11l()fl to God's

+1 ..... " .. ".14. the ongolmg satanic in no way

rel:re<ltltlg from our mission for Jesus!

have to think about

that many of us in the First noticed is increase of attacks Satan " ..... c."d·'" members of our church-and that this increase very close to the time that we to pray for Revival! We have had serious medical nn1hlerrlS Others have lost very that years. Still others have faced severe financial in other ways.

U .. ~"h",hhl not the best idea. Because assumes Satan "-that if we don't come

he'll "make nice" and us some relief. But listen Christ's words to the Pharisees 8:44

the to do the the be2-mnmf!,

nature;

Next week's article will deal the Que:stloifl, do know when need Revival? "

3

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Article in a series related to God's Word has to say to us about

··."'/11" , ..... is

's a mattress company that advertises

television a deal. One of their standard commercials with the declaration that "9 out need a

mattress! " could use the same brazen that churches need Revival! " Or I could

more and say that out ho}'1£,",,'O.,.(' need Revival!!"

But I won't. Because God has kind of wisdom it takes to evaluate how both churches individual Christians are in their lives-

mclud,mg whether or not need a "

Believe me, He does know! Just look His evaluations of each of the seven churches mentioned in

chalPters 2 and 3 of the Book of Revelation. He had them well and I'm sure that each church rec:oQm2~ed

accuracy of what He said about them-whether it was or

[-1 ~"J

So the qu~estllon remains: "How DO we know when we need 'Revival '?" who are after M"1>r.,'''''"'''' into a new .... A''''''""", .... , .... , for eX<lmlple---()r plerh;aos because become cliSC011r::lI:Teci

church-must to answer this QWestlon, don't want to go from one "",",,"'H""'" I", +1,,>,,,, .. ,,,

tel!loV\1Sh'in into another one that as flawed!

thrlou,;;rh his message without And the fact that

church is in numbers is also a And when you fmd out that also has programs for the whole

and you make friends with some of the you decide that "this may be the one"!

've described sounds

.... " ... " .. '1'",,1 church." I can ten

fora months to a few years, discover that np __ TlrlP,\! become

ms1:anc:e. or

out" may watch services on or listen to radio pn~acl1er's,

their distance" from any live interaction.

"Well shame on them-what're church'?"

are, never find it! One I "" .. ",<,,..,,,,,,,,+1,,,&> members is that WE ARE NOT A PERFECT

AND I'M NOT PERFECT SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR YOU'VE COME TO THE WRONG PLACE!

"See! That's I said!"

On the other God still holds churches accountable for their behavior. Listen to Christ's

Ul~lM'>1rH)" to the Church at Sardis in Revelation and the seven

from a message some years ago: "Most

lJa(7Ksjrla(;~S, he never he never

he never turns his back on his call into in the

nmfhir.rQ' more than when Jesus becomes less in a believer's and that is what

segment church memfJershm

You see, it's easy to look around us-in our nellgl1bOl'hood, in our in our state, in our "' ... ,.., ........ ., world-and say, "Wow! Our The headlines are make us cry out to God for "srllf11:ual awakt:miIlg" our troubled

even look at the Sh()rtc:onnn!:!:s of some our fellow ChlLlrch-Inernblers. and say "Wow! sure do need revival! "

But REAL REVIVAL when we come to the in our own lives where we pray do

need revival! Break me, until everyone who meets

'inmy

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"But Pastor you still haven answered that QUleSfl'On. 'How DO we know when we need 'Revival'?"

In our next article I'm to describe the "litmus test" for whether or not a church or an individual believer is in need of Revival. Until look for clues in Christ's words in Matthew 22:35-40

a which is the commandment in the Law?' And He said to

"You shall love the and with mind" This is the

commandment. The second is like it, On these two

whole Law and the P~,"nj,'0fc

,

o we've seen that ===;:;:.J

asked Him

and

ob~~du~nt we need to know

standard" could you use for church--than the

all you can feel is

to

spt::ndmg time in His

got Commandments Jesus mentlonjeat

Sandra Dee and noticed many years ago, visited that is known their on prayer and was the love and consideration that the we met had for one another-and for us, of course insisted that we have

and were very the

think about the Word of God and gardeIllinQ: but renlemlber

the

whose think this

smnet:hrru! based on the proper way is not CfUlnfT,lnfY.

are an

may may not

what SHOULD we

Ii U

I have had

that

verses!

in order for Revival to lU •• .J'IJ\.I.ll,

CHT£,~rl't,.~~.~ that in the world-

I

The word in the Hebrew ") means that when condition is met-a action an attitude else will then take as a result of this action. Here are some spe:cltlc we can take to make "What "Godward a

the Psalmist prays: my eyes, W",vuJ.o..-t,,,/ law." The more

we can "see" God's the better able we'll be to and purpose for us. verse 3 7 of Psalm

prayer: "Turn

excellent one:

are

Remember-as someone has better to candle the darkness!"

refi:esh our mem(]lneS, let's

pray " And Jesus commended

pej~emakrntgandpe;~eket~pnlg--al~dwe

the ultimate solution to on "God's of those in Jesus Christ as their

there. So that let me quote

relation to 2

structure is said to the Hebrew reads that his

This means that God has as

Here are some .... ""£~ ... I<>n have in bnngmg

teachers express it this the WORLD!")

2. so-called Commission" that's found in Matthew 28: 16-20: "

'All n~I1-,!->r>""h,

to come.

peI'S011allly seen one somewhat extended the little town of

are-

remember that kicked off at the Rivesville Mt~tn()(1l:st church weren't caned "United Methodists"

""""a.1/ ........ "" "revival meetul~C several weeks.

and we were there decided to

Here is a breakdown of the "mrlp<;~ra1tlvt~" is order that to be found in 4:7 -1 O--each one a COlmpOll1ent and the power of the must be involved at each

2.

5.

6.

8.

God and He will

hearts ... " THOUGHT

l,

====----' any years ago was the

messages on first

about need "humble ourselves pn::re(lUi:nte for RevivaL But when did the

I talked about our need as oom-a!!':1IH ~~,~ ..... ,~.. it raised

think that the reason for their concern the church were all of Asian and

c>",r1<>l',rlu attached a and shouldn't be honored"-in other

should--or shouldn't-"humble ourselves"

"humble before

One caution is that we are NOT to brothers sisters in Christ as "'C()mpeltltI,on,

have "dehumanize" them-to see them as sornethHllg way look

?

mentioned last our article

last been

the resource from which we the for ....... " ... ,,"Q

Testament

time that

JmlJhc:aWcms of the tfu;~mJiel,'es, " and we to look at

And our fIrst focus will be on what

Jesus cOildemnmg the common of nnLVerS--IrV1nIQ to look and sound both

be in awe of our "hot

A.

B .... EARLY ...

Jeremiah the 1JI .. ",nh,o.f- el[lCCmnlged us in Lamentations 6: 1 "The

One SET YOUR ALARM!

D .... SPIRIT -FILLED ...

E. mand

Paulconrrnandedthe

March 28,

o

"'"u1n'O& .... observance

1-4 Jesus "Let

o

D

remember our Lord Jesus' ... ".r' ...... "~~·

prepare

4,

is an excellent way for us remember

.... ,..·;''''''.-r __ H is the word "A.C.T.S."! This Ad()ratlon, C011te5;slon, .UlanKSglVlllg and

"Gimme List!"

"core verse": 2 Chronicles 7:14 called

ten us

are as Christ is, then we blood his

ourselves and

in our

word "confess. It is in the Greek. The word

LJ ..... ,i"HVVH, " ••• to scry the same

First of forsake

"Please excuse me, Pastor

Gon

over over when we receive Jesus ALL OUR SINS are FORGIVEN??

to

sins ARE FORGIVEN (po:sltl(mally

... BUT we are in a need to EXPERIENCE God's

the

we MAY need to confess them other

2.

or

even

we GOD

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of an the unusual title

about in an effective prayer and

~", .. +1i",.ln ... Droml~;e that Jesus dis(;ipI4es c()ncemmg the work of the

Pellte4::os,t, we've caned this article "B.P. " stands for

"Let me guess, Pastor Chuck-next week's essay is be called 'As

on the several times about the n-. ...... ,,+v,;,

have after He himselfhad ascended into Heaven.

ahead brother! You're way that a person

"convict" the unsaved

is

COIlUltl0ll-tnat is

us, of away from them.

is that one of the sure-fire that

unbelievers are COlWlc'tea

Listen what on after the followers of Christ had been fined with the

Peter his message cOll1ct~m:ing was and what He had come do-as

There are many Iml'llc:atIc)ns conviction the :SPllflt'>--eSl:Jec:mll) as is related to our prayer

2.

First of as believers we are to pray conviction for OURSELVES.

In we are to pray that God will convict our FELLOW-BELIEVERS.

XU",' .• U'ULfoO, prayer time U'V·''''A'''Eo'' of each pray for

brothers and sisters in Christ-both those who are members of the First and others God has on my heart. One of the pray for that God CONVICT and CONTROL EACH OF THEM!

We are also to pray for any UNBELIEVERS who in our "circle of "

urge members of our church men and women and young need to know Christ. the reason we have trouble with

that these troubled in their lives that comes from

Him and thn)U2:h

must our prayers to encompass ALL UNBELIEVERS IN THE WORLD.

that every newscast about some terrible that

then and there and and the who live

locale. that God would been affected the and convict them of their SIN-and of the LOVE of the SAVIOR! You don't

a to have work remember: God is EVERYWHERE!

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relnelmOler. we mentioned last week

In of this article-"Conviction--neltletratim! way that the now

in our lives that are keiepjng and that God wants

"Before Pentecost" the came upon men women and enabled them to do tasks that God laid out for them do. But the could also be taken

rernelnb4~r David's prayer in Psalm 51:1 take Jesus

will ask the

=~== and will be

asked that I'm sure there are of believers who want to Revival--or

considerations.

whatever you want to can it-and kind of issues. Here are some basic

my anxious thc'u{?,f1ts. and lead me in the

is a very courageous prayer, because we are ,;lIl,n.UT1no

God to go of our and examine us-and know what He sees there!

of

embarrassin:g. I have often the results of those tests,

hear in fact have been to consider. But without it, Jl.L"'~UUjl""

true of God's then

with let you know about

because you are born-in Jesus God loves you and

dear child---even when you are difficult "times

B. true Revival is {!rOlun~lIe(J in the WORD

c.

GOD-and so "conviction"!

wonderful passage to meditate is 2 God-breathed

one of the lOilU!Dest believers to do to '~Sllblect believers!

We'11 come back to this

that God calls on

1

Article series related to God's Word has say to us about

ow that we've a handle on the role ====

of "conviction" in bnngllllg about both our initial salvation PVlr'\Pl"lprlPP and the renewal" that we

om~olIlg walk with the Lord-and in the in the

that "conviction": PRAYER!

me, Pastor Chuck. ..

've had a (Revival' articles into the

I sure not-because prayer is one of the absolute cornerstones the power of God unllea~;hed,

convinced me. Does the that we gonna look

You've to us a oel'SP,ectlve on what Jesus had to say about our .... T'",'<1,." 0- here is

Malachi

their many Father knows

in this way:

in your

is the "Father" of everyone ...

says: "Are we not all children we not all the same God?"

God created each and because of y.'./A".LU,"C""J.Y our

not. This matchless verse. Listen these I.<"""~h£> ... hl

God so loved the that whoever believes in Him

but have eternal that we wouldn't make any mistake about it, He

up verse 17: God did send the

c.

D.

D.

'Revival': As we've said His us bec:am,e,

knows that we will witness to around ones whom He loves much and wants to see saved!

... but when we allow Jesus into our as our and God to become our "Father" in a very UUIIUU~. n,pl''I:,on'~1

we call unbellie,rers: Jesus commanded

those men and women who their lives to Him-to pray this kind

Because we have been born to Romans

that we

One of the dis:tim~Uls;hnllg "'oltleIleSS"--ltllllty peace,

ac()eptanlce, F""'·'fi'.,',o"",.,."", grlJlCI()UsneE'S, whatever you

wants us to

say in the TV is that He never tires

prayers ... even when we're

within a church. This is and Jesus did NOT

to pray "MY Father"! In and "mine" are Like or not, as

tOf.!et)'1er and Christ never

of the prayer, and

cOIltmlUH1Lg this week with search

of what is CO.lnrrIOni) what we can learn

thp'1"Pt.nr?' like this: Our

see where from. guess all of us run into the same kind of dilemma from time to

news is that God KNOWS we are human who with every of our lives-

that even the BEST of God's still have a way

qUleS(jfOn is: 'What can we do

asked! Let's out what " is all about in the first The word

in the Greek. It means, ,),

"" .. """hr'':> ~~, .• ,,~ .. -~-- God's name in vain"-as '" 1r.· .... nll'" comrIec:tmg it with worthless

... take the name will not leave him Unl'JUfuslzea

wrong: instead "'''',OTn,,,, ... we are conscious of it or

way

see God as ab!mHJtelly HOLY!

Some that will us to our awareness and umlen;taIlIC1H1tg of God's holiness are ourselves with the on His power

Him thanks for He into hstemmg to others as and

B. We must see ourselves as Isaiah saw himself:

to the M~?SS£J$!e translation of Isaiah

Him:

his ~""'''':'''''''''n' makes this over and over to KNOW ABOUT God's holiness

and power and wisdom-which includes His WILL our lives-we must then make the necessary

"vau", •. uu,,",v, very in our attitudes and behaviors to BRING THEM INTO CONFORMITY WITH HIS WILL. As say in this is

also so many of God's who have been saved grace, and blessed in so many ways

the love and of God--end up their lives frustration and disillusionment: have been

take the trouble to take

Between now and next does REALLY mean when we pray,

9,

so

the

,

sounds

reminder as where are so

for the message from which this article the "Lord's "-far from

combination one of that

Chuck? seems be

to

, Article #16 a series related to

God's Word has to us about

NIV translation of 2 Chronicles 7: 14 is:

face" is serious business indeedl

J agree And J've read have. So ['m a little bit

mean to

nr()hlem comes when we become stressed out because we feel we're "never for

as

No matter where this twisted of the Father has to be dealt with before we

att(~ml)t to "seek His face." If we we will do one of two the rest of our lives on earth in

will "burn out" and have seen Christians fall into both

kind

is go back over your life and up this "measure up " I have

in my who both of their and! or

UfliCOIlsciously transferred that

recommend that my counselees read a book entitled .. ,.·f ....... '.'" Robert S. McGee. it

demolishes Lies" that Satan tries our lives-such as the kind

about here-that we somehow have to us, or else "not OK"!

"' ..... "i-""cnJ for God's face" is to a tl1()roUeJ!Hv of how this is done. One of the

UIU."'''''''hJ that I underlined in James 4:7-errm.IJlaSJlZe our need to close to

God ... and these verses say about the devil is that are to "resist him The reason stress is every time about warfare" I my best to Satan look like such

Some of the books on warfare fall into the ov~;;!rem]:,hasizing him. One reason

Anderson's books- 'The Bond£lze the Darkness "-is bel::aUlse,

minimizes Satan's power, he shows ..... -1-,''''.'1:"''''1.., nn.~= .. ·'""", to the devil! The 4:7-10-and the most found in verse 8: "Come close God and He will come close need to resist Satan-but the way we ac<~ontlplls11 rel'}e~rti~!J! of our r~r1la,c:rn'Q'

sinful behavior with have done

The fact that God never commands us ~rn.lthllno" that ISN'T difficult!! One to Him

And guess what? One of those "all mentioned a little earlier in the verse 8, to be

... whatever

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rnl-\'>lhh, the most difficult onJblem that we ====

for the

"excavation"!

Pastor Chuck-what in the It sounds 're

up or smnelrnU1£!

You closer than you think!

a

didn't Jesus talk about "foundations" Sermon on the Mount? In Matthew 7:24-25 for

" ... everyone who hears these words may be to a

the rock. And the rain ae~iicenaea.

when comes firmest foundation under a house or other

critical-and also very difficult to do!

is New Internationalulcu.on.'1YV defines this way:

one definite flavor

behavior and embl1llClfU! "wicked ways," and .. "'h,.....,; .... .".

The don 'I believe

we have any "wicked This is where God comes choose to, however and/or

Him!

that 'excavation

come to the same that "'pJlin,UU'- life when he in Psalm

o and

see if in and lead me the

Psalm He's aware about us: "0 Thou hast searched me and known Thou dost know when 1 sit down and I rise up; Thou

Thou dost scrutinize lnl.rmllleAV a,C01lai,nted with

Here are some God to "search" you:

but effective ways to allow

A.

B.

c.

You

time for God's

need with you,

One very effective tool for this task is found in Anderson's "The Breaker." The section is entitled Christ. " Dr. Anderson

In

inventorv and

a copy

shows you

what you have sornethm:g so very clear and vVJ.Hj.JvHJlHl;!.

"-t-.-." ... "ncl",, in it will also

Meditate on each "wicked way," and ask God what do about it.

E. Your final in the process is fellow-believer about your 1".1>11 .... ,.,."""'11

1

such

... KNOWLEDGEABLE ...

4.

3.

Lord's ' •. :Ulnnt ....

examination one's own

I do before COllllrLQ

Do you prepare recall Christ's sacrifice for

that your sins are motivate Him better? What do you think of

':lt~"'"''''"'H become Others believe that

um:;hang'~d but Christ

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Jesus to remember me as as JJ How do we remember Christ in the Lord's

what He did and He did it. rernernb~~nlllQ has both a backward and forward

rernelnb!~r Christ's and we remember that a reminder of what Jesus did in the

re1:atHmSmp with Him and do in the future.

and we

to carry out His work to be-not to

_,"",""'UL'-'''''', but be

[J

The New Testament often cans believers "servants. interested in

1-n .. +">-",,,,,,,lu most Christians aren't

even our prayers center around J.U,"L"LLLLLL~ Instead of

[]

even don't hold a lea,deJrShlP '-'''HA' "'" L as a Christian you are servant. essential to a believer's ",,...,,,...if .... """""<7"-'0 God some +n"h.r,~

We should seek to serve the attitude Christ had. Even when overlooked or taken for everyone, our nOtnTaro'~, Father notices. Servanthood is the purpose for ",,,,,,,, .. i'un

believer has one or more ,,~.-+"" we are to use them to serve the Servanthood is no assurance ag~Ull!st attitude of service does not a"·",,,,,,,,n""''''

Those who serve the Lord

accuse you. concentrate "'LJ. ... ,UL.UH1LH~ a servant and allow the Lord handle

the unfair criticism. Servanthood God's work every believer. All of our actions should reflect fact that Jesus is not our but the Master of our lives. Salvation means more than and

God carries out His work. In His that would do He. Does that mean human can more "''"t";LH_LL'vUJL!L than Christ's death on the cross? NO. But Great Commission to take the creature - is an ."", ... ~r.."'HIJ..I~

be because the the message of salvation with the entire world. knows our maximum as of Christ. we surrender our lives to the service of the Most He will honor lives with true 0'1""",,1-"0<'''

Greatness is found in a a Doslt]On of influence. True is found in servanthood. We must be to seek the best

rather than for ourselves -needs of others without for rp.r·AO",-.. t-"",-.-.

realize that our serve - not seek our interests - then

on this world and everyone

o

a

name our

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the

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the ... " ... ..."L ..... """ years that have been

some of the humorous sht~pherdmg God's flock.

that has disturbed me over the hmllle\rer_ is of horror tales that I have heard

rel,ltlonstnps with

often

brothers about their dv~)fultlctJional

for eX~lml)le, is "Who's

a church has gone distre~;siIJl2: divisions over a

and those same

o

that one unfortunate occurrence, I W(]~rkllnQ" alon2:side a number of men

seDlarate churches in Hl"'I,\ n"I.J!.Nl.on California.

o

about their nnnHlh<"l.,

a

together since late last year, I tholugjlt for the whole First

solid biblical peI'spe~cti~ve

are rernar'kaloly ;:)J..llJ..U.ClI.I..

this series of articles.

o

Think about all those wonderful passages related to and " Here are a few of

"The LORD is my shf:.mh,era "-Psalm 23:1

So the more we know about "SlleDlhelrdlltlg, we know about David Hoclang. my school used to tell our "Pastor's Personal l\Ri,"'."'t ..... ," class that we should examine Psalm 23 very car'efiJLllv because most of the that David talks about

are to be involved with as

thOIll2:!lt: Did you realize that every of Christ is a kind of "deacon"??

1)

,

,

UTA,",""''!'''''''-'''' a about

Pastors and Deacons care De(JtDle in a biblical

describe the way Pastors and First The answer is

could express this knows and understands

not be as be

The mte:resl:mg

does

when we are a " our Number One Focus on

CHARACTER!

Listen to the Translation corlcel~mrig the character reCluu'errlents

not mar ned"

man who can off women other than his Wllre--ano. treats ALL with the utmost

of Deacons!

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believed

follow world--ever has

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,

series on bow Pastors and Deacons care for peoplle in a bUtlU4eal

you don't frustrated

was that the "Pastoral Ministries T earn"

and the Deacons in a is to be

This is many ministries informed about

to so

because I want them ttifiou{)rh

mlCr{]~m,magelne]:1t, but so that I and the Deacons can be of their efforts for them and

enC::Ollra:f!il1lf! them various ways. We can also often any unforeseen n .. I"'.hh: ........ '"

on is we are ordered God! This comes from ....... "',,, . ..-.,,

a

series on how Pastors and Deacons care for God's in a biblical

was mS1Dm:~d and therefore came from God was that he

his he had both a lot of and

"EiPht~SIaln elders"

it,

rea~amfess to

c011st,mtJly as a habit

is a very term for de~icrjlbiIlg

"love"?

in the How can your 'Team' strike

all

admonish each one would have both nrclhlt"m«

and from the be contend with.

Paul used his own eXl,ertences

fuller deslcnptIon

love fits into the whole mix and His

This love continues with the fact that we must church. This means we don't

make them do smnettnnlg own selfish reasons, or cut ourselves off from them

don't behave the way we should etc. As Paul said in EpheEaarls the

m~ ~ Flock" comes when there is a threat to the tplllnu.r.;:n1In

from OUTSIDE the church. Paul warned those tpneSlan the Pastoral

20:29

you, not non-member's behavior and/or ;n"""I£~cnf

courteous-but Hrrn--W::-IV

continue with their un:acc:ep1tabte must be asked to leave---a.~aln.

P'llIfii!"'~"lI"'" and Deacons care pe(l~ple in a biblical

and final article our

in NJ1nAi-7".,,,,, is to be

The effectiveness ministries is based on

about "iJf:.?aconS"

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16? Matthew 28:19-20? Romans Whatever it the reference here: ___________ _

what

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nr\TTI_~IU~ln believer who S01nel:nulg ] ike this:

before His Crucifixion. After He had made this statement:

sent them into the

In other Paul-in Romans 14:19-was what Jesus had said in His He

wants us to be ONE-and that the way we will ever be(;Ollle ONE our lives to I-lim and

the presence and power to communicate this love of

to one in them!

You

As the translation of the word for """!H'""I1""" makes clear (" ... let us then and

the Greek word one. The reason for this is that

"Excuse me, Pastor Chuck-there's a (Julest,ion

Go

First it isn't ME who's you toward this kind ofbehavior-ifs GOD'S command! But

n,...."'."'t-..... QlueSnOJt1: Yes-God wants us have ~~""""'''""",,''',r. pea(~enu attitude towards even

"carnal Christians" found whom would often like

see, the deal is that when we kill any po!:;sit)iiilty

lITlta1tm!"l--anIO our hostile attitude towards them PTT,P£'TnlPI'Il1 ' ...... P'Il;'pn1h;:, God from our

at them

because then you become like them. Remember that Jesus and Paul aren't us to "have warm towards everyone around us. The issue is we are commanded to CHOOSE-as act of the

fe{;~1l1l!fTS--l:0 treat others in a ..... a.·:>r>a,h,1

We'll focus some more next week on what and are all about.

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