Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Setting The Example Of Love!



‘Setting The Example Of Love.’
1 Thessalonians 3:12.
a)       Apostle Paul and his team had overflowing Love for the Thessalonica Church.
b)       May the Lord make the Thessalonica Church’s love for one another grow.
c)       May the Lord make the Thessalonica Church’s love for one another overflow.
d)       May the Lord make the Thessalonica Church’s love for all people grow.
e)       May the Lord make the Thessalonica Church’s love for all people overflow.
(In this QT I can see Apostle Paul and his team Setting The Example Of Love to the Thessalonica Church)
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‘Sometimes We Need To Say No To Religious People.’
Acts 15:1-5.
a)       Acts 15:1. Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria.
b)       Acts 15:1. Some Judaea Believers arrived and began to teach the Antioch Believers incorrectly.
c)       Acts 15:1. They taught the Antioch Believers that in order to be Saved they had to be circumcised.
d)       Acts 15:2. Apostle Paul and Barnabas totally disagreed with this false teaching, they argued vehemently.
e)       Acts 15:2. The Antioch Church decided to send Paul and Barnabas with a group of local True Believers to ascertain the opinion of the Jerusalem Elders. (Notice these Judaea Believers were not included)
f)        Acts 15:3. The delegates from the Antioch Church went off to Jerusalem, they stopped on the way at the Churches of Phoenicia and Samaria.
g)       Acts 15:3. These delegates brought the joyful news that Gentiles were also being converted.
h)       Acts 15:4. Upon arrival in Jerusalem Paul and Barnabas brought the wonderful news about the conversion of the Gentiles.
i)         Acts 15:4. They reported everything that God had done through them.
j)         Acts 15:5. Some of the Pharisee Believers stood up with the same message that if the Gentiles were to be Saved then they had to be circumcised. This matter became a discussion issue in the Church that was eventually rejected by the Church Leadership.
(This Second one teaches me that Sometimes I Need To Say No To Religious People, especially those who burden True Believers with unbiblical rules and statements)
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Chris.
This is a necessary and clear fact: sometimes we need to say “no” to religious people. Some of these people seem to be very “spiritual” and so we feel somewhat inferior to them spiritually and because of that inferior position we accept what they say and what they want us to do therefore binding us in religious legalism. The Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ sets us free from all this legalism and bondage and we need to keep free from it. 

The Christian Life!

'The Christian Life.' a)  Deuteronomy 7:11. Keep the Word of  God. b)  Deuteronomy  7:12. Listen to the Word of God. c)  Deuteronomy...