Sunday, June 24, 2012

Positive Attitudes In The Church!



‘Positive Attitudes In The Church.’
1 Thessalonians 5:11-13.
a)       1 Thessalonians 5:11. We should continue to:-
1-      Encourage one another.
2-      Exhort one another.
3-      Build up one another.
b)       1 Thessalonians 5:12. Our attitudes towards our Biblical Church Leaders should be:-
1-      Appreciate them.
2-      Know them.
3-      Submit to their Authority.
4-      Submit to their Admonishment.
5-      Submit to their Instruction.
c)       1 Thessalonians 5:13. For those Biblical Church Leaders who do their work well we should:-
1-      Esteem them very highly in Love.
2-      Respect them.
3-      Honour them.
d)       1 Thessalonians 5:13. We should be at Peace amongst ourselves.
(This QT encourages me to have Positive Attitudes In The Church, especially when a Church is functioning Biblically)
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‘The Power Of The Lord.’
a)       Luke 5:17. Was present to heal Jewish religious teachers and leaders.
b)       Matthew 13:54; Mark 6:2; 1 Corinthians 12:10. Was Power to do miracles.
c)       Matthew 22:29; Ephesians 1:19. Is something to be known.
d)       Mark 9:1; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Revelation 11:17. Will bring in the Kingdom of God.
e)       Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8. The Holy Spirit can fill us with this Power.
f)        Romans 1:4. Resurrected Jesus Christ.
g)       Romans 1:16. Is at work through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
h)       1 Corinthians 1:24. Is Christ Himself.
i)         1 Corinthians 4:19. Some people pretend to have it.
j)         Colossians 1:11. Gives us endurance and patience.
k)       Colossians 1:29. Can be depended upon.
l)         2 Thessalonians 1:11. The Power of the Lord helps us to accomplish all the good things that our Faith prompts us to do.
(Through this Second one I long to know more of The Power Of The Lord)
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Chris.
The Power of the Lord is something to be known and something to be experienced. It is very obvious from the Scripture that God trusts Holy People with His Power. I  really do not like it when certain evangelists, some of them frequently seen on Television, talk about the “power”  of God and claim to have that power when their lives do not come up to Biblical standards. Really God trusts Holy People with His Power and most of them are not “famous”.

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