Actions Speak Louder than Words - Lesson 7 - ... with Others

Apology for last week as we did not review actions with our spouse.
We only spoke of words.

Introduction

3 purposes of Bible Study
- Take away excuses
- Promote thought
- Encourage

Let’s review the Major excuses and get them out of the way.


Promote thought, I will do that usually by asking you loaded questions,
Or rhetorical questions that I want you to answer.

The encourage part is difficult.
First off I don’t know how to do it and make it sound real.
I believe it is to remain a goal of these classes,


Let’s take away most excuses with this verse.

Ecclesiastes 7:20, ‘For there is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.’


I hear some nonsense about when New Orleans or San Francisco has a problem
about it being from God it makes my skin crawl.
What’s that say when a Southern Baptist Church gets burned to the ground
Or a Christian Girl Gets raped.
Can I use that same logic there?
I’ll answer that question – no.

Matthew 5:45, ‘That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.’


2Chronicles 7:14, ‘If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.’


I went to the Discipleship 1 lessons for the following material
As it is some items I strongly believe in and we most often forget of lesson.

As taken from discipleship Lesson 9, Other Christians

While you should be ready to forgive your brother or sister if there is true repentance, reconciliation and restoration cannot take place without this repentance on the part of the offending party. God made forgiveness possible when Christ died and rose again.

That forgiveness becomes operative only when we repent and receive His forgiveness.

My question to you is,
Can I forgive someone if they do not ask me to forgive them?





Luke 17:3, ‘Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.’


As taken from discipleship Lesson 15, Relating to Unbelievers

Your opposition will come from those closest to you, those who know you best – friends, family, fellow workers and acquaintances.

Mark 6:4, ‘But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.


They should view you as moderate in all things, but not so peculiar that you lose influence. This would include your dress – moderate, not weird.

Philippians 4:5, ‘Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.’


Once again as taken from discipleship Lesson 15, Relating to Unbelievers

They should view you as moderate in all things, but not so peculiar that you lose influence. This would include your dress – moderate, not weird.

I Corinthians 9:22, ‘To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.’


Ezekiel 18:24,27, ‘But when the righteous turneth away from the righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shell he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.’

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