Fellowship With God 1 John 1:5-7

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Three Obedience Tests

• Fellowship With God1 John 15-7
• LOVE NOT the World Righteousness Test 1 John
  215-17
• LOVE the TruthDoctrinal Test 1 John 218-26
• LOVE the Brethren Brotherly Love Test 1 John
  27-11

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One Another Commands
Love the Brethren John 1334-35 Romans 138
1 Peter 122 48

1. Mutual humility
2. Mutual service
3. Mutual edification
4. Destructive factors

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One Another Commands

• Mutual humility
• Be of the same mind (Romans 1216)
• Receive one another (Romans 157)
• Have the same care for everyone (1 Corinthians
  1225)
• Have compassion (1 Peter 38,9)
• Be devoted (Romans 1210)

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One Another Commands

• Mutual humility
• Submit to one another .(Ephesians 521)
• Esteem others as better. (Philippians 23,4)
• Live in peace. (1 Thessalonians 512,13)
• Bear with one another. (Ephesians 41-3)
• Forgive. (Ephesians 431,32)

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One Another Commands

• Mutual service
• Serve one another. (1 Peter 410)
• Bear one anothers burdens. (Galatians 62)
• Be kind to each other. (Ephesians 431,32)
• Show hospitality. (1 Peter 49)
• Confess sins to and pray for one another. (James
  516)

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One Another Commands

• Mutual edification
• Build up. (Romans 1419)
• Admonish. (Romans 1514)
• Exhort. (Hebrews 312,13)
• Teach in song. (Colossians 316)
• Consider one another to stir up. .(Hebrews 1024)
• Assemble together. (Hebrews 1025)

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One Another Commands

• Destructive Factors
• Do not judge. (Romans 1413)
• Do not speak evil of one another. (James 411)
• Do not murmur against. (James 59)
• Do not bite and devour one another.
  (Galatians 514,15)
• Do not lie. (Colossians 39)

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Admonish One Another

• Not casual communication or normal teaching.
  Implies specific exhortation, correction, or
  warning.
• Acts 2031
• Romans 1514
• 1 Corinthians 1011
• Ephesians 64
• Colossians 128 316
• 1 Thessalonians 512,14
• 2 Thessalonians 315
• Titus 310

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Admonish One Another

• Admonition often includes the application of
  Gods inspired principles to a problem or
  circumstance.
• That is, it includes wisdom, which is properly
  defined as Gods instruction applied.
• We are to help each other obtain wisdom.

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Admonish One Another

• God commands us to share and receive wisdom
  (applications).
• Teaching in Proverbs
• 11-6
• 1017,21
• 1114
• 121,15
• 131,18
• 1416
• 152, 7, etc.

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Admonish One Another

• God commands us to share and receive wisdom
  (applications).
• Teaching in the New Testament
• Titus 23-5
• 1 Corinthians 1011
• 1 Timothy 413
• 2 Timothy 42

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Admonish One Another

• Are some Christians so influenced by the worlds
  judge not mindset that we are unable to
  properly receive admonition from our brethren?
• Are we too quick to put up defenses and think
  evil of brethren when they fulfill Gods command
  to admonish?

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Admonish One Another

• How to Receive Admonition
• Instead of viewing our brother or sister as
  opinionated and judgmental, God requires us to
  receive admonition with love and try to learn
  from it.

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Admonish One Another

• How to Give Admonition
• Acts 2031Deep concern and love
• Romans 1514Full of goodness filled with all
  knowledge
• Galatians 61-3Humility and gentleness

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Admonish One Another

• Areas in Which Admonition Might Be Given
• Spiritual Priorities
• Raising Children
• Moral Issues
• Handling the Scriptures Accurately

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Admonish One Another

• Areas in Which Admonition Might Be Given
• Spiritual Priorities

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What Happens When We Attend Every Church Service?
We seek first the Kingdom of God
Matthew 633 We increase our knowledge
2 Timothy 215 We are spiritually
edified Acts 2032 We
strengthen the congregation
1 Thessalonians 511 We provoke one another unto
love and good works Hebrews 1024 We admonish
one another Ephesians 519
Colossians 316
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What Happens When We Attend Every Church Service?
We set a good example Matthew
516 1 Timothy 412 We demonstrate love for
God1 John 53 John 1421-24 We show desire to
be like Christ Luke 416 We support gospel
preaching1 Corinthians 121 We prepare for
eternity Matthew 2546 We glorify God1
Corinthians 1031
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What Happens When We Attend the Church Services
Sporadically?
We demonstrate misplaced priorityMatthew 633 We
set a bad example
1 Timothy 412 We show faltering love for God
John 1415 We miss opportunities to encourage
our brethren-Hebrews 1025 We fail to do what we
know is good- James 417 We fail to walk in
Christs footsteps 1 Peter 221
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What Happens When We Attend the Church Services
Sporadically?
We fail to give God the glory He
deservesEphesians 321 We may be willfully
violating Gods command-Hebrews 1025 We may be
showing lack of respect for Scriptural authority
Colossians 317 We may be placing our souls in
dangerJohn 821
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Admonish One Another

• Areas in Which Admonition Might Be Given
• Raising Children

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The Training and Admonition of the Lord

• Ephesians 64
• And you, fathers, do not provoke your children
  to wrath, but bring them up in the training and
  admonition of the Lord.

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The Training and Admonition of the Lord

• Titus 23,4
• The older women likewise, that they be reverent
  in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much
  wine, teachers of good things, that they admonish
  the young women to love their husbands, to love
  their children.

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The Training and Admonition of the Lord

• Proverbs 2313,14
• Do not withhold correction from a child, for if
  you beat him with a rod, he will not die. You
  shall beat him with a rod, and deliver his soul
  from hell.

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The Training and Admonition of the Lord

• Proverbs 2215
• Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child
  the rod of correction will drive it far from
  him.
• Proverbs 1324
• He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who
  loves him disciplines him promptly.

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The Training and Admonition of the Lord

• Proverbs 1918
• Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not
  set your heart on his destruction.
• Proverbs 2915
• The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a child left
  to himself brings shame to his mother.

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From Childhood You Have Known the Sacred
Scriptures

• NEVER allow worldly entertainment--TV, movies,
  booksto teach the value of guarding the mind.
• NEVER allow immodest dress, regardless of fashion
  trends or what other church members are wearing.
• NEVER allow evil companionship, in any way, at
  any age.
• NEVER tire of saying NO. Never give in and take
  the easy way out.

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Seven O.T. Laws That Define Gods Family Values

• Marrying a Godly spouse
• Remaining pure until marriage
• Faithfulness in marriage
• Practicing male headship in the home
• Teaching children at home
• Respecting parents
• Respecting the aged

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Admonish One Another

• Areas in Which Admonition Might Be Given
• Moral Issues

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Moral Choices Discerning Between Good and Evil

• Lasciviousness/Impurity
• Movies, television, music, magazines, dancing,
  dating, modest clothing, mixed swimming
• Covetousness
• Lottery, raffles, gambling
• Alcohol
• An occasional beer or glass of wine

Galatians 519-21 Ephesians 53-11
1 Corinthians 69-11
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Food for Thought

• You have heard it said
• You shall not bind where God has not bound

• But I say unto you
• For you, brethren, have been called to liberty
  only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the
  flesh, but through love serve one another.
  Galatians 513

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Food for Thought

• Are you more concerned with doing what you WANT
  than with
• avoiding participation in and even exposing the
  deeds of darkness? Ephesians 53-11

• Are you more concerned with doing what you WANT
  than with
• possibly causing one of Gods little ones to
  stumble? Matthew 181-10

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Food for Thought

• Are you more concerned with doing what you WANT
  than with
• presenting your body as a living sacrifice for
  the Lords sake? Romans 121,2

• Have you obeyed the Gospel?
• Do you need to come home?