Of Christianity

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Of Christianity
The
Delicate
Balance
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Labels

• Whats in This Can?

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Labels

• Warnings

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People Labels

• Good.
• Bad.
• Ugly.

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Political Labels

• Democrat.
• Republican.
• Green party
• Independent.

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Religious Labels

• Denominational Names.
• Liberal.
• Institutional.
• Conservative.
• Conseralib.
• Orphan haters.
• One cuppers.
• Non-Sunday Class
• Antis.

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New Testament Labels
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N.T. Labels

• False prophets teachers.
• 2 Peter 21
  But there were also false prophets among the
  people, even as there will be false teachers
  among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
  heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them,
  and bring on themselves swift destruction.

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N.T. Labels

• False prophets teachers.
• Anti-Christ.
• 1 John 43
  and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus
  Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And
  this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you
  have heard was coming, and is now already in the
  world.

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N.T. Labels

• False prophets teachers.
• Anti-Christ.
• Unrepentant.

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N.T. Labels

• False prophets teachers.
• Anti-Christ.
• Unrepentant.
• Pharisees.

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N.T. Labels

• False prophets teachers.
• Anti-Christ.
• Unrepentant.
• Pharisees.
• Sadducees.

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How Would You Label..
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Jesus

• Matthew 1118-19
• "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and
  they say, 'He has a demon.' "The Son of Man came
  eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a
  glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax
  collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified
  by her children."

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Jesus

• Was He too liberal with the law?
• Disciples did not wash hands. Matt. 152
• Disciples did not fast. Matt. 616
• Was He too conservative?
• Teaching on marriage. Matt. 199
• Adultery. Matt. 528

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John the Baptist

• Too conservative in applying the law?
• Possibly an anti-cooperative?

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The Apostle Paul

• A Liberal by the Jewish standards
• Sharing salvation with Gentiles.
• Taught loose living.
• Meats mean nothing.
• Circumcision is not necessary.

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JusticeMercy and Faith with Law
Must Balance
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Jesus Taught Balance

• Matthew 2323-24
• "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
  For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin,
  and have neglected the weightier matters of the
  law justice and mercy and faith. These you ought
  to have done, without leaving the others undone.
  "Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow
  a camel!

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All of Law Are Equally Important

• Not Completely True!
• Sabbath law vs. healing.
• Showbread vs. David feeding men.
• Jesus disciples taking grain on the Sabbath.

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The Weightier Matters

• Justice, Mercy, Faithfulness.
• Without neglecting the Law
• Matthew 519-20 "Whoever therefore breaks one
  of the least of these commandments, and teaches
  men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of
  heaven but whoever does and teaches them, he
  shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness
  exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and
  Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom
  of heaven.

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Examples of No Balance

• Jeroboams expediencies of worship. 1 Kin
  1228-30
• Seven churches of Asia.Rev. 2 3
• Loveless Church, Ephesus.
• Compromising Church, Pergamos.
• Morally Corrupt Church, Thyatira.
• Dead Church, Sardis (few names)
• Lukewarm Church, Laodicens.

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The Only Label of Value
Christian