Signs of Spiritual Cancer

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Signs of Spiritual Cancer

• RED FLAGS

For this reason many are weak and sick among you,
and many sleep.
1 Cor. 1130
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ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER
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ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER

• 7 warning signs of cancer
• unusual bleeding
• sore that does not heal
• change in restroom habits
• lump in the body
• nagging cough
• change in moles
• difficulty swallowing

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ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CANCER

• Seven warning signs of cancer
• Men - 51 lifetime chance of cancer
• Women - 36 lifetime risk
• Warning signs are red flags
• Examine red flags of spiritual cancer

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SPIRITUAL CANCER WORST

• 2 TIM. 216-18
• But shun profane and idle babblings, for they
  will increase to more ungodliness. (17) And
  their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus
  and Philetus are of this sort, (18) who have
  strayed concerning the truth, saying that the
  resurrection is already past and they overthrow
  the faith of some.

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RED FLAG 1

• LOSS OF APPETITE
• FOR GODS WORD

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BIBLE IS SPIRITUAL FOOD

• Soul lives by it, MATTHEW 44

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MATTHEW 44

• But He answered and said, It is written, Man
  shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
  that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

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BIBLE IS SPIRITUAL FOOD

• Soul lives by it, MATTHEW 44.
• More necessary than physical food, JOB 2312.

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JOB 2312

• I have not departed from the commandment of
  His lips I have treasured the words of His mouth
  more than my necessary food.

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BIBLE IS SPIRITUAL FOOD

• Soul lives by it, MATTHEW 44.
• More necessary than physical food, JOB 2312
• Gods words are sweet, PSALM 119103

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PSALM 119103

• How sweet are Your words to my taste! yea,
  sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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RED FLAG 2

• NEGLECTING THE
• POWER OF PRAYER

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POWER OF PRAYER

• We need daily prayer, 1 THESS. 517
• Make requests known to God, PHILIPPIANS 46

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PHILIPPIANS 46

• Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
  prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let
  your requests be made known to God.

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POWER OF PRAYER

• We need daily prayer, 1 THESS. 517
• Make requests known to God, PHILIPPIANS 46
• We receive wisdom, JAMES 15-6

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JAMES 15-6

• If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
  who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
  and it will be given to him. But let him ask in
  faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is
  like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the
  wind.

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POWER OF PRAYER

• We need daily prayer, 1 THESS. 517
• Make requests known to God, PHILIPPIANS 46
• We receive wisdom, JAMES 15-6
• We receive strength, COLOSSIANS 19-11

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COLOSSIANS 19-11

• We do not cease to pray for you...that you
  may be strengthened with all might, according to
  his glorious power, unto all patience and
  longsuffering with joyfulness...

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RED FLAG 3

• FAILING TO ASSEMBLE
• WITH THE SAINTS

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HEBREWS 1025

• not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
  together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting
  one another, and so much the more as you see the
  Day approaching

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PRIVILEGE TO ASSEMBLE

• We are to provoke one another to higher service,
  HEBREWS 1024

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HEBREWS 1024

• And let us consider one another in order to
  stir up love and good works...

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PRIVILEGE TO ASSEMBLE

• We are to provoke one another to higher service,
  HEBREWS 1024
• We are to encourage one another, HEBREWS 313

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HEBREWS 313

• And let us consider one another to provoke
  unto love and to good works

• But exhort one another daily, while it is
  called Today lest any of you be hardened through
  the deceitfulness of sin.

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PRIVILEGE TO ASSEMBLE

• We are to provoke one another to higher service,
  HEBREWS 1024
• We are to exhort one another, HEBREWS 313
• How encouraging are empty pews?

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RED FLAG 4

• NO INVOLVEMENT
• IN CHURCH WORK

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NO WORK, NO GROWTH

• We ALL have work to do, EPHESIANS 416

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EPHESIANS 416

• from whom the whole body, joined and knit
  together by what every joint supplies, according
  to the effective working by which every part does
  its share, causes growth of the body for the
  edifying of itself in love.

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NO WORK, NO GROWTH

• We ALL have work to do, EPHESIANS 416
• If everyone worked like you, what would get done?
• If all were involved like you, how many would be
  involved?

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RED FLAG 5

• A CRITICAL SPIRIT

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CRITICISM KILLS

• Some Christians will do little or nothing.
• BUT- they will criticize
• Sanballat and Tobiah, NEH. 42-3

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NEH. 42-3

• What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify
  themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make
  an end in a day? will they revive the stones out
  of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
  (3) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he
  said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up,
  he shall even break down their stone wall.

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CRITICISM KILLS

• Some Christians will do little or nothing.
• BUT- they will criticize
• Sanballat and Tobiah, NEH. 42-3
• How many times have you heard
• Why did THEY do it like that?
• THEY didnt do a very good job.

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RED FLAG 6

• LACK OF REGARD
• FOR THE TRUTH

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TRUTH MATTERS

• Perverted truth destroys, GALATIANS 16-8.

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GALATIANS 16-8

• I marvel that you are so soon removed from
  Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto
  another gospel (7) Which is not another but
  there be some that trouble you, and would pervert
  the gospel of Christ. (8) But though we, or an
  angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you
  than that which we have preached to you, let him
  be accursed.

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TRUTH MATTERS

• Perverted truth destroys, GALATIANS 16-8.
• We must contend for the truth, JUDE 3

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JUDE 3

• it was needful for me to write to you, and
  exhort you that you should earnestly contend for
  the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

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RED FLAG 7

• LACK OF SPIRITUAL
• CONCERN FOR OTHERS

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MUST LOVE SOULS

• David was alone, PSALM 1424

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PSALM 1424

• Look on my right hand and see, For there is no
  one who acknowledges me Refuge has failed me No
  one cares for my soul.

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MUST LOVE SOULS

• David was alone, PSALM 1424
• There are many lonely people.
• Many are looking for a better life.
• We must get out of self and first desire to
  help, ROMANS 101-2.

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ROMANS 101-2

• Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God
  for Israel is, that they might be saved. (2)
  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of
  God, but not according to knowledge.

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RED FLAGS OF SPIRITUAL CANCER

• Loss of appetite for Gods Word
• Neglecting the power of prayer
• Failure to assemble with saints
• Not involved in church work
• Critical spirit
• Lack of regard for truth
• Lack of spiritual concern for others

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In Christ SAVED
What Must I Do To be Saved ?
Baptized (Gal.327)
Confess (Rom.1010)
Repent (Lk.133)
Believe (Jn.824)
Hear (Rom.1017)