Keeping Our Balance

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Keeping Our Balance

• Romans 101-4

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Keeping Our Balance

• One of Satans favorite devices (schemes)
  Eph. 610-11
• Using good things and twisting them or overusing
  them to the point of sin.

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Keeping Our Balance

• Weightier versus Lighter Matters Matt. 2323-24
• Pharisee and scribes were out of balance toward
  the lighter matters
• We can be too!

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Keeping Our Balance

• Matthew 2323-24

Lighter Matters
Weightier Matters
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Keeping Our Balance

• Matthew 2323-24

Weightier Matters
Lighter Matters
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Keeping Our Balance

• Weightier versus Lighter Matters Matt. 2323-24
• Pharisee and scribes were out of balance toward
  the lighter matters
• We can be too!
• Danger for religious conservatives

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Keeping Our Balance

• Weightier versus Lighter Matters Matt. 2323-24
• Others were out of balance another way Rom.
  101-4
• Can also over-emphasize the weightier matters

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Keeping Our Balance

• Matthew 2323-24 Romans 101-4

Lighter Matters
Weightier Matters
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Keeping Our Balance

• Weightier versus Lighter Matters Matt. 2323-24
• Others were out of balance another way Rom.
  101-4
• Can also over-emphasize the weightier matters
• Danger for religious liberals

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Keeping Our Balance

• The goodness and severity of God Romans 1122
• See also Romans 25-10

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Keeping Our Balance

• Romans 1122

SEVERITY
GOODNESS
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Keeping Our Balance

• The goodness and severity of God Romans 1122
• See also Romans 25-10
• We naturally prefer to hear of Gods goodness!

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Keeping Our Balance

• The goodness and severity of God Romans 1122
• We must balance that with hearing about His
  severity lest we become like those in 2 Tim.
  41-4

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Keeping Our Balance

• Romans 1122 2 Timothy 41-4

SEVERITY
GOODNESS
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Keeping Our Balance

• Romans 1122

GOODNESS
SEVERITY
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Keeping Our Balance

• The goodness and severity of God Romans 1122
• Note the balance in Pauls epistles to Timothy
• 1 Tim. 112-20
• 2 Tim. 26-19

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Keeping Our Balance
Truth Congregation Discipline - Soft
Sincerity Individual Discipline - Firm
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Keeping Our Balance

• God provides a defense to every scheme of
  Satan Eph. 611-17
• We need not be overcome by any of his
  temptations! 1 Corinthians 1013