Standing Firm on a slippery Slope

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV Be watchful,

stand firm in the faith, act like men, be
strong.
 God’s Word
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV All Scripture is breathed out by God
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and
for training in righteousness, (N.T. is Scripture 1 Tim. 5:18, 2
Peter 3:16

1 Peter 1:25 ESV but the word of the Lord remains forever."
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV knowing this first of all, that no

prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own
interpretation. (21) For no prophecy was ever produced by
the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were
carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Samuel 23:2 ESV "The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me;

his word is on my tongue.
In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth. Gen. 1:1

Read Gen. 1:31, 2:1-3

Day (yom) in Gen. 1:31 is same

word used in Exodus 20:8-11
Proverbs 17:6 ESV Grandchildren are the crown of
the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
 Abortion is Murder!!!
Jeremiah 1:5 ESV "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a
prophet to the nations."

Psalms 139:13 ESV For you formed my inward parts; you knitted
me together in my mother's womb.

Read Luke 1:36 “son;” 1:41 “baby;” 2:12, 16 “baby”

Homosexuality is
Sin

•Read Romans 1:26, 27

•Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
 Role of Women in the church
Galatians 3:26-29 ESV for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God,
through faith. (27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ
have put on Christ. (28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all
one in Christ Jesus. (29) And if you are Christ's, then you are
Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

Read 1 Timothy 2:8-15

 Marriage &
Divorce

Read Matthew 19:3-9

Luke 16:18 ESV "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries
another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman
divorced from her husband commits adultery.
 Where’s the Piano?
Ephesians 5:19 ESV addressing one
another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making
melody to the Lord with your heart,

Colossians 3:16 ESV Let the word of

Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and
admonishing one another in all wisdom,
singing psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to
God.
 Organization of the Church
The church is
the body of Eph. 1:22-23 ESV And
Christ, Christ he put all things under
Headquarters
is Heaven his feet and gave him
as head over all things
Each local
congregation to the church, (23)
is to have Elders which is his body, the
Elders
fullness of him who
There are no fills all in all.
inferior Members of a
members of congregation, including Read 1 Cor. 12:12-14
the Lord’s
church
Deacons and Evangelists
 Shepherds – Elders - Overseers
Three different words are used to designate the leaders of a local
congregation.

Acts 20:17 ESV Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called
the elders (presbuteroi) of the church to come to him.

Acts 20:28 NASB "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock,
among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers (episkopoi –
bishops), to shepherd (poimaino – pastor as Eph. 4:11) the church
of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Read Titus 1:5-9

1 Peter 5:1-3 ESV So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder
and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the
glory that is going to be revealed: (2) shepherd the flock of God
that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but
willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
(3) not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples
to the flock.

Hebrews 13:7 ESV Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you
the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and
imitate their faith.

Hebrews 13:17 ESV Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they
are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an
account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that
would be of no advantage to you.
 The Lord’s Supper
1 Corinthians 11:20 NASB Therefore when
you meet together, it is not to eat the
Lord's Supper,

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV On the first day of

every week, each of you is to put
something aside and store it up, as he may
prosper, so that there will be no collecting
when I come.

Acts 20:7 ESV On the first day of the week,

when we were gathered together to break
bread, Paul talked with them, intending to
depart on the next day, and he prolonged
his speech until midnight.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17 KJVR The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ? (17) For we being many are one bread,
and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

1 Cor. 11:23-30 ESV For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you,
that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, (24) and
when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for
you. Do this in remembrance of me." (25) In the same way also he took the
cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this,
as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." (26) For as often as you eat
this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
(27) Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an
unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.
(28) Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of
the cup. (29) For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body
eats and drinks judgment on himself. (30) That is why many of you are weak
and ill, and some have died.
Hear - Romans 10:17 ESV So faith comes from hearing, and hearing
through the word of Christ.

Believe - Hebrews 11:6 ESV And without faith it is impossible to

please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that
he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Repent - Luke 13:3 ESV No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will
all likewise perish.

Confess - Matthew 10:32-33 KJV Whosoever therefore shall confess

me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in
heaven. (33) But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I
also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Be Baptized - Mark 16:16 ESV Whoever believes and is baptized will
be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

John 3:36 ESV Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever
does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
remains on him.

Acts 2:37-38

As of Eph 4:5 there is just one baptism.

1 Peter 3:20-21 ESV because they formerly did not obey, when God's
patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being
prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely
through water. (21) Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves
you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God
for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV Be watchful,
stand firm in the faith, act like men, be
strong.