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#1
Genesis 6:3
Hebrews 11:7
II Peter 2:5
#2
I Peter 3:5-9
#3
I Corinthians 3:5-9
#4
I Corinthians 6:19-20
Acts 20:28
I Peter 1:18-25
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“God’s Pay-Back” (II Thessalonians 1:6-10)
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“God’s Pay-Back”
(II Thessalonians 1:6-10)
Christ is Coming! “Refreshment or Retribution”
Parousia —
Revealed —
From H ______________ (Acts 1:9-11)
Not a ______________.
In ___________ fire.
(Matthew 13:40-42)
RETRIBUTION
“Pay back trouble”
Let God do it — Romans 12:19
Why? God is J__________/ F _________.
Isaiah 45:20-25/55:6-7/Ezekiel 33:17-20
Who? Genesis 12:3/Zechariah 2:8/Matthew 18:6-10
1. Don’t K _________God. (Romans 1:18-21)
2. Don’t O ____________ Gospel. (Hebrews 10:26-31)
How?
“Everlasting Destruction” —
How Bad??
So Do?? 1. Make S ________.
2. _________ others.
Looking for a Good Church Part 2 (2 Thes 1:-5)
“Looking for a Good Church”
(II Thessalonians 1:1-5)
If looking for a church — What look for?
What God look for?
G ________________ Conversion
“In Christ”
I ____________________ Faith
I Peter 1:6-7 James 2:2-4
G___________________ Love (Sacrificial Service)
P ________________ Hope
Titus 2:11-14
K_________________ Attitude
“ME, ,ME, ME!”
or Matthew 6:33???
“Is Evidence” =
Philippians 1:27-30 Acts 5:41 Hebrews 12:7-10
Acts 14:21-22 I Thessalonians 2:11-12; 3:2-5
I Peter 5:10
“As result — Counted Worthy”
L _________ as though in God’s Kingdom.
God looks at the _________!
(I Samuel 16:7)
DON’T LOOK! BE!
Looking for a Good Church (2 Thes 1:1-5)
“Looking for a Good Church”
(II Thessalonians 1:1-5)
If looking for a church — What look for?
What God look for?
G ________________ Conversion.
“In”
Grace —
Peace —
I ____________________ Faith
“Growing more & more”
I Peter 1:6-7 Romans 8:35-39
Psalm 119:67, 71
James 1:2-4 I Peter 5:10
G___________________ Love
John 13:34-35 Romans 5:8
Love — not sentimentality/emotional — But:
S ____________ S____________.
Galatians 5:6
P ________________ Hope
“Persecutions” —
“Trials” —
Who should boast about us?
( Proverbs 27:2)
“Perseverance”—
Not grim — but joyful!
Titus 2:11-14
DON’T LOOK FOR SUCH A CHURCH —
BE SUCH A CHURCH!
Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land
“Singing the Lord’s Songs-
In a Foreign Land”
(Psalm 137)
When happy, it is easy to sing!
When not?
“Zion” — Not just a __________ — But G _______!
What do I do? Remember…
- P ___________. ( I Timothy 2:1-4)
- God is still G __________.
- Not a _________. (Philippians 4:21-22)
- Our job is to S _________. Be F ___________.
(Ezekiel 33:1-9; 17-20)
(Not responsible for the R___________. But to sing!)
So How do I Sing?
- The strangeness of the ___________ is no excuse
for not singing.
- Learn to sing without w ________________.
Daniel 6:3-5 I Peter 2:11-12
- Allow set backs & challenges to provide opportunity
for __________.
Philippians 3:7-10 II Timothy 3:10-19
Matthew 5:11-12 Acts 16:16-40
- Gain strength from God’s S ____________.
(Psalm 1, 2, 100, 121, 122, 127)
Matthew 6:25-34
“I sing because I’m happy.”
“I sing because I’m free.”