CHRIST IS THE ANSWER WHATEVER THE PROBLEM. CHRIST IS THE ANSWER AA ll of our problems can be solved...

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WHATEVER THE PROBLEM

CHRIST IS THE ANSWERCHRIST IS THE ANSWER

All of our problems can be solved if we would but turn to Christ; He is the solution to them all.

Let us consider some of man's major problems.

GUIDANCEGUIDANCE

O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. (Jer. 10:23)

GUIDANCEGUIDANCE

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)

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And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Eph. 1:22-23)

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And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” (Mt. 28:18)

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Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. (Eph. 5:22-24)

GUIDANCEGUIDANCE

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. (Eph. 5:25-27)

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” (Eph. 6:1-3)

GUIDANCEGUIDANCE

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (Eph. 6:1-4)

HUMAN RELATIONSHUMAN RELATIONS

Human relations are a problem because of selfishness, covetousness and a failure to respect the rights of others.

But life lived as Jesus directs is free of these basic causes of friction.

HUMAN RELATIONSHUMAN RELATIONS

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ “But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.” (Mt. 5:38-39)

HUMAN RELATIONSHUMAN RELATIONS

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

HUMAN RELATIONSHUMAN RELATIONS

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Mt. 5:43-45)

HUMAN RELATIONSHUMAN RELATIONS

“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Mt. 7:12)

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Employees are expected to work and employers are expected to pay.

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. (Eph. 6:5-8)

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. (Col. 4:1)

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.” (1 Tim. 5:18)

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Employees are expected to work and employers are expected to pay.

Each should be honest and truthful, respecting the property and rights of the other.

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. (Rom. 12:17)

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Pet. 2:11-12)

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

Employees are expected to work and employers are expected to pay.

Each should be honest and truthful, respecting the property and rights of the other.

One should be unconcerned with how much someone else is making.

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’ “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’“But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

LABOR RELATIONSLABOR RELATIONS

“ ‘Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ ” (Mt. 20:1-15)

ECONOMICSECONOMICS

Waste brings want. Jesus taught thrift.

ECONOMICSECONOMICS

So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. (John 6:12-13)

ECONOMICSECONOMICS

Waste brings want. Jesus taught thrift.Excessive profits/interest destroy trade. Trade between two parties must cease

when one party has been so robbed that he no longer has the means of exchange.

"Live and let live" is to the advantage of both parties.

ECONOMICSECONOMICS

“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Mt. 7:12)

ECONOMICSECONOMICS

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. (Phil. 2:3-4)

IGNORANCEIGNORANCE

Infants are born into this world having knowledge of no one's needs and desires but their own.

They do not know how to satisfy their own needs, but are dependent upon others.

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Thus, they must be taught the proper way to satisfy their needs and desires.

Jesus advanced in four areas.

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And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. (Luke 2:52)

SINSIN

This is a universal problem.

SINSIN

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23)

SINSIN

This is a universal problem.Jesus came to save man from sin.

SINSIN

“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." (Mt. 1:21)“For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mt. 26:28)

SINSIN

This is a universal problem.Jesus came to save man from sin.Salvation from sin is conditional.

SINSIN

“Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." (John 8:24)

SINSIN

“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:16)

SINSIN

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38)

SINSIN

This is a universal problem.Jesus came to save man from sin.Salvation from sin is conditional.Jesus Christ is our mediator and our

advocate.

SINSIN

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1 Tim. 2:5-7)

SINSIN

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. (1 John 2:1-2)