WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 03/20/11

WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF

CHRIST

Pine Grove Church of Christ – 03/20/11

Let us Sing Praises to God

Song Leader:

First Song – #

Second Song – #

Opening Prayer:

Song before Lesson – #

Invitation Song – #

WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF

CHRIST


MORE THAN “MERE MEN”


More than “Mere Men”

I Corinthians 3:1-3 – (NKJ) “are you not carnal and

behaving like mere men”

(KJ) “are you not carnal and walk as men”

(ESV) “are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way”

(NIV) “… are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men”


Mere –

being nothing more nor better

than

(He is still a mere child.)

being nothing more than

something specified


I Corinthians 3:1-3 – (NKJ) “are you not carnal and

behaving like mere men”

(KJ) “are you not carnal and walk as men”

(ESV) “are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way”

(NIV) “… are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men”

MORE THAN “MERE MEN” – CHANGING A

WORLDLY FOCUS


Changing a Worldly Focus

Focused on Christ

Focused on Christ

Hebrews 12:1-2 –

“let us lay aside every weight, and the

sin which so easily ensnares us, and let

us run with endurance the race that is

set before us, looking unto Jesus, the

author and finisher of our faith”

Focused on Christ

Ephesians 4:17-24 –

“But you have not so learned

Christ, if indeed you have heard

Him and have been taught by Him,

as the truth is in Jesus: that you put

off, concerning your former

conduct, the old man”

Focused on Christ

Ephesians 4:25-32 – (25) Put Away Lying & Speak Truth

(26-27) Be Angry & Do Not Sin (28) Steal No Longer & Work (29-30) No Corrupt Word, but Good for Edification

(31-32) Put Away Malice & Put on Love

Focused on Christ

Colossians 3:8-17 –

“since you have put off the old

man with his deeds, and have put

on the new man who is renewed

in knowledge according to the

image of Him who created Him.”


Focused on Christ

Focused on God’s Will


Luke 14:25-33 –

“So likewise, whoever of you

does not forsake all that he has

cannot be My disciple.”


Habakkuk 3:1-2 –

“O Lord, I have heard your

speech and was afraid; O Lord,

revive Your work in the midst

of the years!”


Matthew 6:9-13 –

“Our Father in heaven, Hallowed

by you name. Your kingdom

come, Your will be done On

earth as it is in heaven.”


Matthew 26:39-42 –

“not as I will, but as you will…

Your will be done.”


Focused on Christ


Focused on Heaven

Focused on Heaven

Matthew 6:19-21 – “lay up for yourselves treasures in

heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal”

Matthew 6:25-33 – “But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Focused on Heaven

Colossians 3:1-2 –

“If then you were raised with

Christ, seek those things which are

above, where Christ is, sitting at

the right hand of God. Set your

mind on things above, not on

things on the earth.”

Focused on Heaven

Philippians 3:13-14, 20 –

“reaching forward to those things

which are ahead, I press toward the

goal for the upward call of God in

Christ Jesus”

(20)“For our citizenship is in

heaven”

Conclusion

God does not want us to be like “Mere Men”. We must change a worldly focus and be…

Focused on Christ


Focused on Heaven

Conclusion

I Kings 2:1-3 – “… prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statues, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn”

God’s Plan of Salvation

Hear the Word of God (Mark 16:15) Believe in Jesus (Mark 16:16) Repent of Sins (II Peter 3:9) Confess Faith in Christ (Matthew

10:32) Be Baptized in Water (Acts 2:38)

Remain Faithful & Grow (Revelations 2:10) If err, repent and pray to God (I John 1:9)

Lord’s Supper

Partaking of the Bread:

I Corinthians 11:24 – “and when He has given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

Lord’s Supper

Partaking of the Fruit of the Vine:

I Corinthians 11:26 – “In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT!

PLEASE COME BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT

7PM FOR BIBLE STUDY!


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