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6 Calls
On Your LifeOn Your Life
The Call to Follow Well
The Call to Follow Well
A church is made up of:
* IndividualsIndividualsIndividualsIndividuals and an
* IntegratedIntegratedIntegratedIntegrated body.
God God God God Raises Up Raises Up Raises Up Raises Up LeadersLeadersLeadersLeaders
Eph. 4:11-12 His gifts were that
some should be apostles, some
prophets, some evangelists,
some pastors and teachers to
equip God’s people for works equip God’s people for works
of service.
God God God God Raises Up Raises Up Raises Up Raises Up LeadersLeadersLeadersLeaders
Eph. 1:1 Paul an apostle of Christ
... by the will of God.
God God God God Raises Up Raises Up Raises Up Raises Up LeadersLeadersLeadersLeaders
Acts 20:28 Keep watch over
yourselves and all the flock to
which the Holy Spirit has made
you overseers.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
Acts 16:9 During the night Paul
had a vision of a man of
Macedonia standing and
begging him, “Come over to
Macedonia and help us.” Macedonia and help us.”
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
Acts 16:11 After Paul had seen
the vision, we got ready at once
to leave for Macedonia,
concluding that God had called
us to preach the gospel to us to preach the gospel to
them.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
Acts 13:2 While they were
worshipping the Lord and
fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
“Set apart for me Barnabas and
Saul for the work to which I Saul for the work to which I
have called them.”
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
Acts 6:3 “Brothers, choose seven
men from among you who are
known to be full of the Spirit
and wisdom. We will turn the
responsibility over to them and responsibility over to them and
will give our attention to prayer
and the ministry of the word.”
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
Phil. 2:20-21 I have no one else
like him who takes a genuine
interest in your welfare. For
everyone looks out for his own
interest, not those of Jesus interest, not those of Jesus
Christ.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
James 3:13 Who is wise and
understanding among you? Let
him show it by his good life, by
deeds done in the humility that
comes from wisdom. comes from wisdom.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
Jms. 3:14 But if you harbor bitter
envy and selfish ambition in
your hearts, do not boast about
it or deny the truth.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
James 3:15 Such “wisdom” does
not come down from heaven
but is earthly, unspiritual, of the
devil.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
James 3:16 For where envy and
selfish ambition exist, there
you will find disorder and every
evil practice.
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James 3:17 But the wisdom that
comes from heaven is first
pure, peace-loving, open to
reason, submissive, full of
mercy and good fruits, mercy and good fruits,
impartial and sincere.
God God God God Guides Guides Guides Guides the Leadersthe Leadersthe Leadersthe Leaders
James 3:18 Peace-makers who
sow in peace raise a harvest of
righteousness.
3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges
1. GoGoGoGo elsewhere.
3 John 9 I wrote to the church,
but Diotrephes, who loves to be
first, will have nothing to do first, will have nothing to do
with us.
3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges
1. GoGoGoGo elsewhere.
3 John 10 So if I come, I will call
attention to what he is doing,
gossiping maliciously about us. gossiping maliciously about us.
3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges
1. GoGoGoGo elsewhere.
3 John 12 Demetrius is well
spoken of by everyone—and
even by the truth itself. We also
speak well of him...speak well of him...
3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges
2. Follow Your ConscienceConscienceConscienceConscience in
Gray Areas.
Romans 14:1 Accept him whose
faith is weak without passing
judgment on disputable judgment on disputable
matters.
3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges3 Privileges
3. Give InputInputInputInput and Feedback.
Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders
and submit to their authority.
They keep watch over you as
men who must give an account. men who must give an account.
Obey them so that their work
will be a joy, not a burden, for
that would be of no advantage
to you.
3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities
1. Check ScriptureScriptureScriptureScripture.
Acts 17:11 Now these Bereans
were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, for they received
the word with great eagerness, the word with great eagerness,
examining the scriptures daily
to see if these things were true.
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2. SubmitSubmitSubmitSubmit yourself....
1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the
same way be submissive to
those who are older. Clothe
yourselves with humility toward yourselves with humility toward
one another, because “God
opposes the proud but gives
grace to the humble.”
3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities
3. FollowFollowFollowFollow with a Good WillWillWillWill ....Phil. 2:14-15 Do all things without
grumbling or complaining that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation in which you shine as lights.
3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities3 Responsibilities
3. FollowFollowFollowFollow with a Good WillWillWillWill ....
Eph. 4:3 Make every effort to
keep the unity of the Spirit
through the bond of peace.