** Apparently not - just look at the world today! **

Date:   1/2/2018 11:47:34 AM ( 6 y ago)

3. Read James 1:22.
If we just hear God’s Word but never put it into practice, what have we done?

{We have failed to accept or follow God's Word!}

4. Read Matthew 7:24-27.
In order to be a wise person, we must not only hear the sayings of Jesus, but we
must do what?

[Learn to accept and put into practice the words He presented!}

5. Read Ephesians 4:11-12.
Who is to do the work of the ministry?

{The people who believed!}


6. Read Acts 8:1 and 4.
Who went everywhere preaching the Word?

{Saul Persecutes the Church

8 Now Saul was consenting to his death(Stephen)

1: At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

2: And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

3: As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

Christ Is Preached in Samaria

4: Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.


7. Read Acts 8:1 and 4.
Who did not go everywhere preaching the Word?

{Those who were not committed or against the Gospel Message}


JAMES 1:22 –
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

MATTHEW 7:24-27 –
24)Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon
a rock.
26) And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

EPHESIANS 4:11-12 –
11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

ACTS 8:1 –
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great
persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

ACTS 8:4 –

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word..


8. Read Acts 11:19-22.
In the early New Testament church, the believers did the work of the ministry, and
it was followed up by apostolic leadership and instruction. In our churches today, it’s the leadership that starts things and the believers then follow.
How does Acts 11:19-22 verify this statement?

{In the early New Testament church, the believers did the work of the ministry, and
it was followed up by apostolic leadership and instruction.}

9. Read 1 Corinthians 12:14-18.
Each part of the body of Christ is necessary. We should not compare ourselves
among ourselves. Rather, total commitment to Christ is not doing everything but doing what God has equipped you to do. What will you do with the information you’ve received in this lesson?

{16 So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. 17 Then the fame of David went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.}


ACTS 11:19-22 –
19) Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
20) And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21) And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number
believed, and turned unto the Lord.
22) Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in
Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:14-18 –
14) For the body is not one member, but many.
15) If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is
it therefore not of the body?
16) And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17) If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole
were hearing, where were the smelling?
18) But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it has
pleased him.





 

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