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1. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for clarity. – vs. 9-11.

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I. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for clarity.

– vs. 9-11.

  1. We must maintain clarity on what is helpful to talk about – v. 9.�

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NT description of false teaching:

•It unsettles the soul – Acts 15:24

•It shipwrecks faith – I Timothy 1:19

•It leads to blasphemy – I Timothy 1:20

•It leads to the ruin of the hearers – II Timothy 2:14

• It produces ungodliness – II Timothy 2:16

•It spreads like “gangrene” – I Timothy 2:17

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I. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for clarity.

– vs. 9-11.

  1. We must maintain clarity on what is helpful to talk about – v. 9.
  2. We must maintain clarity on who is helpful to be around – v. 10-11.

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2. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for continuity. – vs. 12.

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2. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for continuity. – vs. 12.

  1. This means we serve until we can turn it over.�

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2. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for continuity. – vs. 12.

  1. This means we serve until we can turn it over.
  2. This means we train others. (Titus 2; II Timothy 2:2)

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2. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for continuity. – vs. 12.

  1. This means we serve until we can turn it over.
  2. This means we train others. (Titus 2; II Timothy 2:2)

II Timothy 2:2 ~ and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

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II. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for continuity.

– vs. 12.

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You must be people helping people find life with Jesus: �one life at a time.

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3. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for charity. – vs. 13-15.

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3. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for charity.

– vs. 13-15.

  1. Care often requires sacrificial effort. �– “Lacks nothing” – v. 13.

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3. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for charity.

– vs. 13-15.

  1. Care often requires sacrificial effort. �– “Lacks nothing” – v. 13.
  2. Care often requires studious effort.�– “learn to” – v. 14.

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3. If Hillcrest is going to be a healthy hub to a watching world, you must aim for charity.

– vs. 13-15.

  1. Care often requires sacrificial effort. �– “Lacks nothing” – v. 13.
  2. Care often requires studious effort.�– “learn to” – v. 14.
  3. Care often requires swift effort. �– “urgent need” – v. 14.

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What effect are you having on the health of this church? ��How are you contributing to Hillcrest being a healthy hub to a watching world?