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How to Kill A Church

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How to Kill A Church

  1. By Members Not Living the Truth

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By Members Not Living the Truth

  1. The Word of God is Truth (John 17:17)
  2. Our Relationship to the Truth Should Be:
    1. To Know It (John 8:32)
    2. Believe It (1 Timothy 4:3)
    3. Do And Live It (James 1:22; 3 John 3)
    4. Speak It (Ephesians 4:15)

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  1. When Christians Are Not Living the Truth - It Gives Occassion to Enemies of the Lord to Revile (2 Samuel 12:14; Titus 2:5)
  2. If We Are Not Living the Truth - It Can Kill the Church

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By Members Not Living the Truth

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  1. By Members Not Living the Truth
  2. By Members Not Doing Their Share

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How to Kill A Church

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By Members Not Doing Their Share

  1. Every Member Has Something to Supply (1 Corinthians 12:12-31)
  2. The Body Grows When Every Part is Working Properly (Ephesians 4:16)

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The Body Grows When Every Part is Working Properly (Ephesians 4:16)

  1. If Each Part is Not Doing Its Share, The Body is Not Growing
  2. If the Body is Not Growing, it is Going to Die

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By Members Not Doing Their Share

  1. We Must Use the Talents We Are Given - if Not We Will Be Punished (Matthew 24:14-30)
  2. If We Do Not Do Our Share - It Will Kill the Church

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  1. By Members Not Living the Truth
  2. By Members Not Doing Their Share
  3. By Not Practicing Discipline

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How to Kill A Church

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By Not Practicing Discipline

  1. Churches Must Practice Church Discipline (1 Corinthians 5:1-11)
  2. If Church Discipline is Not Practiced - Sin Can Begin to Infiltrate the Church (1 Corinthians 5:6)
  3. If Discipline is Not Practiced - It Will Kill the Church

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  1. By Members Not Living the Truth
  2. By Members Not Doing Their Share
  3. By Not Practicing Discipline
  4. By Having Weak Teaching/Preaching

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By Having Weak Teaching/Preaching

  1. Gospel Preaching Must Be Sound (1 Timothy 6:3)
  2. Sound Teaching Deals With the Issues (Titus 1:5-16)

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  1. Sound Teaching Involves Teaching All of God’s Word (Psalm 119:160; Acts 20:24-28)
  2. If the Teaching of A Church is Weak - It Will Kill A Church

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By Having Weak Teaching/Preaching

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  1. By Members Not Living the Truth
  2. By Members Not Doing Their Share
  3. By Not Practicing Discipline
  4. By Having Weak Teaching/Preaching
  5. By Raising A Generation That Does Not Know God

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  1. Young People Are Attending Church Less And Less
  2. For Churches to Keep From Dying - We Need to Keep Our Young People
  3. How to Keep Young People

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How to Keep Young People

  1. Parents Teach Them God’s Word (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
  2. Teach Them They Are Valuable to the Work of the Lord
    1. Not Despised For Youth (1 Timothy 4:12)
    2. They Encourage Others With Their Presence (Hebrews 10:24-25)

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  1. Parents Teach Them God’s Word (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
  2. Teach Them They Are Valuable to the Work of the Lord
  3. Teach Them How to Rightly Divide the Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15)

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How to Keep Young People

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By Raising A Generation That Does Not Know God

  1. Young People Are Attending Church Less And Less
  2. For Churches to Keep From Dying - We Need to Keep Our Young People
  3. How to Keep Young People
  4. If A Church Is Losing Its Young People - It Can Kill the Church

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Let Us Avoid Things That Kill the Church