Text:  1 Timothy 4:1-5

Some will fall away from THE FAITH

      They will no longer trust in the work of Christ but insist that

             what they do is what makes them righteous before God....

     Text: 1 John 4:7-21

The Principles of Community in review:

      To KNOW and BE KNOWN:...

     Text:  Jeremiah 29:1-13

SENT INTO EXILE

      God is Sovereign over nations and leaders

      By His plans He sent the Israelites into Exile.

      When results are not what you want,...

COMMUNITY PRINCIPLES

1. Knowing and Being Known

2. Serving and Being Served

3. Admonishing and Being Admonished

4. Encouraging and Being Encouraged

5. Loving and Being Loved

The Essential Ingredient for Community with Christ in His Churchv

      You are...

To Encourage and Be Encouraged

            (to edify and be edified)

  Previous three principles:

1.  To Know and Be Known

2. To Serve and Be Served

3. To Admonish and Be Admonished

Be encouraged !

      God changes...

Previous principles given:

      #1   Knowing and Being Known

      #2   Serving and Being Served

What the Bible says about:
      The Justification for Speaking Truth

           Therefore, lay...

Text: John 13:1-15

Serving…

     LOVE    LAY ASIDE    TAKE UP

Footnotes:

John 13:1-4 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved H...

Text: John 17:20-23 &  1 John 1:1-7

New Realities lead to New Experiences

            An example from the past:

The New Reality...

Text: Psalm 139

Knowing God

      So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.
         His going forth is as certain as the dawn;  (Hosea 6:3)
 

Footnotes:
I count all things to be loss in vi...

THE DIVINE “ONENESS”

      THE NATURE OF GOD and the UNITY WITHIN HIMSELF

      ONE GOD IN THREE PERSONS:

            The Father Initiates:

                  The source of all that occurs...