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DECEMBER 15, 1967 SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE Elders are the eye-bars - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DECEMBER 15, 1967 SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE Elders are the eye-bars - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DECEMBER 15, 1967 SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE Elders are the eye-bars on the bridge of truth. Leadership matters (verb) in leadership matters (noun). WARNING PASSAGES Matthew 7:15 Acts 20:29-30 II Timothy 3:6-7 II Peter 2:1 I John 4:1 Jude
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SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE
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Elders are the eye-bars
- n the bridge of truth.
Leadership matters (verb) in leadership matters (noun).
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WARNING PASSAGES
Matthew 7:15 Acts 20:29-30 II Timothy 3:6-7 II Peter 2:1 I John 4:1 Jude 3-4
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TITUS 1:10-12
- I. Restraining Heresy
- A. Restraining Against Their Lips
- B. Restraining Against Their Lives
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TITUS 1:13-16
Rebuke: Bring T
- Light, Expose, Convince
Titus 2:15 & Revelation 3:19 Sharply: Curt, Abrupt, Decisively II Corinthians 13:10 & II Timothy 3:16
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- A. AGAINST
THEIR LIPS
“They Profess T
- Know God” (16)
“Unbelieving” (15) II Timothy 3:2-5 & Matthew 7:21-23
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DANIEL AKIN
“How we think will give way to how we speak. Lie to ourselves, and we will lie to others. Lie to ourselves, and we will lie about God. By their man-centered, humanistic message, that focuses on what they can do, they make an idol of themselves.”
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- B. AGAINST THEIR LIVES
- 1. Devotion
T
- T
eachings Of Men (14)
- a. Jewish Myths (Going Beyond Scripture)
I Timothy 1:3-4; 4:7; & II Peter 1:16
- b. Commands Of People (Going Against Scripture)
Mark 7:5-9
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- 2. MIND & CONSCIENCE DEFILED (15)
Defiled Juxtaposed Against Pure Good & Clear
- Vs. Defiled & Seared
Mark 7:15-22
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- 3. DETESTABLE (16)
Abomination As God Views Idolatry Matthew 24:25 & Revelation 21:27
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- 4. DISOBEDIENT (16)
Non-Compliant & Rebellious “For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by
- thers and hating one another” (Titus 3:3).
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- 5. UNFIT (16)
Reprobate Or Disqualified, Cast Away “God Gave Them Up” (Romans 1:28) “Disqualified Regarding The Faith” (II Timothy 3:8)
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ELDERS IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
Must Meet The Qualifications Found In Titus 1:6-9 Must Both Restrain Heresy And Reprimand Heresy That Exists On The Lips And In The Lives Of People.
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DANIEL AKIN
“The ministry of confrontation is not easy, but it is essential. When the integrity of the gospel is at stake, we cannot run and
- hide. We must stand and fight.”
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WHY THE NEED FOR ELDERS?
“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their
- wn passions, and will turn away