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Scripture References:
2 peter 2:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+peter+2&version=KJV
Revelation 1:19-20:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A19-20&version=KJV
1) – What Jesus loves and condemns
2) – Consequences of disobedient and spiritual neglect.
3) – Rewards of alertness and diligence.
— Are you getting a check of things that need to be changed?
— Are you doing something about it?
What does God Commend?
1) – Not tolerating Wicked individuals who goal is to undermine congregations loyalty to God and its effectiveness to God
2) – Evaluating the life of Christian leaders before excepting what they teach.
3) – Preserving in faith, love, witness, service and suffering in Christ.
— He loves it when we hate what God hates.
— he loves it when we refuse to conform to the world.
— refuse to accept worldliness in the church.
4) – Honoring and following Gods word.
How do God reward the church?
1) – By rescuing them from the time ultimate tribulation and judgement in the last dates.
2) – By blessing them with His love and His presents and His close Relationship
3) Ultimately giving them Eternal life with God.
What does Christ Condemns?
1) – Condemns the church for a weakening or abandoning to God the father.
2) – weakening and abandoning of true biblical faith.
3) – Not tolerating immoral teachers and preachers
4) – becoming spiritually dead, Luke warm, half hearten.
5) – substituted outward success for real spirituality with God by Gods standard.
How does Christ punish churches?
1) – be removing them from their place in God’s kingdom
2) – by withdrawing his Special favor, his presents, his Guiding hand from Satan destruction.
3) – By placing their leaders under God’s judgement.
What does God message say about the natural stagnation, lack of growth, decline, loss of faith, or outright rebellion?
1) – Without proper precaution churches will slowly go their own way. They will except false teaching, and anti God elements.
2) – See that churches negatively affected by false Christians and other wicket and unfaithful people.
— Never take your spiritual condition for granted.
3) – The Bible is the highest and final authority on falsehood.
How can churches avoid a spirtual decline?
1) – Churches must be willing what the Spirit says.
— They must listen and respond to God’s direct message, at church or at home, alone or with people.
2) – The word of Jesus must always be the churches guide.
3) – Through the holy spirit is the measure the church should examine themselves and continually improve their spiritual lives.
4) – They must correct their actions and the degree of toleration worldly beliefs among their members.
5) – spiritual decline can be stop or corrected only if there is sincerer repentance.