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Welcome!Sunday
Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM
5:30 PM
Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM
Bibles and copies of sermons are available
Please silence your cell phones
I Peter 2:11 – 3:22The Christian Life
Bearing unfair treatmentAs citizens As servantsAs spouses
I Peter 2:11 – 3:22The Christian LifeAs a spouse
Ephesians 5Colossians 3
I Peter 2:11 – 3:22The Christian Life
CompassionLong SufferingSuffering
I Peter 2:11 – 3:22The Christian Life
A parallel to another timeA parallel of Salvation
Welcome!Sunday
Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM
5:30 PM
Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM
Bibles and copies of sermons are available
Please silence your cell phones
Serving Sunday AM Sunday PM WednesdayUsher Chad Farris Chad Farris Chad Farris
Opening Prayer Ryan Sollars Curt Davis
Opening/Head Chris Willis
CommunionGrant Haines
Curt DavisMichael Hetzer
Lamar McDonald
Song Leader Barry Root Rob Wade
Announcement Rob Wade Lamar McDonald Michael Hetzer
Adult Class Curt Davis
Invitation Ryan Sollars
I Chronicles 16:23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
Hymns Invitation
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Problems with the HeartThe leading cause of death is heart disease
Much is invested in prevention
The spiritual heart also suffers from disease
Problem 1: A Blind HeartA blind heart refuses to see God’s truth
AKA IgnoranceResult of the condition: Death
alienation from God
Ephesians 4:18 having their understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart;
Problem 2: A Dull HeartNo longer motivated to grow in Christ
AKA ApathyResult of the Condition: Death
Inability to be healed by God
Matthew 13:15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are
hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with
their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts
and turn, So that I should heal them.'
Problem 3: A Fat HeartToo satisfied with self-sufficiency
AKA PrideResult of the Condition: Death
Unprepared for God’s judgment
Psalms 119:69-70 The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. Their
heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Your law.
James 5:5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened
your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Problem 4: An Uncircumcised HeartThe refusal to submit to God’s will
AKA RebellionResult of the Condition: Death
God’s wrath is held for this
Acts 7:51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your
fathers did, so do you
Problem 5: A Wandering HeartUnsecured hearts prevent security in God
AKA Spiritual WeaknessResult of the Condition: Death
It will lead to rebellion
Hebrews 3:10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, 'They always go astray in their heart, And
they have not known My ways.'
Problem 6: An Evil HeartA result of a lack of confidence in God
AKA Turning away from GodResult of the Condition: Death
Departure from the source of life
Hebrews 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief in departing from the living God
Problem 7: A Coveting Heart This is a result of trained practice
It is unable to leave sin, because of practice
Result of the Condition: Death“Accursed Children”
2 Peter 2:14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from
sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices,
and are accursed children.
Bible Solution to Heart Problems
A Heart TransplantAccomplished when we turn from sin
Ezekiel 18:31 "Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have
committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should
you die, O house of Israel?
Bible Solution to Heart ProblemsA Heart Transplant
Accomplished when we turn from sinWe have a word to describe this
Ezekiel 36:25-26 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new
spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a
heart of flesh.
Bible Solution to Heart Problems A Heart Transplant
Accomplished when we turn from sin We have a word to describe this
REPENTENCE- the heart transplant prescribedWhat is the result?
Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with
pure water.
Draw near with a true heart Draw near in full assurance of faith
Having:Our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience
Our bodies washed with pure water
1 Peter 3:21 There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Forgiveness of Sin & Eternal Life
Leave the State of Sin:
Believe: John 8:24 Repent: Acts 17:30 Confess: Matt 10:32 Baptism: Acts 2:38
In Chris
tIn Sin
Abide in Him 1 Peter 1:14 1 John 1:7 Christian
Forgiveness
of sin
Rom 8:1 “there is no condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus…”