Wednesday Night February 5, 2014
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15, Proverbs 13, Proverbs 22, Ecclesiastes 9, Hebrews 6
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Notes:
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
If you hang around people who use profanity, you will become profane.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
If someone were to walk with you, would they be made wiser or foolish?
Don’t get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
How many of you now seek counsel before making decisions or acting upon something?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
God wants use to take care of business and to not be lazy.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
Be diligent in what you do. (Remember: acting slowly is still lazy)
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
What is your Christian reputation?
Work is the labor of love. There are few people who actually work for God.
How tired have you ever been doing things for Christ?
Does God get credit for what you do? Do you do things because of God?
Does God know where your heart is at?
We need God, God doesn’t need us. He wants us.
Be followers of those who are doing things for Christ.
God wants us to be faithful, not slothful.
God knows who the true believers are.