STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

4/3/2005 ~ Jesus Versus

T                               I                               R                               I                                     P                                JESUS versus problems people have. It is not in man to correct his own steps ... and on this rock I will build My church, ... ~ Matthew 16:16-18 Jesus is the Rock                     /    \     One Builds or Stumbles upon Jesus is against: Worldliness Wrong Religion Error Hypocrites        / honest heart - (Matthew 7:7)      / desire to be with Him    / Religion is about God, not about man    \      \ not fear of a higher being        \ not church traditions                        / the world was already zealously infested with religions. Jesus did not come to make people religious. \ proclaim the One true religion.         ... If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ... ~ 1st John 2:15-17 ... that in all things you are very religious; ... ~ Acts 17:22-23 ... and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes." ~ Acts 24:5 "... For this hope's sake, ..., I am accused by the Jews." ~ Acts 26:5-7 Sin is a glorious thing to Satan, but not to God. ... in the last days perilous times will come: ... ~ 2nd Timothy 3:1 I do not want that separation from God. ... but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. ~ 1st Corinthians 6:9-11 ... I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. ... ~ Matthew 5:17-18 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. ~ Psalm 42:2 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, ... ~ Matthew 5:6 ... contrary to the doctrine which you learned, ... ~ Romans 16:17 ... in the later times some will depart from the faith, ... ~ 1st Timothy 4:1-5 Popular movements or charismatic speakers do not necessarily make it right with God. ... speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: ... ~ Titus 2:1 ... why has Satan filed your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit ... ~ Acts 5:1-11 ... that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, ... ~ Matthew 23:34-36 Hypocrites stand against God, Christ.    \_ without a sincere heart. ... and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. ... ~ Matthew 24:51