Deeper Life Bible Church, Aberdeen Sunday Message 7-03-2010 AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? Genesis 4:9

Three points; 1. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER 2. REMOVING STUMBLINGBLOCKS BEFORE OUR BRETHREN 3. RESTRAINING SIN AND PREVENTING BACKSLIDING

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER Genesis 4:9-11; 45:5,6,7; Proverbs 24:11,12; Luke 9:56; 1 Samuel 26:21; 2 Kings 6:8-10; John 13:15; 17:12,15; Proverbs 24:12 Our R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y entails; R – Respect one another – Romans 12:10 E – Endure with one another – Ephesians 4:2 S – Serve one another – Galatians 5:13 P – Pray for one another – James 5:16 O – Obey one another – Hebrews 13:7,17 N – Nurture one another – Acts 2:42 S – Seek for one another – Act 11:25 I – Instruct one another – Galatians 2:11,14 B – Believe in one another – 2 Kings 12:15 I – Identify with one another – Romans 12:15 L – Love one another – John 13:34 I – Inspire one another – Colossians 3:16 T – Teach one another – Acts 2:41 Y – Yoked with one another – Galatians 6:2

REMOVING STUMBLINGBLOCKS BEFORE OUR BRETHREN Psalms 121:3-5; 91:11,12; Isaiah 57:14; 1 Corinthians 8:9,11,12; 10:32,33; Romans 14:13; 1 John 2:10; Genesis 20:6; Ephesians 5:1 7 Stumbling blocks we need to remove; Ungodly Appearances – Exodus 2:19 Ugly Abominations – Deuteronomy 18:9 Unrighteous Associations – 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Unrestrained Amusements – 1 Timothy 4:8 Unacceptable Adornments – 1 Peter 3:3 Unholy Affections – 1 John 2:15-17 Ulterior Ambitions – 2 Samuel 15:2,4

RESTRAINING SIN AND PREVENTING BACKSLIDING Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 7:1-5; 18:15; Ezekiel 3:21; John 7:24; 1 Chronicles 21:1-4,9-14 7 Ways we can restrain sin and prevent backsliding; Wake-up the Slumbering Saints – Ephesians 5:14 Warn the Stagnant Saints – Ezekiel 3:17 Watch over the Struggling Saints – Luke 22:31-32 Wail over the Sliding Saints – Lamentations 2:18,19 Win over the ‘Slid den Saints – Matthew 18:15 Water the Sincere Saints – Matthew 7:1-5 Walk with the Sanctified Saints – Acts 4:32

Conclusion Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. ~ John Wesley Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 Friends are friends forever, if the Lord is the Lord of them And a friend will not say never, cause the welcome will not end Though it's hard to let you go In the Father's hands I know That a lifetime's not too long... to live as friends. -Michael W Smith And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? (Genesis 4:9)