Prevailing Voices Luke 23:20-25
Prevailing Voices When Israel Worshiped the Golden Calf –Exodus 32 (1-4, 21-25) When Israel Refused to Enter Canaan –Numbers 13:31-33; Deut. 1:28 When Saul was Rejected by God as King –I Samuel 15:13-24 When the Kingdom Divided –I Kings 12:1-15
Prevailing Voices False Teachers –Jer. 5:30-31; Matt. 15:12-14; 2 Tim. 4:2-4 Peers –Prov. 1:10-16; 12:26; I Cor. 15:33; Ps. 119:63 Family Members –Heb. 10:24-25; Eph. 5:22-24; Matt. 10:37
Prevailing Voices Domineering Brethren? –Proverbs 6:16-19 –3 John 9-11 –Titus 3:10-11 –Philippians 2:3-4
Prevailing Voices Weak, Compromising Brethren? –Accept Instrumental Music in Worship Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16; Rev. 22:18-19 –Another Day to Take the Communion Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 4:6 –Tolerate Sin in their Midst –I Corinthians 5; 2 Thessalonians 3:6
Prevailing Voices Weak, Compromising Brethren? –Reject Hearing the Whole Counsel of God Acts 20:20, 26-27; 2 Timothy 4:2-4 –Oppose Identifying Error and its Teachers Romans 16:17; 2 Timothy 2:16-18 –Support Various Forms of Worldliness –Romans 12:2; I John 2:15-17
Prevailing Voices Our Own Voice? –Exodus 5:2 –Judges 21:25 –Jeremiah 11:8; 16:12
Prevailing Voices The Lord? –I Samuel 3:10 –Proverbs 3:5-6 –Galatians 2:20 –Matthew 17:5
Prevailing Voices Why Do So Many Yield to These Voices? –Fear of Confrontation (lack courage) –Popularity and Acceptance –Pride –Spirit of Compromise –Stronger Loyalty to Others than the Lord
Prevailing Voices The Voices that are Needed Today –Insist that the Lord’s Voice Always Prevail! –The Insistent Voices of the Righteous! –Be Strong and Courageous! –Refuse to Compromise on Divine Truth!
Prevailing Voices Luke 23:20-25