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The Devil Is Busy! Selfishness Pride Lack of Love Gossip Busyness Laziness

The Devil Is Busy!  Worldliness -  Materialism –  Secularism –  Psychology –  Individualism -  Entertainment –

Friends  Casual Friends  Close Friends  Intimate Friends Different Levels of friendship:

Friends  Casual Friends  Close Friends  Intimate Friends Different Levels of friendship: Proverbs 18:24 (NKJV) 24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Friends  Casual Friends  Close Friends  Intimate Friends Different Levels of friendship: 1 Samuel 20:17 (NKJV) 17 Now Jonathan again caused David to vow, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

Friends Key Elements: Proverbs 17:17 (NKJV) 17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.  Love  Consistency

Friends Key Elements:  Love  Consistency  Loyalty Proverbs 11:13 (NKJV) 13 A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

Friends Key Elements:  Love  Consistency  Loyalty  Honesty Proverbs 28:23 (NKJV) 23 He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Friends Key Elements:  Love  Consistency  Loyalty  Honesty  Wisdom 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) 33 Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

Friends Key Elements:  Love  Consistency  Loyalty  Honesty  Wisdom

Descriptive Terms:  Community - Eph 2:12;  One body – Eph. 2:16  Fellow citizens – Eph 2:19  Household of God – Eph 2:19  Temple – Eph 2:21 Luke 8:20-21 (NKJV) 21 But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it." Brethren:

1 John 5:1-2 (NKJV) 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. Brethren:

Key Elements:  Our Calling Brethren: Ephesians 4:1-6 (NKJV) 1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

Key Elements:  Our Calling  Humility  Gentleness  Longsuffering  Supportive Love Brethren: Ephesians 4:1-6 (NKJV) 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

Key Elements:  Our Calling  Humility  Gentleness  Longsuffering  Supportive Love  Effort Brethren: Ephesians 4:1-6 (NKJV) 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Key Elements:  Our Calling  Humility  Gentleness  Longsuffering  Supportive Love  Effort  Same Foundation Brethren: Ephesians 4:1-6 (NKJV) 4 There is one body and one Spirit... one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all,...

Key Elements:  Our Calling  Humility  Gentleness  Longsuffering  Supportive Love  Effort  Same Foundation Brethren: 1 Peter 1:22 (NKJV) 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

Are we Doing All We Can To Preserve and Enrich Our Relationship As Children of God? Brethren: James 5:19-20 (NKJV) 19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Marriage: Love Consistency Loyalty Honesty Wisdom Our Calling Humility Gentleness Longsuffering Effort

Key Elements:  Undying Commitment! Marriage: Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 (NKJV) 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed-- 5 Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

Key Elements:  Undying Commitment! Marriage: Psalm 15:1-4 (NKJV) 1... LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? 2 He who... speaks the truth in his heart;... He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Key Elements:  Undying Commitment! Marriage: Malachi 2:14 (NKJV) the LORD has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant.

Key Elements:  Undying Commitment! Marriage: Matthew 19:5-6 (NKJV) 5 and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

Key Elements:  Undying Commitment! Marriage: Matthew 19:5-6 (NKJV) 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

Key Elements:  Undying Commitment!  Remember Your Vows? Marriage:

Key Elements:  The Truth!  Faith! Children of God: John 17:17 (NKJV) 17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. John 8:32 Romans 10: Thessalonians 2:13,14

Key Elements:  The Truth!  Faith!  Obedience! Children of God: Galatians 3:26-27 (NKJV) 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Key Elements:  The Truth!  Faith!  Obedience! Children of God: John 15:13-14 (NKJV) 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Key Elements:  The Truth!  Faith!  Obedience!  Perseverance! Children of God: 1 Cor. 15:58 (NKJV) 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

The Devil Is Busy! Selfish Pride Lack of Love Gossip Busyness Laziness

Preserved In Christ:  Friends  Brethren  Marriage  Children of God

34 Charts by Don McClain Prepared November 24,25, 2010 Preached November 28, 2010 West 65 th Street church of Christ P.O. Box Little Rock AR Prepared using PPT 2010 – – More PPT & Audio Sermons: Charts by Don McClain Prepared November 24,25, 2010 Preached November 28, 2010 West 65 th Street church of Christ P.O. Box Little Rock AR Prepared using PPT 2010 – – More PPT & Audio Sermons: Note – Many of the transition effects used in this presentation are lost using PPT 2007 Viewer To view transitions you can download PPT 2010 viewer: FamilyID=cb9bf eeb832823