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1 CONTENTION AND STRIFE MATTHEW 12:34

2 Contention and Strife Hebrew RIB physical struggle Ex. 21:18
Verbal contention Judges 6:32 Waters of MeRIBah Ex. 17:7 Legal disputes Deut. 25:1, Prov. 25:8-10 Greek ERIS debate in Rom. 1:29 Strife is behavior of envy Rom. 13:13 Chambering is behavior of wantonness Rioting is behavior of drunkenness A work of the flesh Gal. 5:20 between hatred & jealousy

3 Contention and Strife A work of the flesh Gal. 5:20 organized into divisions: strife, seditions, heresies Can affect the church 1 Cor. 1:10-13 Who is our Lord? Who died for us? Pride in human teachers 3:1-7; 4:6 All teachers are servants for God God to receive the glory! Don’t be prideful of teachers Don’t go beyond what is written Even they may not have right motives Phil. 1:15

4 Contention and Strife Paul and Barnabas had a sharp contention Acts 15:39 Turned out better than either preferred Barnabas Col. 4:10; 1 Cor. 9:6 Mark 2 Tim. 4:11 Like Abraham and Lot Gen. 13:5-17 How to avert strife Gen. 26:12-22; Prov. 13:10; 15:18,1; 17:14; 20:3; 22:10; 1 Tim. 6:4; Jm 4:2-4 But some never learn Prov. 18:6 Those who strive with God will perish Isaiah 41:11 God will not strive with us forever Ps. 103:9 Surrender to His terms Luke 14:31-33; Mk 16:16


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