2. When Is At The Center Philippians 2:1-4 SELF

3. Being SELF-centered Religion becomes idolatry Religion becomes idolatry

4. James 1:27 Pure & undefiled religion before God & the Father is this: to visit orphans & widows in their trouble, & to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

5. Colossians 3:5 AMP - So kill (deaden, deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses & all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, & all greed & covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self & other created things instead of God).

6. Being SELF-centered Religion becomes idolatry Religion becomes idolatry Relationships collapse Relationships collapse

7. Philippians 2:3-5 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

8. Proverbs 17:17; 18:24; 27:9 A friend loves at all times, & a brother is born for adversity. A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Ointment & perfume delight the heart, & the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

9. Being SELF-centered Religion becomes idolatry Religion becomes idolatry Relationships collapse Relationships collapse Detest (dislike) self Detest (dislike) self

10. John 13:14-17 If I then, your Lord & Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed [happy, full of God’s blessings & self respect] are you if you do them.

11. Matthew 20:26-28 …whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave — 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but [came] to serve, & to give His life a ransom for MANY.”

12. Men will be lovers of pleasure & self ( 2 Tim 3:2 ). Let’s not be a statistic! Let’s not fulfill of that prophecy! Let’s not join the masses who love SELF more than GOD ! SELF

13. Center yourself in the Lord & Savior Believe the gospel of Christ Believe the gospel of Christ John 8:24; 20:30-31; Rom 1:16; 10:10 Repent or turn from your sins Repent or turn from your sins Luke 24:46-47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30-31 Confess your faith in Christ Confess your faith in Christ Matt 10:32-33; Rom 10:9-10 Be immersed in water Be immersed in water Matt 28:19; Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; Rom 6:3-4; 1 Pet 3:21 Live in obedient faith Live in obedient faith 1 Peter 1:14; Rev 2:10 JesusCHRIST