1. Pillars of The Church Judges 16:25-30

2. 1Timothy 3:15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

3. Need for Pillars Function of Pillars Describing Pillars Becoming a Pillar

4. Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

5. Mark 6:34 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

6. Need for Pillars Function of Pillars Describing Pillars Becoming a Pillar

7. Galatians 2:9...and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars...

8. Need for Pillars Function of Pillars Describing Pillars Becoming a Pillar

9. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

10. 1Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

11. Romans 2:17-23 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth-- you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.

12. Acts 6:1-5 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

13. 1Corinthians 12:26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

14. 1Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

15. Galatians 2:11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

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17. Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

18. Pillars Provide Stability!

19. Are You A Pillar of The Church?