2. Expediency Looking To Build Up Others – Romans 14:14-22 Choosing Things Which Are Profitable – 1 Corinthians 6:12 Building Connections To Save Others – 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Limiting Our Freedoms To Help Others – 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 Combining Approved Works & Good Judgment – 2 Corinthians 8:7-11

3. Expediency To bear or bring together To bear together or at the same time – To Carry With Others – To Collect or Contribute In Order To Help – To Help, Be Profitable, Be Expedient Key Question: Does This Help Us Fulfill Our Mission Together? – Help = Usefulness – Mission = Authorized Activities – Together = Unites

4. Expediency Expedients Are Things Used To Carry Out Authorized Practices. – 1 Corinthians 6:12, 9:21 Expedients Are Items We Have A Choice About, Not Those Specified By God. – 2 Samuel 6:3 Expedients Must Be Edifying – 1 Corinthians 10:23, 8:7-13 An Expedient Is An AID, Not An Addition.

5. Recognizing The Difference AUTHORIZED ACTION EXPEDIENT AID NO AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONS Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23-26) Trays, Cups, Refrigerator Coffee, Tea, Sandwiches, Etc.. Support Preacher (1 Cor. 9:11-14) Office, Books, Food, Money, Travel, Phone “Middle Man” Group/Society Baptize (Acts 2:38)Baptistery, TowelsSprinkle or Pour Giving (1 Cor. 16:1-4) Baskets, Debit Card Reader, Calculator, Person to “Carry” $ Raffle Tickets, Car Wash, Donut Sales

6. Expediency Expedients Are Things Used To Carry Out Authorized Practices. – 1 Corinthians 6:12, 9:21 THEREFORE, Those TOOLS Selected Should Not Be Used For Unauthorized Activities. – Example: The baptistery is for baptisms, not a splash pool for hot days. – Acts 4:34-35, Acts 5:4