1. Preach Christ “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2 Tim.4:2 “But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness ;” 1 Cor. 1:23 And Leave Others Alone Causes displeasure, offends

2. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Atheist

3. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so loved the world, that __ gave ___ only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Fatalist

4. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the world, that __ gave ___ only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Calvinists

5. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Jews

6. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ ____ begotten ___, that whosoever believeth in ___ should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the modernist Isa. 7:14

7. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ ____ ________ ___, that whosoever believeth in ___ should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Calvinists

8. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ ____ ________ ___, that _________ believeth in ___ should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Universalists

9. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ ____ ________ ___, that _________ ________ in ___ should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Cultists

10. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ ____ ________ ___, that _________ _________ in ___ should ___ _____, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 Offensive to the Materialist

11. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For ___ so _____ the _____, that __ gave ___ ____ ________ ___, that _________ _________ in ___ should ___ _____, but have _________ ___.” Jn. 3:16 This is all we have left when we remove the offensive words

12. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jn. 3:16 The Truth Makes Sense - Jn. 8:32

13. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone Pharisees - Matt. 15:1-14 Jesus called them hypocrites Preached the truth They were offended

14. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone Gentiles - Acts 16:20-21 Paul was put in prison Truth was offensive He could have changed his message

15. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone Jews - Acts 7:54-60 Stephen’s message cut to the heart He was killed for preaching the truth He did not leave them alone

16. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone Eph. 4:15 Not with the intent to offend In love - to lead them to heaven Don’t refuse to preach the truth because it might offend someone !

17. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone Baptism - Sprinkling Singing - instrument Organization - No Elders Work of church - social club Ethics - situation ethics Preach the Word 2 Tim. 4:2

18. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone 1 John 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

19. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone “Modern version “Modern version “Beloved, believe and accept every religious doctrine taught today; the false prophets are to be tolerated and accepted throughout the world, lest we offend them !”

20. Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone Jude 3 NKJV “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.”

21. Can We Preach Christ And Leave Others Alone ? Truth is always offensive to the guilty Preach the truth in love Why would we want to preach and leave others alone ????

22. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249arthurpigman@cybrtyme.com Sunday Morning July 23, 2006