Faithfull Servant

• Remaining Faithful
• 1 Corinthians 4:2
• Servants of Christ
• 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
• Servants of Christ
• John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
• Servants of Christ
• 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
• Servants of Christ
• 2 Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
• Danger of Falling Away
• Warnings given in both Old and New Testaments
– Hosea 4:6 ; Amos 8:11
– 1 Corinthians 10:12 ; Hebrews 3:12
• How to remain faithful
• Practical aspects of faithfulness
– What will lead one to God
– What will lead one away from God
• 1 Love for the truth
• Proverbs 23:23 buy the truth and sell it not
• 2 Thess 2:10-12 those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth
• 2 Tim 3:7 always learning, but never coming to knowledge of the truth
• 1 Love for the truth
• 2 Peter 3:16 the untaught and unstable distort scriptures to their own destruction
• Gal 2:20 crucified with Christ, live by faith
• 2 Serious Bible study
• Hosea 4:6 destroyed for lack of knowledge
• Bible presents God’s truth John 17:17 Jude 3
• False doctrine sounds good 2 Tim 4:2-4; Romans 16:18; 2 Cor 11:13-15
• 2 Serious Bible study
• Pressure to conform to world, friends Rom 12:1-2
• Practical answers for daily living, Comfort in trials Rom 5:3-5 ; James 1:2-5
• Danger in trusting our own thoughts, feelings Jeremiah 10:23 ; Isaiah 55;10-11
• 3 Attend faithfully
• Remain strong, consider others Heb 10:24-25
• Remember Jesus, encourage others, be equipped to service Acts 20:7 1 Thess 5:11-14 Eph 4:11-12
• Involved with others, know I am not alone in facing temptations 1 Cor 10:13 Prov 27:17 Acts 2:46-47
• 4 Belong to a Faithful Congregation
• Association with uncommitted weakens – leavens whole 1 Cor 5:7; 15:33
• Speak things of sound doctrine Titus 2:1
• Christ may remove candlestick, may have name yet be dead, lukewarm Rev 2-3
• 4 Belong to a Faithful Congregation
• Responsible for selves Acts 2:40 Phil 2:12
• Fathers responsible for own families Eph 5:26; 6:4; 1 Pet 3:7
• 5 Marry a faithful Christian
• Fellow heirs of grace – 1 Pet 3:7
• Consequences married to unbeliever
– No spiritual encouragement, children divided loyalty
– Different values, will lead to compromise
– Difficult to love them and still love God
– Makes marriage an uphill struggle
• 6 Love the brotherhood
• Fear God, love brotherhood 1 Pet 2:17
– Apostasy feeds on attacks on Lord’s church, belittling need for scriptural teaching and authority Jude 15
– Must love God’s design for His church Eph 3:10-11
– Contend earnestly for the faith Jude 3
• 7 Importance of doctrine
• Give heed to doctrine 1 Tim 4:16
• Faithfully preserve what is entrusted 2 Tim 1:13
• Be ready to give an answer 1 Pet 3:15
• Abide in the teaching of Christ 2 John 9

• Be Faithful to Christ
• 1 Love for the truth
• 2 Serious Bible study
• 3 Attend faithfully
• 4 Belong to a Faithful Congregation
• 5 Marry a faithful Christian
• 6 Love the brotherhood
• 7 Importance of doctrine