9 | Worship Wars

Slides:
Slide 1: Worship Wars: Don’t hate, congratulate.

Slide 2: Rom 12:10 [Be] devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; ... 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ... 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.

Slide 3: Worship Wars: Understand the power of the tongue.

Slide 4: James 3:9 With it we bless [our] Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come [both] blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

Slide 5: Pro 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue…

Slide 6: Worship Wars: Only the Lord is to be our ruler, our king!

Slide 7: Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Slide 8: 1 Sam. 8:7 The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.

Slide 9: 2 Cor. 1:24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.

Slide 10: Worship Wars: Stay in your lane.

Slide 11: Lev 10:1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

Slide 12: Worship Wars: A great misconception is that the Bible endorses everything it records.

Slide 13: Worship Wars: To break the cycles of sin in our lives, we must exhibit faith not only in times of crisis, but also in the everyday.