A Sabbath Day Lesson

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A Sabbath Day Lesson

• Luke 1310-17 141-6

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Sabbath Day Lessons

• Luke 1310-17 141-6

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There is No Bad Time for Compassion

• When another suffers, grieves, or hurts
• When one sins against us
• When time presses us

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Hebrews 1212-13

• Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen
  your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for
  your feet, so that what is lame may not be put
  out of joint but rather be healed.

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There is No Bad Time for Compassion

• When another suffers, grieves, or hurts
• When one sins against us
• When time presses us

Should Not Christians Be Known for

• Good deeds
• Encouragement
• And healing?

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Mens Rules Hinder Gods Plans

• EVERYTHING is from God or Man

• Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth

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Mens Rules Hinder Gods Plans

• EVERYTHING is from God or Man

• Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
• Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy

Vatican Parrishs Synods Assemblies Councils Headqu
arters
Elders Deacon Saints
Vs.
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Mens Rules Hinder Gods Plans

• EVERYTHING is from God or Man

• Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
• Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy
• Missionary Society vs. church/preacher
  relationships

church
VS.
church
Missionary Society
church

church
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Mens Rules Hinder Gods Plans

• EVERYTHING is from God or Man

• Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
• Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy
• Missionary Society vs. church/preacher
  relationships
• Sponsoring church arr. vs. cong. responsibility

church
church
VS.
Sponsoring church
church

church
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Mens Rules Hinder Gods Plans

• EVERYTHING is from God or Man

• Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
• Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy
• Missionary Society vs. church/preacher
  relationships
• Sponsoring church arr. vs. cong. responsibility
• Institutional org. vs. individual responsibility

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Matthew 2123-25

• the chief priests and the elders of the people
  came up to him as he was teaching, and said, By
  what authority are you doing these things, and
  who gave you this authority? 24 Jesus answered
  them, I also will ask you one question, and if
  you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you
  by what authority I do these things. 25 The
  baptism of John, from where did it come? From
  heaven or from man?

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Mens Rules Hinder Gods Plans

• EVERYTHING is from God or Man

Everything is derived from two sources We need
to keep asking, is it from God or man?
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Give Care Not To Get Priorities Upside Down

• We can follow this pattern of animals tended but
  not men Do we
• Tend physical selves but not spiritual?
• Tend education but not spiritual growth?
• Tend family but not our spiritual family?
• Tend work but not our service of worship?

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Acts 1730-31

• The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he
  commands all people everywhere to repent,
  31 because he has fixed a day on which he will
  judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he
  has appointed and of this he has given assurance
  to all by raising him from the dead.

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2 Corinthians 510

• For we must all appear before the judgment seat
  of Christ, so that each one may receive what is
  due for what he has done in the body, whether
  good or evil.

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3 Sabbath Day Lessons

• There is no bad time for compassion
• Is what we do from God or man?
• Getting our priorities in order

Would this be a good time for YOU to ask God for
compassion?