A Successful Church

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A Successful Church
Jerusalem Church Acts 241, 514,
67 Multiplied greatly Souls, Serving,
Righteous Why were they successful ???
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I. A United Church
John 1720-21 1. Organization - Elders,
Deacons 2. Faith and Doctrine - Jude 3 3.
In Practice - 1 Cor. 112
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II. A Consecrated Church
Consecrate devote, separate 1. Individual
Consecration - Rm.121 2. Consecration of
Possessions 3. Consecration of time, talents
and Influence
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III. A Stedfast Church
Stedfast Firmly fixed in place 1. Apostles
doctrine - Acts 242 2. Fellowship - 1 John
17 3. Worship - Acts 207 Heb. 1025 4.
Prayer - Jas. 516 1 Thes. 517
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IV. A Sacrificing Church
Sacrifice suffer loss, give up 1.
Possessions - Phil. 37-8 Luke 1433 2.
Their Lives - Acts 121-2
1 Pet. 25
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V. A Militant Church
Militant aggressive, active 1. Against error
and wickedness 2. Advancement of truth - Mk.
1615 3. Christian unity - Eph. 43
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A Successful Church
Successful - A favorable result Not
necessarily Large building Big numbers
Popularity
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A Successful Church
Successful - A favorable result But 1.
Saving Souls 2. Helping Others 3. Living
righteously
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A Successful Church
1. United 2. Consecrated 3. Stedfast 4. Make
Sacrifices 5. Militant
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Evans Church of Christ
1. United 2. Consecrated 3. Stedfast 4. Make
Sacrifices 5. Militant
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 arth
urpigman_at_cybrtyme.com Sunday Morning July 9,
2006