DOING

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DOING WHAT WE CAN
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Doing What We Can

• Colossians 323-24
• And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the
  Lord, and not unto men Knowing that of the Lord
  ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance
  for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• Eccl. 910 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do
  it with thy might for there is no work, nor
  device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,
  whither thou goest.

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• We want to consider doing what we can according
  to our ability.
• Often we think we have done all we are able to
  do.
• But with a closer examination, we can find other
  talents.

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• We must act to the extent of our ability
• Matthew 2514-30
• 16. Then he that had received the five talents
  went and traded with the same, and made them
  other five talents. 17. And likewise he that had
  received two, he also gained other two. 18. But
  he that had received one went and digged in the
  earth, and hid his lord's money.

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• The talents were given according to ability
  Matthew 2515
• Each servant received something.
• Each was to use his talent to the fullest of
  ability.
• The two talent man was rewarded the same as the
  five talent man.
• Two did One didnt!

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• One servant begin to make excuses
• His master didnt accept them.
• Matthew 2530
• And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
  darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of
  teeth.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• Mark 143
• And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the
  leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman
  having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard
  very precious and she brake the box, and poured
  it on his head.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• Jesus appraisal was
• Mark 148 She hath done what she could.
• This was a sacrifice of love devotion
• The disciples criticized because they did not
  understand the anointing was for His burial.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• God holds each responsible for what he can do,
  not what he cannot do.
• II Corinthians 812
• For if there be first a willing mind, it is
  accepted according to that a man hath, and not
  according to that he hath not.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• Christ is our pattern
• Acts 1038
• How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
  Spirit and with power who went about doing good,
  and healing all that were oppressed of the devil
  for God was with him.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• Christ is our pattern
• Acts 1038
• How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
  Spirit and with power who went about doing good,
  and healing all that were oppressed of the devil
  for God was with him.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• Tabitha should encourage us
• Acts 939
• Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was
  come, they brought him into the upper chamber
  and all the widows stood by him weeping, and
  showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made,
  while she was with them.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• Tabitha should encourage us
• Acts 939
• Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was
  come, they brought him into the upper chamber
  and all the widows stood by him weeping, and
  showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made,
  while she was with them.

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• II. She hath done what she could
• We all have our own abilities
• Rom. 125
• So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and
  every one members one of another.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• In studying the Bible
• II Timothy 215
• Study to show thyself approved unto God, a
  workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
  dividing the word of truth.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• In teaching preaching
• Mark 1615-16
• And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
  and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
  believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he
  that believeth not shall be damned.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• In attending worship
• Hebrews 1025
• Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
  together, as the manner of some is but exhorting
  one another and so much the more, as ye see the
  day approaching.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• In teaching our children
• Ephesians 64
• And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to
  wrath but bring them up in the nurture and
  admonition of the Lord.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• In ministering to the sick
• James 127
• Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
  Father is this, To visit the fatherless and
  widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
  unspotted from the world.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• In giving as we have prospered
• I Corinthians 162
• Upon the first day of the week let every one of
  you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered
  him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
• Time, effort, skill, influence, etc.

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• III. Have we done what we could
• May god bless each of us that we may conduct
  ourselves that Christ can say
• They have done what they could!
• Our service begins by obedience to the gospel of
  Christ being faithful.

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• To obey the gospel one MUST
• Hear Rom. 1017
• Believe Heb. 116
• Repent Luke 133
• Confess Christ Acts 836-37
• Be Baptized Acts 238
• Then Remain Faithful Rev. 210

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