A Ten Step Program

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A Ten Step Program
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The fist step You are not perfect, and there
is not a perfect church.
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Revelation 24 "Nevertheless I have this against
you, that you have left your first love. 5
"Remember therefore from where you have fallen
repent and do the first works, or else I will
come to you quickly and remove your lampstand
from its place -- unless you repent.
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Revelation 214 "But I have a few things against
you, because you have there those who hold the
doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a
stumbling block before the children of Israel, to
eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit
sexual immorality. 15 "Thus you also have those
who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which
thing I hate. 16 'Repent, or else I will come to
you quickly and will fight against them with the
sword of My mouth.
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Revelation 38 "I know your works. See, I have
set before you an open door, and no one can shut
it for you have a little strength, have kept My
word, and have not denied My name.
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The second step Focus on the good of your
brothers and sister in Christ.
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Titus 115 To the pure all things are pure, but
to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing
is pure but even their mind and conscience are
defiled.
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1 Thessalonians 521 Test all things hold fast
what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
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The third step The old should treat the young
how they wished they were treated when they were
young, and the young should treat the old how
they want to be treated when they get old.
Matthew 2239 You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.'
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1 Corinthians 1610 Now if Timothy comes, see
that he may be with you without fear for he does
the work of the Lord, as I also do. 11 Therefore
let no one despise him. But send him on his
journey in peace, that he may come to me for I
am waiting for him with the brethren. 1 Timothy
412 Let no one despise your youth, but be an
example to the believers in word, in conduct, in
love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Proverbs 313 Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
And the man who gains understanding Proverbs
811 For wisdom is better than rubies, And all
the things one may desire cannot be compared with
her.
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The fourth step When you are tempted to
criticize others for what they are doing, pray
for them first.
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Matthew 73 "And why do you look at the speck in
your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank
in your own eye? 4 "Or how can you say to your
brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'
and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5
"Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own
eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the
speck from your brother's eye.
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Psalm 519 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot
out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean
heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within
me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And
uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I
will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners
shall be converted to You.
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Matthew 543 " You have heard that it was said,
'You shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.' 44 "But I say to you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do good to those who
hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use
you and persecute you, 45 "that you may be sons
of your Father in heaven for He makes His sun
rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain
on the just and on the unjust.
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1 Peter 38- Finally, all of you be of one mind,
having compassion for one another love as
brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous 9 not
returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling,
but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you
were called to this, that you may inherit a
blessing. 10 For "He who would love life And see
good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit. 11 Let him
turn away from evil and do good Let him seek
peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the LORD
are on the righteous, And His ears are open to
their prayers But the face of the LORD is
against those who do evil."           
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The fifth step Dont complain about what needs
to be done. Do the work yourself or help someone
do it.
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Ecclesiastes 910 Whatever your hand finds to do,
do it with your might for there is no work or
device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where
you are going.
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1. You need to realize you are not perfect, and
   there is not a perfect church.
2. Focus on the good of your brothers and sister in
   Christ.
3. Everyone should treat each other as they would
   like to be treated.
4. When you are tempted to criticize others for
   what they are doing, pray for them first.
5. Dont complain about what needs to be done and
   do the work yourself or help someone do it.

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The sixth step Never blame your failures on
someone else.
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Genesis 312 Then the man said, "The woman whom
You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and I ate." 13 And the LORD God said to the
woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman
said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
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Genesis 165 Then Sarai said to Abram, "My wrong
be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace
and when she saw that she had conceived, I became
despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between you
and me."
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Exodus 3222 So Aaron said, "Do not let the anger
of my lord become hot. You know the people, that
they are set on evil. 23 "For they said to me,
'Make us gods that shall go before us as for
this Moses, the man who brought us out of the
land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of
him.' 24 "And I said to them, 'Whoever has any
gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to
me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf
came out."
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• Esau blamed his brother for losing his birthright
  Gen 2529-34, 2736
• Saul blamed the people for not obeying Gods
  command 1 Sam 1520-21
• Pilate blamed the death of Jesus on the Jews even
  though he had the power to free Him.

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Ezekiel 1819 " Yet you say, 'Why should the son
not bear the guilt of the father?' Because the
son has done what is lawful and right, and has
kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall
surely live. 20 "The soul who sins shall die.
The son shall not bear the guilt of the father,
nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The
righteousness of the righteous shall be upon
himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall
be upon himself. 21 " But if a wicked man turns
from all his sins which he has committed, keeps
all My statutes, and does what is lawful and
right, he shall surely live he shall not die.
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Ezekiel 338 "When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked
man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak
to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man
shall die in his iniquity but his blood I will
require at your hand.
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The seventh step Remind yourself every day that
the best way you can improve the world or the
church is to begin with yourself.
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2 Corinthians 135 Examine yourselves as to
whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do
you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in
you? -- unless indeed you are disqualified.
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Acts 1913 Then some of the itinerant Jewish
exorcists took it upon themselves to call the
name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil
spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus
whom Paul preaches." 14 Also there were seven
sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus
I know, and Paul I know but who are you?" 16
Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped
on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against
them, so that they fled out of that house naked
and wounded. 17 This became known both to all
Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus and fear
fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus
was magnified.
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1 Corinthians 927 But I discipline my body and
bring it into subjection, lest, when I have
preached to others, I myself should become
disqualified.
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Job 2312 I have treasured the words of His
mouth More than my necessary food.
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Psalm 199 The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever The judgments of the LORD are
true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be
desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine
gold Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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1 Peter 22 as newborn babes, desire the pure
milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, KJV
2 Timothy 215 Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2
Peter 318 but grow in the grace and knowledge of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the
glory both now and forever. Amen.
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Acts 1711 These were more fair-minded than those
in Thessalonica, in that they received the word
with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures
daily to find out whether these things were so.
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The ninth step Try and increase your circle of
friends in the church and then try to do
something good for each of them.
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Proverbs 1824 A man who has friends must himself
be friendly
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Hebrews 610 For God is not unjust to forget your
work and labor of love which you have shown
toward His name, in that you have ministered to
the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire
that each one of you show the same diligence to
the full assurance of hope until the end, 12
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate
those who through faith and patience inherit the
promises.
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Matthew 2028 the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give His life a
ransom for many.
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Philippians 21 Therefore if there is any
consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if
any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection
and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being
like-minded, having the same love, being of one
accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done
through selfish ambition or conceit, but in
lowliness of mind let each esteem others better
than himself.
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James 46 God resists the proud, But gives
grace to the humble."
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The tenth step Remember that every church has
its problems, but ask yourself, Am I a part of
the problem or a part of the solution?
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James 417 Therefore, to him who knows to do
good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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1. You need to realize you are not perfect, and
   there is not a perfect church.
2. Focus on the good of your brothers and sister in
   Christ.
3. Everyone should treat each other as they would
   like to be treated. A
4. When you are tempted to criticize others for
   what they are doing, pray for them first.
5. Dont complain about what needs to be done and
   do the work yourself or help someone do it.
6. You should never ever blame our failures on
   someone else.
7. Remind yourself every day that the best way you
   can improve the world or the church is to begin
   with yourself.
8. Become a student of Gods Word.
9. Increase your circle of friends and do something
   good for each
10. Every church has it problems so ask yourself are
    you part of the problem or part of the solution.