NEEDED or NOT

NEEDED or NOT?
Hebrews 10:1, 9-39

NEEDED:

1. POWERFUL PREACHING in our services- Rom. 10:13-17

^{13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
^{14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
^{15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
^{16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
^{17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.}}}}}

2. PLENTIFUL PRAYING in our lives - James 5:16

^{16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.}

3. PURPOSEFUL STUDY of His Word Heb. 10:23

^{23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)}

4. PROVOKING BROTHERLY LOVE Heb. 10: 24

^{24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:}

5. PARTICIPATING ATTENDANCE Heb. 10:25

^{25Not 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.}

6. PLEASURE in GIVING - 1 Chr. 16:29

^{29Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.}

7. PRAISE in SONG & VOICE - James 5:13

^{13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.}
NOT:

1. PETTY COMPLAINING Phil. 4:11-13

^{11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
^{12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
^{13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.}}}

2. PREJUDICIAL BICKERING James 5:9 (mummer)

^{9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.}

3. PARALYZING SLACKNESS 1 Thes. 5:6-8

^{6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. ⁷For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. ⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.}

4. PENETRATING GOSSIPING - James 4:11

^{11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.}

5. PARTIONING TROUBLEMAKERS - Rom. 16:17-18

^{17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
^{18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.}}

6. PREOCCUPIED with WORLDLINESS - James 4:4; Luke 21:34; Titus 2:12; Col. 3:2

James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Gary Marcum - New Beginnings Church - 021002pm