Mount Eaton Church

What do we do concerning false teachers? We are commanded to beware and watchful - Matthew 7:15, warn the family of God - Acts 20:29, expose them - Ephesians 5:11, avoid them - Romans 16:17, and rebuke them - 1 Timothy 5:20. - Romans 16:17-18 - “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them....

Since we are partakers of the divine nature, we must always, without fail, and not reluctantly, remind each other of how we must live and whom we represent. Genuine Faith is not seen in how genuinely human you are but in how genuinely Christ-like you are. - 2 Peter 1:5-7 - 2 Peter 1:12-15 - “ Therefore , I intend always to remind you of these qualities , though you know them and are established in...

Be In Awe of GOD & Obey His Commands - Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Lanny Lewis

Through the gift of Faith, Christ has imputed to us His Righteousness by which we now can grow in the knowledge of Christ. - 2 Peter 1:1-2 - “Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ , To those who have obtained (chosen by divine will) a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ : 2. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledg...

The Men whom God has ordained have been called and commanded to the Care of the Flock of God. - Acts 20:26-28 - 1 Peter 5:1-4 - “So I exhort (plead, beg) the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker (participant) in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd (feed, tend, keep, govern) the flock of God that is among you, exercising...

Having the same mind as Christ and being people like-minded, we must live as He lived. - 1 Corinthians 2:16 - 1 Peter 3:8-12 - “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind , (of one mind, like-minded) sympathy , brotherly love , (love like brothers) a tender heart , (compassionate) and a humble mind . (friendly) 9 Do not repay evil (wickedness) for evil or reviling (insult, slander) for reviling , but...

READ: 1 Peter 4:1-6 (Romans 6) 1 Peter 3:18 - “ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,... ” “...How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” - Romans 6:2-3 - Romans 6...

Psalm 112:1 “Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!” 1. The Call to obedience. To obey Christ is to Love Christ. - Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - John 14:20-21 - 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps (tereo: obey, guard) them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves...

2 Timothy 3:16-17 " All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[ a ] may be complete, equipped for every good work."

The Word - God Said - “Hear The Word, Do The Word” - James 1 1. “...for you know that the testing of your faith produces…” 2. “...ask in faith , with no doubting …” 3. “... lowly brother boast in his exaltation , and the rich in his humiliation ,...” 4. “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. ” 5. “Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth ,...” 6...

The Word - God Said - “To Love Is To Obey” John 14 1. To obey Christ is to Love Christ. - Joshua 22:5 - “Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” - John 14:16-17 - “...

READ: Jeremiah 1:1-12, John 12:44-50 - 1. God is the only one who sends His word. Christ is the word sent. - John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[d] from the Father, full of grace and truth." - Jeremiah 1:1-3 - “The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to...

READ: Exodus 20 - 1. GOD speaks His law and commands Israel to obey. - Exodus 20:1-6 - “And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth bene...

READ: Isaiah 55 - 1. Are you Hungry and Thirsty? Come, He does satisfy. - John 6:35: - Isaiah 55:1-2a - “ Come (yalak: refers to a starting point; summons to start here), everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come (yalak), buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for...

The Gospel Lived In The Church READ: 1 Corinthians 3 - True Spiritual Maturity is seen in how we live amongst one another. - John 13:34-35 - 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 - “ But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual (governed by the Spirit) people, but as people of the flesh , (worldly, sinful) as infants (childish, untaught, unskilled) in Christ . 2 I fed (offer water, teaching easy to understan...

READ: James 3 - Bit for horses, rudder for ships, and the tongue for the mouth, only one is a restless evil by which man can not tame. - Proverbs 13:3 - James 3:1-5 - “ ... we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways . ... 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though...

READ: 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 - The privilege and joy of being in God’s family is solely due to His will, work, and glory. - Hebrews 10:14 - 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 - “Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God [God’s church - owner of His people] that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus ,(the purified or concecrated...

Love His Things: The Heart Of A Steward " Fundamentally, stewardship is about exercising our God-given dominion over His creation, reflecting the image of our creator God in His care, responsibility, maintenance, protection, and beautification of His creation.” - RC Sproul - Genesis 1:26 - "...And let them have dominion ..." - Genesis 2:15 - "...work it and keep it.” "The true steward is put in tr...

"Love His Ways: Live His Ways " READ: Isaiah 55:6-11 God's ways are seen, heard, and can only be found in His word. The word gives us a clear picture that God's ways are completely and vastly different than ours. Our ways are wicked and desperately sinful. God's ways are Righteous, Good, Perfect, Pure, Holy, and True. - Psalm 18:30 - "This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true;...

Biblical Manhood & Womanhood Doctrine & Devotion Titus 1 READ: 2 Corinthians 2:12-13 ; 7:5-9, 13-16 ; 8:6-7 ; 16-24 ; 12:17-18 Titus ministry history: 1st missionary journey, Paul was present at Titus’ conversion (Titus 1:4). Titus went with Paul and Barnabas on Paul’s 2nd visit to Jerusalem. Acts 15 is also mentioned in Galatians 2:1-3. 3rd missionary journey, Titus is mentioned to be wit...

“...it is impossible to know God, unless He has been pleased to make Himself known to man. He recognizes the force of Zophar’s question (Job 11:7), “Can you by searching find out God?” It seems utterly impossible to him that man, by his unaided reason, should discover God, and he therefore considers the question, “Has God spoken? (Numbers 23:19” as one of the utmost importance.” - Louis Berkhof 19...

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Love GOD, Love His Word, Love His Ways, Love His Things Love GOD: Where Your Treasure Is… READ: Matthew 6:19-34 GOD owns it all, literally everything, and it all exists; you exist for His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). - Colossians 1:16-17 Psalm 24:1-2 Psalm 50:10-15 God has caused and made us alive in Christ to Love, to Love Him. - 1 John 4:7-9 Matthew 22:37-40 Christ commands us to Love Him,...