NT:1818 deceived 2 Cor 11:3
GREEK exapatao (ex-ap-at-ah'-o); from NT:1537 and NT:538; to seduce wholly:
KJV - beguile, deceive.
FOR GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION
but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
1 Cor 14:33
GOOD NEWS!
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland laid out exactly why he needs a luxury private jet to do his job: You can’t “talk to God” while flying commercial.
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Kenneth Copeland’s ministry owns at least three private aircraft, “Inside Edition” reported, including a $20 million Citation 10 and a Gulfstream V jet.
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ODD... THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD IS TELLING THE REST OF US. IS GOD THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION?
THE NAME YOU WEAR
DOESN'T MATTER? ACTS 26:28-29; ROM 16:16
Kenneth Copeland is a popular televangelist who boasts of being a billionaire.
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." Luke 9:58 NKJV
Mike Murdock, is a televangelist who once bragged to his congregation about paying for two Cessna Citation jets, with cash, no less.
“And since there’s so much jealousy in this room tonight that I can feel over this, a few weeks later I brought myself another one worth three times what that one was.” Murdock said. He paused before appealing to the crowd:
“Act happy over my blessing, folks.”
JESUS SAYS 'I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH' MATTHEW 16:17
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Dollar said he “needs one of the most luxurious private jets today in order to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
SPEAK 1 CORINTHIANS 14:35
NT:3004 GREEK lego (leg'-o); a primary verb; properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas
NT:2036 and NT:5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while
NT:4483 is properly, to break silence merely, and
NT:2980 means an extended or random harangue; by implication, to mean
KJV - ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say (-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff — no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts — 9 but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.
10 Also He said to them, "In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place. Mark 6:8-10 NKJV
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THE GOOD NEWS
SPEAK 1 CORINTHIANS 14:35 Compare to NT 3004
NT:2980 laleo (lal-eh'-o); a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words: means an extended or random harangue; by implication, to mean
KJV - preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. 2 Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road. 5 But whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8 Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. Luke 10:1-9
YOUR PLACE TOO!
The church of Christ Has no earthly headquarters John 18:36
Our citizenship Is in heaven Philippians 3:20
We set our path To the compass of scripture 1 Timothy 3:16, 17
The bible is God's Word and final authority John 12:48
The church of the living God Is the pillar and support of the truth 1 Timothy 3:15
We are the churchChrist built Jesus said, " I will build My church " Matthew 16:18; ROMANS 16:16
Christ built One church Ephesians 4:4-6; Colossians 1:18
He will return For His church Corinthians 15:24; Matt 16:18, 19
“You can’t manage that today, in this dope-filled world, get in a long tube with a bunch of demons". The pastor has used his planes to fly to a vacation home in Colorado at least 143 times, according to “Inside Edition.”
Welcome...to the only church that Jesus built!
Matthew 16:18-19
ONE BODY (CHURCH) ONE FAITH, ONE LORD, ONE BAPTISM EPH 4:4-6
NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED ACTS 4:12
BAPTISM NOW SAVES YOU 1 PETER 3:21
ACTS 2:38; 40-47
ABOUT US!
NT:2271 Quietness verses 11 and 12
GREEK hesuchia (hay-soo-khee'-ah); feminine of NT:2272; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language:
KJV - quietness, silence.
NT:2272 GREEK hesuchios (hay-soo'-khee-os); a prolonged form of a compound probably of a derivative of the base of
a) NT:1476 GREEK> hedraios (hed-rah'-yos); from a derivative of hezomai (to sit); sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable: KJV - settled, stedfast.
and perhaps
b) NT:2192 GREEK echo (ekh'-o); including an alternate form scheo (skheh'-o); used in certain tenses only); a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possessions; ability, continuity, relation, or condition): KJV - be (able, hold, possessed with), begin to amend, hold, rest. properly, keeping one's seat (sedentary), i.e. (by implication) still (undisturbed, undisturbing): KJV - peaceable, quiet.
2 Cor 11:3
3 But I am afraid, lest by any means, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity in Christ.
A Wealthy Televangelist Explains His Fleet Of Private Jets: ‘It’s A Biblical Thing’
DIRECTIONS
1. harangue noun: a lengthy and aggressive speech. synonyms: tirade, lecture, diatribe, homily, censure, admonition, reproval, admonishment; exhortation, oration, peroration, speech, talk, address; informal sermon
2. harangue verb: lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner. synonyms: deliver a tirade to, rant at, lecture, preach to, sermonize to, give a lecture to
Then there’s Jesse Duplantis, who asked his congregation for $54 million to buy a Falcon 7X jet last year. It would have been the fourth plane added to Duplantis’s fleet — all paid for by his loyal congregation. The preacher claims the jets are essential to spread the good word. “I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the Earth today, he wouldn’t be riding a donkey,”(Maybe not, but He wouldn't be acting like one either) Duplantis said in a May 21 video posted on his website. “Think about it for a minute. He’d be in an airplane preaching the gospel all over the world.”
3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. 2 Tim 3:1-5 NKJV
WAS THE APOSTLE PAUL SOWING CONFUSION?
Televangelist Creflo Dollar, asked followers to raise $65 million for a Gulfstream G650.
"Come now, and let us reason together,"
Says the Lord, Isaiah 1:18 NKJV
The Churches of Christ Salute You
Romans 16:16
Go And Make Disciples Of All Nations
Matthew 28:19
I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except by Me. John 14:6
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8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. 9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. Acts 19:8-10 NKJV
FAITH/BELIEF ONLY
WILL SAVE YOU? JAMES 2:18-20; 26
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Matt 7:21-23 NKJV
BAPTISM NOT ESSENTIAL
TO SALVATION? ACTS 22:16
WELCOME HOME
AT YOUR SERVICE
Acts 19:9: NT:1256 GREEK- dialegomai (dee-al-eg'-om-ahee); middle voice; to say thoroughly, i.e. discuss (in argument or exhortation): KJV - dispute, preach (unto), reason (with), speak.
He thanked donors but wrote there was more work to be done: They want another $17 million in upgrades, as well as a new hangar, runway renovations and “special GV maintenance equipment."
34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. 35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
36 Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached? 37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Cor 14:34-38
ALL ABOUT YOU!
HOME AT LAST
the churches of Christ Salute You Romans 16:16
IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CHURCH YOU GO TO? COL 1:18; EPH 4:4
SCRIPTORIALS
SILENT 1 CORINTHIANS 14:34
NT:4601 sigao (see-gah'-o); from NT:4602; to keep silent (transitively or intransitively):
KJV - keep close (secret, silence), hold peace.
NT:4602 sige (see-gay'); from sizo (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush); silence: voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak, although the terms are often used synonymously);
Figuratively, to be calm (as quiet water):
KJV - dumb, (hold) peace.
1 Tim 2:8-15
8 Therefore I desire the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, apart from anger and dissension.
9 Likewise also women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,
10 but with what is becoming to women, professing [the] fear of God through good works.
11 {Let} a woman learn in quietness, in all submissiveness.
12 But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to use authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, has come into transgression.
15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they abide in faith and love and holiness, with self-restraint.
“Glory to God! It’s Ours!
The Gulfstream V is in our hands!”
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6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 Tim 6:6-10 NKJV
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THE LORD'S DAY
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