danger is never far from complacency amos 6:1 “woe to you who are at ease in zion, and trust in...
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“BEWARE, LEST YOU FORGET THE
LORD”DEUTERONOMY 6:12
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Danger Is Never Far From Complacency• Amos 6:1 “Woe to you who are at ease in
Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!”
○ :7-8 “Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed. 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, The LORD God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore I will deliver up the city, And all that is in it.”
2Kings 18:9-12
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The Israelites
They relaxed their upholding of God’s law
They gave into peer pressure They were punished for forgetting God
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The Church
• The church experienced quick and exciting growth!
Acts 2:44-47, 42; 6:1,7; 8:3-4 Many churches forgot the Lord○ Galatians 1:6 “I marvel that you are turning away
so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel.”
1Timothy 1:6, some “strayed”
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Revelationthe church at Ephesus, had left their first love
(2:4)Pergamos had members who believed in false
doctrine and practiced immorality (2:14-15)Thyatira also in believing false doctrine and
practicing immorality (2:20)Sardis was “dead” even though it appeared alive
(3:1-6)Laodiceans became comfortable in this world
with things and were lukewarm (3:16-18)
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Nature Abhors a Vacuum
1John 5:21 “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”
• Philippians 3:18-19 “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.”
1Corinthians 10:14 “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”
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God Knows We Need Reminders He left instructions for us.
Jude 3 “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.”
Acts 20:32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
James 1:21 “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
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God Knows We Need Reminders He left memorials to remember Him by. Assembling with the Brethren-Acts 20:7,
Hebrews 10:24-25 The Lord’s Supper-1Corinthians 11:23-
26 Baptism-Romans 6:4
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God always will care and provide for His people, AS LONG AS THEY REMEMBER HIM!• Hebrews 2:1-3 “Therefore we must give the more
earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.”