Expediency• Looking To Build Up Others– Romans 14:14-22

• Choosing Things Which Are Profitable– 1 Corinthians 6:12

• Building Connections To Save Others– 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

• Limiting Our Freedoms To Help Others– 1 Corinthians 10:23-33

• Combining Approved Works & Good Judgment– 2 Corinthians 8:7-11

Expediency• To bear or bring together• To bear together or at the same time– To Carry With Others– To Collect or Contribute In Order To Help– To Help, Be Profitable, Be Expedient

• Key Question: Does This Help Us Fulfill Our Mission Together?– Help = Usefulness–Mission = Authorized Activities– Together = Unites

Expediency

• Expedients Are Things Used To Carry Out Authorized Practices.– 1 Corinthians 6:12, 9:21

• Expedients Are Items We Have A Choice About, Not Those Specified By God.– 2 Samuel 6:3

• Expedients Must Be Edifying– 1 Corinthians 10:23, 8:7-13

• An Expedient Is An AID, Not An Addition.

Recognizing The Difference

AUTHORIZED ACTION

EXPEDIENT AID

NO AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONS

Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23-26)

Trays, Cups, Refrigerator

Coffee, Tea, Sandwiches, Etc..

Support Preacher (1 Cor. 9:11-14)

Office, Books, Food, Money, Travel, Phone

“Middle Man” Group/Society

Baptize (Acts 2:38) Baptistery, Towels Sprinkle or PourGiving (1 Cor. 16:1-4)

Baskets, Debit Card Reader, Calculator, Person to “Carry” $

Raffle Tickets, Car Wash, Donut Sales

Expediency

• Expedients Are Things Used To Carry Out Authorized Practices.– 1 Corinthians 6:12, 9:21

• THEREFORE, Those TOOLS Selected Should Not Be Used For Unauthorized Activities.– Example: The baptistery is for baptisms,

not a splash pool for hot days. – Acts 4:34-35, Acts 5:4