Moving the Church Forward

Philippians 3:12-15

Enemies to Defeat

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

Sermon Series:

1. Challenges to Accept.

2. Enemies to Defeat.

3. Dangers to Avoid.

4. Opportunities to Take.

5. Attitudes to Develop.

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

Last week the lesson was: Challenges to Accept

1. Making a difference in the world.

2. Evangelizing our communities.

3. Abiding in the word of God.

4. Developing leadership.

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

We must defeat the enemy of…

IGNORANCE

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

Ignorance causes:

1. Us to be lost (Mt. 13:15).

2. Us not to do right (Amos 3:10).

3. Us to follow the wrong path (Isa. 59:8).

4. Us to please ourselves (Rom. 10:3).

5. God’s wrath to come upon us (Zech. 7:11,12).

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

We must defeat the enemy of…

UNBELIEF

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

We must defeat the enemy of…

APATHY

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

We must defeat the enemy of…

SIN

Moving the Church Forward

Enemies to Defeat

For the church to move forward, we must recognize and defeat our enemies.

Four great enemies of the church are: Ignorance… Unbelief… Apathy… Sin.

These are all enemies that we can do something about.

WILL YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?