Sermon at the Haynes Street church of Christ on September 7, 2014. Topic: "Virtue" Speaker: Steven Matthews

1. Welcome to the Haynes
Street church of Christ
TIMES OF SERVICES
SUNDAY:
9:30 A.M. BIBLE CLASS
10:30 A.M. WORSHIP
WEDNESDAY:
7 P.M. BIBLE CLASS

2. Virtue
II Peter 1:5-8: Though our individual goal is to
grow to perfection in Jesus Christ, we teach
progress, not perfection.
We are to increase in those Christian graces.
It marks a healthy, productive Christian.
Maturity is about what we do, not what we know.
But what is virtue?
Moral excellence, goodness, righteousness.
 Quality that is active, not passive.

3. Virtue
Strengthen your foundation: Faith.
We must have a growing faith (Rom. 10:9-
10; I Peter 1:8, 10; Heb. 4:11).
We must increase and demonstrate our
faith (Rom. 1:5, 10:17; James 2:14-26).
Build onto your foundation: Virtue.
Eph. 4:17-32: Old man vs. new man.
God’s word: the standard (II Tim. 3:16-
17).

4. Virtue
Virtue: Stems from the character of God
 God can’t lie (Heb. 6:18).
 God is faithful (I Thess. 5:24).
 God is righteous (Rom. 9:14).
 Strength of character (II Pet. 1:5).
How does character come?
 Contemplate what is right (Phil. 4:8).
Decide what’s right (Rom. 12:9).
 Put it in practice to do what is right (II Pet. 1:5).

5. Virtue
Virtue does not ask what will others think and
how will it affect me physically or materially.
It asks one question: Is it right?
We are God’s workmanship (Eph. 2:10).
That doesn’t mean sitting on our backsides
and being pulled along God’s path.
Phil. 2:12-13: Work out our own salvation.
Our work is valuable and matters because
God is working.

6. God’s Plan of Salvation
Hear (Romans 1:16; 10:14,17)
Believe (John 8:24; Mark 16:16; Hebrews
11:6)
Repent (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30)
Confess (Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 10:32-33)
Be baptized (Acts 2:38; 22:16; Mark 16:16)
Live faithfully (Revelation 2:10; Matthew
6:33; Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 15:58)

7. God’s Plan of Salvation
Hear (Romans 1:16; 10:14,17)
Believe (John 8:24; Mark 16:16; Hebrews
11:6)
Repent (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30)
Confess (Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 10:32-33)
Be baptized (Acts 2:38; 22:16; Mark 16:16)
Live faithfully (Revelation 2:10; Matthew
6:33; Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 15:58)