Matters of expediency, indifference, and faith.

1. MATTERS OF
EXPEDIENCY,
INDIFFERENCE,
AND FAITH

2. Romans 10:17
TEXT:
New King James Version
(NKJV)
17 So then faith comes by
hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.

3. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:40
NEW KING JAMES VERSION (NKJV)
40 Let all things be
done decently and in
order.

4. Division over John Mark
36 Then after some days Paul said to
Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit
our brethren in every city where we have
preached the word of the Lord, and see
how they are doing.” 37 Now Barnabas was
determined to take with them John called
Mark. 38 But Paul insisted that they should
not take with them the one who had
departed from them in Pamphylia, and had
not gone with them to the work. 39 Then
the contention became so sharp that they
parted from one another. And so Barnabas
took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;

5. Romans 14:14
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Law of Love
14 I know and am convinced
by the Lord Jesus that there
is nothing unclean of itself;
but to him who considers
anything to be unclean, to
him it is unclean

6.  The Law of Liberty
 1. Receive one who is weak in the faith, but
not to disputes over doubtful things. 2 For
one believes he may eat all things, but he
who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 Let not
him who eats despise him who does not eat,
and let not him who does not eat judge him
who eats; for God has received him. 4 Who
are you to judge another’s servant? To his
own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he
will be made to stand, for God is able to
make him stand.

7. 8 But food does not
commend us to God; for
neither if we eat are we
the better, nor if we do
not eat are we the worse.

8. 1 CORINTHIANS 8:13
New King James Version
(NKJV)
13 Therefore, if food makes
my brother stumble, I will
never again eat meat, lest I
make my brother stumble.

9. EXPEDIENCY:
Common sense regulates.
INDIFFERENCE:
Conscience regulates.

10. Revelation 22:18-19
 New King James Version (NKJV)
 A Warning
 18 For I testify to everyone who hears the
words of the prophecy of this book: If
anyone adds to these things, God will add
to him the plagues that are written in this
book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part from the Book of
Life, from the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book.

11. Romans 10:17
 New King James Version (NKJV)
 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.

12. Ephesians 4:4
 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 There is one body
and one Spirit, just
as you were called
in one hope of your
calling;

13. Colossians 1:18
New King James Version (NKJV)
18 And He is the head of the body,
the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from
the dead, that in all things He
may have the preeminence.

14. Acts 2:36-39
New King James Version (NKJV)
 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you
crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the
heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,
“Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
 38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one
of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your
children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the
Lord our God will call.”

15. CONT. ACTS 2:40-46
A VITAL CHURCH GROWS
40 And with many other words he testified and
exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse
generation.” 41 Then those who gladly received his
word were baptized; and that day about three
thousand souls were added to them. 42 And they
continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and
fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many
wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
44 Now all who believed were together, and had all
things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and
goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had
need.46 So continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house,
they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of
heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church] daily
those who were being saved.

16. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is
head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in
everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved
the church and gave Himself for her,

17. Romans 1:16
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Just Live by Faith
16 For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ, for it is
the power of God to
salvation for everyone who
believes, for the Jew first
and also for the Greek.

18. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
New King James Version (NKJV)
 The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality
 15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the
gospel which I preached to you, which also you
received and in which you stand, 2 by which
also you are saved, if you hold fast that word
which I preached to you—unless you believed
in vain.
 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I
also received: that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was
buried, and that He rose again the third day

19. 8 in flaming fire taking
vengeance on those who do
not know God, and on
those who do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ.

20. Romans 6:3-5
New King James Version (NKJV)
 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as
were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried
with Him through baptism into death, that just
as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life. 5 For if we have been united
together in the likeness of His death, certainly
we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection,

21. 2 THESSALONIANS 1:6-10
NEW KING JAMES VERSION (NKJV)
 6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with
tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who
are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed
from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire
taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be
glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those
who believe, because our testimony among you was
believed.