This is the final lesson in a series of 3 entitled "3 Things". This lesson reviews the first 2 as well as contains the content of the third. In evangelism, not only is what we teach important but also the way we live. People spot hypocrisy a mile away and to be effective we must not only talk the talk but walk the walk. These lessons of 3 things we need to stop saying , 3 things we need to stop doing and 3 things that Christ didn't die for and while we certainly aren't limited to these 9 things, it seemed like a good place to begin. Audio is available here www.fultondalechurchofchrist.net

2. Part 3 of a Three Part Series
Proverbs 23:26

5. 3 Things
• Stop saying “God is Good”!
– God’s goodness is not determined by your happiness
(Job 1:21)
• Stop saying “God knows my heart”
– Out of the heart comes evil thoughts!
(Matthew 15:19)
• Stop saying the “Bible is a guide for a good life”
– We follow not because its convenient , but because
he has the words of life! (John 6:68)

6. 3 Things
• Stop preaching Baptism and preach Christ!
– Acts 20:27 “proclaim the whole council of God”
• Stop making your private life public!
– 1 Thessalonians 4:11 “ live the quiet life and mind
your own business”!
• Stop rule keeping and start loving God!
– Ephesians 5:16 “ making the most of every
opportunity to serve”

7. 3 Things
• Jesus didn’t die for your American Dream!
– Jesus didn’t die to make you successful
• John 16:33
– Physical blessings are incidental
• Matthew 5:45
– We are blessed because he has taken our sin!
• Ephesians 2:7
• “Grace and peace be yours in abundance
through the knowledge of our Lord , Jesus
Christ” – 2 Peter 1:2

8. 3 Things
• Jesus didn’t die for your “cause”!
– Jesus is not the “Poster boy” for your movement!
• The Gospel is for ALL who will hear it –
• 2 Timothy 2:24- 26
• “The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome, but kind to
ALL ,able to teach, patient when wronged, with
gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if
perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the
knowledge of truth and they may come to their senses
and escape the snare of the Devil having been held
captive by him to do his will”

9. 3 Things
• Jesus didn’t die to merely raise your moral standard!
– Ephesians 2:8-9
• Merely behaving doesn’t grant Salvation!
– All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of
God = ALL NEED GOD.
• Jesus didn’t die so you wouldn’t have to change!
– 2Corinthians 5:17
– Ephesians 2:10
• We were created for so much more than to serve our selves !
• To effectively change others, WE MUST also !

12. A Three Part Series
Proverbs 23:26