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Challenges as Benchley Grows, Part 2


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Avoid cliques that discourage or do harm.
  • Matthew 7:12
  • Matthew 22:39
  • Luke 10:36-37
  • James 2:1-8
  • Look for people to include - not exclude.
  • Romans 12:9-18
  • Just being part of a group is not sinful.
    • Psalms 135:4 - God didn’t do anything wrong by creating this group of people.
    • Mark 3:13-14 - Jesus selected the twelve apostles. He did nothing wrong by selecting this special group.
    • Let’s learn to appreciate other people and learn from our differences.
      • Acts 11:19
      • Matthew 13:53-58 - Those in Jesus’ hometown would have had everything in common with Him, yet they were offended at Him.
      • Acts 2:9-11, 46-47
      • We must teach and study the Bible. (Let’s not compromise the gospel so we can fill the pews.)
        • Acts 15:35; 13:1
        • Acts 18:1-4, 8, 11
        • I Corinthians 4:17
        • I Corinthians 14:26
        • Acts 20:17, 28, 32
        • Throughout the New Testament, the building itself was never the focus.
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