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What Do I Do When Someone "Goes Forward"?

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Introduction
  • Acts 2:36-41
    • Let’s talk about “going forward.”
    Traditions must fit within truth, not truth within traditions
    • James 5:16
    • There’s nothing specified about when one must confess.
    • The “altar call” tradition seems to have started in the 1830s.
    • We are not bound by any tradition outside the Bible.
      • Church announcements don’t replace obedience or God
      • Acts 8:22 – Confession is needed, but it doesn’t replace anything that needs to happen between you and God.
      • “Going forward” is not the same as repentance or forgiveness.
        • Some sins/repentance require public attention; others do not
        • I Timothy 5:20
        • Matthew 5:23
        • Matthew 18:15-17 – Some sins can be handled in private.
          • Get my attitude right
          • James 5:19-20 – Christians should be the first responders coming to help someone in need.
          • Luke 15:1-32 – Rejoice with those who repent!
          • Matthew 18:21-22 – Be ready and willing to forgive.
          • II Corinthians 7:9-10
            • Galatians 6!
            • Galatians 6:1-2 – Help those who need it!
            • Galatians 6:3-5 – Get to work and help!
            • Galatians 6:6 – The helper and the help-ee share the things of Christ.
            • Galatians 6:7-10 – Help anyone caught in sin, but especially brothers in Christ.
            • Galatians 5:22-24
            • These things take time, effort, and love!
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