Christ Left Us An Example

TEXT:  1 Pet. 2:21;  Eph. 5:2;  1 Cor. 11:1

INTRODUCTION:

A.      3 PASSAGES THAT URGE US TO BE "CHRIST-LIKE."

B.      WHAT WAS CHRIST LIKE?  WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE DID HE LEAVE.

I.      JESUS LEFT AN EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY( Matt. 20:20-28 ).

A.      FOR SOME LIFE IS A POWER STRUGGLE( 2 John 9 ).

B.      WHO IS THE GREATEST?( Matt. 20 26-27 ).

C.      HAVE THIS MIND IN YOU( Phil. 2:1-8 ).

D.      A CONSCIOUS EFFORT( 1 Pet. 5:5 ).

II.     OF PATIENCE( 1 Pet. 2:21-23 ).

A.      LONGSUFFERING( Eph. 4:1-3;  2 Pet. 3:9, 15 ).

B.      STEDFASTNESS( Heb. 12:1-2 ).

III.    OF WORK( John 5:17 ).

A.      MUCH TO BE DONE( Matt. 9:36-38 ).

B.      SO LITTLE TIME( John 9:4 ).

C.      BRINGS ABOUT SALVATION( Rom. 10:13-15 ).

D.      NOT IN VAIN( 1 Cor. 15:58 ).

IV.   OF COURAGE( Matt. 23;  21:12-13;  26:36-39 ).

A.      WE NEED COURAGE.

          1.       For trial( 2 Tim. 3:12 ).

          2.       For work.

B.      GOD PROVIDES IT.

          1.       Matt. 10:28;  Rom. 8:31-38.

          2.       Phil. 2:12-13;  4:13.

V.    OF OBEDIENCE( Phil. 2:8 ).

A.      JESUS CAME TO DO GOD'S WILL( John 4:34;  Luke 22:42 ).

B.      SALVATION TO HIS IMMITATORS( Heb. 5:8-9 ).

C.      PUNISHMENT TO THE DISOBEDIENT( 2 Thess. 1:8-9 ).

CONCLUSION:

A.      HAVE YOU OBEYED THE LORD?

B.      ARE YOU WALKING IN HIS STEPS?