My Father's Business
A. NOT ALL OF WHAT JESUS TAUGHT IN HIS SAYINGS - ACTION!!!!!
B. 1 Pet. 2:21. WE IMITATE HIM.
C. IN HIS EARLY LIFE HE LEFT US AN EXAMPLE.
A. HE WASN'T OUR SOWING WILD OATS( Gal. 6:7-8 ).
B. HE SHOWED WISDOM( Luke 2:52 ).
C. NOTE INSPIRED WARNINGS( Ecc. 11:9-12:1; 1 Tim. 4:12; 2 Tim. 2:22 ).
D. HOW WILL YOU TURN OUT - WHAT WILL PEOPLE( OR GOD )THINK?
A. "MUST" BE ABOUT FATHER'S BUSINESS, NOTHING COULD INTERFERE!
B. "I MUST" vs. "MUST I?"
C. WE HAVE A TASK, A MISSION. TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
( Rom. 12:10-11; Titus 2:14, 1-8 , sober ).
D. OUR SOBER ATTITUDE DERIVES FROM THE SERIOUSNESS OF OUR
TASK( James 5:19-20; 1 Tim. 4:16 ).
E. Matt. 6:33.
A. THE REACTION IN THE TEMPLE( Luke 2:46-47 ).
B. OF THE MULTITUDES( Matt. 7:28-29 ).,
C. THE OFFICERS SENT TO ARREST HIM( John 7:44-46 ).
D. WE'VE GOT TO KNOW OUR BUSINESS.
1. Our business is teaching others( Matt. 28:19-20 ).
2. We must teach ourselves, also( 2 Pet. 3:18; 2 Tim. 2:15 ).
3. As a congregation( Eph. 4:11-13 ).
A. DETERMINATION SEEN IN PROPHECY( Isa. 50:6-7 ).
B. IN HIS TEACHINGS( John 4:34; 9:4 ).
C. HIS ACTION( Matt. 20:17-19 ).
D. MUST BE SEEN IN US( 1 Cor. 15:58 ).
A. JESUS EMPTIED HIMSELF( Phil. 2:5-8 ).
B. WHAT DOES DEMAN OF ME?( Rom. 12:1; Gal. 2:20 ).
C. GOD WILL REWARD( 1 Cor. 15:58; Gal. 6:9 ).
A. JESUS BEGAN FROM THE EARLIEST AGE TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR US.
B. HOW LONG WILL WE WAIT TO FOLLOW?