We cannot live without others

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We cannot live without others

• Genesis 218 -20 (NKJV) 18 And the Lord God said,
  It is not good that man should be alone I will
  make him a helper comparable to him. 19 Out of
  the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the
  field and every bird of the air, and brought them
  to Adam to see what he would call them. And
  whatever Adam called each living creature, that
  was its name.

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We cannot live without others

• Genesis 218 -20 (NKJV) 20 So Adam gave names to
  all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every
  beast of the field. But for Adam there was not
  found a helper comparable to him.

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We cannot live without others

• Men often deny their need and think they are
  better alone.

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We cannot live without others

• Men often deny their need and think they are
  better alone.
• Relationships however are complex and need to be
  maintained.

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We cannot live without others

• God often uses human relationships to show how He
  works with us.

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We cannot live without others

• God often uses human relationships to show how He
  works with us.
• We are the bride of Christ. (Eph 530-32 Rev
  212, 9)

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We cannot live without others

• Ephesians 530 -32 (NKJV) - For we are members
  of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
  31For this reason a man shall leave his father
  and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
  shall become one flesh. 32 This is a great
  mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the
  church.

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We cannot live without others

• Revelation 212 (NKJV) - Then I, John, saw the
  holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of
  heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for
  her husband.

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We cannot live without others

• Revelation 219 (NKJV) - Then one of the seven
  angels who had the seven bowls filled with the
  seven last plagues came to me and talked with me,
  saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the
  Lambs wife.

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We cannot live without others

• What is the nature of this relationship? How
  should others relationships be handled in light
  of this one?

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We are the body of Christ

• Man must listen and seek. (Heb 116)

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We are the body of Christ

• Hebrews 116 (NKJV) - But without faith it is
  impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
  must believe that He is, and that He is a
  rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

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We are the body of Christ

• Man must get out of himself and look to another.

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We are the body of Christ

• Man must get out of himself and look to another.
• Our God has promised to respond to those who
  seek Him.

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We are the body of Christ

• Man must get out of himself and look to another.
• Our God has promised to respond to those who
  seek Him.
• God through David often instructed the people
  about this. (1 Chron 1610-11)

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We are the body of Christ

• 1 Chronicles 1610-11 (NKJV) - Glory in His holy
  name Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek
  the Lord! 11 Seek the Lord and His strength Seek
  His face evermore!

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How do we work with God?

• What does God want of me? He wants me to be like
  Him. (Hos 219-20)

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How do we work with God?

• Hosea 219-20 (NKJV) - I will betroth you to
  Me forever Yes, I will betroth you to Me In
  righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and
  mercy 20 I will betroth you to Me in
  faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.

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How do we work with God?

• Over and over God tells me that He wants my
  heart. (Micah 68)

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How do we work with God?

• Micah 68 (NKJV) - He has shown you, O man, what
  is good And what does the Lord require of you
  But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk
  humbly with your God?

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How do we work with God?

• There are opposites of these things. God abhors
  them. (Prov 616-19)

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How do we work with God?

• Proverbs 616-19 (NKJV) - These six things the
  Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him
  17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed
  innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked
  plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, 19
  A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows
  discord among brethren.

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How do we work with God?

• God expects man to build a heart based on His
  written word.

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How do we work with God?

• God expects man to build a heart based on His
  written word.
• This is a major test of our relationship to God.
  Many think affirming the relationship in words
  is all that is needed. (Jn 831-32)

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How do we work with God?

• John 831-32 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said to those
  Jews who believed Him, If you abide in My word,
  you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall
  know the truth, and the truth shall make you
  free.

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How do we work with God?

• This word would develop character within a man.
  He will act on principle and not on a inward
  whim.

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How do we work with God?

• What we learn here will be the basis of any good
  relationship.

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How do we work with God?

• What we learn here will be the basis of any good
  relationship.
• Gods covenant with man can be liked to the
  seriousness of our marriage covenant. God will
  not share us! (2 Cor 111-4)

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How do we work with God?

• 2 Corinthians 111-4 (NKJV) - Oh, that you would
  bear with me in a little follyand indeed you do
  bear with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with
  godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one
  husband, that I may present you as a chaste
  virgin to Christ.

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How do we work with God?

• 2 Corinthians 111-4 (NKJV) 3 But I fear, lest
  somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his
  craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from
  the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who
  comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not
  preached, or if you receive a different spirit
  which you have not received, or a different
  gospel which you have not acceptedyou may well
  put up with it!

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How do we work with God?

• God expects to hear from us in worship.

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How do we work with God?

• God expects to hear from us in worship.
• Why do I come before God? (Psa 421-2)

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How do we work with God?

• Psalm 421-2 (NKJV) - As the deer pants for the
  water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. 2
  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When
  shall I come and appear before God?

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How do we work with God?

• This special focus on God allows us to be molded
  into His image.

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How do we work with God?

• This special focus on God allows us to be molded
  into His image.
• What happens if I stop worshipping?

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How do we work with God?

• This special focus on God allows us to be molded
  into His image.
• What happens if I stop worshipping?
• What happens to any relationship that is not
  maintained? (1 Cor 1127-30)

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How do we work with God?

• 1 Corinthians 1127-30 (NKJV) - Therefore whoever
  eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in
  an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and
  blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine
  himself, and so let him eat of the bread and
  drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks
  in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to
  himself, not discerning the Lords body

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How do we work with God?

• 1 Corinthians 1127-30 (NKJV) - For this reason
  many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
  

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Satans use of relationships

• The most powerful weapon in Satans arsenal is
  relationships.
  (Mt 1021-22 Jn 922)

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Satans use of relationships

• Matthew 1021-22 (NKJV) - Now brother will
  deliver up brother to death, and a father his
  child and children will rise up against parents
  and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you
  will be hated by all for My names sake. But he
  who endures to the end will be saved.

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Satans use of relationships

• John 922 (NKJV) - His parents said these things
  because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had
  agreed already that if anyone confessed that He
  was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue

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Satans use of relationships

• These are my family/friends/church member and I
  will not go against them.

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Satans use of relationships

• These are my family/friends/church member and I
  will not go against them.
• Consider the actions of Korah against Moses and
  Aaron. (Num 161-3)

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Satans use of relationships

• Numbers 162-3 (NKJV) - and they rose up before
  Moses with some of the children of Israel, two
  hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation,
  representatives of the congregation, men of
  renown. 3 They gathered together against Moses
  and Aaron, and said to them, You take too much
  upon yourselves, for all the congregation is
  holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among
  them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the
  assembly of the Lord?

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Satans use of relationships

• Korah appears to be appealing to a proper issue
  of principle. (Num 163)

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Satans use of relationships

• Korah appears to be appealing to a proper issue
  of principle. (Num 163)
• That mask will disappear when someone asks hard
  questions. Those who have been trained in this
  relationship know better than to ever do that.

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Satans use of relationships

• Korah appears to be appealing to a proper issue
  of principle. (Num 163)
• That mask will disappear when someone asks hard
  questions. Those who have been trained in this
  relationship know better than to ever do that.
• I have seen that a bad report of another is
  easily believed by those whose loyalty is to a
  human relationship. (Prov 188 2621)

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Satans use of relationships

• Proverbs 186 (NKJV) - A fools lips enter into
  contention, And his mouth calls for blows.

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Satans use of relationships

• Proverbs 2621 (NKJV) - As charcoal is to burning
  coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man
  to kindle strife.

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Satans use of relationships

• Once anger is kindled then they will fight to the
  end for their just cause. (Prov 1819)

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Satans use of relationships

• Proverbs 1819 (NKJV) - A brother offended is
  harder to win than a strong city, And contentions
  are like the bars of a castle.

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Satans use of relationships

• What does a spiritual man do? (Prov 1113)

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Satans use of relationships

• Proverbs 1113 (NKJV) - A talebearer reveals
  secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit
  conceals a matter.

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Satans use of relationships

• What did Korah fail to consider?

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Satans use of relationships

• What did Korah fail to consider?
• What did God think of Moses?
  (Num 123 Mt 55)

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Satans use of relationships

• Numbers 123 (NKJV) - (Now the man Moses was very
  humble, more than all men who were on the face of
  the earth.)

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Satans use of relationships

• Matthew 55 (NKJV) - Blessed are the meek, For
  they shall inherit the earth.

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Satans use of relationships

• Why was Korah able to succeed in these false
  charges?

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Satans use of relationships

• Why was Korah able to succeed in these false
  charges?
• Because men in authority are easy targets.
  (2 Pt 210-11, Jude 8-11)

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Satans use of relationships

• Jude 18-11 (NKJV) - Likewise also these dreamers
  defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak
  evil of dignitaries.

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Satans use of relationships

• 10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not
  know and whatever they know naturally, like
  brute beasts, in these things they corrupt
  themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in
  the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error
  of Balaam for profit, and perished in the
  rebellion of Korah.

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Satans use of relationships

• Because he operated behind the scenes until he
  had a faction.

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Satans use of relationships

• Moses never had a fair hearing among Korah's
  followers.

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Satans use of relationships

• Moses never had a fair hearing among Korah's
  followers.
• He made it an issue of being left out. This
  approach some call "common sense."
  (2 Pt 219)

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Satans use of relationships

• 2 Peter 219 (NKJV) - While they promise them
  liberty, they themselves are slaves of
  corruption for by whom a person is overcome, by
  him also he is brought into bondage.

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Satans use of relationships

• The root of the issue was "Who should be priest
  before God?" (Num 169-10)

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Satans use of relationships

• Numbers 169-10 (NKJV) - Is it a small thing to
  you that the God of Israel has separated you from
  the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to
  Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the
  Lord, and to stand before the congregation to
  serve them 10 and that He has brought you near
  to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons
  of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the
  priesthood also?

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Satans use of relationships

• How does a spiritual person handle being "left
  out?" (Phil 23-4)

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Satans use of relationships

• Philippians 23-4 (KJV) - Let nothing be done
  through strife or vainglory but in lowliness of
  mind let each esteem other better than
  themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own
  things, but every man also on the things of
  others.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Once moved by a false loyalty to a relationship
  men find it difficult to escape it.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Once moved by a false loyalty to a relationship
  men find it difficult to escape it.
• What did Korahs followers do?

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Once moved by a false loyalty to a relationship
  men find it difficult to escape it.
• What did Korahs followers do?
• The leaders died. (Num 1628-35)

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Numbers 1628-35 (NKJV) - And Moses said By
  this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to
  do all these works, for I have not done them of
  my own will. 29 If these men die naturally like
  all men, or if they are visited by the common
  fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• 30 But if the Lord creates a new thing, and the
  earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with
  all that belongs to them, and they go down alive
  into the pit, then you will understand that these
  men have rejected the Lord. 31Now it came to
  pass, as he finished speaking all these words,
  that the ground split apart under them,

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed
  them up, with their households and all the men
  with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and
  all those with them went down alive into the pit
  the earth closed over them, and they perished
  from among the assembly. 34 Then all Israel who
  were around them fled at their cry, for they
  said, Lest the earth swallow us up also!

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• 35 And a fire came out from the Lord and consumed
  the two hundred and fifty men who were offering
  incense.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Did the people learn from this?

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Did the people learn from this?
• NO!

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• I cannot grasp the power that Satan had over
  these people. (Num 1641, 44)

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Numbers 1641 (NKJV) - On the next day all the
  congregation of the children of Israel complained
  against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have killed
  the people of the Lord.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Numbers 1644-45 (NKJV) - And the Lord spoke to
  Moses, saying, 45 Get away from among this
  congregation, that I may consume them in a
  moment. And they fell on their faces.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• I have seen men with good reputations get away
  with outrageous conduct. How can these be among
  the people of God?

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Some because of connections to papers, colleges,
  etc get a free pass.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Some because of connections to papers, colleges,
  etc get a free pass.
• Others will excuse anything done by an elder or a
  preacher.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Some because of connections to papers, colleges,
  etc get a free pass.
• Others will excuse anything done by an elder or a
  preacher.
• Consider how Paul used this wrong sense of
  loyalty against his opponents. (Acts 236-9)

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• Acts 236 through Acts 239 (NKJV) 6But when Paul
  perceived that one part were Sadducees and the
  other Pharisees, he cried out in the council,
  Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a
  Pharisee concerning the hope and resurrection of
  the dead I am being judged!

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• 7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose
  between the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the
  assembly was divided. 8 For Sadducees say that
  there is no resurrectionand no angel or spirit
  but the Pharisees confess both.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• 9 Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes
  of the Pharisees party arose and protested,
  saying, We find no evil in this man but if a
  spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not
  fight against God.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• This is a loyalty that is true in
  denominationalism today.

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The constant temptation towards wrong
relationships

• This is a loyalty that is true in
  denominationalism today.
• We can falsely have this kind of thinking towards
  a local church.

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• When God is first we will pursue only those
  things that help us go to heaven.

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• When God is first we will pursue only those
  things that help us go to heaven.
• Ask Peter about Pauls love for him.
  (Gal 211-13)

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• Galatians 211-13 (NKJV) - Now when Peter had
  come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face,
  because he was to be blamed 12 for before
  certain men came from James, he would eat with
  the Gentiles but when they came, he withdrew and
  separated himself, fearing those who were of the
  circumcision.

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the
  hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was
  carried away with their hypocrisy.

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• When God is first we will pursue only those
  things that help us go to heaven.
• Ask Peter about Pauls love for him.
  (Gal 211-13)
• Are you a real friend and brother?

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• Our needs of love will be met by those who love
  God. (1 Cor 134-7)

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• 1 Corinthians 134-7 (NKJV) - Love suffers long
  and is kind love does not envy love does not
  parade itself, is not puffed up 5 does not
  behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not
  provoked, thinks no evil 6 does not rejoice in
  iniquity, but rejoices in the truth 7 bears all
  things, believes all things, hopes all things,
  endures all things.

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• God will test us.

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There is a proper place for good relationships
among Christians

• God will test us.
• Will you pass the test?