THE SIX ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH BY LR JOY BRUCE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15TH

It is better to obey God than to please man - LR. DR. JOY BRUCE

Jesus Christ assured His followers one thing: the gate of hell will not prevail against us.

The Enemies

*Those who are ignorant.

*Those who pretend: given all sort of intimidation in church.

*Those who forget: if you are forgetful, you become ungrateful.

*Those who are dangerous: some people are in church, they go to different mallams for spiritual protection.

*Those who are disloyal.

The number one enemy of the church :
*Those who accuse
Revelations 12:10
Every time. you open your mouth to accuse,  you are working for Satan

Whenever accusations go down, salvation increases.
Whenever accusations go down, the strength of the people of God increases.

The kingdom of God will do well …
The kingdom of God will be established when accusations go down.

Accusations is close to madness: looking for evidence that don't exist, then we start making up stories.

Our musics may be different
Our clothings may be different
Our dances may be different

But if we all believe that Jesus came to die, and shed His blood for us, then it is okay.

Warning To Accusers
Psalm 109

            He is God, the defender of His people and you are not alone...

THE LAST 4 STAGES OF DISLOYALTY

Sunday, October 9th 2016.
Sermon by Chief Elder Johnson

5- Political stage.

At this stage the individual wants to show that he is more caring than his leader. Here, he wants to win the heart of the members towards himself. After service he meets a group of people to "analyse" what ever went on in church.

6- Deception

Here the person accepts facts which may not be true. He believes a lot of things about the church or leaders which may not be tried.
The individual tries to make other people believe lies about leaders or members of the church.

7- Open Rebellion

The person in this stage challenges everything the leader says in public.
    Rev.12:7                          1Sam.15:23

8- Execution

Here, if the individual is given an instruction not to do something and he does it,he is in execution stage.  He finally leaves.  the church

THE FIRST TEN SIGNS OF DISLOYALTY

"children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honour your father and your mother"

>when a person disappoints you in times of crises
            Acts 15:38

>when a leader/member has moral weakness
            1Tim 5:2

>when members/leaders have financial weakness
           John 12:6

>when a member/leader is worldly
              2 Tim 4:10

>people who think they can do what the leader is doing and even do it better
            2 Sam 15:4

>people who have never recovered from hurt

>anyone who is prepared to attack the leader
         2 Sam 16:11

>people who are not ready to be trained or retrained

>members who are not prepared to do menial work for God
          Luke 22:27

>members with persistent stormy relationships