From Gary... SHOE LEATHER RELIGION

SHOE LEATHER RELIGION 

Bible Reading: MATT 5:1-16  

SONG: WHEN THE SAVED GET TO HEAVEN

INTRODUCTION

A. Not in theology of theology, but in walking we buy 

     shoes.

B. Not knowledge, but living is the test of our religion

C. Nothing less than Holiness is Godliness!(us?) Isa. 6:3; 

    Tit. 2:14

D. Not everyone is SAVED Matt 7:21; Matt 5:16; Jn 4:24; 

    Rom. 2:1-2

BODY

A. THE CALL TO HOLINESS: “I urge you therefore, 

     brethren, by the mercies of God”

1. Consider Israel, pursue holiness   1 Pet. 2:9;  

    Romans, Chapter 11

2. Concentrate on being a brother(a saint-hagios)

     Lev. 20:26

3. Concept of Christianity: Holiness and Sanctification  

B. THE CONSECRATION TO HOLINESS: 

     “To present your bodies a living and holy   

       sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is…

1. What do really present to GOD???....REALLY????

2. What do we sacrifice, a spotted lamb?? Eph. 5:26-27

3. What do we do with our lives?:

     Belshazzar complex? Daniel Chapter 5

C. THE COST OF HOLINESS: READ ROMANS 12:2

1. Reality: Free lunch??

2. Really be separated from sin, to GOD: Heart change  

    first Ephesians, Chapter 4

3. Remember GOD, not the world; 

    caterpillars to butterflies Tit. 3:5 ; 2 Cor. 5:17

4. Realize the outworking of 2 Cor. 5:17 in your life. 

    Gideon, Moses,....us?

CONCLUSION

A. PRACTICAL religion is R.E.A.L. religion.

B. PARTICIPATION begins with belief, repentance  

    and baptism… Acts of the apostles

C. PERFECTION (Philippians, Chapter 3) IS on-going, 

    a seeking ... cf. Matthew, Chapter 5

D. PLEA for God’s holiness to be our holiness!!

From Gary V. Womack...HEADSHIP OF THE HUSBAND

HEADSHIP OF THE HUSBAND

Eph. 5:22-24 The husband is the head of the wife.

GOD'S DESIGN FOR ORDER IN MARRIAGE.

In no organization can everyone be "in charge" - otherwise disorder results

GOD'S "PECKING ORDER" IN LIFE.

1 Cor. 11:3 "But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God."

Eph. 5:23 HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF HIS WIFE..... Not "the BOSS"

(someone once said, "Give a man an inch, and suddenly he thinks he's a ruler")

JESUS' APOSTLES CONFUSED POWER WITH AUTHORITY

Mt. 20:20-28 A desire for authority in order to RULE - or to SERVE?

1 Pet. 5:1-4 Elders are to LEAD as servants - not LORDS over the flock.

SOME HUSBANDS THINK OF A WIFE AS THEIR SERVANT.

vs. 28 ...as Christ came to SERVE - not to BE SERVED.

.....AS CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE CHURCH. (Eph. 5:23)

PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HEADSHIP IS TO LOVE OUR WIFE.

Eph. 5:25-29 Love of Christ involved "sanctifying" and "purifying" as a husband "nourishes" and "cherishes"

SOME YOUNG HUSBANDS SAY, "I DO THAT. I EARN A LIVING."

1 Tim. 5:8 "But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an        unbeliever."

HUSBAND TO PROVIDE FOR PHYSICAL NEEDS - TRUE, BUT WHAT ABOUT SPIRITUAL NEEDS?

As Christ would "present to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish."

SO HUSBANDS SHOULD LEAD THEIR WIVES IN SPIRITUAL PURITY.

2 Tim. 2:15 "Be diligent (study, kvv) to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of

truth."

ALL, BOTH MEN & WOMEN, HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE & RESPONSIBILITY

But the husband has a responsibility to lead his family in spiritual matters.

This does not make the husband the mediator between his wife & God

1 Tim. 2:5 "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus."

Paul alludes to this responsibility of husbands in his letter to Corinth:

1 Cor. 14:34-35 "Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. [35] and if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church."

THE HUSBAND IS TO BE THE HEAD OF HIS FAMILY & LEAD HIS FAMILY AS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER IN THE HOME.

FOR MEN TO BECOME ELDERS & DEACONS, THEY MUST LEARN TO BE SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN THEIR HOMES.

1 Tim. 3:4-5, 12 "...one who rules his own house well...

INVITATION