Act Like Men

2017-06-18 

Pastor Jonathan Falwell 

Memory Verse:

1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done with love.

1 Corinthians 16:13 (NASB) Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love.

1. Man of Protection

v13a Watch

– NASB Be on the alert..

– What for?

– Second coming – how we should live in light of that truth

– False Teachers

– Prayer

2. Man of Purity

v13b stand fast in the faith

– NASB ..stand firm in the faith..

– Grounded in truth of God’s Word

– Church at Corinth was one being influenced by the pagan culture

– Church was being influenced more than it was doing the influencing

3. Man of Power

v13c be brave

– NASB ..act like men..

– dependable, trustworthy, honest, caring

– this is what our world needs today

– It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men – Frederick Douglass

4. Man of Purpose

v13d be strong

– Strong in face opposition

– Not giving in at the first sign of trouble

– weakness not an option

5. Man of Perfection

v14 Let all that you do be done with love

1 Corinthians 13:1 (NLT) If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;* but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

vs 8 “LOVE NEVER FAILS” (NKJV)