MAKE BELIEVE CHRISTIANITY

Make yourself believe the facts of faith

1 PETER 5

• 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

• 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

• 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

• 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

• 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

• 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

• 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

• 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

• 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

• 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Exhortation to ‘Elders’

a)Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof

Mission: (John 21:15-17)b)How Not to: (not, neither)• not by constraint• not for filthy lucre• Neither as being lords over God's heritage

Exhortation to ‘Elders’

c) How To: (but)• Willingly (Spirit-Mat. 26:41, 2Pet. 3:5)• of a ready mind (Soul-Phil. 2:1-10, Rom. 12:2,

2Cor 11:14-15)• being ensamples to the flock. (Body-Rom.

12:1, 1Cor. 6:19-20)

Exhortation to immature (younger than an elder)

• 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Gods goal for your development:

a) Exaltation • 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the

mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

• JEREMIAH 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

Gods goal for your development

b) Cheat sheet for placement test:• 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the

mighty hand of God,• 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he

careth for you.

Gods goal for your development

c) Answer to the trick questions:• 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your

adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

• 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Make believe Christianity:

Make self believe5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faithHEBREWS 11: 1 "Now faith is the substance of

things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

PSALMS 27:13 "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."

Make believe Christianity:

• EPHESIANS 6: 16 "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."

• 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Old Testament example EXODUS 14

14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and

encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

14:12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever

14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

PSALMS 106

106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in

the desert.106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their

soul.106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in

Egypt;106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the

Red sea.106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses

his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

PSALMS 77: 3,6 "I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah."

"I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search."

78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from [weed] the pots.

81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

1PETER 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.