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Sep 18, 2016

Being an Exemplary Christian

Passage: 1 Corinthians 11:1

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: God's Love Letter to an Unlovely Church

Category: 1 Corinthians

Summary:

Main Text - 1 Corinthians 11:1; OT Reading - 1 Kings 22:51-53; NT Reading - John 13:1-15

Detail:

"God’s Love Letter To an Unlovely Church”

 “Being An Exemplary Christian”

1 Corinthians 11:1  Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

 

  1.  We All Have Examples and Are To Be An Example of Christian Living

 

               The Examples We Have -

 

                              1 Corinthians 4:14-16   

                              Philippians 3:17a   

                              Titus 2:7-8   

                              2 Thessalonians 3:7-8 

                              1 Timothy 412

 

               The Examlpes we are to be–

 

                              Philippians 3:17b  

                              1 Thessalonians 1:6-8  

 

 

  1. No Matter Who We Are, We Are Never a Perfect Example of Christian Living

 

               Why doesn’t Paul just say Be imitators of me, I’m an apostle!!!

                

               Though our example is to be exemplary..  

 

               We must not canonize our examples and expect perfection before…

 

                               Matthew 23:1-3   

 

 

  1. Though Your Example Is Never Perfect, The More You Are Like Christ, the Better Your Example

 

               But wasen’t Jesus perfect..  WWJD? 

 

               However, as a true man, much of his life does

 

                              John 13:15-16  

 

                              1 Timothy 1:15-16   

 

                              1 Peter 2:20-22   

 

                             

“I make Christ my example. He is my model in all things; and if you follow him, and follow me as far as I follow him, you will not err. This is the only safe example; and if we follow this, we can never go astray.” Albert Barnes