THINGS CHRISTIANS NEED TO STOP DOING

INTRO. All crybabies out of the way Mat 15:12-14, Jn 6:60-61

I. BRAGGING Mat 6:3

1. Stop parading your good works Mat 6:1-4

a. Your light will shine without announcement Mat 5:16

b. Difference between them seeing & you showing

2. Stop telling others about your prayer life Mat 6:5-6

a. Get the word "I" out of your testimony Isa 14:12-15

b. Quit bragging about your exploits Pro 27:2

II. HYPOCRITICAL Psa 34:1

3. Stop saying "God is good" only when you feel it Lk 18:18-19, 22-23

a. Never say that to one under a trial 1 Pet 1:6

b. Or someone under discipline Heb 12:11

III. JUDGMENTAL

4. Stop believing accusations without proper evidence 1 Tim 5:19

5. Stop criticizing others who fall 1 Cor 10:12

a. You may be next Gal 6:1

IV. CHURCH

6. Stop skipping church services Heb 10:25, Psa 122:1

7. Stop church hopping Psa 92:12-14

8. Stop expecting the church to raise your children Deu 6:6-7

9. Stop making Christian celebrities 1 Cor 1:26-29

a. Glory is what Satan offered Christ Mat 4:8-10

b. A minister leads you into the presence. Not entertain you Mat 11:17

10. Stop complicating the church

a. Keep it simple and pure Pro 30:5-6

11. Stop the candy coated sermons Gal 1:10

a. Motivational speeches are the gospel 2 Tim 4:2-4

V. WITNESSING THE WRONG WAY

12. Stop forcing salvation on others like a sales pitch

a. Your job is to preach repentance Mk 6:12

b. Not repeat the sinner's prayer