What If Everyone Was Just Like Me?
Introduction: Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 13:5 to “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith.”
Tonight I would like to ask a few questions and help us to examine ourselves. What if everyone was just like me?
I. Worship
A. Would our worship be uplifting and edifying? Hebrews 10:24-25
B. Would our worship be proper and pleasing to God? Matthew 15:9, John 4:24
C. Would I be here to worship? Hebrews 10:25
II. Giving
A. Would the church be giving as they ought to? 1 Corinthians 16:1-2
B. Am I giving with the right attitude? 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
C. Am I willing to sacrifice to give as I ought to?
III. Singing
A. Would we teach and admonish through singing? Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16
B. Are we singing with the spirit and understanding? 1 Corinthians 14:15
C. Would you be able to hear the singing at all?
IV. My Brethren:
A. Would we care for one another? 1 Corinthians 12:25-26
B. Would we be the family we ought to be? John 13:34-35
C. Would we be forgiving of one another? Colossians 3:13, Matthew 6:14-15
IV. Sin
A. Are we purging sin from our lives? 1 Thessalonians 5:22, Colossians 3:5-9
B. Do we view sin for what is really is? James 1:21
C. Would we be accepting of those in sin? Romans 1:29-32, 1 Corinthians 5:1-2
V. Spiritual maturity
A. Would the church be maturing as it ought to be? 2 Peter 3:18, 1 Peter 2:2
B. Would we be able to defend the truth? Titus 1:9, 1 Peter 3:15
C. Would we be complacent? Hebrews 5:12-14
VI. Evangelism
A. Would the church be growing? Luke 19:10, Mark 16:15-16
B. Can the lost count on me? Romans 10:14, 1 Corinthians 1:21
C. Am I fishing for men?
VII. Truth
A. Would we accept the Word of God as inspired truth? 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 3:16
B. Would we boldly proclaim the truth? 2 Timothy 4:2
C. Do we try to water-down the gospel? Acts 20:27, Romans 1:16
VIII. Would the Lord Find Faith On Earth?
A. Would there be any faithful? Luke 18:8, Luke 14:37
B. Would He find us persevering through the trials that come our way? Revelation 2:10
C. Would He find us busy sharing the gospel with those we come in contact with? John 4:35-36
D. Would He find us steadfast I encouraging fellow saints in the faith? Hebrews 10:24-25
E. Would He find preaching the truth regardless of consequences? Philippians 1:12-14
Conclusion: Am I worthy of imitation? Would the church be thriving or barely hanging on if everyone was just
like me?