SF410 - SUBSTITUTES FOR GOD (Jeremiah 2 11-13)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF410

@TITLE = SUBSTITUTES FOR GOD

@LEVEL ONE = Jeremiah 2:11‑13

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@ILL TITLE = Send In The Subs

@LEVEL FOUR = Usually means the game is out of hand.

@LEVEL FOUR = They are ok, but they will not perform at the level of the original.

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. SUBSTITUTE PROGRAMS AND PAGEANTRY FOR GOD'S PRESENCE

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Put Our Trust In Methods

@SCRIPTURE = Proverbs 3:5‑6

@LEVEL THREE = Program not God oriented

@LEVEL THREE = Emphasis religion not relationship

@LEVEL THREE = Emphasis works not faith

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Put Our Trust In Men

@SCRIPTURE = Psalm 20:7

@LEVEL THREE = For our resources

@LEVEL THREE = For our wisdom

@LEVEL THREE = For our encouragement

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. SUBSTITUTE PROSPERITY FOR GOD'S PURPOSES

@SCRIPTURE = Deuteronomy 8:10‑14,19

@SCRIPTURE = Luke 12:15 (NIV)  Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Seek The Signs Of Success

@LEVEL THREE = Budgets

@LEVEL THREE = Baptisms

@LEVEL THREE = Bodies

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Seek To Serve OurSelves

@LEVEL THREE = Take care of our own

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Seek Physical Not Spiritual Results

@LEVEL THREE = Numbers at any cost

@LEVEL THREE = More concerned with stats than souls

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. SUBSTITUTE THE WORLD'S WAYS FOR GOD'S WAYS

@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 30:1

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. By The Way We Walk

@LEVEL THREE = By sight not by faith

@SCRIPTURE = 2 Cor 5:7 (NIV)  We live by faith, not by sight.

@LEVEL THREE = We exalt ourselves rather than humbling ourselves

@SCRIPTURE = 1 Pet 5:6 (NIV)  Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

@LEVEL THREE = We hold on rather than letting go

@SCRIPTURE = Mat 16:25 (NIV)  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. By The Way We Work

@LEVEL THREE = Market the church rather than let God draw people

@SCRIPTURE = John 12:32 (NIV)  But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."

@LEVEL THREE = Manipulate people to serve rather than trusting God to call forth laborers

@SCRIPTURE = Mat 9:38 (NIV)  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = What have you substituted for God?