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Classic Problems That The Disciples Faced Series
Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: The text reveals several problems that the disciples had to deal with, they are not only problems they had to face, but are problems that have plagued the church all down through the centuries.
Conclusion
The same problems will face us as followers of the Lord today we will also be tempted to be
They Suffered from a lack of vision
Faith is seldom learned in the classroom, but is learned in the crises of life, when we must obey God without all the visible means available to do so.
They Suffered from a lack perspective.
The only real way to preserve the value of a spiritual experience is to use it.
They Suffered from a lack of power.
What they ought to have done when they ran into circumstances which contradicted their expectations, where they failed when they didn’t expect to fail, where things didn’t go the way they thought, was pray.
They Suffered from a lack of unity.
Beware of pride it is hard to see in ourselves but easy to see and despise in others.
Thjey Suffered from a lack of tolerance.
It is a dangerous thing to presume that God uses no other work but ours.
They Suffered from a lack of compassion.
For the Christian there is not justification for seeking judgment, but we should seek to save lives as long as God allows.
