{"id":42217,"date":"2014-03-23T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=42217"},"modified":"2023-10-05T20:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T01:43:46","slug":"fed-and-led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/fed-and-led\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed and Led"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Spring2FedAndLed.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-42217-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Spring2FedAndLed.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Spring2FedAndLed.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Spring2FedAndLed.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Brian Faulkner<\/p>\n<p>Text: Psalms 23<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Live in a society that wants no responsibility<\/li>\n<li>Welfare mentality<\/li>\n<li>Want someone else to do the thinking\n<ol>\n<li>Little or no investigation<\/li>\n<li>Even less concern<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Do as little as possible\n<ol>\n<li>Runaway lawsuits to get rich<\/li>\n<li>Lottery<\/li>\n<li>Want and look for the easiest way out<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>This leads to socialism and communism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Many want to avoid labor\n<ol>\n<li>Labor with your own hands (Proverbs 13:4)<\/li>\n<li>Taught to work to support selves and family (I Timothy 5:8)<\/li>\n<li>Paul made tents to support himself and his companions (I Thessalonians 2:9; II Thessalonians 3:8)<\/li>\n<li>Laziness is sinful<\/li>\n<li>Old Testament example Proverbs 6:6-11<\/li>\n<li>Find a scripture or an example of society giving to those who <strong>will not<\/strong> work<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Often we avoid spiritual labor (I Corinthians 15:58)\n<ol>\n<li>Study non-existent\n<ol>\n<li>Bible class is often nothing but a listening exercise<\/li>\n<li>Research for class?<\/li>\n<li>Search the scriptures daily (John 5:39; Acts 17:11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Evangelism too much trouble\n<ol>\n<li>Door to door?<\/li>\n<li>Hand out tracts?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Why do we always have to beg for Bible class teachers?<\/li>\n<li>That is the job of the preacher and the elders\n<ol>\n<li><b>Yes <\/b>it is<\/li>\n<li>And it is the job of <b>every <\/b>Christian<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Visitation is nothing more than a shadow of times past\n<ol>\n<li>Remark when visiting a brother in the hospital after surgery<\/li>\n<li>How would you feel? (Hebrews 6:10)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Many will digest only what is spoon-fed\n<ol>\n<li>Amazing to hear some talk about politics\n<ol>\n<li>Will only parrot what they hear<\/li>\n<li>A lie told often enough will become accepted<\/li>\n<li>Global Warming\n<ol>\n<li>Even after it has been proven to be falsified<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t learn from the past\n<ol>\n<li>Doomed to repeat it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some will believe whatever their leaders say<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual food mixed with poison (II Timothy 3:16-17)\n<ol>\n<li>Reliance on extra-biblical material\n<ol>\n<li>Nothing wrong with extra-biblical material per se<\/li>\n<li>Becomes sinful when we rely on and can&#8217;t live without<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t study without commentary<\/li>\n<li>Quote magazine before the Bible<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Study at the hands of denominationalist\n<ol>\n<li>Will get denominational doctrine and dogma<\/li>\n<li>Exactly what reformers were opposed to<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>We can, and <strong>should<\/strong>, be fed and led\n<ol>\n<li>Must be led by God &#8220;The Lord is my shepherd&#8221;\n<ol>\n<li>No man either good or evil<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>No craving for other doctrines &#8220;I shall not want&#8221;\n<ol>\n<li>Fulfilled in every way<\/li>\n<li>Need of nothing physical or spiritual (Matthew 6)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Protection from harm &#8220;I will fear no evil&#8221;\n<ol>\n<li>Even if we are led where danger exists<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>God&#8217;s plan is always good and right &#8220;Dwell in the house of the Lord forever&#8221;\n<ol>\n<li>Where God&#8217;s people are<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/2014-spring-meeting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn Being a Christian\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Brian Faulkner Text: Psalms 23 Introduction: Live in a society that wants no responsibility Welfare mentality Want someone else to do the thinking Little or no investigation Even less concern Do as little as possible Runaway lawsuits to get rich Lottery Want and look for the easiest way out This leads to socialism and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[1122,451],"class_list":["post-42217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-leadership","tag-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14080,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/it-takes-effort\/","url_meta":{"origin":42217,"position":0},"title":"It Takes Effort","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: II Thessalonians 3:6-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How many of us truly enjoy working? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I, like many of us, dream of times when we can take a moment off and do nothing in particular \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yet, I don\u2019t like to be idle for long. It grates on my nerves. II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the beginning \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Man\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62996,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/work-as-for-the-lord\/","url_meta":{"origin":42217,"position":1},"title":"Work as for the Lord","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Thessalonians 3:6-16 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why should you work? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I had a friend that inherited a large sum of money before he was 18. There was enough cash available that he could live comfortably off the interest the money would generate for the rest of his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":583,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-christians-commanded-to-physically-labor\/","url_meta":{"origin":42217,"position":2},"title":"Are Christians commanded to physically labor?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 28, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I know a Christian is required to work (I Thessalonians 4:11), but since it says \"laboring with your hands\" doesn't that mean only manual labor? Answer: There are several passages which command Christians to labor. Ephesians 4:28\u00a0\"Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11663,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/money-matters\/","url_meta":{"origin":42217,"position":3},"title":"Money Matters","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Chronicles 29:10-18 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We live in a society consumed with the desire for wealth \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Since money is a part of a Christian\u2019s life, we need to know how to properly regard money and wealth. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We need to know how to properly handle money. II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wealth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11685,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/an-industrious-worker\/","url_meta":{"origin":42217,"position":4},"title":"An Industrious Worker","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Download Audio Text: Proverbs 24:30-34 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Bible commends diligent work \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jacob had his faults, but one thing we notice is that he was an industrious worker \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Genesis 31:38-39 - A summary of his work record. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Prosperous growth in herds \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No miscarriages in 20 years \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29146,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jamaica-patois-wisdom-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":42217,"position":5},"title":"Jamaica Patois Wisdom &#8211; Work","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant The Jamaican Patois dialect is colorful, unique, and humorous. It is my desire to share some of the philosophy shown in this mix of colorful phrases that are witty as well as thought-provoking. I hope the readers both profit and enjoy. 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