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“Indifference”

“Indifference”. (Rom. 2:4-5). Indifference:. Having a neutral or unbiased disposition. Not interested in or concerned about something. Apathetic; not easily interested or moved. Characterized by lack of active quality. ~ Webster. Indifference:.

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“Indifference”

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  1. “Indifference” (Rom. 2:4-5)

  2. Indifference: • Having a neutral or unbiased disposition. • Not interested in or concerned about something. • Apathetic; not easily interested or moved. • Characterized by lack of active quality. ~ Webster

  3. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • 2 Thess. 2:9-12; Prov. 23:23

  4. Indifference: • “Truth is avoided when it is painful. We can revise our maps only when we have the discipline to overcome that pain. To have such discipline, we must be totally dedicated to truth. That is to say, we must always hold the truth to be more important, more vital to our self-interest, than our comfort. Conversely, we must always consider our personal discomfort relatively unimportant and, indeed, even welcome it in the service of the search for truth.” (From The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck, p. 50)

  5. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things:

  6. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things: • Worship (Rev. 3:15, 19)

  7. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things: • Worship • Concern for one another (Jn. 13:34-35; 1Jn. 3:16; Rom. 13:8; 1 Cor. 12:20-22, 25-27)

  8. Indifference: • “There are a lot of coaches with good ball clubs who know the fundamentals and have plenty of discipline but still don’t win the game. Then you come to the third ingredient: if you’re going to play together as a team, you’ve got to care for one another. You’ve got to love each other. Each player has to be thinking about the next guy and saying to himself: ‘If I don’t block that man, Paul is going to get his legs broken. I have to do my job well in order that he can do his.’ The difference between mediocrity and greatness is the feeling these guys have for each other.” (Quoted in Leadership, Vol. 15, No. 3).

  9. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things: • Worship • Concern for one another • Rearing of their children (Eph. 6:4; Prov. 22:15; 23:13-14)

  10. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things: • Worship • Concern for one another • Rearing of their children • Moral living (Rom. 2:4-6)

  11. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things: • Worship • Concern for one another • Rearing of their children • Moral living • Toward lost souls (Gal. 6:1; Jas. 5:19-20; Prov. 9:8b-9; Psa. 141:5; Prov. 28:23; 1Thess. 5:14; 2 Tim. 4:2; Eph. 5:11)

  12. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things: • Worship • Concern for one another • Rearing of their children • Moral living • Toward lost souls

  13. Indifference: • Many people in our world are indifferent about the salvation of their own souls. • Many brethren are indifferent toward spiritual things. • When we become “indifferent” in the very things God designed for His people, we lose our identity as His people (Rev. 3:15-20).

  14. “Indifference” (Rom. 2:4-5)

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