Practicing Christian Leadership, Mentor's Guide, MG11

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P R A C T I C I N G C H R I S T I A N L E A D E R S H I P

a. Each individual reaps what they personally sow.

b. They may sow to the flesh or the Spirit, with respective results.

c. We are not to grow weary in doing good, for the reaping does apply to us, if we do not give up.

III. Special Problems with Providing Care and Seeking Healing for Souls in Distress

A. The problem of evil : how do you explain God’s will when horrible things happen to good people?

1. In this world we are bound to have tribulation, John 16.33.

2. The devil is defeated, but still roams with evil intent to destroy, 1 Pet. 5.8.

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3. As Christ’s servants, we are not greater than our Lord; if the world treated him with such disdain and wrong, we can expect the same treatment.

a. John 13.16

b. Matt. 10.24

c. John 15.20