The Compromised Church

Follow Along with the Message

1. Relationally Compromised (Matthew 16:1-4)
   1. The faith that people walk in with regards to Jesus is in total  to the Pharisees and Sadducees.
   2. The people respond to Jesus  in faith.
   3. The Religious want to see if Jesus will  
   4. They would have made good weathermen, but were poor readers of the  
   5. When we have relational problems, we are taught a process for the purpose of repairing the relationship. 
      •      We are to go to the person
      •      We take a couple people to mediate
      •      We bring it to the church
   6. We are called not to divide, but to  .
   7. Love and draw near to each other for the purpose of  each other back to health

1. Spiritually Compromised (Mark 8:14-21; Matthew 16:11a)
   1. Jesus sees their lack of food as an opportunity to teach and warn the  .
   2. Jesus is   the disciples of the evil and sinful influences of the religious rulers and Herod.
   3. The disciples hear Jesus, but they are not  .
   4. Jesus is teaching them a  lesson and they are stuck in the material.
   5. When we know what God desires of us to do and we fail to do it, we are in a  place spiritually.
   6. Our willingness to obey Jesus is a direct reflection of the love that we have for him.