1. Mistakes of Multitudes
Matthew 22:29

2. “Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.”
Matthew 22:29
Mistakes of Multitudes

3. Mistakes can be costly! The cost can be… Friends & friendships
Financial losses
Family
Health
Happiness
Lives
The Lord’s church
Your Soul
Mistakes of Multitudes

4. Mistakes Multitudes Make
By Presuming Wrongly
By Misplaced Trust
Failing To Realize Important Things
By Neglect
Mistakes Multitudes Make
Mistakes of Multitudes

5. They Can’t Understand the Bible
John 7:17; Ephesians 5:17; 3:4
Ignorance Will Excuse
Acts 17:30-31
Sincerity is Sufficient
Acts 26:9-11
The Majority is Right
Matt. 7:13-14; 1 Peter 3:20
God is Not So Exciting
Num. 20:12; Rom. 11:21-22
They Presume
John 7:17 - "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. - NKJV
Ephesians 5:17 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 3:4 - Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Acts 17: And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. {hath given...: or, offered faith
Acts 26: I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Matt. 7:13, Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
1 Peter 3:20 - Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Numbers 20:12 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Romans 11: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
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6. They Misplace Their Trust
In Self (Consciences)
Jer. 10:23; Acts 23:1; 24:16
In Men (“Clergy”)
Gal. 1:6-9; Eph. 4:14; 1 Cor. 4:6
Matt. 15:5-9, 14
In Doctrines of Men
Matt. 15:8-9; Rom. 16:17-18
Fail To Obey His Commands
Luke 6:46; Matt. 7:21-23
They Misplace Their Trust
Jer. 10:23 - O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Acts 23:1 - And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Acts 24:16 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men
Galatians 1:6-9 - READ
Ephesians 4:14 - That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
1 Corinthians 4:6 - And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. CF Acts 5:29
Matthew 15:5-9, 14 - READ
Matthew 15:8, 9 - READ
Romans 16:17, Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Luke 6:46 - Quote
Matthew 7:21-23 Quote
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7. Their Own Responsibility We Must Not Please Self
The Value of Their Soul
Matt. 16:26
Their Own Responsibility
Rom. 2:6; 14:12
We Must Not Please Self
1 Thess. 4:1
The Necessity of Obedience
2 Thess. 1:7-9; Heb. 5:8-9
Their Own Accountability
2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:12
They Fail to Realize
Matthew 16:26 - For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Romans 2:6 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Romans 14:12 - So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God
1 Thessalonians 4:1 - Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 - READ
Hebrews 5:8, 9 - Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Revelation 20:12 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works
Mistakes of Multitudes

8. Render Obedience to God Be Faithful Till Death They Neglect To
Study
2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Tim. 4:13
Search the Scriptures
John 5:39; 1 Thess. 5:21
Guard Against Error
Matt. 7:15-20; 1 Jn. 4:1
2 Jn. 9-11
Render Obedience to God
Rom. 6:17-18
Be Faithful Till Death
Rev. 2:10; 2 Tim. 4:6-8
They Neglect To
2 Tim. 2:15 - Quote
1 Timothy 4:13 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
John 5:39 - Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
1 Thess. 5:21 - Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Matthew 7: READ
1 John 4:1 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 John Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Romans 6: But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. {which...: Gr. whereto ye were delivered}
Revelation 2:10 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
2 Timothy 4:6-8 - For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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9. “Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.”
Ephesians 3:3-4
Mistakes of Multitudes

10. Don’t You Make These Mistakes!
By Presuming Wrongly
By Misplaced Trust
Failing To Realize Important Things
By Neglect
Don’t You Make These Mistakes!
Mistakes of Multitudes