FBC Long Beach, MS
Eliminating Threats to Effective Disciples
1 Kings 2:46 ESV
Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV
To be an effective disciple you must remove the threats to your effectiveness.
I. Fear threatens your effectiveness as a disciple of Jesus.
Adonijah represented a threat to Solomon.
Adonijah wanted to be king.
1 Peter 5:8.
Isaiah 41:10, 13.
II. Self-centeredness threatens your effectiveness as a disciple of Jesus.
Abiathar represented a threat to Solomon.
Abiathar was driven by a self-centered ambition.
Philippians 2:3.
James 4:3.
III. Disobedience threatens your effectiveness as a disciple of Jesus.
Joab represented a threat to Solomon.
Joab disobeyed God’s Word and authority.
Hebrews 12:1.
Joshua 7:10-12.