Original Power Point by Richard Thetford

Original Power Point
By
Richard Thetford
www.thetfordcountry.com
Edited with additions of scriptures/etc
Jack Wheeler – Clovis Ca.
[email protected]
Give Diligence:
Add to Faith – Virtue
Add to Virtue – Knowledge
Add to Knowledge – Temperance
Add to Temperance – Patience
Add to Patience – Godliness
Add to Godliness – Brotherly Kindness
Add to Brotherly Kindness – Love
“For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that
you shall neither be barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ”
Patience
“the will or ability to endure without
complaint; endurance, perseverance, In
performing a task; refusing to be provoked, as
by an insult; forbearing”
Patience: A very precious characteristic:
but is often the most difficult to add to our life.
Patience Commanded
• Commanded upon the servants of God
– 2 Timothy 2:24
And the Lord's servant must not strive,
but be gentle towards all, apt to teach,
forbearing,
“True patience is waiting

without worrying.”
Patience Commanded
• Commanded upon the brethren
– James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the
coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waits for the precious fruit
of the earth, being patient over it, until it
receive the early and latter rain.
“True patience is waiting
without worrying.”
Where Patience Is Needed
• In Tribulation
– Glory when we suffer for the Lord patiently
• 1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are
buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but
if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall
take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
• In Tribulation
– Learn to possess a mind thankful to suffer for
our Lord Jesus Christ
• Matthew 5:11-12
11 Blessed are ye when men shall reproach
you, and persecute you, and say all manner

of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is
your reward in heaven: for so persecuted

they the prophets that were before you.
• In Tribulation
– Examples of patience in tribulation:
• Christ (1 Peter 2:21-23)
21 For hereunto were ye called: because Christ
also suffered for you, leaving you an example,

that ye should follow his steps:
22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his
mouth:
23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again;
when he suffered threatened not; but committed

himself to him that judgeth righteously:
• In Tribulation
• Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 1:4)
so that we ourselves glory in you in the
churches of God for your patience and faith
in all your persecutions and in the afflictions
which ye endure;
• In Tribulation
• Prophets cited by James (James 5:10-11)
10 Take, brethren, for an example of suffering
and of patience, the prophets who spake in

the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured:
ye have heard of the patience of Job, and

have seen the end of the Lord, how that the
Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
• In Well Doing
– Commit our souls to God in well doing
• 1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore let them also that suffer
according to the will of God commit their
souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
• In Well Doing
– Must not grow weary in doing good
• 2 Thessalonians 3:13
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.
• In Well Doing
– Must not grow weary in doing good
• Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in
due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• In Well Doing
“Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always
abounding in the work of the
Lord, knowing that your
labor is not in vain in the
Lord.” (1 Cor 15:58)
• In Dealing with the Unruly
– With patience we must warn the unruly
• 1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the
disorderly, encourage the fainthearted,
support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
“But we command you, brethren, in

the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you withdraw from every
brother who walks disorderly and
not according to the tradition which
he received from us.” (2
Thessalonians 3:6)
2 Thessalonians 3:14
“And if anyone does

not obey our word in
this epistle, note that
person and do not
keep company with
him, that he may be
ashamed.”
• In the Christian Race
– Our race is a continuous race
• Hebrews 12:1
Therefore let us also, seeing we are
compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run
with patience the race that is set before us,
• With Regard to Each Other
– Strive to be peacemakers
• Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called sons of God.
• With Regard to Each Other
– Be patient with one another in love
• Ephesians 4:1-3
1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you
to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were

called,
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with
longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace.

• In Waiting for Our Reward
– Paul’s statement:
• Romans 8:24-25
24 For in hope were we saved: but hope that is
seen is not hope: for who hopes for that

which he sees?
25 But if we hope for that which we see not,
then do we with patience wait for it.

• In Waiting for Our Reward
– The farmer
• James 5:7-8
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming
of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for

the precious fruit of the earth, being patient
over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for
the coming of the Lord is at hand.

The Cause of Patience
• Learn Patience Through Tribulation
– Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we also rejoice in our
tribulations: knowing that tribulations
works steadfastness.
The Cause of Patience
• Examples of Others
– Hebrews 6:12
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of
them who through faith and patience
inherit the promises.
Results of Patience
• Helps us to be an influence for good
• Prepares us for eternity
– Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, that
through patience and through comfort of
the scriptures we might have hope.
Results of Patience
Conclusion
“For you have need of endurance, so that after you

have done the will of God, you may receive the
promise”
Hebrews 10:36
Patience
“For if these things be in you and abound,
they make you that you shall neither be barren
or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ”
Have you been
Patient
in your every
day life ?

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“True patience is waiting

you, and persecute you, and say all manner

your reward in heaven: for so persecuted

also suffered for you, leaving you an example,

when he suffered threatened not; but committed

and of patience, the prophets who spake in

ye have heard of the patience of Job, and

“But we command you, brethren, in

“And if anyone does

to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were

longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

the bond of peace.

seen is not hope: for who hopes for that

then do we with patience wait for it.

of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for

the coming of the Lord is at hand.

“For you have need of endurance, so that after you

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