Introduction

• Luke 5:8 → II Peter 1:16

Helping someone else starts with helping myself.

• Matthew 7:3-5
• Luke 22:61
• We are continual works in progress, so we can’t wait until we’re perfect to help others.

Courage to confront my own sins … so that I can help others do the same.

• Acts 26:18, 9

Learning God’s truth … so that I can help others do the same.

• I Timothy 4:15-16
• II Timothy 2:2, 14-15
• Acts 17:2-3

Wise decision-making … so that I can help others do the same.

• Colossians 1:9-11
• II Timothy 2:24-26

Zeal … so that I can help others do the same.

• Titus 2:14
• I Corinthians 12:14
• If everybody at Benchley was as zealous as me, what kind of church would it be?