In the text, controversy arises between believers. We will learn seven strategies for coping with controversy.

1. Coping
with
Controversy
Acts 15.1-35, CB NT p. 235-237

3. 7for
steps
Coping with
Controversy

4. 1. Go back to the source.

5. 2. State the problem clearly.

6. 3. Consider and Debate.

8. 4. Answer Clearly

9. • God knows the heart
• God bore witness to them
• God gave them the Holy Spirit
• God made no distinction
• God cleansed their hearts by faith Peter
• YOU are putting God to the test
• You are placing a yoke we could not bear
• WE are saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus

10. Signs and wonders God had done
through them among the Gentiles
Paul

11. • God visited the Gentiles ...
— to take from them a people for His Name
• Prophets agree (Amos 9.11- 12)
• My judgment...
— not trouble the Gentiles
— Abstain from James
1. things polluted by idols
2. sexual immorality
3. strangled
4. blood

12. 5. Listen Respectfully.

13. 6. Reach a Clear Resolution.

14. 7. Give a Proper Response.

15. Coping with Controversy
1. Go back to the source.
2. State the problem clearly.
3. Consider and debate.
4. Answer clearly.
5. Listen respectfully.
6. Reach a clear resolution.
7. Give a proper response.

16. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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18. Miscellaneous 2012 Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
10 June, 2012
#08
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Coping with Controversy
Acts 15.1-35
Synopsis: In the text, controversy arises between believers. We will learn seven strategies for coping with controversy.
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