This presentation is a supplement to the sermon delivered at the Camden Church of Christ on Sunday morning, January 12, 2020. To listen to the audio, click this link: https://camdenchurchofchrist.org/messages/defeated-by-defeatism/

1. Defeated by Defeatism

2. (I) We Must Try for the Sake of
Our Own Salvation
Next: Ezek 33:7–9

3. (I) We Must Try for the Sake of
Our Own Salvation
7 “So you, son of man: I have made you a
watchman for the house of Israel;
therefore you shall hear a word from My
mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I
say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you
shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to
warn the wicked from his way, that >>

4. (I) We Must Try for the Sake of
Our Own Salvation
wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood I will require at your
hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the
wicked to turn from his way, and he does
not turn from his way, he shall die in his
iniquity; but you have delivered your
soul. (Ezek 33:7–9)
Next: Eph 30:26–27

5. I testify to you this day that I am
innocent of the blood of all men. For I
have not shunned to declare to you the
whole counsel of God. (Eph 30:26–27)
(I) We Must Try for the Sake of
Our Own Salvation

6. (II) Defeatism

7. (III) Defeatism in the Bible
Next: Num 13:33

8. (III) Defeatism in the Bible
They said, “‘we were in our own sight as
grasshoppers, and so we were in their
sight.’” (Num 13:33)

9. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
Next: num 13:30–31

10. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
Then Caleb quieted the people before
Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once
and take possession, for we are well able
to overcome it.” But the men who had
gone up with him said, “We are not able
to go up against the people, for they are
stronger than we.” (Num 13:30–31)
Next: Num 14:6–10

11. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb
the son of Jephunneh, who were among
those who had spied out the land, tore
their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the
congregation of the children of Israel,
saying: “The land we passed through to
spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 If
the LORD delights in us, then He will >>

12. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a
land which flows with milk and
honey.’ 9 Only do not rebel against
the LORD, nor fear the people of the land,
for theyare our bread; their protection
has departed from them, and
the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.”
10 And all the congregation said to >>

13. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
stone them with stones. Now the glory
of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle
of meeting before all the children of
Israel. (Num 14:6–10)
Next: Num 14:23–24

14. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
23 They certainly shall not see the land of
which I swore to their fathers, nor shall
any of those who rejected Me see
it. 24 But My servant Caleb, because he
has a different spirit in him and has
followed Me fully, I will bring into the
land where he went, and his descendants
shall inherit it. (vv. 23–24)
Next: Acts 1:8

15. (IV) The Opposite of Defeatism
“But you shall receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

16. (V) The Effects of Defeatism
Next: Matt 25:28–30

17. (V) The Effects of Defeatism
28 So take the talent from him, and
give it to him who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be
given, and he will have abundance; but
from him who does not have, even what
he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the
unprofitable servant into the outer
darkness. There will be weeping >>

18. (V) The Effects of Defeatism
and gnashing of teeth.’ (Matt 25:28–30)
Next: Heb 4:1–2

19. (V) The Effects of Defeatism
Therefore, since a promise remains of
entering His rest, let us fear lest any of
you seem to have come short of it. 2 For
indeed the gospel was preached to us as
well as to them; but the word which
they heard did not profit them, not
being mixed with faith in those who
heard it. (Heb 4:1–2)

20. (VI) Things We Can Do