Vintage Values- Loyalty

Vintage Values – Loyalty 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 11.06.22 

Loyalty: A to an ongoing and to the attitude and behavior demanded by it. 

Disloyalty is to see in the mirror. 

 Matthew 26:33–35 (NLT)
33 Peter declared, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.” 
34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.” 
35 “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same.

Matthew 26:74–75 (NLT)
74 Peter swore, “A curse on me if I’m lying—I don’t know the man!” And immediately the rooster crowed. 
75 Suddenly, Jesus’ words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And he went away, weeping bitterly.

True loyalty is not , it’s . 

“Loyalty is not a word, it’s a lifestyle.” 

Proverbs 3:1–4 (NLT)
1 My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. 
2 If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying. 
3 Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. 
4 Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.

3 major ways we’re disloyal:  

1) We’re disloyal to our . 

Malachi 2:15–16 (NLT)
15 Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. 
16 “For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”

2) We’re disloyal to .

Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)
17 A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

3) We’re disloyal to ’ .

Acts 2:42 (NLT)
42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.

Disloyalty comes from a . 

Matthew 15:19 (NLT)
19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.

James 4:8 (NLT)
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

Loyalty develops by drawing to God.

James 4.8 (NLT)
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. 

A loyal starts with to God. 

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