Wednesday Night October 24, 2012
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scriptures: Proverbs 20, Hebrews 10, 1 Timothy 6, Hebrews 13, 1 Peter 4, Galatians 5, 1 Corinthians 5
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Notes
Going through Proverbs to gain wisdom. Goal is to be wise.
Proverbs 20:9-12
You really need God to get right. You can’t make yourself pure from sin.
Just starting to go to church or deciding to be a better person is not enough. You need God to be made free from sin, to clean the guilt.
You don’t just need forgiveness from people, but you have to talk to God.
You cannot make yourself pure from sin. You’re not trying to be at peace with yourself, but be at peace with God.
When you do that, He will also make sure that you deal with people fairly.
People are often claim to be Christians but don’t make a stance.
Sometimes people claim not to be able to tell where others stand for or not for Christ.
Proverbs 20:12-13
You cannot pretend not to know whether or not things are right.
Hebrews 10:22-27
You must be sincere coming to God.
You have to consider others to be in true fellowship with them. You have to think about them and what they are doing, how you can encourage them to be and do for God.
This is reciprocal relationship. We each support one another.
Some people do not assemble with other church people. Fellowship is something God established.
1 Timothy 6:3-5
It is your responsibility to use your eyes and ears to pay attention to what is going on and to remove yourself from things that are contrary to God.
God is not asking us to be ignorant.
Hebrews 13:15-16
We can use our faculties to tell the differences between believers and those that are not.
1 Peter 4:1-4
The time has passed that we were not living for God.
Galatians 5:16-21
You can see these things that the world glorifies, but God hates.
Back in 1 Peter 4
Time is past to for these things to believers.
Lasciviousness (also wantonness) walking to draw sexual attention to yourself.
Lusts: passionate for that which is forbidden
excess of wine: getting drunk
revellings: night events where men and women get together to party.
banquetings: going drinking
abominable idolatries: things that you just know are not right, obviously idolatrous, false religions and false gods
And the people of the world think it is strange that you don’t do these things anymore.
Back in Galatians 5
This will help you identify what is going on with people.
Adultery: how much music, culture is about being in love with somebody forbidden, somebody else’s person
Fornication: sex outside of marriage, being a christian doesn’t mean that its ok if you only have sex with your boyfriend.
uncleanness: things that are vile
Lasciviousness:
idolatry: false gods, belief in the witches and dead spirit communication, paying attention to the zodiac
withcraft: pharmacia
hatred: hate what’s right, people who have evil or say evil towards God.
variance: starting trouble, dividing people
emulations: all about them, self, have to be the biggest
wrath: so angry, ready to fight
strife: too much competition, bitter competition
seditions: breaking off, starting factions
heresies: crazy doctrines
envyings: don’t be jealous
murders:
drunkenness: getting drunk, high, to get into a stupor
revellings:
AND SUCH LIKE; and things like this
Can’t you see that Christians don’t live like this? People who live like this are not going to heaven, not going to inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 5:9-11
Some people who call themselves Christian will sin with people who call themselves Christians.
We are told not to hang out with a person who calls himself a brother in Christ but is a fornicator or drunk, etc. A lot of people would rather not hear or see. We cannot treat sin casually. God holds us to account for what we know.
How can a person who is not godly represent God or convert someone to living for God?
Don’t play blind to avoid making a decision.