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What is a “Good” Man?
Psalm 37:23-24 (NKJV) The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand.
GOOD – good choices, a productive life [lived to a good old age], gets back up though he falls.
Two extremes – I’m a worm (manure)…or God I’m so good.
“Not about perfection, but direction.” John MacArthur
Come as you are – but don’t stay as you are…
ORDERED – Koon – FIXED, ESTABLISHED, AND READY.
The Struggle: the enemy, or our mind, plants thoughts. We go back-and-forth on whether we should act them out. The more you fuel SIN the more you’ll fight SIN.
Hollywood says a real man is the opposite of what God says:
You can be a good man today – you can turn from darkness to light. From confusion to clarity. From being foolish to being wise. From being bound to sin to being set free.
A man is often measured by who he “is”, not who he “was.”
We say, “This is too hard,” and we give up.
Antinomianism – “against the law [nomos].”
/ WALK HERE /
Moralism – the Law [external] – “the letter kills…”
John 5:3 tells us, “This is love for God: to obey His commands…”
Both are grounded in PRIDE – look at how many laws I obey vs. look how many laws i break.
Willpower is good, but not enough – “do not touch; do not taste.”
You exercise your will to submit to the work of the Holy Spirit – SANCTIFICATION IS SUBMISSION [a gift from God].
Spiritual Disciplines engage the Gift-giver.
A GOOD MAN – ACTS 14:23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Fasting shows the magnitude – “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God” (Acts 20:28).
1ST – Do you truly know the Savior???
“What is the spiritual condition of those I’m leading?”
Change the environment of your home if it’s on life support.
Qualifications of a good man – Elders [normal men who have matured] – Titus 1 (NASB) 5… appoint elders in every city as I directed you, 6 namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion.
Outside reputation.
Sexual purity – a one woman man.
Dissipation is a lazy partier or gamer – rebellious to th...
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Complete Sermon Notes
What is a “Good” Man?
Psalm 37:23-24 (NKJV) The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand.
GOOD – good choices, a productive life [lived to a good old age], gets back up though he falls.
Two extremes – I’m a worm (manure)…or God I’m so good.
“Not about perfection, but direction.” John MacArthur
Come as you are – but don’t stay as you are…
ORDERED – Koon – FIXED, ESTABLISHED, AND READY.
The Struggle: the enemy, or our mind, plants thoughts. We go back-and-forth on whether we should act them out. The more you fuel SIN the more you’ll fight SIN.
Hollywood says a real man is the opposite of what God says:
You can be a good man today – you can turn from darkness to light. From confusion to clarity. From being foolish to being wise. From being bound to sin to being set free.
A man is often measured by who he “is”, not who he “was.”
We say, “This is too hard,” and we give up.
Antinomianism – “against the law [nomos].”
/ WALK HERE /
Moralism – the Law [external] – “the letter kills…”
John 5:3 tells us, “This is love for God: to obey His commands…”
Both are grounded in PRIDE – look at how many laws I obey vs. look how many laws i break.
Willpower is good, but not enough – “do not touch; do not taste.”
You exercise your will to submit to the work of the Holy Spirit – SANCTIFICATION IS SUBMISSION [a gift from God].
Spiritual Disciplines engage the Gift-giver.
A GOOD MAN – ACTS 14:23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Fasting shows the magnitude – “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God” (Acts 20:28).
1ST – Do you truly know the Savior???
“What is the spiritual condition of those I’m leading?”
Change the environment of your home if it’s on life support.
Qualifications of a good man – Elders [normal men who have matured] – Titus 1 (NASB) 5… appoint elders in every city as I directed you, 6 namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion.
Outside reputation.
Sexual purity – a one woman man.
Dissipation is a lazy partier or gamer – rebellious to th...