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- The True Patriot
- Proverbs 14:34
- Definition of a true patriot
- Man’s way of exalting a nation
- God’s way of exalting a nation
- Righteousness lifts up a nation
- Righteousness - Titus 2:12
- Righteousness as concerns internal life
- No nation is more or less righteous than the people who make it up. John 1:46
- Among the magistrates - it will cause them to so rule as to gain a good reputation and be respected.
- Among the subjects
- It causes them to be obedient to government
- But sin is a reproach to any people
- Reproach - Leviticus 20:17
- Sin as concerns internal life shames any people.
- The Cretans - Titus 1:10-13
- Among the magistrates - Nixon and Watergate; Clinton’ Charles and Diana
- David and Bathsheba - II Samuel 12:14
- Among the subjects (Romans 1:26-32 - Consider what sin produces in them. Such is a reproach to any people.
- What is God’s role relative to the righteousness or sin of a nation?
- What role did He have in the Old Testament?
- Isaiah 10:5-7- Assyria used to punish Israel
- Jeremiah 25:12- Babylon punished at the hand of God
- Daniel 2:20-21- God has power to remove and establish kings. God controlled and used the nations.
- What about in the New Testament?
- There is still no power but of God. Romans 13:1-6
- I Timothy 2:1-4 in the affairs of earthly kingdoms, then why this admonition to pray? What good would it do?
- Conclusion
- God’s Son still controls (by natural means) the earth and all therein - Colossians 1:16-17
- Let us be a true patriot and put our faith in God. Consider Psalm 33.
- Are you a true patriot? (Acts 10:34-35
30 min - 30 min
- Authority, Part 9
- With commands there are things that are essential and things that are incidental:
- Command: teach (Acts 20:28
- Essential: the Word
- Incidental: place, personal, chart, classes
- Command: baptize (Mark 16:16
- Essential: water, immersion (Romans 6:4
- Incidental: who, where
- Command: relieve (Acts 4:32
- Essential: local church
- Incidental: place, personal, necessaries
30 min - The Deceitfulness of Sin
- Hebrews 3:12-14
- James 1:14-16 - Temptation happens when we are lured away by our own desires.
- What is the appeal of sin?
- Pleasure
- Hebrews 11:24-26 - Moses turned away from the pleasures in Egypt.
- Security
- Luke 12:16-21 - Earthly goods are false security
- I Timothy 6:17 - Don’t hope in riches.
- I Timothy 6:9-11 - the dangers of wealth
- Freedom
- Romans 6:16-17 - Sin enslaves us.
- Sin blinds us
- II Peter 2:20-22
- Romans 1:21
- Sin hardens our hearts
- Hebrews 3:12-19
- Ephesians 4:19-24
- Hebrews 10:26-27
30 min - Learning Humility
- Isaiah 66
- Let creation humble you
- Isaiah 66:1-2
- Job 38:1-5
- Psalms 19:1
- No matter where you look, God’s fingerprint is there!
- Let life humble you
- Daniel 4:28-37 - King Nebuchadnezzar is humbled
- Matthew 5:36 - We have very little control over our lives.
- Let sin humble you
- Jeremiah 2:7-9 - The people had no shame in their sin.
- We must remember how to blush and have the appropriate shame when we sin.
30 min - 30 min
- Luke 18
- Luke 18:1-8
- Luke 18:7 - God wants us to keep praying.
- Luke 18:9-17 - Don’t be lifted up with pride. Be humble.
- Luke 18:14 - Whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled.
- Luke 18:17 - We must receive the kingdom of God like a child.
- Luke 18:18-30 - We must trust in God - not in our own riches.
- It is not enough to just do the right things. It takes the right information and the right disposition to serve God correctly.
- Luke 18:31-34 - Jesus was telling the apostles that he had a purpose - to die for our sins.
- Luke 18:35-43 - We need to follow Jesus’ example of compassion and help those we can.
30 min - Commitment
- Introduction
- Commitment: the act of pledging yourself; to give over to another implying that the thing given over passes entirely into another’s charge
- II Corinthians 8:1ff
- II Timothy 2:19
- True commitment to God involves commitment:
- Of heart - Proverbs 23:7
- Of emotion - Hebrewx 13:1; Proverbs 23:23
- Of voice - Ephesians 4:29
- Of body - I Corinthians 6:19-20
- Of time - Hebrews 5:12
- Of service - Romans 6:4
- Of pocket book
- Am I truly committed to the Lord?
30 min - The 8 Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees
- Matthew 23
- Woe 1: You shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
- Matthew 23:13 - The Pharisees discouraged those who challenged their thinking.
- John 7:45-53 - The Pharisees try to discourage Nicodemus from following Jesus.
- Woe 2: You devour widows’ houses.
- Matthew 23:14 - The Pharisees were acting selfishly in defrauding the widows.
- Woe 3: You make them twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
- Matthew 23:15 - The Pharisees were teaching their own traditions.
- Matthew 15:9
- Acts 8:35 - New Testament preachers taught directly from the scriptures.
- Woes 4-5: You neglect the weightier matters.
- Matthew 23:16-24
- Matthew 5:33-37
- Woes 6-7: You outwardly appear righteous to men.
- Matthew 23:25-28
- Titus 1:15-16
- Woe 8: You say, “If it had been me …”
- Matthew 23:29-36
- Amos 7:14-15
- We can’t imagine that there is some ideal time to serve God. We have to serve God in the time and state we are in.
30 min - 30 min
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