Sermon Notes

LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

September 15, 2024

OVERCOMING TEMPTATION

1 Corinthians 10:12-13

INTRODUCTION:

1 Corinthians 10:6 (NIV) Now these things occurred as examples…

1 Corinthians 10:11 (NIV) These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us…

Five things they did:

They after evil things.
They into idolatry.
They in sexual immorality.
They over God’s provisions.
They out against godly leadership.

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

Matthew 26:33 (NIV) ³³Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

Matthew 26:33 (NIV) ³⁴“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” ³⁵But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) when he says, So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 10:12-13 (NIV) ¹²So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! ¹³No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

THREE TRUTHS ABOUT :

1. TEMPTATION WILL BE

1 Corinthians 10:13a (NIV) ¹³No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.

1 John 2:16 (NIV) For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

2. TEMPTATION CAN BE

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NIV) ¹³No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear…

Three different zones we live in.

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James 1:13-16 (NIV) ¹³When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. ¹⁵Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. ¹⁶Don’t be deceived…

James 4:7,8,10 (NIV) ⁷Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸Come near to God and he will come near to you…¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NIV) God is faithful…

Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV) Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NIV) … He will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear…

3. TEMPTATION HAS

1 Corinthians 10:13c (NIV) ¹³No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

1 Corinthians 6:18 (NIV) ”Flee from sexual immorality.”

1 Corinthians 10:13c-14 (NIV) But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:13c (NIV) But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Hebrews 2:18 (NIV) Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

James 1:12 (NIV) Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial [endures temptation] because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

CONCLUSION:

Three ways out of temptation:

Learn from Eve—.

Genesis 3:1 (NIV) “Did God really say…?”

Romans 12:2a (NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Romans 12:2b (NIV) says, Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

2 Corinthians 10:5b (NIV) …we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Learn from Joseph—!

Genesis 39:12b (NIV) [Joseph] ran out of the house.

Genesis 39:10 (NIV) ¹⁰And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

Genesis 39:11-12 (NIV) ¹¹One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. ¹²She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

Learn from Jesus—.

Matthew 4:10 (NIV) “Away from me, Satan! For it is written…

Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

The Word:

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Psalm 119:11 (NIV) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:10 (NIV) I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

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Psalm 119:47 (NIV) I delight in your commands because I love them.

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Psalm 119:15 (NIV) I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

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Psalm 119:34 (NIV) Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.

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Psalm 119:9 (NIV) How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

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LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

September 8, 2024

CROSSING THE LINE

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (NIV) For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. ²They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. ³They all ate the same spiritual food ⁴and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. ⁵Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

⁶Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. ⁷Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ⁸We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ⁹We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. ¹⁰And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

¹¹These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. ¹²So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! ¹³No temptationhas overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

THREE PRINCIPLES WHEN IT COMES TO CROSSING THE LINE:

1 Corinthians 10:1 (NIV) For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.

1 Corinthians 10:2 (NIV) ³They all ate the same spiritual food ⁴and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:3 (NIV) ³They all ate the same spiritual food…

Psalm 78:25 (NIV) Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

John 6:31-32 (NIV) Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ³²Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 6:33-34 (NIV) ³³For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”

John 6:35 (NIV) ³⁵Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

1 Corinthians 10:4 (NIV) They all ⁴drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

They “all”

Experience God’s
Experienced God’s
Experienced God’s

1 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) ⁵Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Past are no Guarantee of Future !

1 Corinthians 10:5b (NIV) …their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:6a (NIV) Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.

1 Corinthians 10:11a (NIV) These things happened to them as examples…

Five lines that they crossed:

after evil things

1 Corinthians 10:6 (NIV) Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. (NKJV) …we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

into idolatry

Corinthians 10:7 (NIV) Do not be idolaters, as

some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

in immorality

1 Corinthians 10:8 (NIV) We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Numbers 25,

God’s provision

1 Corinthians 10:9 (NIV) We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.

Numbers 21

against Godly leadership

1 Corinthians 10:10 (NIV) ¹⁰And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

Numbers 16

Numbers 14:2 (NIV) All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:36 (NIV) So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it…

Numbers 16:41 (NIV) The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You have killed the Lord’s people,” they said.

Numbers 16:31-33 (NIV) ³¹As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart ³²and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. ³³They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

3. F

1 Corinthians 10:11-12 (NIV) ¹¹These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. ¹²So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

Micah 3:11 (NIV) Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.”

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) ¹²So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV) ¹³No temptationhas overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedbeyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

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LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

August 25, 2024

LIVING A LIFE OF LIBERTY

1 Corinthians 9:1-18

INTRODUCTION:

1 Corinthians 8:11 (NIV) So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

Romans 5:8 (ESV) …God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:11 (NIV) Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

John 13:35 (NLT) “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

1 Corinthians 8:1 (NIV) Knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:13 (NIV) Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

1 Corinthians 8:13 (NIV) where Paul says, If what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 9:1-18 (NIV) Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? ²Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

³This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. ⁴Don’t we have the right to food and drink? ⁵Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? ⁶Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?

⁷Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? ⁸Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? ¹⁰Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. ¹¹If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? ¹²If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?

But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

¹³Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? ¹⁴In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

¹⁵But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast. ¹⁶For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! ¹⁷If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. ¹⁸What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

Background:

TWO COMPELLING ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIBERTY:

1. PAUL’S ILLUSTRATION OF LIBERTY

Two things to know:

He had the financial support.

1 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV) Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?

1 Corinthians 9:9 (NIV) ⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

Deuteronomy 25:4

1 Corinthians 9:10 (NIV) ¹⁰Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.

1 Corinthians 9:11 (NIV) ¹¹If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?

1 Timothy 5:17-18 (NIV) ¹⁷The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. ¹⁸For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.”

Ephesians 6:2-3 (NIV) “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

1 Timothy 3:4-5 (NIV) ⁴He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of fullrespect. ⁵If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?

He had the financial support.

1 Corinthians 9:12 (NIV) ¹²If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:14 (NIV) ¹⁴In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

Malachi 3:8 (NIV) ⁸“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings.”

Malachi 3:9 (NIV) ⁹You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.

Malachi 3:10 (NIV) ¹⁰Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

1 Corinthians 9:14 (NIV) ¹⁴In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:15 (NIV) ¹⁵But I have not used any of these rights.

1 Corinthians 9:12b (NIV) But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:16 (NIV) ¹⁶For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

August 11, 2024

THE TESTING OF LOVE AND LIBERITY

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

INTRODUCTION:

Four different types of consciences

1. A conscience.

1 Timothy 4:2 (NIV) Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have ben seared as with a hot iron.

2. A conscience.

1 Corinthians 8:12 (NIV) When you sin against them this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

3. A conscience.

Titus 1:15 (NIV) To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

4. A conscience.

1 Timothy 1:18-20 (NIV) Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

John 16:13 (NIV) But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

Romans 2:15 (NIV) They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.

1 Corinthians 8

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 8:1-13 (NIV) Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. ²Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. ³But whoever loves God is known by God.

⁴So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.” ⁵For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), ⁶yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

⁷But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food, they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. ⁸But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

⁹Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? ¹¹So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. ¹²When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. ¹³Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

THREE PRINCIPLES:

1. LOVE WILL BE A TO OUR

1 Corinthian 8:9 (NIV) Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Three areas of knowledge:

The of knowledge.

1 Corinthians 8:1 (NIV) Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

Hosea 4:6 (NIV) My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge…

1 Corinthians 8:4 (NIV) So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.”

John 13:35 (NLT) “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

The of knowledge.

1 Corinthians 8:2 (NIV) Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.

The of knowledge.

1 Corinthians 8:3 (NIV) But whoever loves God is known by God.

2. LOVE WILL OUR LIBERITY

John 13:35 (NLT) “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

1 Corinthians 8:9-11 (NIV) Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? ¹¹So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

1 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

John 13:35 (NLT) “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

1 Corinthians 8:10 (NIV) For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?

Matthew 18:6-7 (NIV) “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!”

1 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

3. LOVE WILL OVER OUR LIBERITY

1 Corinthians 8:12-13 (NIV) When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. ¹³Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

Ephesians 5:30 (NIV) For we are members of his body.

Matthew 18:8-9 (NIIV) If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. ⁹And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

1 Corinthians 8:13 (NIV) Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

Romans 14:21 (NIV) says, It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

CONCLUSION:

John 13:35 (NLT) Jesus said, “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV) For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. ¹⁵And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

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Breaking Down Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15

Intro:

Matthew 6:5-15 NIV 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

10 your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]

but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’

14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Message:

1. Wrong Kind of Prayer

Matthew 6: 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. (Prideful, Showy, Self-Righteous)

Psalm 145:19 ESV He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 66:18 ESV If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Luke 18:9 -12 (ESV) 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[a] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’

Philippians 2:3 ESV Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, (Vain, Showy) but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Proverbs 27:1-2 Do not boast about tomorrow, (prideful) for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

2. Right Kind of Prayer

6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Motives

Galatians 1:10 ESV For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Psalm 75:7 7It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

1 Kings 3:5-15 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.” 15 Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he gave a feast for all his court.

“The only enduring motive for prayer is that God is worthy to be sought.”

3. Concise Prayer

Matthew 6:7-8 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

James 5: 15-17 (NIV) 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

4. How to Pray

9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

10 your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]

but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’

Prayer is so much more than just closing our eyes, folding our hands, and asking God for things. Prayer is time spent in communication with God. Communication is a two way street, so I have an acronym to help us with our prayers.

1. Praise

Matthew 6:9-10 “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Hebrews 12:2 2 “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.”

Psalm 100:4 ESV Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Psalm 150:1-6 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens![a] 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!

3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! 5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 508 helpful votes

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

2. Repent

Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

1 John 1:9 ESV If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

3. Ask

Matthew 6:11,13 11 Give us today our daily bread. . . 13 And lead us not into temptation,[a] but deliver us from the evil one.

Matthew 7:7 ESV “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

1 John 3:22 ESV And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

James 4:3 ESV You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

4. Yield (Wait)

Isaiah 40:31 ESV But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 27:14 ESV Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Altar Call

Forgiveness and Prayer

Now here is the second part of the altar.If you would all stand with me.

Matthew 6:14-15 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

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July 21, 2024

WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS

1 Corinthians 7:25-40

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 7:25-40 (NIV) ²⁵Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. ²⁶Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. ²⁷Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. ²⁸But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

²⁹What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; ³⁰those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; ³¹those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

³²I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. ³³But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— ³⁴and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. ³⁵I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

³⁶If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strongand he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. ³⁷But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. ³⁸So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

³⁹A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. ⁴⁰In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

FIVE reasons it’s good to be Saved, Single, and Satisfied.

1 Corinthians 7:25-27 (NIV) ²⁵Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. ²⁶Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. ²⁷Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:28 (NIV) But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

1 Corinthians 7:29-31(NIV) ²⁹What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; ³⁰those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; ³¹those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

1 Corinthians 7:39 (NIV) A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.

Matthew 22:30 (NIV) At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

1 Corinthians 7:32-35 (NIV) ³²I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. ³³But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— ³⁴and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. ³⁵I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

Luke 14:20 (NIV) “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

Luke 14:26 (NIV) “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.

1 Corinthians 7:36-40 (NIV) ³⁶If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strongand he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. ³⁷But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. ³⁸So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

Matthew 19:10 (NIV) The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

CONCLUSION:

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July 14, 2024

WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS

1 Corinthians 7:6-24

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 7:6-24 (NIV) ⁶I say this as a concession, not as a command. ⁷I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

⁸Now to the unmarriedand the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. ⁹But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

¹⁰To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. ¹¹But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

¹²To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. ¹³And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. ¹⁴For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

¹⁵But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. ¹⁶How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

¹⁷Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. ¹⁸Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. ¹⁹Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. ²⁰Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

²¹Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. ²²For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave. ²³You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. ²⁴Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

THREE THINGS TO PONDER:

1 Corinthians 7:6-9 (NIV) ⁶I say this as a concession, not as a command. ⁷I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

1 Corinthians 7:6 (NIV) I say this as a concession, not as a command.

1 Corinthians 7:10 (NIV) To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

Three things to consider:

1 Corinthians 7:7 (NIV) I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

1 Corinthians 7:25 (NIV) …the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:8 (NIV) Now to the unmarriedand the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

1 Corinthians 7:9 (NIV) But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1 Corinthians 7:10-16 (NIV) ¹⁰To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. ¹¹But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

Three understanding in commitments:

1 Corinthians 7:10 (NIV) A wife must not separate from her husband.

Matthew 19:1-12

Matthew 19:6 (NIV) So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

1 Corinthians 7:10 (NIV) A wife must not separate from her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:11 (NIV) And a husband must not divorce his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:15 (NIV) ¹⁵But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

1 Corinthians 7:15b (NIV) The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

1 Corinthians 7:14,16 (NIV) ¹⁴For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy…. ¹⁶How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

1 Peter 3:1 (NIV) Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, ²when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

3. CONTENTMENT IN YOUR SITUATION IN LIFE

1 Corinthians 7:17-24 (NIV) ¹⁷Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. ¹⁸Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. ¹⁹Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. ²⁰Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Philippians 4:11-13 (NIV) I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. ¹²I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Remember 3 things:

1 Corinthians 7:18-19 (NIV) ¹⁷Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. ¹⁸Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:21-22 (NIV) ²¹Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. ²²For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

1 Corinthians 7:18 (NIV) Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.

1 Corinthians 7:23 (NIV) You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.

CONCLUSION:

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January 7, 2024

THE BELIEVER AND THEIR BODY

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Job 1—Lost

Romans 8:11 (NLT) The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

1 Corinthians 6:18 (NKJV) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body. (NIV) Flee from sexual immorality…

Hebrews 13:4 (NIV) Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV) Everything is permissible for me

Romans 12:2 (NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV) The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (NIV) ¹²“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. ¹⁵Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

¹⁸Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. ¹⁹Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.

FIVE TRUTHS ABOUT THE BODY BELIEVERS NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO LIVE UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY:

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV) ¹²“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. (NKJV) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not

be brought under the power of any.

Galatians 5:1 (NIV) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

1 Corinthians 6:13 (NIV) You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:13b (NIV) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:13c (NIV) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Romans 12 :1 (NIV) …in view of God’s mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV) May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:13c (NIV) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV) So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV) By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.

2 Corinthians 5:8 (NKJV) …to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

Romans 1:4 (NIV) and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

1 Corinthians 6:15 (NIV) Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

1 Corinthians 6:15-17 (NIV) Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

v. 15 …members of Christ…

Ephesians 5:30 (NKJV) For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV) Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

1 Corinthians 6:17 (NIV) But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:16 (NIV) Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?…

Matthew 5:8 (NIV) Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV) Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own…

Romans 8:14 (NIV) For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

Romans 8:16 (NIV) The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Ephesians 4:30 (NIV) And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

1 Corinthians 6:20a (NIV) …you were bought at a price.

1 Peter 1:19 (NIV) …the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 Corinthians 6:20b (NIV) Therefore, honor God with your bodies.

Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

CONCLUSION:

PRAYER:

ALTAR:

Proverbs 4:23-27 (NIV)

²³Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
²⁴Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
²⁵Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
²⁶Give careful thought to thepaths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
²⁷Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.

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June 16, 2024

CHRISTIAN’S IN CONFLICT Pt. 2

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

1 Corinthians 6:1 (NLT) When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers!

Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Hebrews 4:12 (NIV) For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:15-16 (NIV) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that the servant of Godmay be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (NKJV) ”All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, THAT THE MAN OF GOD may be COMPLETE, thoroughly equipped [outfitted] for every good work.”

Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ²Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 6:1-11 (NIV) If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? ²Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? ³Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! ⁴Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? ⁵I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? ⁶But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!

⁷The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. ⁹Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men¹⁰nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Highlight:

1 Corinthians 6:7b-8 (NIV) Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.

THREE REASON WHY NOT TO SUE A FELLOW CHRIST FOLLOWER:

1 Corinthians 6:2a (NIV) Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?

Revelation 2:26b (NIV) To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations…

1 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

1 Corinthians 6:3a (NIV) Do you not know that we will judge angels?

1 Corinthians 6:3b (NIV) How much more the things of this life!

1 Corinthians 6:7 (NIV) …completely defeated… (NKJV) …utter failure…

1 Corinthians 6:7-8 (NIV) The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 (NIV) Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. ¹¹As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? ¹²The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 (NIV) I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. ¹¹Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.

Romans 12:19 (NIV) Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.

Philippians 4:11 (NIV) I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

1 Corinthians 6:7 (NIV) The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV) ⁹Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men¹⁰nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:11 (NIV) And that is what some of you were.

1 Corinthians 6:11b (NIV) But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

CONCLUSION:

PRAYER:

ALTAR:

Matthew 5:23-24 (NIV) ²³“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, ²⁴leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

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LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

June 9, 2024

CHRISTIANS IN CONFLICT

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

INTRODUCTION:

Acts 18

Romans 13

1 Corinthians 6

1 Corinthians 6:1 (NLT) When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers!

1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (NIV) ¹²What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? ¹³God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”

1 Corinthians 5:12 (NIV) What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

James 5:19-20 (NIV) My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, ²⁰remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 Corinthians 6:6 (NIV) But, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!

Background:

1 Corinthians 6:1 (NIV) If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people?

THREE REASON WHY NOT TO SUE A FELLOW CHRIST FOLLOWER:

1 Corinthians 6:2, 3, 9 (NIV) v. 2, ”…do you not know,” v. 3, ”Do you not know,” v.9, ”…do you know not.”

1 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV) ²Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

2 Timothy 2:12 (NIV) …if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us.

Luke 19:17 (NIV) “‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’”

1 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV) ²Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?

1 Corinthians 6:3 (NIV) Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

2 Peter 2:4 (NIV) For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darknessto be held for judgment…

Jude 1:6 (NIV) And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

1 Corinthians 6:5 (NIV) I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?

1 Peter 1:22 (NIV) …love one another deeply, from the heart.

1 Corinthians 6:7 (NIV) The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Matthew 5:39-42 (NIV) ³⁹But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. ⁴⁰And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. ⁴¹If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. ⁴²Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Romans 13:1 (NIV) Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

1 Peter 2:13-14 (NIV) Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, ¹⁴or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

1 Corinthians 6:6 (NIV) But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!

1 Corinthians 6:7b (NIV) Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Matthew 5:23-24 (NIV) ²³“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, ²⁴leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

To be continued

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