SERMON SEEDS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2003
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Deuteronomy 7:1-16
SETTLING IN
Moses is giving instructions to the Children of Israel for entering the Promised Land.
CONQUEST OF THE LAND - Vss. 1-5
Israel was to conquer the land completely and destroy everything that would influence them to behave as the inhabitants of the land behaved.
COMPASSION OF GOD - Vss. 6-8
Israel was chosen of God.
Israel was reminded that they were not blessed because of their merit but because of God's great love.
COVENANT WITH ISRAEL - Vss. 9-16
Israel was to behave as God's covenant people.
They were to obey God's law.
Obedience would bring physical blessing.
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Psalm 52
THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS
THE WICKED ARE DECEITFUL - Vss. 1-4
THE WICKED ARE DOOMED - Vs. 5
THE RIGHTEOUS ARE DISCERNING - Vss. 6-7
THE RIGHTEOUS ARE DEVOTED - Vss. 8-9
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Isaiah 55:1-5
YOU ARE INVITED!
THE GREAT INVITATION - Vs. 1
This great invitation to Israel is also a great invitation to every person to come and receive salvation. It is free because it has been paid for on the cross! John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:21
THE GREAT INQUIRY - Vs. 2
So many people work and try to earn their way into Heaven.
The price for your salvation has already been paid. We need not labor. We need only to believe! Ephesians 2:8-9
THE GREAT INCLINATION - Vss. 3-4
Everyone needs to incline their ears to the message of salvation, and accept it.
THE GREAT INCENTIVE - Vs. 3-5
Israel is promised the Millennial Kingdom. It is an everlasting covenant.
We also have an everlasting covenant of eternal life. And during the Millennium we will reign with Christ. We are "joint heirs" with Christ. Romans 8:17, Revelation 20:6
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Matthew 5:8
A PURE HEART
#7 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
THE DEFINITION OF A PURE HEART
What does the Lord Jesus mean when he talks about the heart?
He is talking about everything that goes on inside of us, including our intellect and emotions. He is talking about the "real us", the control center of who we are. And Jesus tells us that in order to be happy because God approves of us, we must have a pure heart.
When we think of the word pure, we probably think of cleanliness. We would probably think of a pure heart as one that is clean in the eyes of God. And indeed that is one of the meanings of the word pure.
There is another definition for pure however, and that is illustrated by Ivory Soap, which is 99 and 44/100% pure.
Ivory soap is pure soap because it is not mixed with anything else!
Pure also means "unmixed".
One of the best Bible examples of a man with a pure heart is David. He is called a man after God's own heart in Acts 13:22.
Although David, like the rest of us, had moments of failure, he was for the most part a man of unmixed loyalty to God. Psalms 108:1, 112:7, 19:14, 139:23-24
THE DEFILEMENT OF THE HEART
Every human being has heart problems. Jeremiah 17:9, Mark 7:21-23
Even those of us who are Christians struggle with hearts that waver in their loyalty to God. James 1:8, Matthew 6:24
Our condition is so bad that we have no hope of change without the help of God.
THE DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW HEART
We've heard a lot about deployment lately.
Troops are being deployed to the Middle East.
When they are deployed they are activated and sent to a specific place.
Christian, I've got great news for you!
The moment you were saved, God deployed a new heart inside of you. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Jeremiah 24:7, Hebrews 10:16-17
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PURE HEART
When a baby is born, he or she has all the body parts.
They simply need to be developed.
When you were born into the Kingdom of God, you received all you need to practice living with a pure heart. Your new heart needs to be developed!
The first thing we need to do is to ask ourselves, "What is in my life that is more important to me than God?"
Is it my job?
Is it the fantasies of my thought life?
Is it my computer?
Is it the television, or music?
Is it my wife, children, or another person?
Is it sports?
Is it a hobby of some sort?
Is it my house or car?
Or is it myself?
James 4:4 - If I walked up to you and accused you being an adulterer or an adulteress, you would be ready to punch out my lights.
And yet how many of us are guilty of the worse kind of Spiritual adultery, putting something or someone ahead of God?
This is why we are not pure in heart!
What can we do about it? James 4:7:10, Revelation 2:4-5
After confessing our sins, we need commit our full loyalty to Christ. Romans 12:1
It would be good to adapt some of the prayers of David to our own lives. Psalm 86:11, 63:1-2
And remember, because Jesus is with us continually, we can abide in Him and He in us. As we do that, we will pattern our behavior after Him. John 15:4-5,7
Maintaining a pure heart is a continuous process.
The Lord will empower you to do it.
But you must work at it.
THE DELIGHT OF A PURE HEART
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
There is reward for being pure in heart.
First of all, every person who has become a Christian will literally see God. 1 John 3:2-3
But as we maintain a pure heart now God will reveal Himself to us. There are ways in which we will see God even before we get to Heaven.
According to Warren Wiersbe, the pure in heart will see God in at least three different areas. ."
Warren Wiersbe, Live Like a King (Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1976), p. 119-122When we are focused on God, we will appreciate His work throughout all creation. We will recognize his magnificent hand at work. Psalm 19:1
- The Pure in Heart see God in Circumstances. Romans 8:28
When you are pure in Heart your understanding of the Word of God whether being read or preached will increase.
You will see truth "jump off the page" when you are pure in heart!
One of the reasons God speaks to hearts that are pure is because those with pure hearts want God to speak! Psalm 119:18
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John 9
THE WONDER OF IT ALL!
(I get this title from a hymn written by George Beverly Shea.)
THE WONDER OF HEALING - Vss. 1-7
THE WONDER OF HARASSMENT - Vss. 8-34
Jesus' miracle described - Vss. 8-12
Jesus' miracle dissected - Vss. 13-23
Jesus' miracle detested - Vss. 24-29
Jesus defended - Vss. 30-34
THE WONDER OF HOPE - Vss. 35-37
This healed blind man was asked if he believed on the Son of God.
He did.
He received eternal life.
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1 Timothy 2:8-15
ORDER IN THE CHURCH
1 Corinthians 14:33
- For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
The context of 1Timothy 2:8-15 is public worship. In verses 1-7 Paul had given a challenge to prayer. Now, he gives some behavioral instructions, for the sake of order, to men and women for behavior during the church services.
ACTION - Vs. 8
The specific challenge is to the men in the congregation, but this does not excuse women from praying as well. I think that the words, In like manner also in verse 9 show us there is a place for women to pray in the church.
This word everywhere means in every place. That is, wherever the church is gathered men should be praying.
Concerning public prayer, we need to see happen what happened in the first century church. Acts 4:31
This action of prayer is to by men who lift up holy hands.
I want to emphasize that our hands are to be spiritually clean when we pray.
The word holy here means unpolluted.
This means that the person who prays should have no unjudged sin in the life.
He should not be professing one thing on Sunday, and living in ungodliness the rest of the week. Psalm 66:18
The action of public prayer is also to practiced without wrath.
When we pray there should be no anger. James 1:20
The action of prayer is also to be without doubting.
The word doubting here means "disputations, reasonings, skeptical questions or criticisms."
ACTION
ADORNMENT
Vs. 9 - The word "adorn" means "to order or arrange". The women were to order or arrange their clothes in a modest way. The word "modest" means decent or orderly.
"Shamefacedness" means modest, " the avoiding of extremes".
The Christian woman is not to go to extremes of wearing sensual or suggestive clothes. Nor is she to go the extreme of trying to look artificially glamorous. Nor is she to go to the extreme of purposely trying to look drab or dull.
Sobriety simply means to have good sense. Thus the Christian woman is to dress sensibly.
This next phrase not with broided hair, or gold or pearls, or costly array: is not outlawing hair-styles, or jewelry or expensive clothes. He is simply saying that the effort a woman makes should not be towards these things.
A Christian woman should strive to look modestly attractive for the glory of God, but she should not go to extremes in hairstyle, clothes or jewelry.
Vs. 10 - Here, Paul is telling the ladies what the major emphasis should be in their lives concerning adornment. Instead of concentrating on clothes, and jewelry and hairdo, they are to concentrate on that which is becoming of a woman who is a professing Christian.
Your life is to be adorned with good works! Examples: Martha, Dorcas, Phoebe, Lydia
ATTITUDE - Vs. 11
These next verses will not throw you if you understand the context.
The context is not the superiority of men and the inferiority of women. Galatians 3:27-28
In Jewish and Greek culture of Paul's day women had few rights. They were often mistreated. And yet God has always wanted women to have positions of honor within the family and church. Proverbs 31:30, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Timothy 5:3
The context of this passage is order. There are certain things God prescribes for the sake of order.
The woman is to learn quietly. She is not to cause a "stir". She is not to be leaning over, whispering, asking questions of her husband. She is not be leaning over, talking, taking issue with what the preacher is saying. When participation is asked for by the speaker in a public meeting, I feel that the ladies have just as much right to participate as the men.
The woman is to learn in subjection. It is the same word used for a woman's subjection to her husband in Ephesians 5:22.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
This word is a military word that means to "rank under".
A woman learns submissively in church and follows the leadership of her husband, not because she is inferior, but because God has decided for the sake of order, she is outranked.
AUTHORITY - Vss. 12-14
Vs. 12 - God has ordained that in the church the men are to practice leadership.
Therefore the ladies are not to teach men in the public meetings of the church. Remember public meetings are the context.
Should women teach?
Why, of course!
Ladies can teach children fellow ladies certain practical truths better than any man can. Titus 2:3-5
And, on a one to one basis, a woman can instruct a man in Bible truths, and yes I believe that a woman can instruct her husband in the private of their own home. Acts 18:24-26
Vss. 13-14 - We have two reasons for the order that God has established.
First, there is the reason of order. Man was formed before woman. Therefore, woman is to naturally follow man's leadership.
Second, Eve was fooled by Satan. Adam was not, but sinned in the garden anyway.
By taking leadership over the man, she ate first and then gave to her husband to eat."
ADVANTAGE - Vs. 15
This is a very difficult verse with many possible interpretations.
I do not believe that Paul is talking about salvation of the soul here.
But I do believe he is telling us something about the results of a woman's ministry at home.
If a woman accepts her role in the church and leads a life of faith, love, holiness, and self-restraint, she will raise godly children. There is no greater privilege in the whole world than to bring up the next generation to the glory of God.
If the teachings in these verses are followed there will certainly be ORDER IN THE CHURCH.
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1 Peter 1:3-11
CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT
Just as a baby develops into adulthood, we as Christians should develop in our Christian lives. 2 Peter 3:18
WHAT TO APPRECIATE? - Vss. 3-4 - We are partakers of the "divine nature".
WHAT TO ADD? - Vss. 5-7 - These qualities are to be added to our faith:
Virtue
Knowledge
Temperance
Patience
Godliness
Brotherly Kindness
Charity
WHAT TO ANTICIPATE - Vs. 8 - Fruitfulness
WHAT TO AVOID - Vs. 9 - Forgetfulness
WHAT TO ATTEMPT - Vss. 10-11 - Making "your call and election sure"
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