Category: Worldliness
Subject: Wordliness
Sermon: The Sad Short Reign of King Ahaziah
King Ahaziah’s short and sad reign helps to reinforce the toxic nature of evil influence. Ahaziah never rose above the culture of Ahab’s house, and in fighting against God he sealed his fate. There are great applications to be made to our lives as we learn from his sad example.
Sermon: Pride Manifested
Strife, worldliness, and judgmentalism are manifestations of pride, as revealed in James chapter 4.
Sermon: Bad Investments
Bible characters such as Adam and Eve, Esau, the prodigal son and Judas all made bad decisions, choosing sin over righteousness.
Sermon: The Rich Man – A Failure
The rich man of Luke 12, while no doubt considered a success by the world’s standards, is described as a failure because he was not right with God.
Sermon: A Christian’s Place in the World
A discussion of various passages that describe the relationship that a Christian has to the physical world. The word “world” is used numerous times, and the context indicates the proper definition. A Christian is in the world, but is not to be OF the world.
Sermon: Thinking like the World
Worldliness troubles every generation of God’s people. The cure is to identify what aspect of our thinking is influenced by ungodly influences, and to transform our mind and will to mirror the mind and will of God.
Sermon: The Ugliness of Riches
An examination of God’s rebuke of Israel, through the prophet Amos, as a result of the corrupting influence of wealth, and the oppression of the poor.
Sermon: Dependence Upon God
When men lack an understanding of their dependence upon God, and His faithfulness, it leads to anxiety, and divided loyalties.
Sermon: God’s Pattern For Our Whole Life
God is our Creator, and deserves our respect and obedience. His revealed will impacts us in every aspect of our lives.
Invitation: Fleshly Lusts War Against the Soul
Invitation delivered by: Stan Cox
In 1 Peter 2:11, Peter states that fleshly lusts war against the soul. Sin is destructive to our souls, and our standing with God.
Sermon: What is the Opposite of a Saint?
A saint is one who God has separated from the world. He is to be holy in his conduct. The opposite of such holiness is a profane life. It is not possible for a child of God to persist in sin!
Giants in the Land
The children of Israel failed to believe in the power of God to bring them victory against the giants who inhabited the land they had been promised.
We need to trust in God to give us the victory against the spiritual “giants” that oppose us.
Sermon: In the World, But not OF the World
What should the Christian’s response to worldliness be? This lesson discusses the question.
FB: Actions and Consequences
In Jude’s epistle, he wrote of God’s interaction with Israel. “But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe” (5). He also noted the rebellion of some angels, “the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day” (6).
A “cause and effect” relationship is evident in these words. God’s pleasure and acceptance (the effect) are predicated upon the obedience of His created beings (the cause). Conversely, the rejection of His subjects (the effect) comes about because of their rebellion (the cause).
Put simply, our actions have consequences. Good actions (as defined by Him) result in good consequences. Disobedience brings ruin.
“But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die” (Ezekiel 18:21).
“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die” (Ezekiel 18:24).
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Spiritually Minded
Lesson 3 of 9, Fall 2016 Gospel Meeting. Speaker: Jeremiah Cox.
The lesson is an exegesis of Romans 7 & 8, with applications. The child of God is no longer to practice sin. Our bodies are to be used for righteousness, not sin leading to death.
