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Sermon
Notes
December
21, 2008
Another Son of God? / "Fun" vs Enjoy"
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Two short sermons:
I. Another
Son of God?
Luke 8:38
- Which was the son of Enos, which was the son
of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
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Genesis 1:26,27
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Genesis 5:1,2
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Genesis 2:7
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Genesis 3:22
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Romans 5:14
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I Corinthians
15:22
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I Corinthians
15:42-49
2. Fun or Enjoy?
Yes, all things are lawful, but...
not expedient
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stumble
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power over you
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edify
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expedient
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occ for the flesh
We are to grow to excellent judgment!
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Philippians
1:9,10 - And this I pray, that your love
may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye
may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without
offence till the day of Christ;
We are to grow up as Christians -
through Paul's teachings!
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I Corinthians
16:13 - Watch ye, stand fast in the
faith, quit you like men, be strong.
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Romans 6:19
- I speak after the manner of men
because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield
your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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Ephesians 4:14
- That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
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I Corinthians
13:11 - When I was a child, I spake as
a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became
a man, I put away childish things.
"Fun"
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"Enjoy"
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1) vulgar merriment
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1) possession with satisfaction
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2) a low word
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2) occupancy of any good
thing
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I Timothy
6:17 - Charge them that are rich in this
world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but
in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Today's modern Christian
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II Timothy
3:4 - ...lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God!
Real Meaning of amusement!
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a - as a prefix can mean 'non'
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muse - think; deep thought; pay
close attention to; ponder; think closely; wonder; think on; meditate on
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A-MUSE - no thought involved!
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A-MUSE-MENT Park - a place for FUN -
no thinking allowed!
Advice to
young
Titus 2:6-8
I Timothy
4:12