A sunset where the Prairie Meets
the Badlands.
June
26, 2011
Part VIII
General Outline of
verses used in audio sermon
Are you tired
of the persecutions, rejections, arguments, the 'hate' you receive ...
and all you are trying to do is live to serve and please God by following
Paul's 'ways' and making those changes in your life - or at least trying...
- as the Scriptures tell us to do?
Maybe we have been sincere in
our trying to do Paul's ways
but NOT IN HIS 'MANNER' OF DOING
THOSE WAYS?
Let's consider these things as we
learn to live Paul's ways - the ways taught to us by the Risen Saviour.
Without considering these things listed below, we may be doing more damage
to our 'listeners' than we realize.
For
meat destroy not the work of God.
All
things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Romans
14:20
Paul's
Manner of Life to Us
Review:
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1.
Discover instead of following others!
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2.
Decide, menpleasers or please God!
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3.
Depart, in spite of others!
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4.
Despise, for the sake of others!
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5.
Destroy, for the sake of others!
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6.
Prayer, for others!
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7.
Tears, for others & knowing their tears as well!
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8.
Grace, towards others!
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9.
Truth, to others!
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10.
Untouchable Nesses...
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kindness
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lowliness
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meekness
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humbleness
of mind
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longsuffering
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forbearance
11.
Mercy
Gospel
Times!
They had
to do or be something to obtain God's mercy!
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Matthew 5:7
- Blessed are the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy.
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Luke 10:37
- And he said, He that shewed mercy on
him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
They had to
cry and beg for God's mercy!
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Matthew 9:27
- And when Jesus departed thence, two blind
men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on
us.
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Matthew 15:22
- And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out
of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,
thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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Matthew 17:15
- Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is
lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft
into the water.
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Matthew 20:30
- And, behold, two blind men sitting by
the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying,
Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
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Mark 10:47
- And when he heard that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have
mercy on me.
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Mark 10:48
- And many charged him that he should hold
his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have
mercy on me.
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Luke 1:50 -
And his mercy is on them that fear him
from generation to generation.
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Thus they begged
and cried for his mercy because they knew what an unmerciful God could
do!
It was very
important, of course!
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Matthew 23:23
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted
the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought
ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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But they seemed
to not think so!
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So today, do we
take it for granted because we don't have to cry and beg for it?
Tribulation
Times
To obtain mercy,
they will have to 'seek' the throne to obtain it!
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Hebrews 4:16
- Let us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time
of need.
Had to follow
the law during the OT!
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Hebrews 10:28
- He that despised Moses' law died
without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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James 2:13
- For he shall have judgment without mercy,
that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
They must endure
until the end of the Lord!
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James 5:11
- Behold, we count them happy which endure.
Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord;
that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
They hear about
mercy again... from the Risen Saviour, however... to the Jews.
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I Peter 1:3
- Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten
us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead,
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I Peter 2:10
- Which in time past were not a people,
but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have
obtained mercy.
They had to
keep themselves in... still having to seek His mercy!
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Jude 21 -
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ unto eternal life.
Paul's
Writings of Mercy to Us, Today!
The
Jews during the OT.
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Chapter 9,
along with 11,
gives us some detail about God and His chosen ones.
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Romans 9:15,16
- For he saith to Moses, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
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Romans 9:18
- Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will
have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
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Romans 9:23
- And that he might make known the riches
of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto
glory,
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Romans 11:30-32
- For as ye in times past have not believed
God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Even so have these
also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon
all.
Some are better
at showing mercy than others - we should show mercy with cheerfulness,
not begrudging them or being critical while supposedly showing mercy!
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Romans 12:8
- Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:
he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Do we glorify
God for the mercy that we ALREADY HAVE - knowing we don't' have to beg
or cry for it!
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Romans 15:9
- And that the Gentiles might glorify God
for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee
among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
This mercy
we already have helps us be strong enough to not faint.
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II Corinthians
4:1 - Therefore seeing we have this ministry,
as we have received mercy, we faint not;
What rule is
that? To be a new creature! We have his mercy today!
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Galatians 6:16
- And as many as walk according to this
rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
We didn't have
to beg or cry for it... although we often have tears when we realize his
grace and mercy!
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Ephesians 2:4
- But God, who is rich in mercy, for his
great love wherewith he loved us,
God's mercy
towards others even affects us!
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Philippians
2:27 - For indeed he was sick nigh
unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also,
lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
This helps
explain to us why God gave mercy to us today!
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I Timothy 1:13
- Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor,
and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Paul is our
pattern to prove to us that we have God's mercy!
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I Timothy 1:16
- Howbeit for this cause I obtained
mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering,
for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Our salvation
is based on his mercy, not our works!
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Titus 3:5 -
Not by works of righteousness which we
have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
M
Paulson
Kadoka,
South Dakota
Where
the Prairie Meets the Badlands of Western South Dakota
Just
trying to do the work of an evangelist by teaching & preaching Paul's
gospel of & from the Risen Saviour!
web
site - www.scatteredchristians.org
email
contact - kjb1611@goldenwest.net
The entire
King James Bible is written FOR us, but it is not all written TO us!
We learn
from the "For" and we learn to apply the 'TO!"
These writings
of Paul are directly from the Risen Saviour to Paul...
...and
then to us through the King James Bible by the Holy Ghost!