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Relationships and the Bible

Relationships and the Bible. Dr. Jobe Martin Biblical Discipleship Ministries www.biblicaldiscipleship.org www.evolutionofacreationist.com. BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY. One Book to obey. One God to serve. One Life to live.

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Relationships and the Bible

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  1. Relationships and the Bible Dr. Jobe Martin Biblical Discipleship Ministries www.biblicaldiscipleship.org www.evolutionofacreationist.com

  2. BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY • One Book to obey. • One God to serve. • One Life to live. • That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God…. Colossians 1:10 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  3. MANY PROBLEMS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE RESULT FROM LACK OF: • 1. Discipline • 2. Commitment • 3. Obedience • These surface as: Pride and Selfishness (Lust) The Root Cause is:Lack of Faith and Unbelief(Rebellion against our Lord) WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  4. WHAT MUST WE DO? • Understand our times and know what we must do about it! 1 Chronicles 12:32 • Surrender our will to the will of God. • Do our work heartily as unto the Lord. • Seek the approval of God, not men. • Live and speak in the power of the H. S. • Live within the framework of Scripture. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

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  6. Behavior Values Respect for life Wealth Truth “Fruit of the Spirit” Happiness Health Loyalty Worldview A set of beliefs or ideas / a system of thought Theology Philosophy Ethics Biology Psychology Law Sociology Politics Economics History www.summit.org Summit Ministries Manitou Spgs. CO “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”Proverbs 23:7 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  7. WHAT IS A “FOOLISH” YOUTH? “[He] may be a teenager who has attended church for years. He is there because his parents make him come. He will daydream during most of the lesson, and the part that he does hear, he has already made up his mind to ignore. He is foolish.” Jerry L. Ross, The Teenage Years of Jesus Christ, (ISBN 0-87398-898-1) p. 8 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  8. John 12:48 • 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  9. THE THREE BIG DECISIONS • Who is my Master? • What is my mission? • Who is my mate? WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  10. THE BIG FLIP-FLOP: • MATE-MISSION-MASTER • Most Christian youth are seeking a mate and attempting to establish their mission in life and, then, they begin to get things in order with their Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, often after costly mistakes! • Mistakes happen when God’s intended order is flip-flopped! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  11. WHO AM I AS A CHRISTIAN? • Member of the family and household of God: Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 2:19 • Complete in Christ: Colossians 2:10 • Possessor of every spiritual blessing: Ephesians 1:3 • Born of the Spirit: John 3:6 • Baptized with the Spirit: 1 Cor. 12:13 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  12. Indweltby the Holy Spirit: Jn. 7:39; Rom. 5:5, 8:9; 1 Cor. 3:16, 6:19; Gal. 4:6;1 Jn. 3:24 • Sealed by the Spirit: Eph. 4:30; 2 Cor. 1:22 • Given spiritual gifts: 1 Cor. 12-14; Rom. 12 • We are IN CHRIST: Jn. 14:20; Col. 1:27 • A member in Christ’s body: 1 Cor. 12:13 • A branch in the Vine: John 15:5 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  13. Recipientof eternal life: John 3:15 and 16, John 10:28, 1 John 5:11-13 • Seated in heavenly places: Eph. 2:6 • Minister of the N.T.: 2 Cor. 3:6(KJV) • Ambassador of Christ: 2 Cor. 5:20 • A living letter: 2 Cor. 3:3 • Aminister (servant) of God: 2Cor. 6:4 • God’s inheritance: Eph. 1:18 • Redeemed: Rom. 3:24; Col. 1:14; 1 Pet. 1:18 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  14. Christians are God’s “house” on earth: 1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor. 5:1 • An heir of God: Rom. 8:17; 1 Pet. 1:4 • Joint heir of Christ: Rom. 8:17; Heb. 9:15 • Have access to God: Rom. 5:2; Eph 2:18;Heb. 4:16, 10:19 • A called and protected people: Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 2:9 • Delivered from the power of sin: Rom. 6:2; Phil. 3:3; Col. 2:11 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  15. A living stone: Eph. 2:21,22; 1 Pet. 2:5 • A sheep in His flock: John 10:27-29 • A part of Christ’s bride: Eph. 5:25-27 • A priest in God’s Kingdom: 1 Pet. 2:9 • A new creature: 2 Cor. 5:17 • A child of light: Eph. 5:8; 1 Thess.5:4,5 • In the Spirit: Romans 8:9 • Positionally glorified: Romans 8:30 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  16. Delivered from the kingdom of Satan: Colossians 1:13, 2:15 • Foreknown: Acts: 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 1 Pet. 1:2 • Elect: Rom. 8:33; Col. 3:12; Tit. 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:2 • Predestined: Rom. 8:29; Eph. 1:5,11 • Chosen: Matt. 22:14; 1 Pet. 2:4 • Called: Matt. 22:14; 1Thess. 5:24 • Reconciled by God: 2 Cor. 5:18,19; Col. 1:20 • Reconciled to God: Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor.5:20 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  17. Redeemed how I love to proclaim it,redeemed by the blood of the lamb! Rom3:24;Col 1:14 • All condemnation removed: Jn5:24;Rom8:1 • Crucified with Christ:Rom. 6:6; Gal. 6:20 • Dead with Christ: Ro 6:8; Col 3:3; 1 Pt 2:24 • Buried with Christ: Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12 • Raised with Christ: Rom. 6:4; Col. 3:1 • Regenerated: Jn. 13:10; 1 Cor. 6:1; Tit. 3:5 • Born Again: Jn. 3:7; 1 Pet. 1:23 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  18. I am forgivenall my sins!!! Eph. 1:7, 4:32; Colossians 1:14, 2:13, 3:13 • Child of God: Gal 3:26; Jn 1:12; 2Cor 6:18 • A New Creation: 2Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15; Eph 2:10 • Adopted: Rom. 8:15,23; Eph. 1:5 • Acceptable to God: Eph. 1:6; 1 Pet. 2:5 • Made RighteousRo 3:22; 2Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9 • Perfected forever:Hebrews 10:14 • Justified: Ro 3:24;5:1,9; 8:30; 1Cor 6:11 Tit 3:7 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  19. We have heavenly citizenship: Luke 10:20; Eph. 2:13,19; Phil. 3:20 • Within the “much more” care of God: Romans 5:9,10 • Object of God’s love: Eph. 2:4, 5:2 • Object of God’s power: Eph. 1:19; Phil. 2:13 • Object of His faithfulness: Phil 1:6; Heb 13:5,6 • Object of God’s peace: John 14:27 • Object of God’s consolation: 2Thess 2:16 WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  20. Object of God’s intercession: Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25 • Object of God’s grace: • For salvation: Ephesians 2:8,9 • For keeping: Rom. 5:2; 1Pet. 1:5 • For instruction: Titus 2:12 • These are 64 I.D. distinctives of who we are as Christians. • By the way, to lose our salvation these would all have to be stripped away. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  21. THREE WORDS IN THE MIND OF A BRIDE: • Aisle, Altar, Hymn • I’ll alter him! • No you won’t! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  22. A CRUCIAL DAILY PRAYER: • In the relationships of life let us pray as Jesus prayed when He faced the cross: • “Heavenly Father, not my will, but Thy will be done.” [Luke 22:42 paraphrase] • Is it God’s will or my will? WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  23. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN BIBLICAL PURITY? • God’s standard for purity is: • no adultery, • no fornication, • no lust, • no defrauding. • Virginity doesn’t necessarily mean purity. • A virgin man or woman can lust, defraud, etc, WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  24. PROVERBS 31:12 • In speaking of the relationship of the wife to her husband, Proverbs says: • “She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.” • Your “single” days are included in “all the days” of your life! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  25. GENESIS 2:24, 25 • “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” • “naked” = transparent, open, honest, laid bare, unselfish…. • God’s original plan for marriage: husband and wife unselfishly loving their Lord and each other. NO SELFISHNESS!!! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  26. Does the Bible refute Evolution? Jesus, the Creator Himself, refutes the molecules to man hypothesis by saying: “But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.” Mark 10:6 Is Jesus speaking of male and female bacteria? What is the context of Mark 10? The context is divorce. Do bacteria get divorces?= From the Beginning: Male and female people WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  27. here People from the Beginning! God says male and female people on earth from the Beginning. WHICH DO YOU BELIEVE? PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OR PEOPLE AT THE END? 6000 years here People at the end! 4.5 billion years Evolution says people evolved last and at the very end (recently). WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  28. A CONTRACT: 1. Based on distrust: no knowledge of other’s character. 2. Limited liability: (terms of the contract). 3. Can be altered (if conditions change). A COVENANT: 1. Mutual Trust: based on a personal relationship. 2. Unlimited Respon- sibility: (never ends). 3. Unchangeable: It can’t be changed even if conditions change. MARRIAGE IS NOT A CONTRACT,BIBLICAL MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  29. EPHESIANS 5:31, 32 • “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.” • A biblical marriage is to be an audio-visual picture to the world of Christ’s relationship to His bride, the church. (unbreakable!) WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  30. MARRIAGE PICTURES SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE • GENESIS 2:23: • Adam said about Eve: “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.” • Adam and Eve became “one flesh.” Gen. 2:24 • Eve was as much a part of Adam as were his own bones and flesh. • The only way to separate Adam from his bones and flesh was by death • Only death could separate Adam and Eve! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  31. GOD’S PLAN FOR MARRIAGE: “‘TIL DEATH DO US PART.” • God’s “Blood Covenant” and its permanency is pictured in the marriage ceremony: • Couples end their vows by saying, “‘til death do us part.”—The blood covenant was binding until the death of the parties involved. • The husband and wife walk down the aisle hand in hand symbolizing entrance into a Biblical Blood Covenant. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  32. THE IRREVOCABLE BIBLICAL BLOOD COVENANT: • The Blood Covenant was established as the two parties would walk hand in hand between the separated halves of a sacrificed animal. • The wedding guests for bride and groom sit on opposite sides of the church and the new couple holds hands and passes down the aisle between the separated guests, symbolizing the covenant walk between the two pieces of the sacrificial animal which establishes an irrevocable covenant until death. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  33. “COVENANT” HEBREW LANGUAGE DEFINITION: • “BINDING BY PASSING BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF FLESH.” WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  34. WHAT ABOUT DATING? • The biblical picture is: Men initiate, Women respond: that means: • Men lead • Men call, Women wait (trust our Lord) • Men pay the bill. • Men propose. • Feminism has destroyed God’s created order---women lead! (Isaiah 3:12) WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  35. GOD’S CREATION ORDER: • God is sovereign and over all. • The man (Adam) is in submission to God. • The woman is in submission to her husband. • The animals are in submission to mankind. • WHEN SIN ENTERED THE RACE OF ADAM: • The woman (Eve) submitted to the animal (Serp • The man (Adam) submitted to his wife (Eve). • God is under all —creation order flip flopped: animals are more important than people!!! WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  36. WHAT ABOUT DATING? • 2 Corinthians 6:14-18:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  37. JOHN 14:15 • Jesus said: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  38. Now about DATING? • “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” 1 Corinthians 7:1 (KJV) • “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” 1 Corinthians 7:1 (NASB) • “It is good for a man not to marry.” 1 Corinthians 7:1 (NIV) • NIV USES DYNAMIC EQUIVALENTS AND NOT LITERAL TRANSLATION. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  39. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband. 1 Corinthians 7:2 • 1 Cor. 7:1: “man” = “Anthropos” = men or mankind. • 1 Cor. 7:1: “to touch” = “Haptomai” = touching that lights a fire or kindles a flame or further relations result. • 1 Cor. 7:2: “fornication” = PORNEIA Most commonly used for immorality among singles, incest, beastiality, idolatry, not usually meaning adultery of married ones. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  40. Singlenessis God’s gift to you to equip you for a life of ministry!!! • Joshua Harris in I Kissed Dating Goodbye 1997, Multnomah Press, writes: • Dating leads to intimacy, but not necessarily commitment. • Dating tends to skip the “friendship” stage of a relationship • Dating often mistakes a physical relationship for love WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  41. Dating often isolates a couple from other vital relationships. • Dating, in many cases, distractsyoung adults from their primary responsibility of preparing for the future. • Dating can cause discontentment with God’s gift of singleness. • Dating creates an artificial environment for evaluating another person’s character. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  42. LUKE 6:46 • Jesus said: “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  43. DATING Little parent involve The two alone to- gether much time Recreational enter- tainment for fun Can breed irresponsibility COURTING Much parent involve Open accountability with others presnt Ministry with others for fun Nurtures responsibility RESPONSIBLE OR IRRESPONSIBLE? WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  44. DATING Can be careless about situations that lead to immorality A series of broken relationships does not help you to learn loyalty COURTING Puts guards on you to prevent slipping into immorality Withhold your emotional attachments until you are ready to marry MEN: ARE YOU READY TO PROVIDE FOR AND PROTECT A WIFE? WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  45. DATING Trusts in strong romantic desires to guide Tends toward the physical at the expense of the intellectual and spiritual COURTING Distrusts emotions and trusts Godly counsel + planning Tends toward the in- tellectual and spiritual and waits for the physical until marriage LADIES: ARE YOU READY TO MARRY AND RAISE A FAMILY? WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  46. 1 JOHN 1:4-7 • “And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  47. HEBREWS 11:6 • But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  48. WHAT DOES GOD WANT? • Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone, to have a deep soul relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively; but God to a Christian says: • No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content • With being loved by Me alone WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  49. With giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me • With having an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone, • Discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found • Will you be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you. • You will never be united with another WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

  50. Until you are united with Me, • Exclusive of anyone else or anything else, • Exclusive of any other longings or desires • I want you to stop planning, stop wishing • And allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing • One that you cannot imagine. • I want you to have the best; WWW.BIBLICALDISCIPLESHIP.ORG

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