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The Law of Unintended Consequences

The Law of Unintended Consequences. The fool laughs at consequences. (Ecc 7:4-6). The Law of Unintended Consequences.

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

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  1. The Law of Unintended Consequences • The fool laughs at consequences. (Ecc 7:4-6)

  2. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Ecclesiastes 7:4-6 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise Than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

  3. The Law of Unintended Consequences • The fool laughs at consequences. (Ecc 7:4-6) • This world is filled with this wisdom! • Consider the “other side” of the beer commercials?

  4. The Law of Unintended Consequences • The fool laughs at consequences. (Ecc 7:4-6) • This world is filled with this wisdom! • Consider the “other side” of the beer commercials? • One can have God centered goals and suffer.

  5. The Law of Unintended Consequences • The fool laughs at consequences. (Ecc 7:4-6) • This world is filled with this wisdom! • Consider the “other side” of the beer commercials? • One can have God centered goals and suffer. • They may suffer because of a lack of wisdom. (Prov 10:21-25; Jas 1:5-6)

  6. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Proverbs 10:21-25 - The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom. … 23 To do evil is like sport to a fool, But a man of understanding has wisdom.

  7. The Law of Unintended Consequences • 24 The fear of the wicked will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted. 25 When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

  8. The Law of Unintended Consequences • James 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

  9. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Our government has often demonstrated this principle!

  10. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Our government has often demonstrated this principle! • What was welfare designed to do? What did we get?

  11. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Our government has often demonstrated this principle! • What was welfare designed to do? What did we get? • What was “no-fault” divorce designed to do? What did we get?

  12. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Consider David’s building a new ox cart to carry the Ark of the Covenant. (2 Sam 6:3-8; 1 Chron 15:12-13)

  13. The Law of Unintended Consequences • 3 So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

  14. The Law of Unintended Consequences • 5 Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the LORD on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.

  15. The Law of Unintended Consequences • 6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. • 7 Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.

  16. The Law of Unintended Consequences • 12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. • 13 "For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order."

  17. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Your goals may have been reasonable.

  18. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Your goals may have been reasonable. • Your motives may be good.

  19. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Your goals may have been reasonable. • Your motives may be good. • You may have been encouraged by others.

  20. The Law of Unintended Consequences • Your goals may have been reasonable. • Your motives may be good. • You may have been encouraged by others. • This lesson is not a judge about every specific consequence.

  21. Can We know the consequences? • We cannot anticipate all consequences.

  22. Can We know the consequences? • We cannot anticipate all consequences. • Did Solomon understand? (Ecc 1:17; 2:10-11)

  23. Can We know the consequences? • Ecclesiastes 1:17 - And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

  24. Can We know the consequences? • Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 - Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; And this was my reward from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.

  25. Can We know the consequences? • We cannot anticipate all consequences. • Did Solomon understand? (Ecc 1:17; 2:10-11) • If he had known he would have taken another path! (1 Kings 11:4, 9, 11)

  26. Can We know the consequences? • 1 Kings 11:4 - For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David

  27. Can We know the consequences? • 1 Kings 11:9 - So the LORD became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

  28. Can We know the consequences? • 1 Kings 11:11 - Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

  29. Can We know the consequences? • We cannot anticipate all consequences. • Did Solomon understand? (Ecc 1:17; 2:10-11) • If he had known he would have taken another path! (1 Kings 11:4, 9, 11) • We can know what Solomon did not know!

  30. Can We know the consequences? • We cannot anticipate all consequences. • Did Solomon understand? (Ecc 1:17; 2:10-11) • If he had known he would have taken another path! (1 Kings 11:4, 9, 11) • We can know what Solomon did not know! • How many exemplify this? Judas, Achan, 10 spies?

  31. Can We know the consequences? • Satan can use our fear of consequence. (Heb 2:14-15)

  32. Can We know the consequences? • Hebrews 2:14-15 - Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

  33. Can We know the consequences? • Satan can use our fear of consequence. (Heb 2:14-15) • What did the spies fear?

  34. Can We know the consequences? • Satan can use our fear of consequence. (Heb 2:14-15) • What did the spies fear? • What did the one talent man fear?

  35. Can We know the consequences? • Satan can use our fear of consequence. (Heb 2:14-15) • What did the spies fear? • What did the one talent man fear? • What did the Jews fear? (John 11:48-50)

  36. Can We know the consequences? • John 11:48-50 - If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.” 49 And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”

  37. Can We know the consequences? • Satan can use our fear of consequence. (Heb 2:14-15) • What did the spies fear? • What did the one talent man fear? • What did the Jews fear? (John 11:48-50) • God wants us to be concerned. (Gal 6:7-8)

  38. Can We know the consequences? • Galatians 6:7-8 - Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

  39. Can We know the consequences? • God does not tell us all possible consequences.

  40. Can We know the consequences? • God does not tell us all possible consequences. • He does however tell us the path to take! (Psa 37:23-25)

  41. Can We know the consequences? • Psalm 37:23-25 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

  42. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom?

  43. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone.

  44. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone. • "Church services seem completely out of context with the world we live in the other six days "of the week." (p. 18).

  45. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone. • "Church services seem completely out of context with the world we live in the other six days "of the week." (p. 18). • "Sure, we'd go to church, but my children would have to punch me to keep me awake." (p. 19).

  46. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone. • "When we sit down in a church service, we know somebody is going to preach a sermon. We know we're going to sing songs we've sung many times before. We've done this so many years that we can predict what the next move will be without opening our eyes." (p. 19).

  47. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone. • "When we sit down in a church service, we know somebody is going to preach a sermon. We know we're going to sing songs we've sung many times before. We've done this so many years that we can predict what the next move will be without opening our eyes." (p. 19). • "I had many friends who said, "I just don’t get anything out of church.'" (p. 19).

  48. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone. • Do we seek the root problem or deal with the symptom?

  49. Can We know the consequences? • How should we help members overcome boredom? • Consider Pat Boone. • Do we seek the root problem or deal with the symptom? • What has been the effect of “contemporary worship?” (Jn 4:24)

  50. Can We know the consequences? • John 4:24 - God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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