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DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL

DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL. Hebrews 5:12-14. Hebrews 5:12-14.

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DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL

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  1. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL Hebrews 5:12-14

  2. Hebrews 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

  3. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • IS IT CONDEMNED IN GOD'S WORD? • WILL IT HARM ME SPIRITUALLY? • WILL IT HARM ME PHYSICALLY? • WILL IT LEAD OTHERS INTO SIN?

  4. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE?

  5. Romans 14:22-23 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

  6. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY?

  7. Ephesians 5:14-16 Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Failure to Walk Circumspectly is a Waste of Time!

  8. Luke 12:16-19 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'

  9. Luke 12:20-21 "But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?' "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Laying Up Treasure for Yourself is a Waste of Money!

  10. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  11. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY? • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE?

  12. Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men."

  13. Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."

  14. 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

  15. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY? • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE? • WILL IT PUT ME IN BAD COMPANY?

  16. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

  17. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY? • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE? • WILL IT PUT ME IN BAD COMPANY? • WOULD I BE ASHAMED OF DOING IT?

  18. John 3:19-20 "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed."

  19. Hebrews 4:13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

  20. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY? • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE? • WILL IT PUT ME IN BAD COMPANY? • WOULD I BE ASHAMED OF DOING IT? • WILL I BE SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM?

  21. Matthew 6:31-33 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

  22. SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM Putting God first will enable you to avoid living a dull life. Look again at Matthew 6:25. "Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing?" (6:25) Placing all the emphasis on the physical betrays a false view of human beings, as if they were only bodies needing to be fed, watered, clothed, and housed, and of human life, as if life were merely some sort of physical existence.

  23. SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM An exclusive preoccupation with food, drink, and clothing could be justified if physical survival were the be-all and end-all of existence. We just live to live. The preoccupation with the material side of life downgrades human beings, but don’t most people in our society think that physical well being is the goal? Putting God first, frees a person to seek far more noble and worthy goals than working so they can retire.

  24. SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM It is sad that so many people miss a lifetime of wonderful opportunities because their eyes are fixed on this earth. The Christian has been freed, by putting God first, to go out and pursue things that will last into eternity, to accomplish things that will really matter in the end, to accomplish something that will have eternal value, and to develop a character that can withstand the setbacks of life and will be honored in eternity.

  25. 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ….

  26. 2 Peter 1:5-7 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

  27. 2 Peter 1:8-9 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

  28. 2 Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

  29. SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM It may very well be that most Christians do not believe that, if they put God first in their lives, He will provide to them all of His promises....

  30. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY? • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE? • WILL IT PUT ME IN BAD COMPANY? • WOULD I BE ASHAMED OF DOING IT? • WILL I BE SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM? • WILL IT PROMOTE RIGHT THINKING?

  31. Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things.

  32. Matthew 15:19 "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies."

  33. Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

  34. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY? • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE? • WILL IT PUT ME IN BAD COMPANY? • WOULD I BE ASHAMED OF DOING IT? • WILL I BE SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM? • WILL IT PROMOTE RIGHT THINKING? • WILL I BE FOLLOWING CHRIST'S EXAMPLE?

  35. 1 Peter 2:18-20 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.

  36. 1 Peter 2:21-23 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

  37. 1 Peter 2:24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.

  38. 2 Corinthians 4:8-11 We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed-- always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

  39. Galatians 6:17 From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

  40. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • IS IT CONDEMNED IN GOD'S WORD? • WILL IT HARM ME SPIRITUALLY? • WILL IT HARM ME PHYSICALLY? • WILL IT LEAD OTHERS INTO SIN? • WILL IT VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE? • IS IT A WASTE OF TIME and/or MONEY?

  41. DISCERNING GOOD AND EVIL • WILL IT HURT MY INFLUENCE? • WILL IT PUT ME IN BAD COMPANY? • WOULD I BE ASHAMED OF DOING IT? • WILL I BE SEEKING FIRST GOD’S KINGDOM? • WILL IT PROMOTE RIGHT THINKING? • WILL I BE FOLLOWING CHRIST'S EXAMPLE?

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