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Think ! Use your Mind !

Think ! Use your Mind !. Think ! Use your Mind. Introduction . Eph . 5:17, “do not be foolish ” A. “APHRON.” A = without ; phren = mind . Without reason , lack of perception … Imprudent in regard to salvation … As if we didn’t have a mind , irrational .

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Think ! Use your Mind !

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  1. Think! Use yourMind!

  2. Think! Use yourMind • Introduction. Eph. 5:17, “do notbefoolish” • A. “APHRON.” A = without; phren = mind. • Withoutreason, lack of perception … • Imprudent in regardtosalvation … • As ifwedidn’thave a mind, irrational. • B. Thiswordisusedmany times in theBible, withapplicationtomanythings.

  3. Think! Use yourMind • Job 2:9, 10, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks.” • As if you didn’t have a mind. Not being in her right mind, crazy. It’s a strong word. • Matt. 5:22, Ifcallyourbrother a “fool” (moros) “shallbe in danger of hellfire.” • Means “morallyworthless … scornshisheart and character” (Vine’sDictionary). • ButMatt. 7:26, “foolishman” ifnotobey!

  4. Think! Use yourMind • Psalm 14:1, “The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." • He speaks as if he did not have a mind. • He doesn’t think. Doesn’t reason. • Rom. 1:20, just look around you and know. Attributes known by creation. • Rom. 1:22, “Professingtobewise, theybecamefools.”

  5. Think! Use yourMind • Prov. 9:13-18, foolish -- a perfectexample • The womanwhodoesnotprotectherpuritydoesnot use her head, doesnotthink. • 1 Cor. 6:18-20. To ignore thisis a-phron, tobe “without a mind.”

  6. Think! Use yourMind • Prov. 12:15, “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.” • That is, “the whole counsel of God,” Acts 20:27.

  7. Think! Use yourMind • Psalm 32:8, 9, “I willteachyoutheway… Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.” • Prov. 15:5, “A fool despises his father's instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.”

  8. Think! Use yourMind • Luke 11:37-40, “Foolish ones! (aphrones) Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?” Outward-clean; inward-evil. • 1 Sam. 16:7, “man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” • 1 Kings 8:39, “You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men.” • Heb. 4:13, “all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”

  9. Think! Use yourMind • Luke 12:19, “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.“ • Luke 12:20, “But God said to him, 'Fool! (a-phron) This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?‘”

  10. Think! Use yourMind • Covetousness = idolatry (Col. 3:5). • Workorbusinessishis LIFE… • Savingthesoulisnotfirst. • A-phron, without a mind … • Godsays “foolish,” notusinghismindortomakeitstronger – he wasout of hismind !

  11. Think! Use yourMind • Eph. 5:15, “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise… • Eph. 5:17, “do not be foolish (aphrones), but understand what the will of the Lord is.” • Thisisone of thestrongeststatements in theBibleconcerning USING THE MIND. • Think … and thinkforyourself! • Millions of peoplerefuseto do this!

  12. Think! Use yourMind • Eph. 3:3, 4, “I havewritten… when you read, you can understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.” Even Revelation! • “Mystery” simplymeansthatithadtoberevealed … and hadnotbeenrevealed in OT • But NOW it has been and IS NOT a mystery. • Can beunderstoodbut WE MUST USE OUR MIND … HEAR … READ … STUDY …

  13. Think! Use yourMind • Ifwe do notunderstandtheword of God, it’sourownfault. • We are voluntarily a-phrones… • Werefuseto use themind (intelligence) thatGodgivesus. • RememberGen. 1:27, “So Godcreatedman in Hisownimage; in theimage of God He createdhim; male and female He createdthem” -- intellect , will, emotions --fromGod

  14. Think! Use yourMind • The personthatGodcalls a foolistheonewhoisguidedbyignorance, opinions, prejudice, sentiments, false teaching. • 2 Pet. 2:12 and Jude 10 speak of thosewho are like “irrationalbeasts” thatwillbedestroyed. • 1 Pet. 2:15, Christiansshould “put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.”

  15. Think! Use yourMind • Nehemiah 8:1-12, Ezra and thepriestsreadthelawtothepeople. • They “gavethesense and helpedthemtounderstandthereading …” • “And all the people went their way to… rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that were declared to them.”

  16. Think! Use yourMind • Acts 8:30, “Do youunderstandwhatyou are reading? How can I, unlesssomeone guides me?” Didnothave NT (rememberEph. 3:4). • Acts 8:39, “Whentheycame up out of thewater… theeunuchwentonhiswayrejoicing.” • Because he understood and obeyedthegospel. This produces muchjoy.

  17. Think! Use yourMind • Therefore, studyyourBiblewithconfidence. • Makearrangementstoattendeveryservice of thechurchincludingtheBibleclasses. • Prepare forclasses and participate in them. • Prayforwisdom, James 1:5 • “Use your head!” Listen. Learn. Practicewhatyoulearn. • Grow “in grace and knowedge of our Lord”

  18. Think! Use yourMind • Invest in a goodlibraryforthefamily. • Getgooddictionaries (English and Bible), wordstudies, maps, commentaries … • Have a regular time tostudy, private and also withthefamily … • Determine that “as for me and my house” wewilllearnthe 66 books of theBible.

  19. Think! Use yourMind • Conclusion: A. Isa. 1:18, “ Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD…” • B. Matt. 7:24-28, “everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.” • Anotherstrongword: Accordingto W. E. Vine, “morós, obtuse, slow, stupid, ignorant, foolish.” Thisisthewordthat JESUS uses heretospeak of thedisobedient.

  20. Think! Use yourMind • C. Rom. 12:1, “present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable (worship) service.” • D. Disobedienceisnotreasonable. Notworshipping and servingGodisnotreasonable. • The worldlylifeisnotreasonable. • Notpreparingforthe final judgmentisnotreasonable. It’s “A-PHRON”!

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