by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE VALUE OF THE ETERNAL PRIZE AND THE DANGER OF DISQUALIFICATION MOTIVATE DISCIPLINED CHRISTIAN LIVING IN THE WARFARE AGAINST SINAPPROACH:- Are we talking in this passage about rewards that will differentiate between believers based on the quality of their...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE GOAL OF WINNING SOULS DRIVES US TO RESTRICT OUR FREEDOM IN WAYS THAT WOULD SERVE OTHERS IN LOVE RATHER THAN OFFEND THEMINTRODUCTION: Voluntarily restricting our rights and freedoms is no small matter. But a person who has been genuinely converted and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SOMETIMES GOSPEL MINISTRY INVOLVES YIELDING ONE’S RIGHT TO FINANCIAL SUPPORTFOUR CONSIDERATIONS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL REGARDING PREACHING THE GOSPEL WITHOUT DEMANDING HIS RIGHT TO FINANCIAL SUPPORTINTRODUCTION:The immediate context has already established the...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SPIRITUAL MINISTERS DESERVE TO BE ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BUT ALSO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO REFRAIN FROM DEMANDING SUCH RIGHTSINTRODUCTION:Some people imagine that Christian ministers should serve at their own expense. This passage clearly gives a number of reasons...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE CONTROLLING FACTOR IN OUR DECISION MAKING REGARDING DEBATABLE AREAS OF CHRISTIAN CONDUCT MUST BE LOVEINTRODUCTION: These matters are sometimes called doubtful areas. They are specific issues of Christian conduct where believers debate whether it is...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: STAYING SINGLE HAS MUCH TO COMMEND ITSELF . . . BUT MARRIAGE IS STILL A GOOD OPTION(:25) INTRODUCTION – LISTEN TO ME ON THIS SUBJECTA. Topic: Responding to a Particular Question Regarding Virgins “Now concerning virgins” We must understand that Paul was...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: EMBRACE WITH CONTENTMENT GOD’S SOVEREIGN PROVIDENTIAL DISPENSATION OF YOUR OUTWARD CIRCUMSTANCES AS YOU FOCUS ON SERVING CHRIST TO THE MAXCONTEXT: MARITAL STATUS Paul had been giving instruction in Chapter 7 regarding marital status. Apparently there was...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: DIFFERENT SITUATIONS CALL FOR DIFFERENT DIVINE INSTRUCTION REGARDING SINGLENESS, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (AND REMARRIAGE)3 GROUPS ADDRESSED:I. (:8-9) INSTRUCTIONS TO THE UNMARRIED AND TO WIDOWS – EITHER SINGLENESS OR THE MARRIED STATE MAY BE A VIABLE OPTIONA....
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: APART FROM THE GIFT OF CELIBACY, THE CONSISTENT PATTERN OF SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MARRIAGE UNION PROTECTS FROM TEMPTATION TO IMMORALITYINTRODUCTION: Temptation to Immorality is all around us. Apparently this was true for the Corinthians back in Paul’s...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: EIGHT GUIDELINES TO ENCOURAGE BELIEVERS TO GLORIFY GOD IN OUR PHYSICAL BODYINTRODUCTION: Paul has been talking about the subject of avoiding sexual immorality; but this passage has a much wider application to how believers should view the physical body which...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: UNCONVERTED SINNERS HAVE NO PART IN GOD’S KINGDOM –A TRANSFORMED LIFE SHOULD PRODUCE TRANSFORMED LIVINGINTRODUCTION: Dealing today with the biggest question of all: Who qualifies for entrance into God’s Kingdom and enjoyment of all Kingdom Blessings? There...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: BELIEVERS SHOULD NEVER SUE FELLOW BELIEVERSINTRODUCTION:Remember the book written by Jay Adams, Competent to Counsel – that laid a lot of the groundwork for the basis for nouthetic counseling. Adams made the argument that believers would be wrong to submit...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: CHURCH DISCIPLINE MUST BE ENFORCED AGAINST SEXUAL IMMORALITYINTRODUCTION: The failure of the Christian church to enforce church discipline against sexual immorality in its midst has severely compromised its inner health and outward testimony. Tolerance has...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: EFFECTIVE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AGGRESSIVELY CONFRONTS SIN AND PROVIDES JUST THE RIGHT BALANCE OF NURTURE AND DISCIPLINE FOR THE NEED OF THE MOMENT TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED CHANGE IN BEHAVIORINTRODUCTION:Sin in the church of Jesus Christ cannot be ignored or...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: BOASTING IN PARTICULAR PROMINENT PREACHERS DEMONSTRATES ARROGANT PRIDE AND SELF SUFFICIENCYINTRODUCTION: Christians often play the game of “Look at whose camp I am in! We are followers of Dr. John MacArthur; we are disciples of C. J. Mahaney . . .” Even...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD IS ALL THAT MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO ULTIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRYINTRODUCTION:We all are used to performance reviews at work. We are used to receiving them – might not like them all that much – if we supervise...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: TWO FOOLISH MISTAKES THAT UNDERMINE GOD’S WISDOM AND CAUSE DIVISION WITHIN THE LOCAL CHURCHINTRODUCTION: In this section Paul has already shown how the church must be built on the wisdom of God rather than human wisdom. His goal is to combat divisions that...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: (DON’T TAMPER WITH THE TEMPLE — Deffinbaugh)BECAUSE THE LOCAL CHURCH IS GOD’S HOLY SANCTUARY, ANYONE WHO DAMAGES (DESTROYS/CORRUPTS) IT WILL BE PUNISHED ACCORDINGLYCONTEXT (3:10-15):Divine Blueprint for Spiritual Construction of the Church –...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE HARD WORK OF SPIRITUAL MINISTRY CAN REAP ETERNAL REWARDS WHEN WE BUILD WISELY ON THE PROPER FOUNDATIONINTRODUCTION:Most of you are familiar with The Big Dig tunnel project in the Boston area. Faulty materials and construction practices led to a concrete...
by admin | Apr 1, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: ALL OF THE ACCOLADES FOR SPIRITUAL MINISTRY SHOULD GO TO GOD WHO CAUSES THE GROWTH — NOT TO THE PARTICULAR SERVANTS LABORING TOGETHER ON GOD’S BEHALFINTRODUCTION:Paul is not saying that we should refrain from expressing appreciation and rendering...
