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Part 3

Becoming an IFR Christian

Saturday, October 4, 14

• “Today’s sermon is one I’ve wanted to preach for some time now.”


“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” —George Santayana


Instrument Flight RulesI F R


Living by Principle• 1. Look through all the

Bible.

• 2. How much is said?

• 3. Ask, “What passage is most similar to, or speaks most clearly to my situation?”

• 4. Conflicting passages? You’ll need to prioritize.


Living by Principle• 5. It’s not enough to know the Principle

• 6. Take counsel from The Body

• 7. Ask, “What’s most important to God?”

• 8. Ask, “What would God require at this stage of growth?


• The Devil will try to get you to focus on what’s exciting

• …So you’ll miss what’s essential

• He’ll draw you to that which is compelling

• …So you’ll avoid that which is crucial

• He’ll fascinate you with what is interesting

• …so you’ll miss what is imperative

• He’ll get you to live by Passion rather than PrincipleSaturday, October 4, 14

• Revelation 1:5, 6 “…Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”

made us kingsAnd hath

Would a King take only one opinion & go with it?Saturday, October 4, 14

Becoming IFR Christians


1Saturday, October 4, 14

Living by Principle

• New Teachings

• Money

• Living a Christian Life

• Interpersonal Relationships

New Teachings


1888 Message

• “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20, KJV.

• “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” Matthew 7:20, KJV.


• “And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.” Luke 9:49, 50, KJV.


Feast-Keeping?

• “…it[First-Fruits] shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.” Leviticus 23:14, KJV.

• “And this day … ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.[Passover]” “And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.” Exodus 12:14, 17, KJV.

• Examples of Paul and Jesus

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easts

forever

forever

for ever


Handwriting of Ordinances

• “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; …Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Colossians 2:14-17, KJV.

Let no

respect of an holyday,sabbath days

man therefore judge you inor of the


COLOSSIANS 2:14-17Saturday, October 4, 14

Difficulties with Requiring Feast-Keeping

• 1. Colossians 2:14-17

• 2. Required: Temple, Priests, & Sacrifices

• 3. They were Shadows pointing forward to things God would do to save us

• 4. Acts 15:28-29


Shadows

• Passover = Cross

• First-Fruits = Resurrection

• Pentecost = Reaping a Harvest of Souls

• Day of Atonement = Final Judgment

• Tabernacles = Great Reunion of the saved of the ages after the Second Coming


First Jerusalem Council A.D. 50

What about the Mosaic ceremonies including Circumcision?


• “For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.” Acts 15:28, 29, KJV.


• “… abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication….” Acts 15:29

Health Laws 10 Commandments

1 & 2 IdolatryBlood

Things Strangled7. Fornication

idols bloodthings strangledfornication


1 & 2 Idolatry

Blood Things Strangled

7. Fornication

Gospel

God’s Law

Health Principles


• “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:” 1 Peter 2:9, KJV.

peculiar

Other Churches?


• ““For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations…which remain among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, know with certainty that …they will be a snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.” Joshua 23:12, 13, NAS95.


Honoring Parents vs. Honoring God


Duty of Children

• Exodus 20:12 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

• Matthew 10:37 “He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”

Honour thy father and

more

thy mother


Duty of Children

• Proverbs 13:22 “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.”

A good man leavethan inheritance to his children


Duty of Children

• 2 Corinthians 12:14 “…I will not be a burden to you… for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.”

for children are notresponsible to save up for their parents


• John 19:26, 27 “When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by…he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.”

saith he to the disciple,

from that hour thatBehold thy mother! And

disciple took her unto hisown homeSaturday, October 4, 14

• 1 Timothy 5:3-8 “Honor widows who are widows indeed; but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first …make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God. …. But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

they must first…make some return to their parents

if anyone does not provide for his

he has denied the faithown


Duty of Children

• Mark 7:10-13 ““For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’ … but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’ you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother; thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition ….””


• Mark 12:42, 43 “But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more … than all the others.”


Living by Principle

• New Teachings

• Money



Money


Money Principles

• Tithes & Offerings “…ye have robbed me. …In tithes and offerings. … Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse…..” Malachi 3:8-10, KJV.

• Debt “The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.” Proverbs 22:7, NASB.

• Co-signing “He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.” Proverbs 11:15, KJV.

Tithes & Offerings

Debt

Co-signing


Living by Principle

• New Teachings

• Money



Living a Christian Life


Living in the end

• “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” Revelation 3:11, KJV.

• “Now we beseech you, brethren,…That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit…that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, KJV.


Living in the end

• “And as they heard these things, he … spake a parable, … because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.” Luke 19:11-13, KJV.Occupy

• grk pragmateomai = ‘business’


“Occupy--Be Pragmatic until I come”God

Claims on our Time

and Money

Family

Church

Health

WorkSaturday, October 4, 14

Guarding Your Family

• They are high Priority

• Proverbs 6:20-29


Living by Principle

• New Teachings

• Money


• Interpersonal RelationshipsInterpersonal Relationships


Matthew 18

• “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more…. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.” Matthew 18:15-17, KJV.

tell him his fault between thee and him alone

• Prov 6:16 -19Saturday, October 4, 14

Lawsuits

• 1 Cor 6:1-6

• Believer takes Believer to Court

• Insurance case?

• Employer is unethical?

• Unequal balance of power?

Believer Believer


Business Dealings

• “Follow peace with all men….” Hebrews 12:14, KJV.

• “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches….” Proverbs 22:1, KJV.

• “Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles….” 1 Peter 2:12, NAS95.


Business Dealings• Psalm 15:1-4

• “Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;” Philippians 2:14, 15

without rebuke


Business Dealings• “I appeal to my brethren in faith, and urge them to cultivate

tenderness of heart. … Do not make the work and cause of God an excuse for dealing closely and selfishly with anyone, even if transacting business that has to do with His work.…. Every act in connection with His work is to bear divine inspection. Every sharp transaction, every attempt to take advantage of a man who is under pressure of circumstances…will not be acceptable to God, even though the money gained is made an offering to His cause.” {CS 145.3}


Shut Your Mouth

• “He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.” Proverbs 11:12, 13, KJV.

• “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.” Proverbs 21:23, KJV.


Shut Your Mouth

• “If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.” James 1:26, NAS95.

• “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so, where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.” Proverbs 26:20-22, KJ21.


• “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:” 1 Peter 2:21, 22, KJV.


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