godly vs. ungodly use of our bodies

W 65th St church of Christ

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Don McClain

Godly Vs. Ungodly

Use Of Our

Bodies


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The Necessity of Godliness

Essentials To Godliness

Godly or Ungodly Religion?

Godly or Ungodly View of Sin?

Don McClain


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1 Tim 4:7-8 (NKJV)7 But reject profane and old wives'

fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. 8 For bodily

exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and

of that which is to come.

Don McClain


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W.E. Vine: “That piety which, characterized by a Godward attitude, does that which is well pleasing to Him.”

Ungodly = Not-godly - God is not the primary object when making decisions.

Godly Vs. Ungodly

Don McClain


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1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NKJV)18 Flee sexual immorality.

Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body 19

Or do you not know that . . .

Don McClain

Our Body To Be God’s Temple


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1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NKJV). . . your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were

bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your

spirit, which are God's.

Don McClain



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Romans 6:12-13 (NKJV)12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should

obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as

instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your

members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Don McClain



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Important QuestionsUngodly Body? Godly

Origin?Owner?

Purpose?Authority?

Future?

CreatedGod

Glorify GodJesus

Resurrection

EvolutionMy BodyMy goalsMyselfDeath

Don McClain


Sex

Alcohol & Drugs

Abortion

Suicide / Euthanasia

Smoking / Eating / Obesity

Seductive / Extravagant Apparel

O LORD, I know the way

of man is not in himself;

It is not in man who

walks to direct his own

steps (Jer. 10:23).

1 CORINTHIANS 6:18-20


Hebrews 13:4 (NKJV)

4 Marriage is honorable

among all, and the bed

undefiled; but fornicators

and adulterers God will judge.

SEX

Alcohol & Drugs

Abortion






Sex

Alcohol & Drugs

ABORTION




Hebrews 13:4 (NKJV)

4 Marriage is honorable

among all, and the bed

undefiled; but fornicators

and adulterers God will judge.


Psalms 127:3 (NKJV)

3 Behold, children are a

heritage from the Lord,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.


Sex

Alcohol & Drugs

Abortion

SUICIDE / EUTHANASIA




Psalms 127:3 (NKJV)

3 Behold, children are a

heritage from the Lord,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Job 2:9-10 (NKJV)

9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still

hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and

die!” 10 But he said to her, "You speak as

one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we

indeed accept good from God, and shall

we not accept adversity?" In all this Job

did not sin with his lips.


Sex

ALCOHOL & DRUGS

Abortion




Our Body To Be God’s TempleJob 2:9-10 (NKJV)

9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still

hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and

die!” 10 But he said to her, "You speak as

one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we

indeed accept good from God, and shall

we not accept adversity?" In all this Job

did not sin with his lips.

Galatians 5:19-21 (NKJV)

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident,

which are: . . . sorcery, . . . drunkenness,

revelries, and the like; of which I tell you

beforehand, just as I also told you in time

past, that those who practice such things

will not inherit the kingdom of God.


Sex

Alcohol & Drugs

Abortion



SEDUCTIVE / EXTRAVAGANT DRESS

Our Body To Be God’s TempleGalatians 5:19-21 (NKJV)

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident,

which are: . . . sorcery, . . . drunkenness,

revelries, and the like; of which I tell you

beforehand, just as I also told you in time

past, that those who practice such things

will not inherit the kingdom of God.


Sex

Alcohol & Drugs

Abortion



SEDUCTIVE / EXTRAVAGANT DRESS



1 Timothy 2:8-10 (NKJV)

9 in like manner also, that the women

adorn themselves in modest apparel, with

propriety and moderation, not with

braided hair or gold or pearls or costly

clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women

professing godliness, with good works.

Sex

Alcohol & Drugs

Abortion


SMOKING / EATING / OBESITY


Our Body To Be God’s Temple1 Timothy 2:8-10 (NKJV)

9 in like manner also, that the women

adorn themselves in modest apparel, with

propriety and moderation, not with

braided hair or gold or pearls or costly

clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women

professing godliness, with good works.

Philippians 3:18-19 (NKJV)

18 For many walk, of whom I have told you

often, and now tell you even weeping, that

they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 whose end is destruction, whose god is

their belly, and whose glory is in their shame--

who set their mind on earthly things.



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Don McClain

Godly Use of Body Members

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Job 31:1 (NKJV) 1 "I have made a

covenant with my eyes; Why then

should I look upon a young woman?


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Don McClain


Matthew 5:28-29 (NKJV) 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your

right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish,

than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

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2 Thessalonians 3:11 (NKJV)

11 For we hear that there are some who walk

among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are

busybodies.

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Don McClain


Matthew 11:14-15 (NKJV)

14 And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah

who is to come. 15 He who has ears to

hear, let him hear!

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Don McClain


James 1:19 (NKJV)19 So then, my

beloved brethren, let every man be swift to

hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

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Don McClain


Psalms 119:170-172 (NKJV)170 Let my supplication come

before You; Deliver me according to Your word. 171 My lips shall utter praise,

For You teach me Your statutes. 172 My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are

righteousness.

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Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV)29 Let no corrupt word

proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification,

that it may impart grace to the hearers.

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Don McClain

Godly Use of Body MembersHebrews 13:15

(NKJV) 15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the

sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks

to His name.

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Proverbs 31:19-20 (NKJV)

19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And

her hand holds the spindle.

20 She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches

out her hands to the needy.

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1 Timothy 2:8 (NKJV)

8 I desire therefore that the men pray

everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without

wrath and doubting;

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James 1:27 (NKJV)27 Pure and undefiled

religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in

their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the

world.

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Don McClain


Proverbs 4:26-27 (NKJV)26 Ponder the path of your

feet, And let all your ways be established.

27 Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your

foot from evil.

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Don McClain


Ephesians 5:15-16 (NKJV)

15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16

redeeming the time, because the days are

evil.

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Don McClain


1 John 1:6-7 (NKJV)6 If we say that we have

fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we

walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses

us from all sin.

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Don McClain

Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV)

1 I beseech you therefore,

brethren, by the mercies of

God, that you present your

bodies a living sacrifice, holy,

acceptable to God, which is

your reasonable service.

2 And do not be conformed to

this world, but be

transformed by the

renewing of your mind, that

you may prove what is that

good and acceptable and

perfect will of God.

Don McClain W 65th St church of Christ

32Are you professi

ng godliness in how you use

your body?


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