Don’t Whine Just Shine
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Scripture Reading
Scripture Reading
Do all things without complaining and disputing,
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
Intro
Intro
Complaining In Our Society
Complaining In Our Society
Complaining In The Church
Complaining In The Church
Complaining in the Old Testament
Adam The 1st Complainer and Blamer
Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
Cain The 2nd Complainer and blamer.
And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”
Moses
So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.”
Miriam and Moses
Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.
Jonah
Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”
And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”
But the Lord said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night.
Man Complains About God
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Apostates complain
Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
Spies Complained
Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”
Numbers 14:36 (NKJV)
Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land,
those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
They had been led out of the Egypt and all they did is complain
Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;
nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;
nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
Why Should Those Who God Saved Complain?
Why should a living man complain,
A man for the punishment of his sins?
Shine The Light is In Us
Shine The Light is In Us
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
How? The Mind of Christ
How? The Mind of Christ
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Don’t Whine
Don’t Whine
Do all things without complaining and disputing,
Complaining - gongysmōs: a complaint uttered in a low indistinct tone. Behind the scenes talk.To murmur is an expression of discontent or dissatisfaction
onomatopoetic word sounds like what it means. buzz, hiss, boom
grumble sounds like what it means. grrr ra ra ra
An emotional rejection of the circumstances God has allowed or chosen for one’s life.
Disputing: dialogismos - a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
We get dialogue from this word. It also means questions or criticisms. Its an intellectual debate with God.
Complaining is emotional belly aching
Disputing is intellectual debating with God
People complain about people when its their actions and God’s providence of how they got in a situation.
People argue with people because they cannot argue with God.
Examples in Old Testament
Examples in Old Testament
nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;
nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!
Why does God not want us to grumble and complain? Because it stops us from being what He wants us to be: His children.
Don’t Whine With A World That Whines
Don’t Whine With A World That Whines
Philippians 2:15 (NKJV)
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Blameless - a life that can’t be criticized. There’s nothing for which you can be held responsible by way of sin, evil, wickedness. It’s a life without blame, it’s a life without blemish, no blot on it, no sinful stain which people can discern and see.
Innocent - harmless Matt 10:16
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Pure Romans 16:19
For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.
unmixed, unadulterated, undefiled, also referred to unmixed wine or alloy.
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
Don’t Whine Just Shine!
Don’t Whine Just Shine!
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
crooked - dishonest, immoral, evasive
perverse - deviate from what is considered moral, right, proper, or good. DEFORM
generation - poplus
shine: phaino: beam, emit light
Verb
action: shine
state of being: shining
the production of a result: What Christ did and having His mind in us. Humility
lights : luminary - a celestial body serving as a source of illumination
world - moral, ethical, sinful system
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 32:4 (NKJV)
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
Deuteronomy 32:5 (NKJV)
“They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.
We Are Not To Be Like World But Be The Light of The World
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Light of The World
Light of The World
“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.
Shine Until The Light is Revealed
Shine Until The Light is Revealed
holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
You can’t proclaim when you complain!
People do more complaining than proclaiming Christ
People speak swelling words but never share the Word
Complaining turns off the light of the Church.
Hold Fast the Word of life because it has an ending.
Paul and the New Testament writers always wanted God’s people to be anticipating and ready for the return of Jesus.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Don’t Whine
Don’t Whine
Conclusion
Conclusion