Temptations to Sin
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Psalm 88:3–7 “For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah”
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John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. For the one who is not against us is for us. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
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The Temple Tax & Who Is the Greatest?
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
“Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me”
“but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”
John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. For the one who is not against us is for us. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
Not expressly condemned in ...
Matthew 7:21–23 ““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”
The Apostles had strongly disapproved of his actions
We don’t know much about the man
“Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me”
“For the one who is not against us is for us”
“For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward”
Parable of the Tenants ...
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
Whoever causes a believer to sin
“better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.”
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,
Hand, foot or eye
better to lose a limb than to be thrown into hell
Hell [Gehenna] is defined as “the unquenchable fire”
Animals and people cut off limbs to save life
better to enter into the Kingdom of God, missing a limb
new heavens and a new earth
“the peace of God that passes all understanding” (Phil. 4:7)
“the joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8)
“the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ” (2 Cor. 4:6)
“the love of God shed abroad in—or: poured into—our hearts through the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 5:5)
Temptation should be flung aside immediately and decisively
the surgery must be radical
in the battle against sin the believer must fight hard
Jesus said on three seperate occasions… (Matt 10:22, Matt 13:13, Matt 24:13)
Matthew 24:13 “But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
Affirmed in Hebrews 4:14 and Rev 2:10 “Faithful until death”
Notes
Parable of Soil:
Seed on path eaten by birds
Grows but shallow soil (fairweather)
Grows by chocked by weeds (dreams of riches)
Grows in Good soil producing fruit
‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
Quote from Isaiah 66:24
Death - torment
External - Fire
Internal - worm
2 Thessalonians 1:9 “They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,”
Jesus said ...
Matthew 25:46 “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.””
For everyone will be salted with fire.
first judgement - flood
destroyed the wicked
saved the few righteous/faithful
last judgement - judgement day - by fire
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Parable of the Weeds
Matthew 13:40–42 “Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Parable of the Dragnet
Matthew 13:49–50 “So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Revelation - Lake of Fire
Revelation 20:11–15 “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Jesus has been warning his disciples against become a snare to others, and/or themselves ensnared
sin is a poisonous infection
this life is a firey trial - seperating
wheat from Bearded Darnel (infected with poisonous fungus)
salt & fire - purifies and cleanses
salt is good, but what if it loses its saltiness?
moisture / age
“good for nothing”
it cannot be restored
“Have salt within yourselves”
seasoned with salt - by the grace of God, has goodness within
The Word of God applied by the Holy Spirit transforms into a true disciple of Christ
Enact qualties that promote...
Galatians 5:22–23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
“be at peace with one another”
Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
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