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CHAPTER 4 — PURITY OF THE MESSENGER (TESTING PROFITABLE)
Key Verse — 4:8
A. Rebuke of Worldliness — 4:1-12
The word “world” is used three ways in the Bible:
• World of Mankind (people) —
• World of Materialism (things) —
• World of Morals (system) —
Fighting in the Church:
The Cause: Lust (selfish desires) — 4:1-3 The Characteristics
• Unsatisfied Pleasure — 4:2
• Uncontrolled Passion — 4:2
• Untapped Potential — 4:2
• Unanswered Prayer — 4:2, 3
The Condemnation: friendship with the world — 4:4
• Destroys Fellowship — 4:4-7
• Denies our Faith — 4:4-5
The Cure: the Grace of God — 4:6-11
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• A Precept — (Something we are not to do) — 4:8
• A Promise — (Something God will do) — 4:8
• A Principle — (Something God will do if we do what He says) — 4:8
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The Victory we claim — What we escape!
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The Flesh — 4:1-3
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The World — 4:4-5
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The Devil — 4:7
2. The Venture we choose — What we enjoy!
a. God’s Grace — 4:6
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God’s Guarantee — 4:8-10
(1) Of His Presence — 4:8
(2) Of His Promotion — 4:10
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God’s Guidance — (the will of God) 4:13-17
Christ — The Christian — The World
— We have a beautiful picture of this relationship in the prayer of our Lord recorded in
• We are saved out of the world.
• We are still in the world.
• We are to be separate from the world.
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— We are sent into the world.
— The world is my preaching ground, not my playground!
Four-fold test to determine if something is right or wrong
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Test of Expediency —
— Expediency = Helpful, Profitable, Beneficial
— Question: Will this be profitable in my life?
2. Test of Enslavement -
— Question: Does it make me its slave?
3. Test of Edification —
— Edification = To build up, to support, to enhance
— Question: Does it build me up as well as others?
4. Test of Example —
— Question: Does this set a good example for others?
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