Guardrails For Godly Living
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· 8 viewsThe WORD of the LORD is our guide for living God pleasing lives
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Introduction- Transitioning the parenting role (from infancy to teenage years)- becoming a counselor and young person seeking parents counsel
Introduction- Transitioning the parenting role (from infancy to teenage years)- becoming a counselor and young person seeking parents counsel
Illustration: Parents talking to their children and how their children receive their words in light of their culture, society, and peer groups perspective
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 14:
John 8:
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Transition: Introduction To Body
Transition: Introduction To Body
Body
Body
young = boy, lad, youth, a child of any age from infancy, through weaning, to late adolescence
NIV = young person
guard = living, keeping taking heed
watch over
whole = all, everything, total
seek = read repeatedly, study
i.e. one does not cherry pick scripture. One being undivided in seeking the LORD
v10- commandment = an authoritative directive, order
wander go astray, make linear movement in no particular goal or direction
1. Pray Wholeheartedly To The LORD (v9-10)
The LORD Can Provide Direction In Everything (v10)
2. Store Up (Treasure) The LORD’s WORD (v11)
storing up to be used at the appropriate time
teach = train i.e. gain information (or signals and cues) and respond properly to it with regular action
learn, be skilled
statutes = regulation, decree, ordinance i.e. a clear communicated prescription of what one should do
Apply The LORD’s Prescriptive Teaching (v12)
Illustration: Taking the prescription that the doctor provides. Who does not follow the prescriptions of their doctor?
Prescriptions provide specific instructions
The LORD provides specificity in His WORD in order to bless
Illustration: The construction of the Ark and Tabernacle
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Be Just In All Your Ways (v13)
way = road, distance, journey, manner, custom, behavior
testimonies = what God solemnly testifies to be his will
3. Rejoice In The LORD’s Faithful Witness (v14)
Illustrate: What is in view here could be the 10 commandments for example
4. Consider & Follow The Example Of The LORD (v15)
5. Do Not Neglect The LORD’s WORD (v16)
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.
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Transition: Body To Conclusion
Transition: Body To Conclusion
Conclusion- You are never too young or old to study and apply the WORD of the LORD
Conclusion- You are never too young or old to study and apply the WORD of the LORD
Illustrate: Boston Globe, Sunday, November 25, 2018 article
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”