Q&A - November (Part 2)
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Considering that we can be addicted to many different things, (tanning, smart phones, video games, social media, working out), is addiction a disease, like the world says it is? (or is it just obsessive thinking, or gluttony?) Where is the line between addiction and just obsessive thinking? Is there a cure or some kind of treatment? What does God's word say about all this?
Considering that we can be addicted to many different things, (tanning, smart phones, video games, social media, working out), is addiction a disease, like the world says it is? (or is it just obsessive thinking, or gluttony?) Where is the line between addiction and just obsessive thinking? Is there a cure or some kind of treatment? What does God's word say about all this?
Summarize: What does the Bible say about Addiction?
Summarize: What does the Bible say about Addiction?
1 - Where is Addiction in the Bible?
1 - Where is Addiction in the Bible?
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 23)
30 Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine. 31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,When it sparkles in the cup,When it goes down smoothly; 32 At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things. 34 And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 23)
35 “They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 3)
5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
2 - Is addiction sinful?
2 - Is addiction sinful?
3 - What is the cure to the sins we are addicted to?
3 - What is the cure to the sins we are addicted to?
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 3)
1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
How do you forgive someone who has not asked for forgiveness? (forgetting is not forgiving)
How do you forgive someone who has not asked for forgiveness? (forgetting is not forgiving)
1 - What is forgiveness?
1 - What is forgiveness?
Forgiveness; To dismiss or release someone or something from a place or ones presence.
Forgiveness; To dismiss or release someone or something from a place or ones presence.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 17)
3 “Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 “And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”
2 - What does asking for forgiveness do to the person that needs to be forgiven?
2 - What does asking for forgiveness do to the person that needs to be forgiven?
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 17)
1 He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 “Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 “And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”
3 - What is different from our forgiveness and God's forgiveness?
3 - What is different from our forgiveness and God's forgiveness?
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 26)
27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
4 - How does our forgiveness work?
4 - How does our forgiveness work?
What does it do for us?
What does it do for us?
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 11)
25 “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 6)
14 “For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 “But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
Should we forgive no matter what?
Should we forgive no matter what?
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 17)
3 “Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 “And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 18)
21 Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
3 Tips to help when forgiving others:
3 Tips to help when forgiving others:
If someone is unrepentant, but that situation has sailed, just remember that your forgiveness does nothing for their soul, it just hinders yours.
If someone is unrepentant, but that situation has sailed, just remember that your forgiveness does nothing for their soul, it just hinders yours.
If someone is repentant, but something happened in the past that you have a hard time letting go because they never apologized, just talk to them about it lovingly.
If someone is repentant, but something happened in the past that you have a hard time letting go because they never apologized, just talk to them about it lovingly.
Try to not be more entitled to a specific apology than Jesus is.
Try to not be more entitled to a specific apology than Jesus is.
