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643 Sins and counting

Life In Christ Bible Study
Presents
643 Sins … and counting!
July 8, 2023
Multiple Scripture References
Presented by Michael Webb

One of the Holy Spirit’s roles is to make believers aware of attitudes and actions that are contrary to God’s will. If we decide to resist conviction, we will naturally try to quiet the Spirit’s voice–which often means giving the Lord less of our time or none at all. Then, unconfessed sin will cause us to walk away from the Father instead of delighting in our relationship with Him.

Sin usually feels good in some way, at least for a while and sometimes a long while. For example, we can feel justified in our bitterness when the other person has wronged us. Sometimes we want to hold on to resentment and prolong our sense of validation. But as believers, we cannot run our lives by emotion. We must consider God’s truth:

Satan tempts us with sins that are likely to look and feel good to our natural selves–a habit that gives pleasure or solace is easier to justify than one that seems repulsive. But no sinner is truly happy chasing after wickedness. Authentic joy is found only in a friendship with the Lord.

Galations 6:
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own load. 6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor. 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

1 Corinthians 6:19,20

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Sins that are committed on a daily basis which bring pleasure:
Galatians 6:7, 8 and 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 (What do they say?)

1. Telling the untruth (lying)
2. Taking what’s not yours (stilling)
3. Drinking until drunk (drunkard, wino)
4. Using narcotics (drugs)
5. Manipulating People (verbal)
6. Lusting for one another (physical attraction)
7. Adultery (Sex outside your marriage relationship)
8. Fornication (Sex outside of marriage)
9. Masturbation (Sex with one’s self (self-abuse) – outside the marriage rela- tionship) 10. Homosexuality (man to man and woman to woman relation- ships)
11. Boasting of our abilities (Proclaiming ourselves as oppose to glorifying God)
12. Argumentative (Being Contentious – only my point of view is correct) 13. Seeking Revenge (Doing evil for evil)
14. Not resisting Temptation (In Alcohol, sex, drugs, tongue lashing)
15. Glutton (Eating everything in sight)
16. Gossiping (spreading stories about others)
17. Pornography (Watching and reading leads to sexual immorality)
18. Pride (Wanting the praise and attention of others — see. Proverbs 11:2) 19. Haughty Attitude (arrogant, snooty and conceit or just Stuck up)
20. Need to be right (Attribute of people who fear being wrong – associate with Pride)

List of the Sins that are committed that provides us with a good sensation.

(Just a few items that are considered sinful)

11.ARGUING Prov 17:14; 18:6; Titus 3:9; 2 Tim 2:23
Proverbs 18:6 (KJV) A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

59.PUTTING CARES OF THIS WORLD BEFORE GOD Mk 4:19; Lk 8:14; 21:34
Mark 4:19 (KJV) And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

(SINS PERTAINING TO CLOTHING) 69 to 74

69. WEARING THE CLOTHING OF THE OPPOSITE SEX Deut 22:5

Deuteronomy 22:5 (KJV) The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

70. DRESSING INDECENTLY 1 Tim 2:9; Prov 7:10

1 Timothy 2:9 (KJV) In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Proverbs 7:10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

71. LOVE FANCY CLOTHING TO SHOW OFF-TO BE ADMIRED BY MEN Mk 12:38
Mark 12:38 (KJV) And he said unto them in his doctrine, beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

77. NOT HAVING COMPASSION 1 Pe 3:8

1 Peter 3:8 (KJV) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

79. COMPLAINING ABOUT HARDSHIPS Num 11:1 NIV

Numbers 11:1 (NKJV) Now when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; for the Lord heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.

80. COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE Num 11:4-6; 21:5

Numbers 21:5 (NKJV) And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

85. NOT BEING CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Heb 13:5

(SINS PERTAINING TO CONVERSATION) 86 TO 111

96. SPEAKING EVIL OF BROTHERS Ja 4:11

James 4:11 (NKJV) Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

99. FILTHY CONVERSATION Col 3:8

Colossians 3:9 (NKJV) Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,

154. GETTING INVOLVED IN THE DOCTRINES OF DEVILS 1 Tim 4:1

1 Timothy 4:1 (NKJV) Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

155. GETTING INVOLVED IN ANY DOCTRINES OTHER THAN SOUND DOCTRINE 1 Tim 1:10
1 Timothy 1:10 (NKJV) for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,

157. DRINKING 1 Tim 3:3; Prov 20:1
1 Timothy 3:3 (NKJV) not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

159. GETTING DRUNK (DRUNKEN) Lk 12:45,46; Ro 13:13; 1 Cor 6:10
1 Corinthians 6:10 (NKJV) nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

160. BEING DISCONTENT Phili 4:11; 1 Tim 6:8; Lk 3:14

1 Timothy 6:9 (NKJV) But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

164.EMPLOYEES, ARGUING WITH EMPLOYERS Titus 2:9

Titus 2:9 (NKJV) Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,

165. EMPLOYEES, NOT BEING OBEDIENT TO YOUR EMPLOYER Col 3:22,23; Eph 6:5-8

Colossians 3:22 (NKJV) Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

167. EMPLOYERS, NOT GIVING THAT WHICH IS JUST AND EQUAL Col 4:1
Colossians 4:1 (NKJV) Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

169. NOT FEEDING YOUR ENEMY AND GIVING HIM DRINK Ro 12:20

Romans 12:20 (NKJV) Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

176. HEARING EVIL 1 Tim 5:13; Ps 101:5; Acts 17:21
1 Timothy 5:13 (NKJV) And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

180. REWARDING EVIL FOR EVIL Ro 12:17

Romans 12:17 (NKJV) Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.

187. WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN Ro 14:23

Romans 12:17 (NKJV) Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.

188. PARTAKING OF FALSE DOCTRINES 2 Jn 10; Jude 4; Ro 16:17,18; Prov 19:27
2 John 1:10 (NKJV) If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;

191.BEING A FALSE WITNESS Ex 20:16; Mt 15:19; Mt 19:18

Matthew 15:19 (NKJV) For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

193. CALLING A MAN YOUR FATHER UPON THE EARTH Mt 23:9

Matthew 23:9 (NKJV) Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

194. FAULTFINDERS Jude 16 NIV

Jude 1:16 (NKJV) These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

202. WALKING AFTER THE FLESH Ro 8:1,5,13

Romans 8:1 (NKJV) There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

203. FOLLOWING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH Eph 2:3

Ephesians 2:3 (NKJV) among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

211. NOT FORGIVING OTHERS Mt 6:14,15; Mk 11:25,26; Lk 17:4
Luke 17:4 (NKJV) And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

212. FORNICATION Acts 15:20; Mk 7:21; Ro 1:29

Acts 15:20 (NKJV) but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

214. FORTUNE-TELLING Acts 16:16-18 NIV; Deut 18:10,11

Deuteronomy 18:10 (NKJV) There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

218. GAMBLING Lk 12:15

Luke 12:15 (NKJV) And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

220. GIVING GRUDGINGLY 2 Cor 9:7

2 Corinthians 9:7 (NKJV) So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

221. GIVING TO THE POOR TO BE SEEN BY MEN Mt 6:1-4

Matthew 6:1 (NKJV) “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

241.KNOWING GOD’S WILL BUT NOT DOING IT Lk 12:47; Ja 4:17

James 4:17 (NKJV) Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

244. NOT DOING EVERYTHING AS UNTO THE LORD Col 3:23

Colossians 3:24 (NKJV) knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

245. NOT DOING GOD’S WILL Mt 7:21; 1 Jn 2:17

Matthew 7:21 (NKJV) “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

250. NOT GIVING GOD THE GLORY Lk 17:17,18; Ro 1:21; Acts 12:23
Acts 12:23 (NKJV) Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.
Romans 1:21 (NKJV) because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

256. NOT LOVING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, AND MIND Mt 22:37; Deut 6:5
Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

289.ROB GOD NOT GIVING 10% PLUS OFFERINGS (CURSED) Mal 3:8,9

Malachi 3:8 (NKJV) “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

294. THINKING GODLINESS IS MEANS TO FINANCIAL GAIN 1 Tim 6:5 NIV

1 Timothy 6:5 (NKJV) useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

295. TRUSTING IN MAN, NOT GOD Jer 17:5

Jeremiah 17:5 (NKJV) Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord.

296. TRUSTING IN RICHES, NOT GOD Ps 52:7

Psalms 52:7 (NKJV) “Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

301. HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF YOUR WIFE INSTEAD OF GOD Gen 3:17

Genesis 3:17 (NKJV) Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.

302. WORSHIPPING ANGELS RATHER THAN GOD Col 2:18 NIV

Colossians 2:18 (NKJV) Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

307. CARRYING A GRUDGE 1 Pe 4:9; Ja 5:9

1 Peter 4:10 (NKJV) As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.\
309: Breaking of the Law, being guilty of all Sin Ja 2:10
10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

314. REFUSING INSTRUCTION (NOT HEARING INSTRUCTION) Prov 8:33

Proverbs 8:34 (NKJV) Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

333. HONORING MEN AS GODS OR AS INFALLIBLE Acts 14:11-18

Acts 14:11 (NKJV) Now when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

344. HYPOCRITICAL Mt 15:7-9; 23:3

Matthew 15:8 (NKJV7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’[a]”

346.BEING IDLE (NOT WORKING WHEN WORK IS AVAILABLE)1 Tim 5:13; Mt 20:6,7; 2 Thes 3:10
2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NKJV) For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

356.RETURNING INSULT FOR INSULT 1 Pe 3:9 NIV
1 Peter 3:9 (NKJV) not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

381. NOT TO LOVE IN DEED AND IN TRUTH (LOVING JUST IN WORDS) 1 Jn 3:18
1 John 3:18 (NKJV) My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but indeed and in truth.

399. BAD MANNERS 1 Cor 15:33

1 Cor 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”

400. NOT SUBMITTING TO MAN’S LAWS Ro 13:2,3; 1 Pe 2:13-15

Romans 13:2 (NKJV) Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

401. ABSTAINING FROM EATING MEAT 1 Tim 4:1-4

1 Timothy 4:3 (NKJV) forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

418. STUDYING THE OCCULT Deut 18:9-14; Lev 20:6; Isa 8:19, Isa 47:13,14
Leviticus 20:6 (NKJV) ‘And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

429. NOT BEING PATIENT Lk 21:19; 1 Tim 3:3; 2 Tim 2:24; Heb 10:36; Ja 5:8
2 Timothy 2:24 (NKJV) And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

431.CAUSING A WEAK BROTHER TO PERISH 1 Cor 8:11,12
1 Corinthians 8:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

433. PHILOSOPHY Col 2:8

Colossians 2:8 (NKJV) Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

435.LIVING IN PLEASURE 1 Tim 5:6; Ja 5:5
James 5:5 (NKJV) 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. [a]

448.THE PRAYER TO CONSUME WHAT YOU ASK FOR ON YOUR LUSTS Ja 4:3
James 4:3 (NKJV) You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

457. GOING TO PREACHERS OR TEACHERS THAT DO NOT TEACH SOUND DOCTRINE, WHO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR 2 Tim 4:3

2 Timothy 4:3 (NKJV) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;

459. TO DEPART FROM A PREACHER THAT IS TEACHING GOD’S WORD BECAUSE THE WORD IS TAUGHT UNCOMPROMISED Jn 6:60,66; 2 Tim 4:3,4,10

2 Timothy 4:3, 4 (NKJV) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

461. PREACHING, SEEKING THE GLORY OF MEN 1 Thes 2:4-6

1 Thessalonians 2:4 (NKJV) But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.

462.PREACHING TO PLEASE MEN 1 Thes 2:4-6
1 Thessalonians 2:5-6 (NKJV) 5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness–God is witness. 6 Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.

495.RICHES, REFUSING TO KEEP FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY Heb 13:5
Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV) Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

496.RICHES, THE LOVE OF MONEY (FILTHY LUCRE-COVETOUS) 1 Tim 3:3; 6:10; 2 Tim 3:2

1 Timothy 6:10 (NKJV) For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

499.RICHES, SEEKING TO BE RICH 1 Tim 6:9

1 Timothy 6:9 (NKJV) But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

500. RICHES, TRUSTING IN RICHES Mk 10:24; 1 Tim 6:17

1 Timothy 6:17 (NKJV) Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

508. TO SAY, THE LORD HATH FORSAKEN THE EARTH Ezek 8:12.

Ezekiel 8:12 (NKJV) Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ “

514. SELFISHNESS Phili 2:21; 2 Tim 3:2; 3 Jn 9-11
Philippians 2:22 (NKJV) But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel.

522. SEX WITH A VIRGIN-MARRY HER Deut 22:28,29

Deuteronomy 22:29 (NKJV) then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her; he shall not be permitted to divorce her all his days.

537.NOT CONFESSING YOUR SIN 1 Jn 1:9; Ja 5:16; Ps 32:5; Prov 28:13
1 John 1:10 (NKJV) If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

540.SAY YOU HAVE NOT SINNED 1 Jn 1:10

1 John 1:10 (NKJV) If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

541.REFUSE TO ADMIT YOU ARE A SINNER 1 Jn 1:8,10; Jer 8:6

1 John 1:10 (NKJV) If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

567. BEING QUICK-TEMPERED Prov 14:17

Proverbs 14:18 (NKJV) The simple inherit folly, But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

568. CAUSING TENSION (STRIFE) Phili 2:3

Philippians 2:3 (NKJV) Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

569. NOT GIVING THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT THANKFUL TO GOD 1 Thes 5:18; Ro 1:21
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

575. EVIL THOUGHTS Mt 15:19; Mk 7:21

Matthew 15:19 (NKJV) For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

577.TONGUE, CALLING EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL Isa 5:20

Isaiah 5:20 (NKJV) Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

578. TONGUE, CURSING THEM THAT HATE YOU Job 31:29,30; Mt 5:44

Matthew 5:44 (NKJV) But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

597.MAKING A VOW AND NOT KEEPING IT Ecc 5:4-6
Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 (NKJV) 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed– 5 Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. 6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands?

(SINS AGAINST THE WORD) 612 TO 648

612. ADDING OR TAKING AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY Rev 22:18,19
Revelation 22:18-19 (NKJV) 18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

619. NOT TURNING AWAY FROM FALSE SCIENCE THAT CONTRADICTS GOD’S WORD 1 Tim 6:20
1 Timothy 6:20 (NKJV) O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—

1 Timothy 6:20 (KJV) O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

624. NOT BELIEVING ALL OF THE BIBLE (ALL OF GOD’S WORD) (FOOL) 1 Jn 5:10; Lk 24:25; Jn 8:47; 10:26; 12:48 John 12:48 (KJV) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
634.

NOT STUDYING GOD’S WORD Prov 4:4,5,20,21; Jos 1:8; 2 Tim 2:15
Proverbs 4:4-5 (KJV) 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

639. REJECTING THE WORD OF GOD 1 Sam 15:23,24; Jer 8:9; Lk 7:30

Jeremiah 8:9 (KJV) The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

643. TAKING AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY Rev 22:19

Revelation 22:19 (KJV) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

(SINS RELATING TO THE WORLD) 650 TO 663)

666. LETTING THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH Eph 4:26; Heb 3:13
Hebrews 3:13 (KJV) But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

The Power of Love: Part II

Life In Christ Bible Study
Power of Love: Part II (Continuation)
Scripture: Song of Solomon 8:5-14
November 5, 2022

Presented by Michael Webb

Open It

  1. *What do you consider to be the most powerful emotion? Why?
  2. What kinds of problems crop up in a relationship sooner or later?
  3. When does romantic love tend to fade from a relationship? Why?

Explore It

  1. What question did the Friends ask? (Song 8:5)
  2. What events happened under the apple tree? (Song 8:5)
  3. *What did the Beloved ask the Lover to do? ( Song 8:6)
  4. *How did the Beloved describe love? ( Song 8:6-7)
  5. What question did the Friends ask about their sister? ( Song 8:8-9)
  6. Who helped the Beloved prepare for the day of her marriage? ( Song 8:8-9)
  7. What had the Beloved become like to Solomon? ( Song 8:10)
  8. What did the Beloved say that Solomon had? ( Song 8:11)
  9. What did the Beloved say she had? ( Song 8:12)
  10. What did the Lover say he wanted to hear? ( Song 8:13)
  11. *What did the Beloved invite her Lover to do? ( Song 8:14)

Get It

  1. *In what way is love strong and unyielding?
  2. How is love like a blazing fire?
  3. In what way is love unquenchable?
  4. How does the Beloved reflect upon her childhood and her courtship?
  5. What do the words of the Lover and Beloved in 8:13-14 recall about their relationship?
  6. *What do the verses and this book say about physical love between a husband and his wife?
  7. In what ways do we take love for granted?
  8. How can we keep the passion and commitment in our marriage?

Apply It

  1. What can you do this week to rekindle the flame of romantic love in your marriage?
  2. *What commitment will you make to honor love and sex within marriage and not to abuse it?

 

Scripture:

Song of Songs 8:5-14 (KJV)
5  Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6  Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
8  We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9  If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
10  I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
11  Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12  My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13  Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
14  Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

 

What was God doing before He created the Universe?

Our finite minds find it hard to comprehend that before the universe was created, God existed alone. We know from John 1:1 that Jesus also existed: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The preincarnate Christ was intimately united with the Father, so as to partake of His glory and to be appropriately called God. He has Himself explained it in John 17:5: “And now Father, glorify Me with Yourself with the glory which I had with You before the world was.”

We also know that the Holy Spirit was present before we were created. Genesis 1:2 describes the Spirit “hovering over the face” of the dark and formless earth. So, before time even existed, God existed in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Trinity existed in perfect harmony and flawlessness, having all they needed in one another. David said in Psalms 16:11 that “joy and pleasures forever more” are in the presence of God. That means to be in the presence of God carries with it an overwhelming sense of joy, fulfillment, and pleasure. Before creation, God felt complete joy and fulfillment as He perfectly beheld and communed with Himself. God has and always will experience complete joy because He has complete and perfect knowledge of Himself.

So before He created the universe, God experienced absolute satisfaction in Himself. God dwelt joyfully alone in eternity as the Trinity. These three were together in fellowship with one another from all eternity. They loved each other. We know at some point they discussed the redemption of mankind (Ephesians 1:4-5; 2 Timothy 1:9; John 17:24), but everything else lies in mystery.