Participants: Scott Moore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000030
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00:01 Harvest truly is plenteous,
00:03 but the laborers are few. 00:04 Pray Ye therefore, the Lord of the harvest, 00:06 that He will, He will send forth laborers 00:09 into His harvest. 00:10 Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:13 "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" 00:17 Then said, I. 00:19 "Here am I, send me, send me''. 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you to be 00:25 an effective harvester for the Lord. 00:27 We now invite you into our classroom to come, 00:31 experience, Life. 00:43 We'd like to welcome all of you here to the classroom 00:46 at Lay Institute for Evangelism. 00:48 We recognize that there are some of you 00:50 that are in the classroom with us, 00:52 via the Internet or a DVD maybe you purchased 00:55 at GYC or one of the other big events where we were at. 00:59 We just want to praise the Lord 01:00 that everyone of you are here with us. 01:02 We are going to be going over a study today 01:04 on Christian Living. 01:05 And we're gonna focus on two specific aspects 01:09 of Christian Living and we're going to get 01:11 into that study in a just a moment. 01:13 But, we're very glad that you could be here with us 01:15 in this classroom on the campus 01:17 of Pine Lake Retreat in Groveland, Florida. 01:21 We just like to welcome everybody here, 01:22 our students at Lay Institute for Evangelism. 01:26 We go to our graphic now, you can see that 01:28 the title of this study is Christian Living. 01:33 The purpose of this study, 01:35 the purpose of this Bible study 01:41 to live in this world 01:43 while not becoming a part of this world. 01:47 To show that the way we look on the outside 01:50 is important to God and our worship of Him. 01:55 To show that how we look on the outside 01:57 is important to God and our worship of Him. 02:02 We'll go ahead and read our Center It, 02:04 each one of our Bible studies are centered on Jesus Christ. 02:08 Now our Center It is this, 02:09 the way that we dress is an outward indication 02:14 of our inward person. 02:17 Jesus desires that we reflect His character 02:19 on the outside as well as on the inside. 02:25 Jesus wants our characters not only to be 02:28 an inward display but an outward display. 02:33 He wants to see His character reflected in us 02:36 not only in our heart that He can see, 02:39 but also in our appearance that everyone else can see. 02:45 You'll notice there on our next graphic 02:47 we have all of the text that we are going 02:49 to be covering in this Bible study. 02:51 We have 16 of those texts and that is what 02:54 you are marking either in the front 02:56 or the back of your Bible 02:57 or on some other blank sheet that you have in your Bibles. 03:02 We'll go ahead and jump right into the study. 03:05 We're gonna jump right into this study, 03:07 and before we go to our first slide, 03:10 there was a young man who was in the service. 03:14 There was an accident, something happened 03:17 and his left arm had to amputated. 03:21 And the chaplain came into his room 03:24 and he said, young man, I know that you just woke up 03:28 but I need to let you know that you lost your left arm. 03:34 That soldier looked at chaplain he said, 03:36 I didn't lose anything I gave it. 03:42 Our attitude has much to do with the way 03:46 that we handle what we are going to learn today. 03:50 We are going to learn that we don't lose 03:53 anything by following God, 03:56 but we get everything from God when we follow Him. 04:01 This is probably one of the Bible studies 04:04 that you as Bible presenters, you as people 04:07 who are going to be giving Bible studies, 04:09 you will probably be amazed at the amount 04:13 of conviction that you see 04:15 when you're giving these Bible studies. 04:17 Every year that I've taught this Bible study. 04:20 When we had someone in the classroom 04:23 that was dressing in a way that God did not prescribe 04:26 to be dressed, that person during that study 04:30 would take off what God had asked them not to put on. 04:35 And we're gonna find that, that God is going 04:37 to convict us here and God is going to convict 04:40 those of you that are at home or on the Internet 04:42 because when the word of God is studied, 04:46 God's spirit is very active. 04:49 And so now we're gonna look to our screen 04:50 for our first reference. 04:52 We're gonna go to Hebrews 04:53 the second Chapter and the 10 verse. 04:57 Hebrews Chapter 2 and verse 10. 05:02 And before we study this, before we get into our 05:06 Bible study, we are going to pray. 05:08 So let's bow our heads and pray. 05:13 Gracious Father in heaven, 05:15 everyone of us here in the classroom 05:17 and at home are very grateful that you've given us this time 05:21 and this opportunity to study Your word. 05:24 We pray that you will give us 05:26 the humble heart of Christ 05:28 that you'll give us His mind and that you will gives us His 05:32 desire to follow your will. 05:36 Please bless us now as we study, 05:38 in your name we pray, Jesus, amen. 05:43 So we're opening our Bibles now to Hebrews 05:46 the second Chapter and the 10 verse. 05:49 Hebrews Chapter 2 and verse 10 05:52 and we'll go ahead let Mike read that. 05:53 Mike is usually there before anybody else 05:58 I don't know if he has this personal agenda 06:00 to make sure that he's there first, 06:02 but he's always there. 06:04 So read for us Hebrews Chapter 2 verse 10. 06:10 "For it became him, for whom are all things, 06:13 and by whom are all things, 06:15 in bringing many sons unto glory, 06:18 to make the captain of their salvation 06:20 perfect through sufferings." 06:23 Now, the first part of this Bible study 06:25 is designed to inspire people 06:30 to be a good soldier of Jesus. 06:33 The first part of this study is designed 06:36 to inspire us to do exactly what God ask us to do. 06:41 It has been stated that you can motivate people 06:44 much better by inspiration 06:46 rather than condemnation. 06:48 You can motivate somebody much better 06:50 by inspiration rather than condemning that person 06:53 and the first part of this study is to inspire us 06:56 to do what God is asking us to do. 06:58 And this text here says, verse 10 of Hebrews 2, 07:02 the very last part it says, 07:03 to make the captain of their salvation 07:07 perfect through sufferings. 07:09 So, my friend, who is the captain of our salvation? 07:16 Jesus Christ, that's absolutely right. 07:18 So Jesus is the captain of our salvation. 07:23 Now if Jesus is our captain 07:25 what then does that make us? 07:29 Soldiers, that's right. 07:31 Let's go to our second reference, 07:33 our second Christian Living text 07:35 and we're going to Second Timothy 07:37 Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4. 07:41 Second Timothy Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4. 07:46 So we'll go ahead and let Shalita read that for us, 07:49 Second Timothy Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4. 07:56 "Thou therefore endure hardness 07:59 as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 08:02 No man that worth entangles himself 08:06 with the affairs of this life, that he may please him 08:10 who have chosen him to be a soldier." 08:12 Okay, so the Bible here teaches us exactly 08:15 what we said a moment ago. 08:16 If Jesus is the captain of our salvation, 08:19 then that makes us what? Soldiers. 08:23 And scripture says that right there 08:25 in Second Timothy 2 verse 4. 08:27 It says that, we may please him, 08:30 well, let's start back up in verse 08:31 the beginning verse 4. 08:33 It says, no man that wars, 08:36 so no man that's in a war entangles himself 08:40 with the affairs of this life. 08:44 You remember that King David, 08:46 one of his captain was Uriah, wasn't it? 08:49 And Uriah wouldn't even go home 08:52 because Israel was at war. 08:56 Israel was at war. 08:57 He did not want to entangle himself 08:59 in the affairs of this life, so he didn't even go home 09:01 to see his wife Bathsheba. 09:03 The Bible says here that no man that wars 09:07 entangles himself with the affairs of this life. 09:09 So the reason we are in this text 09:11 is to inspire individuals 09:15 to be that good solider of Jesus Christ. 09:19 And to be a good solider of Jesus Christ 09:22 our focus is not on this world, our focus is on whom? 09:27 It's on Jesus and it's on the battle that is being fought. 09:31 This is the-- what is that the 22nd study 09:35 in our Life on the Edge series. 09:37 Our third study-- everybody that's here knows, 09:40 what was our third study? The great controversy. 09:44 Those of you at home maybe you missed that 09:45 but there is this cosmic battle that is going on 09:49 between Jesus Christ and the antichrist. 09:51 Between Jesus Christ and Satan. 09:55 And here it says in Second Timothy 2:3 and 4. 09:59 "Thou therefore endure hardness 10:02 as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 10:06 No man that warreth entangles himself 10:09 with the affairs of this life, that he may please him 10:11 that has chosen him to be a soldier." 10:16 So who was it that shows you to a solider. 10:19 Jesus. Jesus. 10:21 That gives you an advantage point, doesn't it? 10:25 If you're going to be in war you want to be 10:27 with the guy that's already conquered the enemy, 10:29 don't you? Amen. 10:30 And the Bible says here 10:31 that you are a solider of Jesus Christ. 10:37 Now Jesus Christ, it says there, 10:40 you're a solider of Jesus Christ, 10:42 you don't entangle yourself with the affairs 10:43 of this world that you may please Him 10:46 who has chosen you to be a soldier. 10:49 Our goal in this life is to please Jesus Christ. 10:58 Everything that you do, everything that you say 11:02 even everything that we eat should be done 11:08 to please God, shouldn't it? 11:12 So we're gonna to our next text. 11:14 We are going to see 11:15 what the results of pleasing God are. 11:20 What are results of pleasing God? 11:24 So we started this Bible study in Hebrews 2, 11:27 this Bible study started in Hebrews 2. 11:29 Now we are going to Hebrews Chapter 11 11:32 and verse 5. Hebrews Chapter 11, 11:35 it's our third text in the Christian Living study. 11:39 Hebrews Chapter 11 verse 5 11:40 and the reason we're in this text 11:42 and I must turn there even while I talk. 11:45 The reason that we are in the text is to show 11:47 the results of pleasing the captain of our salvation. 11:55 Now if you can ahead Ms. Gloria, 11:57 can you read Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 5 for us, 12:01 and you will need that microphone 12:03 right there beside you. 12:04 Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 5 12:07 and maybe you're like me you found yourself 12:09 in Hebrews 5 looking at verse 11. 12:11 But, we're in Hebrews 11 verse 5, 12:15 if you could read that for us. 12:19 "By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, 12:27 and was not found, because God had taken him, 12:33 for before he was taken he had this testimony, 12:37 that he pleased God." 12:40 Now, you'll remember Enoch. 12:41 Enoch never died. Of course, 12:44 Enoch had to die to self, didn't he? 12:46 But, Enoch never died like people that get 12:50 old and sick and die, do here on this earth. 12:53 Enoch was taken or translated to heaven, why? 13:00 Because he pleased God. Because he pleased God. 13:02 Is it important for us to please God? 13:08 What is the result of our pleasing God? 13:14 Eternal life. Eternal life. 13:16 And what did you say there, Shalita? 13:18 Translation. The result of pleasing God 13:22 or striving to please God is translation preparation. 13:27 Translation preparation, how many if you want be 13:30 translated, don't want to see death at all. 13:32 Oh man, you realize we're gonna have to standup 13:35 against some hard things before Jesus comes. 13:38 When God stands up and says, 13:41 let everything be filthy that is filthy. 13:45 We're gonna face some hard situations, aren't we? 13:48 The result of pleasing God is eternal life, translation. 13:55 Paul, Paul tells us in our next reference 14:00 First Thessalonians 4:1 you can see 14:02 that there on your screen. 14:03 First Thessalonians 4:1 Paul tells us 14:06 that we should live to please God. 14:10 Now, Paul doesn't have to tell us this 14:11 because we already want to please God, 14:13 but it's important for us to see these concepts 14:16 and these principles out of scripture. 14:18 So we're going to the left from where we are, 14:21 we are going to First Timothy Chapter 4 14:25 and I have past it maybe you did the same. 14:29 Oh, maybe that's why I have past it 14:31 as I was going to the wrong one. 14:33 All right, First Thessalonians Chapter 4 verse 1 14:37 and, Do-Sung, if you could read that for us. 14:40 First Thessalonians Chapter 4 and verse 1. 14:44 "Furthermore, then we beseech you, brethren, 14:47 and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, 14:50 that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk 14:53 and to please God, so ye would abound more and more." 14:59 There's lots of different ways that you and I 15:02 can walk or live to please God. 15:06 This Bible study is going to focus on two of those ways. 15:12 It's going to focus on the way we dress 15:16 and it is going to focus on the things that we put 15:18 on our bodies or jewelry. 15:21 This Bible study is going to focus on dress 15:24 and it's going to focus on jewelry. 15:28 Paul says there, that we ought to walk 15:32 and to please God, so that ye would abound 15:37 more and more. So the purpose of walking 15:40 or living and pleasing God 15:43 is so that you and I can grow closer 15:45 and closer to Jesus, isn't it? 15:48 That's why we're here 15:49 at Lay Institute for Evangelism as well. 15:52 And so we're gonna go now we're gonna focus 15:54 on dress and we're just gonna pull some 15:56 principles out of probably the most 15:59 discouraging chapter in the Bible, 16:03 that would be Genesis Chapter 3. 16:05 That's where all of heaven broke loose. 16:08 Genesis Chapter 3. 16:10 So we're going to Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 7. 16:15 The first text that we used, 16:17 the first text that we went over, 16:19 were used for the purpose of inspiring us to be 16:23 a good solider of Jesus Christ and you want to be 16:27 a good solider, don't you. Amen. 16:28 Sure, now we're looking at the way 16:31 that the soldier of Christ, the one that doesn't 16:35 want to get entangled with the affairs of this world. 16:37 We're going to look and see how does that soldier dress. 16:41 Now I'm not going to tell you any specific length 16:44 of anything or anything like that, 16:46 but we're going to get principles 16:48 out of scripture. Because if we ca take 16:50 the principle out of scripture, Tim, 16:52 then we can know that we're following God. 16:55 So Tim's ready, he's got that microphone in front of him. 16:58 He's gonna read for us 16:59 Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 7. 17:04 "And the eyes of them both were opened, 17:07 and they knew that they were naked, 17:09 and they sewed fig leaves together 17:12 and made themselves aprons." 17:14 Okay, so Adam and Eve sinned. 17:18 Adam and Eve disobeyed God and all of a sudden 17:22 Adam and Eve realize that they are what? 17:26 Naked. Naked. 17:27 They realized they are no longer clothed. 17:31 They don't have anything on, 17:36 then God comes-- then what does it say 17:38 that they do there in verse 7, 17:40 they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves what? 17:44 Aprons. Aprons or coverings. 17:47 That's what another version reads, isn't it? 17:49 Coverings, and we're gonna see this in our graphic 17:51 right here. Let's go to the screen. 17:53 The word covering or apron is khagore 17:58 chagore, and it means covering apron or girdle. 18:05 Now how many of you know how much a girdle covers? 18:09 Not much, the ladies in here are just starting to grin. 18:13 A girdle doesn't cover much, 18:15 it only covers the what? The essentials. 18:18 An apron, you know, when I was going up 18:20 I had to go I was four years old 18:22 I had to go have surgery. 18:23 And I can remember being in the waiting area 18:28 with my mom and dad or the preparation area, 18:31 I forget, the pre-op area, 18:32 that's the word I'm looking for. 18:34 And I can remember holding my robe closed in the back 18:38 because I didn't want anybody to see my bottom. 18:41 I didn't want anybody to see that. 18:42 Have you ever put an apron on? 18:45 How much doesn't apron cover? 18:47 not much, not much. 18:50 Adam and Eve made themselves chagore 18:54 or they made themselves coverings or aprons or girdle. 18:57 They made themselves something that only 19:00 covered the essentials, that only covered the essentials. 19:06 But something happens in Genesis Chapter 3 19:08 verse 15 something happens in Genesis 3:15. 19:12 And Jessica, if you could read for us 19:15 Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15. 19:19 You will see that on our next graphic 19:21 Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15. 19:23 Again we're just looking for principles. 19:26 Adam and Eve find out they're naked, 19:28 they sewed fig leaves together 19:30 and they cover just the privates. 19:32 And if you could read for us what happens 19:34 in Genesis 3:15. 19:37 "From now on, you and the woman will be enemies, 19:40 and your offspring and her offspring 19:43 will be enemies. He will crush your head, 19:46 and you will strike his heel." 19:49 All right, so Adam and Eve sin, 19:52 they realize their make it and this is the first promise 19:56 of a Redeemer in the Bible. 19:59 Genesis Chapter 3 verse 15 is the promise 20:04 of the Redeemer that is going to come. 20:06 So we see that sin happens, 20:09 they cover just their privates, 20:11 God comes along, promises the Redeemer 20:14 and then God does something very interesting. 20:18 Before we look at what God does 20:19 it so interesting I'll ask you this. 20:22 Is God redundant? 20:28 Is God redundant, if you did something 20:31 does God need to go back 20:32 and do that for you again? No, no. 20:37 God is not redundant God isn't gonna do 20:39 for you what you can do for yourself. 20:41 God is not redundant, so if you have done something 20:45 God isn't going to come along and do that same thing. 20:49 Does that make sense there? 20:50 Okay, so if you have done something 20:51 God isn't gonna come along and do that same thing. 20:54 Although God can probably do what we do-- 20:56 God can do what we do much better of course. 20:58 Let's go to our next reference you will see 21:01 on your screen Genesis 3 verse 21. 21:06 Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 21 21:11 and again we're looking for a principle. 21:13 Now because God is not redundant 21:16 he does something very interesting 21:18 and Robert is going to read for us 21:19 Genesis Chapter 3 verse 21. 21:24 "Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made 21:28 tunics of skin, and clothed them." 21:32 God made tunics of skin and did what? 21:35 Clothed them. Clothed them. 21:38 Did God consider Adam and Eve to be clothed 21:43 when they just had the privates 21:45 or the essentials covered? 21:47 Absolutely not, Absolutely not. 21:50 So Adam and Eve were naked, 21:52 they made for themselves listen to this 21:54 they made underwear and God came along 21:57 and given them clothes. 22:00 The principle there is not just you and I 22:04 shouldn't go around walking around our underwear. 22:07 The principle is that we should be 22:11 clothed very modestly. 22:16 And something that just covers the essentials 22:19 according to God is not clothed 22:22 because God is not redundant, God comes along 22:25 and he gives Adam and Eve clothing. 22:28 But, Adam and Eve only made for themselves 22:30 what they felt was appropriate 22:32 and they just covered their essential parts. 22:35 So the principle that we see here again. 22:38 Let's just start from beginning of the study. 22:40 We went through Hebrews Chapter 2 verse 10 22:43 Jesus is captain of our Salvation. 22:45 Then we went Timothy we are a good soldier 22:48 of Jesus Christ, we don't get entangled 22:49 with this world. Hebrews Chapter 11, 22:52 we walk to please God, not Hebrew. 22:54 Well, Hebrews 11:5 said that Enoch, 22:58 the result of pleasing God is translation, 23:00 and then we went to First Thessalonians 23:02 where it said that, we should walk to please God. 23:07 Where Adam and Eve pleasing God 23:10 by being clothed with fig leaves? 23:13 Or by covering up the essentials 23:16 with fig leaves because you notice there 23:18 in the text it says God comes along and clothes them. 23:22 They weren't clothe before, God clothes them. 23:26 So the principle that we are pulling out of this 23:28 is that when we dress we need to dress 23:31 in a way that glorifies God. 23:34 And if we look at Genesis Chapter 3 we can say well, 23:37 a way that we can dress to glorify God 23:40 is to make sure that more much more 23:43 than just our private parts are covered. 23:46 The word that was used there for tunic 23:49 is kethoneth and it means to cover or to robe. 23:54 So they made for themselves small things 23:57 and God gives for them big things. 24:00 They cover the essentials, God covers everything else. 24:05 So as soon as the Savior's introduced, 24:07 then the Savior says, hey, listen, 24:09 this is the principle, you're not clothed right now 24:12 I'm going to give you some clothes. 24:14 I'm going to give you some clothes. 24:17 It's interesting that the world says, 24:20 take it off when it comes to clothing, 24:22 but God says what? Put it on. 24:26 Now we are going to find out that the world says 24:29 concerning jewelry put it on, 24:33 but God says what? 24:35 Take it off. Take it off. 24:37 So when it comes to clothing the world says 24:39 take it off, God says put it on. 24:42 When it comes to adornment God says 24:45 take it off and the world says put it on. 24:48 So now we've gotten the principle from scripture 24:52 that we need to dress modestly, was that clear? 24:56 It's very simple, isn't it? 24:58 it's very simply and most people would say 25:00 here, you know, I can understand 25:02 that I need to dress modestly. 25:05 Now gentlemen even though some of us can pull out 25:09 Atlas anytime we want. 25:11 Does that mean we need to show off 25:12 our muscles to all the ladies. 25:14 No, no, no, that's saved for wife and ladies, 25:20 just because you have the body of Eve 25:23 who was a perfect lady. 25:24 Okay, I have no idea what she looked like, 25:27 is it appropriate for you to show off 25:28 to every man that body? 25:30 No. No, no, no. 25:32 So we keep ourselves clothed 25:35 and then when you find your husband 25:36 or your wife well, you do what married people do. 25:42 They're naked in front of each other 25:43 and they're not ashamed. 25:45 All right, let's go to our next-- enough on that 25:48 Let's go to our next reference. 25:50 Let's go to our next reference, 25:52 we are going to First Timothy 2 and verse 9. 25:57 First Timothy Chapter 2 and verse 9 26:01 and we are going to let the Vanessa read this. 26:05 First Timothy Chapter 2 and verse 9, 26:09 First Timothy is of course, in the New Testament 26:13 in the T section. 26:17 And what the scripture say there for us, Vanessa. 26:19 "In like manner also that women adorn themselves 26:23 in modest apparel." 26:24 Okay, stop right there, stop right there. 26:28 The Biblical principle of modesty 26:33 is what Paul is referring to here. 26:36 The Biblical principle of modestly 26:38 is what Paul referring to here. 26:39 Where did Paul get his information on modesty? 26:45 From the Bible, from scripture. 26:47 What scripture did Paul have? 26:49 Paul had the Old Testament, 26:51 so read that part of the verse again, Vanessa. 26:54 "In like manner also that women adorn themselves 26:59 in modest apparel." Keep going. 27:02 "With shamefacedness and sobriety; 27:05 not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, 27:09 or costly array." Array. 27:12 So Paul here takes the biblical principle 27:16 of modesty and he just restates it 27:20 in the New Testament. 27:21 He said there in verse 9, in like manner also 27:24 that women adorn themselves with what? 27:28 Modest. Modest apparel. 27:30 Now I'm not here to tell you what is modest 27:34 and what is not, but for us guys if we feel like 27:38 we're wearing something we've got to poke 27:39 our chest up and suck that gut in 27:41 so that people can look at us. 27:43 We're probably not wearing the clothes 27:45 that we should be wearing. 27:47 And ladies, if you find yourself continually 27:49 having to shimmy down your skirt 27:51 because you are afraid that your private parts 27:53 that God covered are going to be uncovered, 27:58 then maybe we should wear something a little longer. 28:00 So Paul says listen that women should 28:02 adorn themselves with modest apparel, 28:04 that's the positive aspect of that verse. 28:07 Then he says there not, in verse 9, 28:11 not with broided hair, 28:14 or gold or pearls, or costly array. 28:20 Now if Paul gets his principle 28:22 when you're giving this Bible study you got remember 28:24 we're dealing with principles here. 28:26 If Paul gotten the principle of modestly 28:28 from the Old Testament, then where did Paul get 28:33 the principle of not be adorn with broided hair, 28:37 which is braiding strands of gold or sliver into your hair. 28:41 Some of the version may even say braided hair 28:44 and it's braiding your hair in a way that brings 28:47 glory to you that takes the attention off of God 28:50 and brings it to you. 28:52 And there is a custom that they would 28:54 when the ladies in this era here would bray their hair 28:57 they would bray it with silver and gold strands into it 29:00 so it sparkle when they turn their head. 29:04 He says not with broided hair or with gold 29:07 what is it say there or gold or pearls or costly array. 29:14 Paul is giving us the very forward information 29:18 from the principles that he got 29:20 out of the Old Testament, is this clear, is this clear? 29:25 Paul bases his modestly principle 29:27 on the Old Testament, excuse me, 29:30 Paul is going to base the principle 29:32 of not adorning ourselves on the exterior 29:35 on the Old Testament as well. 29:38 But, why would Paul, we're gonna get to, 29:40 you see there on your graphic 29:42 we go back to the same graphic in the far corner, 29:44 far right corner it says mentioned 29:46 in First Corinthians 2:2 so I'm gonna mention that. 29:49 And so in your notes or in your Bible study 29:52 you may just put mention as you mark it in your Bible, 29:55 mention First Corinthians 2:2. 29:57 Paul said in First Corinthians 2:2 29:59 we will read it later, 30:01 but I will quote part of it to you right now. 30:03 Paul said, "I'm determined not to know 30:06 any thing among you, save Jesus Christ 30:10 and him crucified." Paul said, 30:15 in First Corinthians 2:2, "I'm determined not to know 30:18 any thing among you, 30:19 save Jesus Christ and him crucified." 30:22 Why is Paul telling us about the way we should dress 30:28 and the way we should not adorn ourselves 30:31 if all he's concerned about is the gospel. 30:38 Why is Paul, I'll ask you again 30:40 Bill's got that question mark on is forehead. 30:42 Why is Paul telling us about modesty 30:45 and about the things we shouldn't wear, 30:48 if Paul's principle was the Lord Jesus Christ 30:51 and him crucified? If Paul was only worried 30:54 about the gospel why is Paul telling us 30:56 about this and you had to hand up right there 30:58 get that microphone so we can hear you. 31:00 There you go. Because he wanted to show 31:03 Jesus' character through the way we dress. 31:07 He wanted to show Jesus character 31:09 through the way that we dress. 31:10 Thank you, Darlene. 31:11 Paul must have considered the way we dress, 31:17 the things we put on our bodies 31:21 to have something to do with the gospel. 31:24 If all Paul was concerned about was the gospel, 31:28 Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 31:30 Then the way that we dress, 31:32 our modestly must show the gospel, 31:38 if the way we dress and the things we put on 31:41 take away from the beauty of Christ and we think, 31:45 add to our own beauty, then we're distracting, 31:50 we're distracted from Jesus Christ. 31:52 Does that make sense? 31:54 Okay, so Paul says, "I'm determined 31:55 not to know anything among you, 31:56 save Jesus Christ and him crucified." 31:59 And so what we are going to now as we are going 32:02 to go into the Old Testament. 32:05 We are going to take the principle of 32:08 not adorning ourselves and we are going to look at it 32:12 through the Old Testament. 32:13 We're gonna take the principle that Paul gives us 32:16 not to adorn ourselves with broided hair, 32:18 gold, pearls, costly array and we're gonna 32:23 look at that from Old Testament. 32:24 And we are going to start in Genesis. 32:27 We go to our next graphic, 32:28 Genesis Chapter 35 verses 1 through 5. 32:32 Now whom ever is going to read this 32:34 let see that was going to be Darlene. 32:37 Darlene will read this for us, 32:39 we're in Genesis Chapter 35:1 through 5. 32:45 Genesis, so Genesis that's the first book, 32:48 I started to quote all the books there, 32:50 so I could find there but remember was the first one. 32:53 All right, Darlene if you could start in verse 1. 32:57 Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, 33:00 go up to Bethel and dwell there, 33:04 and make an altar there to God, 33:06 who appeared to you when you fled 33:08 from the face of Esau your brother." 33:10 All right, right there. 33:12 What is the reason and the answer 33:14 is found in verse 1. 33:16 What is the reason that Jacob 33:19 is going to go to Bethel? 33:22 Make altar. To make an altar. 33:24 Now, you make altars to your what? 33:28 God. To your God. 33:30 So he is going to Bethel to worship God, 33:34 does that make sense? 33:35 That's where he's going, 33:36 go ahead and read verse 2 for us. 33:39 And Jacob said to his household and to all 33:42 who were with him, "Put away the foreign Gods 33:45 that are among you, and purify yourselves, 33:49 and change your garments." 33:51 The three things that Jacob tells his household to do 33:55 or what? there is three things in there. 33:57 Put away the strange Gods. Put away the strange gods, 34:00 what's the next one? 34:02 Change your garments, and to purify yourselves 34:05 or be clean. So Jacob says, 34:07 you guys need to purify yourselves, 34:09 you need to put away the strange Gods 34:11 and you need to change your clothes. 34:14 Why does he tell them that? 34:19 Because they're going to worship God, 34:21 that's absolutely right. 34:24 How did they interpret what Jacob told them to do? 34:30 Jacob said three things, what were they? 34:32 Put away the strange Gods, be clean, 34:35 and change your garments. 34:38 How did they understand change your garments, 34:41 put away the strange Gods, and be clean? 34:44 Let's go to verse 4. 34:48 "So they gave Jacob all the foreign Gods 34:52 that were in their hands and the earrings 34:54 which were in their ear and Jacob hid them 34:58 under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem." 35:03 What was the response of Jacob's family 35:08 when Jacob said, we're gonna go worship God, 35:12 and the reason we're gonna go to Bethel 35:14 and the reason we are going to Bethel 35:15 is to make is to make an altar to God to worship God. 35:18 How did they understand or what was their action 35:23 showed there interpretation of what he said 35:25 and what was there actions maybe that's 35:27 the best way to ask you. 35:29 They took most of it off. The jewelry. 35:31 They took their jewelry off. 35:33 What else did they do? 35:35 They give him the foreign Gods 35:37 they were among them, 35:40 is that right? Yeah. 35:42 They gave Jacob the foreign Gods 35:44 that were among them and they gave Jacob 35:47 the golden earrings which were in their ears. 35:53 Why did they do that? 35:57 Why did they do that? 36:00 Because they're going to go worship God. 36:04 Now some of what Paul said to us is making sense. 36:08 Paul said I determined not to know any thing 36:10 among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified. 36:13 Jacob tells his family we're gonna go worship God, 36:16 you need to put away the foreign Gods 36:18 that are among you, you need to change 36:20 your garments and purify yourself. 36:22 Their response to what he tells them to do 36:25 is to take of their adornment, to change their clothes, 36:29 and to get read to worship God. 36:32 I'm determined not to know anything among you, 36:34 save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 36:36 The way that we dress, the things 36:39 that put in our bodies is an indication, 36:44 it's an outward indication of the one 36:47 that we worship, isn't that amazing? 36:51 And we're just pulling these principles 36:53 out of Old Testament scripture. 36:54 Let's go to our next one. 36:56 Let's go any questions on that first one there. 37:00 So when I'm giving this Bible study, 37:02 I'm literally asking the people 37:04 that I'm giving the Bible study 37:05 the same questions that I'm asking you. 37:07 What did Jacob tell them to do? Three things? 37:10 Why did he tell them to do that? 37:12 They were going to worship God at Bethel. 37:14 What was their response? 37:16 And their response was to take off their jewelry, 37:19 to change their garments, 37:20 to prepare themselves to worship God. 37:22 So we go to our next reference there. 37:23 We're going to Exodus 33, I love Exodus 33. 37:27 Exodus 33:1 through 6 is the graphic 37:30 that you see there. 37:31 So Genesis, Exodus 33, we'll began reading 37:36 in verse 1, and Danielle, if you could go ahead 37:39 and get that microphone there, 37:41 Exodus 33 verses 1 through 6. 37:44 And I'm going to interrupt you just like 37:46 I did Darlene, all right. 37:48 So you go ahead and read for us. 37:50 "And the Lord said unto Moses, 37:52 Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people 37:54 which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, 37:57 unto the land which I swear unto Abraham, 37:59 to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 38:01 Unto thy seed will I give it." 38:03 Okay, stop right there. 38:05 Who is doing the talking? 38:08 God is doing the talking. 38:09 Go ahead and read verse 2. 38:11 "And I will send My Angel before thee, 38:13 and I will drive out the Canaanite, 38:15 and the Amorite, and the Hittite, 38:17 and the Perizzite, the Hivite, 38:19 and the Jebusite." Verse 3. 38:22 "Unto a land flowing with milk and honey; 38:24 for I will not go up in the midst of thee 38:26 for thou are a stiff-necked people 38:28 lest I consume thee in the way." 38:30 So God tells the children of Israel 38:33 that they are what? 38:34 Stiff-necked. Stiff-necked. 38:35 You know, I actually woke up this morning 38:37 with a stiff-necked and I hope 38:38 that's not what that means. 38:39 What that really means to be stiff-necked 38:42 is that you will not bow or worship. 38:46 God tells him they're stiff-necked, 38:48 they're rebellious. Why does God say 38:53 that the children of Israel are rebellious, 38:56 let's keep reading there. And let's go to verse 4. 39:02 "And when the people heard these evil tidings, 39:04 they mourned, and no man 39:06 did put on him his ornaments." 39:08 Okay, why didn't they put on their ornaments? 39:14 Now that's exactly what most people say, 39:16 they say well, they were in mourning. 39:17 Nobody gets dressed up when they're in mourning. 39:20 I mean, you put on black, you go to-- 39:22 when you're mourning for somebody that you've lost, 39:24 you go to the funeral, 39:25 you're not happy, you're mourning. 39:27 You don't get dressed up for those things. 39:30 but they were mourning because God said 39:33 they were stiff-necked and rebellious. 39:35 What did they do that God, 39:39 that caused God to say 39:40 they were stiff-nicked and rebellious. 39:41 We could account for many things 39:43 that they had done, but what does it say 39:45 here in the context of this verse. 39:47 So, Danielle, we'll go ahead now 39:49 and we will read verse 5, 39:52 Exodus 33 and verse 5. 39:56 "For the Lord had said unto Moses." 39:58 Okay, stop right there, for the Lord what? 40:01 The Lord had said, is that past, present, or future? 40:04 Past. That's past. 40:06 For the Lord had said we could say, 40:09 for the Lord had already said this. 40:11 Would that be the same thing? 40:12 For the Lord had said, this is in the past, 40:15 the Lord had said what, Danielle? 40:18 "Say unto the children of Israel, 40:19 Ye are a stiff necked people, 40:21 I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, 40:24 and consume thee, therefore now put off 40:27 thy ornaments from thee, 40:28 that I may know what to do unto thee." 40:31 So God had told them beforehand 40:35 to take off their, what? 40:37 Ornaments. Ornaments. 40:39 What is an ornament? Jewelry. 40:42 You know, if you're thinking about 40:43 Christmas time what's an ornament? 40:46 It's a decoration that you hang on tree. 40:50 Here, the Bible says that they, 40:53 that they God told them to take off thy ornaments, 40:57 so that God could know what to do with them. 41:01 The way that we dress, the things 41:04 we put on the outside of us are an indication 41:10 of our inward condition, 41:13 an indication of our inward condition. 41:15 God had told them to take them off, 41:21 they were stiff-nicked, they were rebellious. 41:24 And it's not until God says, all right, 41:27 I'm gonna send my angel before you, 41:28 but I'm not going to let you into the Land of Canaan. 41:30 They're like, oh, we gotta get this off. 41:36 What is it say there in verse 6, 41:37 this is exactly what he says, they took them off. 41:40 "And the children of Israel stripped themselves 41:42 of their ornaments by the Mount Horeb." 41:45 So what did they do? Took off their jewelry. 41:48 They took off their jewelry. 41:50 The original language gives us the indication there 41:53 that they took off their-- 41:55 they stripped themselves of their ornaments 41:58 from Mount Horeb onward. 42:02 The indication is that, that they recognized 42:04 that they had gonna way too far. 42:06 They stripped themselves of their ornaments 42:09 and what has just happened 42:10 in the chapter previous this? 42:13 What has just happened in Exodus 32? 42:15 Golden Calf. The Golden Calf. 42:17 You remember they had taken 42:19 some of their jewelry 42:21 and they had made a God, hadn't they? 42:24 It's a very interesting when we give this Bible study, 42:28 that people will say, my jewelry doesn't 42:32 separate me from God. 42:35 If God asks us to take it off 42:40 and we refused to take it off, 42:44 does our jewelry affect our relationship with God? 42:48 It does. It does, it does. 42:52 I remember, when I was converted, 42:55 I was driving an 18 wheeler, the big rig. 42:59 I had a sliver ring on every one of my fingers. 43:04 Now Shalita gave me that look like, 43:05 eww, that's gross but, I liked it. 43:08 I had other jewelry on my body. 43:13 And when I studied the word of God, 43:16 I said to myself, this stuff is plumb ridiculous. 43:22 What in the world, some of them were harder 43:28 to get off than others, but they all came out. 43:30 Every piece of jewelry on my body came off 43:32 because I did not want God to look at me and say, 43:37 Scott, you are rebellious. 43:41 I wanted God to look at me and say, 43:43 that's my solider right there. That's my soldier. 43:49 And so now we'll continue to look through 43:51 the Old Testament because Paul had lots of evidence 43:55 in the Old Testament to backup the reason 43:57 he would say not to adorn ourselves with gold 44:00 or pearls, or costly array 44:02 but to be dressed modestly. 44:05 Let's go to Judges the 8 Chapter the 24 verse. 44:09 This is our 11th text, 44:11 Judges Chapter 8 and verse 24. 44:16 Judges Chapter 8, so we turn into the right 44:18 from where we are Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, 44:21 Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, that's right. 44:25 And we're going to Judges Chapter 8 and verse 24. 44:31 Judges Chapter 8 verse 24 there were actually 44:34 groups of people that were recognized 44:37 by the jewelry that they wore. 44:40 And the Bible says here and Ryan's gonna read 44:42 this for us, Judges Chapter 8 and verse 24. 44:48 "And Gideon said unto them, 44:50 I would desire a request of you, 44:53 that ye would give me every man 44:55 the earrings of his prey. 44:56 They had golden earrings, 44:58 because they were Ishmaelites." 45:01 The thing that identified someone 45:03 as an Ishmaelite was what? 45:05 Golden earrings. The golden earrings. 45:07 Now, was Ishmael and the Ishmaelites 45:11 were they the chosen one 45:13 that the lineage of Christ was going to come through? 45:15 No. No, they weren't? 45:17 Here we see that these people were known 45:20 by the fact that they had golden earnings in their ears. 45:25 God wants us to be known by so much more 45:29 than just what's on the outside. 45:31 God wants us to be known just like Job was known. 45:35 Job in the councils their in heaven, 45:38 Satan comes to God and he says, 45:41 or God says to him to Satan, 45:43 have you considered my servant Job? 45:46 And, of course, Satan had, because Satan had nothing 45:48 -- couldn't get to him. 45:49 He says, you put every hedge of protection around him. 45:52 This is found in Book of Job in the Old Testament. 45:56 Does God, would God be able to say that for each one of us? 46:00 Would God be able to say, consider my servant 46:03 Ms. Gloria, consider her. Consider my servant Bill. 46:11 We're gonna see now in the Old Testament, 46:14 now some people maybe getting upset 46:15 with what's happening here. 46:17 But, remember we learned in our first week here 46:20 at LIFE, that conviction is the voice of God 46:25 speaking to us to us, and we can react 46:28 in lots of different ways and one of those ways 46:30 is happiness over God given us the truth 46:32 and the other way we can react is anger 46:36 at the presenter for presenting God's truth. 46:40 I would like to apologize on behalf of 46:43 every minister that you have ever made, 46:46 ever been able to meet in your life 46:50 some of which have drawn you 46:52 closer to Christ than others. 46:53 I want to apologize on their behalf 46:55 that we have not shared with you all of the truth 46:59 even when it came to something 47:01 that you would get upset about. 47:02 So accept our apology and accept God's truth. 47:07 We're gonna go now to another reference in scripture 47:10 that shows how Hosea, 47:12 Hosea's wife Gomer would dress when she went out, 47:16 you know, Hosea was told by God 47:18 that he needed to marry, do you remember, 47:20 he needed to marry a what? A harlot. 47:22 A harlot or a prostitute. How was it that she looked, 47:26 what did she do when she went out and forgot the Lord. 47:30 We're going to Hosea, so you have Ezekiel, Daniel, 47:34 Hosea there we are. 47:36 Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea 47:38 we're going to Hosea 2 and verse 13. 47:43 Hosea 2:13 and we'll go ahead and let who we've got there. 47:47 We got Bill, is that-- Bill gonna read that. 47:50 So Bill, we'll get that microphone over to you. 47:53 Hosea 2 and verse 13. 47:57 "I will punish her for the days of the Baals 48:00 to which she burns incense, she decked herself 48:03 with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, 48:07 but me she forgot says the Lord." 48:10 Isn't that interesting? 48:12 God tells His people or God tells Jacob 48:15 that he needs to go to Bethel and worship Him. 48:18 And Jacob tells his family to get the strange Gods out 48:22 from among them, change their garments, 48:24 and to be sanctified, get read to worship God, 48:27 and so they're getting closer to God, 48:29 so they take it off. 48:30 Here we see that this prostitute 48:33 who is the prophet of the Lord's wife, 48:40 she forgets the Lord, puts it all on 48:44 and goes out to commit her atrocities. 48:49 What is that, what are you saying that? 48:51 Did you say a prophet of the Lord? 48:52 That's right Hosea was the prophet of the Lord, 48:54 wasn't he? Yeah. 48:55 Yeah and he was married to Gomer, his wife. 48:58 So the prophet of the Lord's wife 49:00 right okay, very nice. 49:03 So we see again in scripture, 49:05 when Jacob's family is going to come 49:07 to worship the Lord, they take it off. 49:10 When Hosea's wife Gomer is going to be 49:13 with her lover she forgets the Lord 49:15 and does what with it, and puts it on. 49:17 And my friend, we could go 49:18 to reference after reference after reference 49:21 in the Old Testament to find where Paul gets 49:24 his authority for saying 49:27 that we should not adorn ourselves. 49:28 Let's go now to First Timothy Chapter 2 49:31 our next reference. First Timothy Chapter 2, 49:36 First Timothy is in the T section, 49:38 First Timothy Chapter 2 verses 9 and 10 49:42 we've been there once 49:43 and we're asking ourselves this question. 49:44 If God doesn't want us to be adorned on the outside, 49:47 what does God want us to be adorned with, 49:50 and Mike, we'll let you read that. 49:52 First Timothy Chapter 2 verses 9 and 10. 49:58 "I will therefore that men pray every where, 50:00 lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 50:04 In like manner also, that the women adorn 50:07 themselves in modest apparel, 50:09 with shamefacedness and sobriety, 50:11 not with broided hair, 50:13 or gold, or pearls, or costly array." 50:16 Verse 10. "But, which become with women 50:21 professing godliness, with good works." 50:23 What does God want us to be adorned with? 50:27 Good works. Good works. 50:29 What does God want us not to be adorned with? 50:33 Gold, jewels, pearls, costly array. 50:37 God's wants our beauty not to be on the outside, 50:40 but to come from the inside. 50:43 Have you ever looked at a person 50:44 and just said to yourself, 50:46 man that person is very peaceful. 50:48 That comes from having that relationship with God 50:51 where you know that your life is pleasing him 50:55 in every aspect. Some people say what, 51:00 you know, but, you know, my husband gave me this 51:02 or my son gave me this or my dad gave me this. 51:05 Let's go to our next text, 51:06 it's right there in First Timothy as well. 51:08 First Timothy Chapter 6 and verse 6, 51:13 First Timothy Chapter 6 and verse 6, 51:16 and Anita, we're gonna ask Anita to read this. 51:19 So if you could read that for us in First Timothy 51:21 Chapter 6 and verse 6, what is say there very short verse. 51:26 "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 51:30 Godliness with contentment is great gain. 51:34 For some of us it may be very difficult 51:37 to take all of the stuff we've worn all of our lives. 51:42 It may be very difficult 51:46 but God says that godliness 51:48 with contentment is great gain. 51:53 Is it possible that we could be living 51:58 part of our life doing things dressing in a certain way, 52:02 wearing certain things that would displease our creator? 52:06 You know, one minister said it this way once. 52:09 He said, you know, if God had wanted me to wear Jewelery 52:11 He would have put it on me when He created me. 52:15 Another one said something like this, 52:17 they said, you know, if a perfect sinless angel 52:21 named Lucifer was lifted up because of his beauty, 52:29 then what makes me think I can put something 52:31 on the outside of my body and not get proud. 52:37 The Bible says here, the Bible is teaching us 52:40 the reason or the principle that Paul gives us 52:43 in the word of God. 52:45 For letting the light of God shine through our lives, 52:50 not through street pavement from heaven. 52:56 Do you understand the jewels in heaven 52:58 will be the walls, the foundation, 53:01 the gates, all of that. 53:07 God says take it off, the world says what? 53:11 Put it on. Put it on. 53:12 Let's turn to First Corinthians 53:15 Chapter 2 and verse 2. 53:17 First Corinthians Chapter 2 and verse 2 53:20 is our next reference and we'll get Tom 53:23 to read this for us so you can get set up there, Tom. 53:26 First Corinthians Chapter 2 verse 2. 53:28 Paul the one that gives us this New Testament counsel 53:33 says this in First Corinthians 2:2. 53:35 We alluded to this earlier. 53:37 "For I determine not to know any thing among you, 53:40 expect Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." 53:43 So what was Paul's thrust behind 53:46 all of the Biblical counsel that he gives? 53:50 To know Jesus Christ. 53:52 To know Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 53:55 So why then would Paul mention 53:57 the way that we dress, being dressed modestly 54:01 and not putting things on the exterior of our bodies. 54:04 Why would he mention that? 54:08 He knew those things will draw us away from our relationship. 54:11 He knew those things would draw us away 54:13 from our relationship to Christ. 54:14 And somebody right now is thinking to themselves 54:16 that doesn't draw me away from Christ. 54:19 But if God is asking us to do something 54:23 and we choose not to do, then are we getting 54:26 closer to Christ or are we getting 54:27 further away from Christ? Further away. 54:30 Further away from Christ, that's absolutely right. 54:34 Our last reference in this study 54:37 is one of our appeal texts and I'll go ahead 54:40 and read this because when I'm giving 54:42 the Bible studies I'll read my appeals 54:44 because I want to make sure that-- 54:46 that what I have in my last several texts-- 54:49 is iterated exactly the way we want to bring it out. 54:52 So we're going to Hebrews Chapter 11, 54:55 so we're turning to the right from Corinthians 54:58 we'll go past the T section 55:00 and we're going to Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 6. 55:07 The Bible says in Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 6, 55:12 and incidentally this right after the testimony 55:15 that was given of Enoch, right. 55:16 Let's read verse 5 as well. 55:18 "By faith Enoch was translated 55:20 that he should not see death, and was not found, 55:24 because God had translated him, 55:27 for before his translation he had this testimony" 55:31 that he did what? That he pleased God. 55:33 "That he pleased God." Verse 6. 55:36 "But without faith it is impossible to please God. 55:41 For he that cometh to God must believe that he is, 55:44 and that he is a rewarder of them 55:48 that diligently seek him." 55:51 God rewards us when we diligently seek Him. 55:59 My friend, you and I are not saved 56:02 by what we wear or what we put on. 56:05 But, you will remember that we're judged by our works. 56:10 Do our works reflect the character of Christ? 56:16 Does our clothing reflect the character of Christ? 56:24 You know, the only thing they had at the cross 56:26 that was a value to gamble over 56:29 was Christ's undergarment that went from His shoulders 56:32 all the way down to His feet that was woven without a sin. 56:38 Scripture never tells us than our redeemer 56:42 wore something to bring attention to himself. 56:46 And God is asking you, what would keep you, 56:52 what would keep you from reflecting 56:55 the character of Christ in the way that you dress 57:00 and in the way that you adorn your body. 57:04 Jacob's family said, I'm taking it off. 57:07 Adam and Eve says, God we'll wear your clothes. 57:12 Gomer said, forget God and Hosea 57:16 I'm gonna do what I wanna do. 57:18 What will be your heart's response to Jesus today? 57:25 What are you going to do with the truth 57:26 that He has shared with you? 57:31 As you consider this, I want you to make sure 57:35 that your life is ready, 57:38 that you're ready to meet Jesus 57:41 and we'll be there with you. |
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