June 2007 - Posts

• Sermon on the Mount Week 5

  n     Blessed are they which do hunger & thirst after righteousness… n     What Hunger & Thirst After Righteousness Does Not Mean n     Only Imputed Righteousness n     Going to the Source Only When We are Ready n     Working Hard to Gain Our Own Righteousness n     Some Spiritual Journey n     What Does Hunger & Thirst After Righteousness Mean? n     Hunger (Peinao) Means to Suffer Deep Desire for Food n     Thirst (Dipsao) Means Long Earnestly for Liquid n     Physical Life Depends on These; Without Them Death is Certain n     These are Continuous Action Verbs n     Spiritual Life Depends on Righteousness in the Same Way n     Righteousness (Dikaiosyne) Means What is Right & Just n     Righteousness is Conforming to God’s Will n     Conforming to God’s Will is Progressive n     The Hungry Christian Continually Seeks Righteousness-Divine Discontent (Ps 17:15) n     The Hungry Christian Knows that If He Wants to Do Right, He Can (1 Cor 10:13 & Phil 4:13) n     How Will We Know When We are Hungering and Thirsting? n     When We are Not Satisfied With Ourselves n     When External Things No Longer fully Satisfy Us n     When We Have an Appetite for the Word of God (Jer 15:16) n     When Hunger & Thirst is Unconditional n     What is the Result of Hungering and Thirsting? n     They shall be filled n     Filled is the Word Used for Foddering Up an Animal n     Paradox: Satisfied, But Never Satisfied n     Satisfied Does Not Mean Once-For-All •         Blessed are the merciful… •         What Merciful Does Not Mean •         Protecting Oneself From Any Involvement •         Not Negative Action •         Not Sympathy Without Action •         Not Satisfying the Conscience With Token Duty •         Not Contingent Mercy •         No Mercy Is Given For Merit •         Not Sentimentality That Excuses Sin •         What Does Merciful Mean? •         Merciful Means Being a Benefit to Someone •         Mercy (chesed) Means to Rescue the Miserable •         Get Inside the Other Person’s Skin •         Sympathy & Compassion in Action Toward Anyone in Need •         The Merciful Are Givers Not Takers •         The Merciful Are Not Above Anyone, But Stoop To Help •         Mercy Is Meeting The Need, Not Just Feeling It •         God Is The Source Of Mercy (Ex 34:6) •         How Does Mercy Relate To Forgiveness & Love? •         Mercy Is Bigger Than Forgiveness (Titus 3:5) •         Forgiveness Flows From The Fountain of Mercy (Lam 3:22) •         Love is Bigger Than Mercy (Eph 2:4) •         Mercy Presumes There Is a Problem •         Love Can Act When There Is No Problem   Posted Jun 24 2007, 03:27 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Sermon On The Mount Week 4

  n     Blessed are the meek…Matthew 5:5 n     What Meekness Does Not Mean n     Not Weakness n     Not Impotence n     Not Cowardice n     Not Lack of Conviction n     Not Being Humanly Nice n     Not Lacking Earthly Possessions n     How is Meekness Used in the OT? n     Everlasting Life Belongs to the Meek not the Proud (Ps 22:26) n     God Identifies With the Meek (Ps 25:9) n     The Meek are God’s Kind of People (Ps 147:6) n     The Meek Know Greater Joy (Is 29:19) n     How is Meek Used in the NT? n     Meekness is to Characterize Our: n     Walk (Eph 4:1-2) n     Talk (Titus 3:2) n     Adornment (Col 3:12) n     Who Were Referred to as Meek in Scripture? n     Abraham (Gen 13) n     Joseph (Gen 42) n     Moses (Num 12:3) n     David (1 Sam 26) n     Jesus (2 Cor 10:1; Matt 21:5) n     What Does Meekness Mean? n     Meek (Praos) Means Mild, Gentle, & Soft n     Used in Greek of a Horse Saddle-Tamed n     Meekness is Power Under Control n     To Rule the Spirit (Prov 16:32) n     Patient Endurance of Injury n     The Opposite of Violence & Vengeance n     Meekness is Power Used Only in the Defense of God (Matt 11:29) n     Meekness Brings Happiness Because We are Approved n     The Unhappy & Unblessed are the: n     Arrogant, Self-Sufficient, Self-Righteous, & Proud n     How Will We Know When We Are Meek? n     Do We Exhibit Self-Control? n     Do We Always Respond Humbly and Obediently to the Word of God? n     Do We Always Make Peace? (Eph 4:2) n     Do We Receive Criticism Well & Love the People Who Give It nDo We Give Instruction With Humbleness? n     What is the Result of Being Meek? n     For they shall inherit the earth n     they shall-Pronoun Meaning They Only n     Inherit-Means to Receive an Allotted Portion n     Ours Now in Escrow, Future Actual   Posted Jun 17 2007, 02:29 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Sermon on the Mount Week 2 & 3

  This study is on the Poor in Spirit (the first of the Beatitudes) and Those that Mourn. The entire Word file is attached at the end of this blog entry... look for the 'attachments' link if you need it. Beatitudes            Matthew 5:3  u Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit… u What Does it Mean to be Poor in Spirit? u Not Financially Based u Not Materially Based u Not False Humility u Not a Poor Spirit u Cannot Mean Poverty of the Holy Spirit u How is the in the Term Used OT? u God’s People Often Referred to as Poor due to Economic Conditions u Words Meaning Poor Can Also Mean Lowly or Humble (Prov 16:19; Is 57:15; and Is 66:2) u What Does Poor in Spirit Mean? u It is Our Attitude Towards Ourselves u Personal Acknowledgement of Spiritual Bankruptcy u Confidence Only in God u Not Spiritually Self-Sufficient u Poverty of Spirit is Dependence and Submission u Emptying Comes Before Filling u Poverty of Spirit Does Not Make One Blessed, But God’s Approval Does u How Will We Know When We are Poor in Spirit? u Weaned From Ourselves (Ps 131:2) u Lost in the Wonder of Christ (2 Cor 3:18 & Jn 14:8) u Never Complain About Our Situation u See Our Own Weaknesses and Only the Good in Others u Spend Much Time in Prayer u Take Christ on His Terms u Praise and Thank God for His Grace u What is the Result of Being Poor in Spirit? u Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven u Theirs-Pronoun Meaning: Theirs Alone u Is-Present Tense Verb of Possession u Belonging to the Kingdom of Heaven Now, Full Enjoyment is Yet Future   Beatitudes            Matthew 5:4  u Matt. 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted u Our Attitude Toward Our Sin u What Does It Mean to Mourn? u Mourn-Express Grief for the Dead u Three Kinds of Mourning: u Normal & Proper Mourning u General Sorrow u The Feelings From the Pressures & Trials of Life u The Psalmist Shed Tears of Loneliness u Abraham Wept When His Wife Died u Timothy Shed Tears of Discouragement u Jeremiah Shed Tears of Disappointment u Paul Shed Tears of Concern u Woman of LK 7 Washed Jesus’ Feet With Tears of Devotion u Jesus Wept for Lazarus Because He Loved Him u Abnormal & Improper Mourning u Perpetually Long-Faced & Weepy u Self-Pity u Can’t Satisfy Lust u Extended Mourning u Overdone Mourning Because of Guilt u Biblical Mourning u Godly Sorrow u Only This Sorrow Brings Life & Leads to Repentance (2 Cor 7:10) u Mourners are Happy Because They Are the Only Ones Forgiven u Happiness Does Not Come From Mourning, It Comes From God’s Response to it u The Pronoun autoi Before Mourn Means Continually u How Will We Know When We Are Mourners? u When We Hate Sin Like God Does u When We Do Not Take Pleasure In Sin u When We Do Not Think Too Highly of Ourselves u When We Don’t Procrastinate in Confessing Sin u When We Don’t Laugh At Sin With the World u When We Mourn Not Only for Our Sins, But For the Sins of the World u When We Have a Real Sense of God’s Forgiveness  u What is the Result of One Who Mourns? u For they shall be comforted u Comfort-Come into the Fort u Comfort is the Greek Word Parakaleo or Paraclete u Paraclete means One Called Alongside to Help u This One is the Holy Spirit (Jn 14:16) u No Comfort Can Compare to God’s Comfort u Comfort Daily in This Life u More Fully in the Life to Come    Posted Jun 11 2007, 09:28 AM by jbarch with no comments

• Sermon on the Mount, week 1

  Here is a link to the Word doc for week one of 'Sermon on the Mount'   Posted Jun 04 2007, 11:30 AM by sgray128 with no comments