Sabbath 6/13/15 Daytona Beach SDB Church Pastor Wray sermon �The Landmine of Unforgiveness�
Posted : 16 Jun, 2015 03:31 AM
Sabbath 6/13/15 Daytona Beach SDB Church Pastor Wray sermon �The Landmine of Unforgiveness� Ephes. 4:25-32
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Think about your response when someone hurt you last time. Perhaps you took no action or you retaliated. You do damage to yourself when you have unforgiveness. Failure to forgive is a form of self-punishment. Unforgiveness is a landmine to the believers. We are to be kind and forgive others like God forgave us. This is not easy or simple for us to do. When someone does an offense to you, forgiveness can be difficult. The devil will have us get angry and want to kill someone. We must avoid the landmine and do as Jesus said to do.
Ephes. 4:26: In your anger, do not sin. Don�t let the sun go down while you are still angry. To understand unforgiveness, we need to understand what forgiveness is. Forgiveness is when you give up your resentfulness to those who did you wrong. You give up any desire to get even with them. We need to give up any resentfulness about the wrong done to us and don�t retaliate. It must come from the heart and it is more than just saying words.
Unforgiveness is a mindset to do the opposite of forgiveness. It is to seek revenge and have bitterness, wrath toward the person who did us wrong. Unforgiveness can make us physically ill sometimes. The unforgiving heart clings to the past and refuses to forgive like God in Christ forgave us. Bitterness takes root in the person�s heart. People choose to be unforgiving and it is a deliberate decision. We have taken on a form of self-bondage. There are terrible effects of unforgiveness. It will stop you from being the person God wants you to be and it is deliberate disobedience to the Word of God.
Jesus said if you don�t forgive others, God won�t forgive you either. Jesus said we must always forgive others. God wants to answer our prayers but we must forgive others first. Our worship of God himself will be effected. All aspects of our lives get effected by unforgiveness and resentfulness. Our relationship will be poisoned because people don�t want to be around bitter people.
1) Take responsibility for our actions. Confess it to God
2) Lay our anger down.
3) Pray for the other person. If they know we were angry with them then ask for their forgiveness.
4) Refuse to re-hash the same old issues. Don�t let bitterness sink back in again.
5) We need to demonstrate our forgiveness for this person. We will know we have forgiven them when we are once again concerned about the wellbeing of the person who wronged us.
God will handle the situation and this person will stand in judgment before God anyway. Let our unforgiveness go so it doesn�t destroy us. Let us walk in peace, joy and victory thru the Grace that God gives each of us!
Sabbath 6/13/15 Daytona Beach SDB Church Pastor Wray sermon �The Landmine of Unforgiveness�
Posted : 16 Jun, 2015 09:48 AM
If we try to worship God as prescribed in the law of Moses, rather than worshiping as commanded in Christ's law, we are severed from Christ and have fallen from grace (Gal. 5:4), and our worship is vain (Mk. 7:6-9).
As long as you continue to err with your bold type sabbath banner therefore clinging to the LAW:
I will continue to keep posting the bible studies concerning the sabbath. People need to understand scripture correctly.
Thank you for giving me a platform:yay:
I provided a Bible study for all whom are interested in TRUTH.
Gods grace to you
Sabbath
Bible study on the Sabbath.
Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 31:13-17; Heb. 4:1-10
God's rest on the seventh day, following creation, did not set forth an ordinance men observed from the beginning.
It foreshadowed the Jewish Sabbath that was instituted after Israel's exodus from Egypt, and the saints' eternal rest (i.e., eternal Sabbath) in heaven.
Deut. 5:1-4, 12-14
The Jews were commanded to keep the Sabbath after God freed them from slavery in Egypt.
The Sabbath was not given to their fathers (e.g., Adam, Noah, Abraham).
The Sabbath was not observed by men until God commanded Israel (after crossing the Red Sea) to observe the Sabbath.
Ex. 31:13, 17-18
The Sabbath was a sign of the covenant God made with the Israelites, instituted after their exodus from Egypt.
Israel had not previously observed the Sabbath.
The Sabbath was not commanded to the Gentiles.
Ho. 2:11
Hosea prophesied that God would put an end to sabbaths.
God put an end to the observance of Sabbaths at the cross, at which time the Mosaic Law was abolished and put to death (Eph. 2:15-16; Col. 2:13-14).
Ex. 31:14; 35:2
Anyone desiring to keep the Sabbath must kill anyone in his household who profanes the Sabbath.
Ex. 16:29
If anyone keeps the Sabbath, he must stay at home. Therefore, he cannot go to a church service on the Sabbath.
Ex. 16:23; 35:3
If someone keeps the Sabbath, he cannot kindle a fire or cook food on that day.
Num. 28:9-10
Anyone keeping the Sabbath must have a Jewish priest offer an animal sacrifice for him.
Neh. 9:14
God made His Sabbath known to Israel, not to the Gentiles.
Rom. 14:5; Col. 2:16
Christians can observe the Sabbath if they choose. But, they cannot bind it upon other people and they cannot make observance of the Sabbath a part of the church's worship.
Heb. 7:12-14
God changed the law. We do not worship on the Sabbath as God commanded the Jews.
We must obey Jesus (Heb. 5:9) and worship as He commands, in fulfillment of His law (Gal. 6:2; 1 Cor. 9:21).
If we try to worship God as prescribed in the law of Moses, rather than worshiping as commanded in Christ's law, we are severed from Christ and have fallen from grace (Gal. 5:4), and our worship is vain (Mk. 7:6-9).
Heb. 8:7-13
Corresponding to the fact that we live under a different law than the Jews who came out of Egypt, we also live under a different covenant (Heb. 8:7-13).
The Sabbath was sign of the covenant God made with Israel when they came out of Egypt. When the covenant ceased to exist, the sign also ceased.
Men do not keep the Sabbath as a religious ordinance from God today, because the old covenant is no longer in effect.
Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2
The day of worship to partake of the Lord's Supper and take up a collection for the saints is the first day of the week (i.e., Sunday). This day of worship cannot be changed to the seventh day of the week (Col. 3:16-23; 1 Cor. 4:6; Rev. 22:18-19).
The first day of the week is the day following the Sabbath. The first day of the week is Sunday (Matt. 28:1; Mk. 16:1-2; Lk. 24:1; Jn. 20:1).
