Self Evaluation Through Gods Eyes
*1 Corithians15: 1- 5
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ die for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve…
(Now has Christ truly appeared in your life?)
(Who are you?) If I were to ask you to tell me about yourself, what would you say? Will your response reflect the environment that shaped your life as you grew older? Your experience living through life? Or the culture you live in? (Who are you?)
To what or whom do you base your response?
*Every hour, minute and even second, the enemy invades the life of our youth, and our homes across the world. Not by breaking down windows and doors, but by deception; leading to drugs, stealing, drinking, gambling, pornography, casual sex, divorce and homosexuality.
*Someone who is deceived has accepted "as true or valid what is false or invalid" (Webster). Likewise, one who deceives others convinces them to accept, as truth, something false.
There are numerous warnings in the Bible concerning deceit, deception, deceivers, and being deceived by self or others.
One of the best Biblical examples of deception is referenced by Paul in 1 Timothy 2:14 saying: "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression." Eve knew the truth. She knew that God had commanded her not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But, the serpent convinced her that God had told her a lie saying: " . . . You shall not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Gen. 3:4-5).
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Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ die for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve…
(Now has Christ truly appeared in your life?)
(Who are you?) If I were to ask you to tell me about yourself, what would you say? Will your response reflect the environment that shaped your life as you grew older? Your experience living through life? Or the culture you live in? (Who are you?)
To what or whom do you base your response?
*Every hour, minute and even second, the enemy invades the life of our youth, and our homes across the world. Not by breaking down windows and doors, but by deception; leading to drugs, stealing, drinking, gambling, pornography, casual sex, divorce and homosexuality.
*Someone who is deceived has accepted "as true or valid what is false or invalid" (Webster). Likewise, one who deceives others convinces them to accept, as truth, something false.
There are numerous warnings in the Bible concerning deceit, deception, deceivers, and being deceived by self or others.
One of the best Biblical examples of deception is referenced by Paul in 1 Timothy 2:14 saying: "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression." Eve knew the truth. She knew that God had commanded her not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But, the serpent convinced her that God had told her a lie saying: " . . . You shall not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Gen. 3:4-5).
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