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LEGALISM 1. There are some areas of God's law which the believer would never violate because it is his area of strength. 2. No two people have the same area of strength, no two people have the same area of weakness in their human nature. 3. Violation of one part of the law makes a person a sinner just as another part of the law - all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) 4. Legalism and self righteousness is prone to forget that all sin comes from the sinful nature. 5. Everyone has a sinful nature. Violation of law demonstrates its existence. 6. The legalist emphasises the commandments he keeps. The honest person recognises the commandments he breaks. 7. Doctrine removes legalism and self righteousness on the basis of grace. 8. Legalism minimises the weakness or besetting sin of the sinful nature while emphasising the weakness or besetting sin of someone else. 9. Legalism condemns those who fail in their own area of strength but legalism does not recognise that all have sinned. 10. Sometimes legalism is so strong that it fulfils both categories of 1 John 1:8, 1 John 1:10. 11. To be guilty one only has to sin once not the thousands of times one does (James 2:10) GOD: DIVINE INSTITUTIONS – FAMILY 1. God instituted families and marriage from the start of mankind on earth (Genesis 2:24). 2. Marriage was to be monogamous (Genesis 2:24). They are classified as 'one flesh'. They must leave mother and father and set up their own house (Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 5:31; Matthew 19:4-5). 3. Adultery or breakdown of marriage was so serious a matter that it was included in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:14). 4. The husband is the head of the family (Genesis 3:16). a) He should be willing to die for her (Ephesians 5:22-23). b) He provides for his family (Genesis 3:19; 1 Timothy 5:8). c) He should rear the children in the fear of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:6,7). d) He should not provoke his children (Colossians 3:21).
a) She has the place of honour in the home (1 Peter 3:7). b) She has a deep desire for her husband (Genesis 3:16).
a) They must honour (Ephesians 6:2; 1 Timothy 5:4; John 19:26). b) If they honour their father and mother they will have long lives (Exodus 20:12).
i) In the garden of Eden Adam was created first and Eve was taken from Adam's side. Eve had to be taken from Adam. The second Adam was Jesus Christ and out of Him will come a new spiritual race. ii) I am my father's child because I have received from him his image. Similarly when we are born again we receive the image of God.
i) It is important to train your children to live righteously. ii) God's discipline trains us to walk in His will, in the place of blessing. iii) The child must learn wisdom from the parents. (Exodus 12:24-28, Deuteronomy 6:6-25, Joshua 4:5-8) God is wisdom. c) The parents are responsible for their family's conduct, morally and legally. Our witness reflects on God. 8. In a survey in the U.S.A. eight reasons were given as to why the family unit was being weakened in that country. a) The rise of promiscuity. b) Transfer of the protection of the family from the head of the family to the State. c) Transfer of the education of the child from the parents. d) Movement of family recreation from the family to outside including television. e) Transfer of the place of production from the home to the factory. f) The use of aged accommodation for senior members of the family rather than them staying in the home. g) The loss of traditional homemaking skills and the rise of the supermarket society. h) Transfer of religious instruction from the home to outside.
3. Mental adultery is condemned (Matthew 5:27-28). 4. Adultery destroys the capacity of the soul to relate in faithfulness (Proverbs 6:32). 5. Sexual immorality has a destructive effect on the human body of both male and female (cf. 1Corinthians 6:13-18). a) Male - impotence and inability to copulate. b) Female - breakdown of response and pleasure in the sex act. Often frigidity or nymphomania, both are frustrating and a source of female misery. c) Increased chance of sexually transmitted diseases. 6. Any sexual immorality ultimately leads to further frustration and an unfulfillable search for happiness (Ephesians 4:19,5:3). 7. Adultery is a bona fide basis for divorce (Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Luke 16:18). Adultery has a huge impact between husband and wife in both mental (trust) and physical ("one flesh") areas. However, forgiveness and the grace of God can overcome the effects of all sins. 8. Adultery or fornication is often used in the Bible to describe apostasy and unfaithfulness to God (Jeremiah 3:8-10, Ezekiel 16:23-43, 23:24-28; Revelation 17:1-5). SIN: MURDER 1. Satan was the first murderer, as he moved within Cain to kill Abel. John 8:44, 1 John 3:12. 2. Murder grows out of the mind: lust, envy, jealousy, anger, hatred. Genesis 4:5, Matthew 5:21, 22, Romans 1:29, Galatians 5:21. 3. Murder is one of the seven sins that God "hates" most Proverbs 6:16 -19 4. Murder is punishable by death Exodus 21:12ff, Genesis 9:6, Numbers 35:30, 31, Romans 13:4. 5. Even believers can commit murder, for example, King David, but they are under God's judgement until they confess and deal with their sins. 1 Peter 4:15, 1 John 3:15 SIN: SINS OF THE TONGUE 1. The sins of the tongue like all sins come from the sinful nature (Psalm 34:13). 2. Sins of the tongue are sponsored by mental attitude sins (Psalm 5:9). Mental attitude sins include pride, envy, jealousy, bitterness, hatred, vindictiveness. 3. Out of the seven worst sins, three are sins of the tongue (Proverbs 6:16-19). 4. Sins of the tongue produce triple discipline (Matthew 7:1,2, Psalm 64:8). [a] A sin of the tongue is backed by a mental attitude sin for which there is divine discipline. [b] The sin of the tongue always maligns, judges or gossips about someone else so there is divine discipline for that. [c] Whatever sin is mentioned, that sin’s discipline is put on the person who commits the sin of the tongue. 5. The continuation of the sins of the tongue can result in the sin unto death (Psalm 12:3). 6. God protects and blesses the believer who is victimised by the sins of the tongue (Matthew 5:11-12). 7. Troublemakers are always characterised by sins of the tongue (Psalm 52:2). Believers are always commanded to avoid fellowship with troublemakers (Romans 16:17,18). BITTERNESS 1. Bitterness can get hold of the soul of man if we do not deal with temptation, pressure or sin in a godly way. Bitterness is self centeredness, and a deep resentment at what has happened to us, as if we are being unfairly treated. It is an expression of lack of faith in the plan of God for our life, or a reflection of the discipline we have received in our life because of our walking away from the plan. Refer, SIN, DISCIPLINE OF BELIEVERS, REPENTANCE. 2. If we confront our inner oppression of spirit, and take it before the Lord our bitterness and deep self centred hurt can be healed. Isaiah 38:14-20. 3. Bitterness is the active state of all who reject the plan of God, the Word of God and the Will of God. Isaiah 33:2-16, Romans 3:10-19. 4. If we get caught in bitterness of spirit, we have previously been caught in sin and disobedience and repentance is needed quickly or the bitterness will deepen. Ephesians 4:30-32, Hebrews 12:9-15. Refer DEPRESSION. 5. If bitterness is not dealt with as a sin it will destroy the marriage relationship. Colossians 3:19. 6. Bitterness distracts us from getting right with God and dealing with the true source of our suffering, and the will of the Lord within it. Job 7:7-21, 42:1-6. Refer SUFFERING. BLASPHEMY 1. In word or deed to show insolence, insult, or disrespect to the character of God. Any act that robs God of his majesty, or of the glory and honour due to him. 2. Blasphemy has many objects: [a] Blasphemy may be against God. Leviticus 24:11-23, Isaiah 52:5, Ezekiel 20:27, Revelation 13:6, 16:11. [b] It may be against Christ. Acts 26:11, James 2:7. [c] It may be against the Holy Spirit. Matthew 12:24-32, Mark 3:22-30, Luke 12:10. [d] It may be against the Word of God. Psalms 107:11, Isaiah 5:24. [e] Against the angels Jude 8, 10. [f] Against doctrine itself 1 Timothy 6:1. [g] Against believers as servant of the living God. Acts 13:45, 1 Corinthians 4:13, Acts 18:6. [h] Against the Name of God. Romans 2:24. [i] The messengers of God. 2 Peter 2:10. [j] The message of redemption. Romans 14:16.
[a] Denial of the truth 1 Timothy 1:13. [b] False doctrine 1 Timothy 1:20. [c] Idolatry Nehemiah 9:18, 26. [d] Persecuting saints Isaiah 52:5. [e] Insulting the poor James 2:6,7. [f] Hypocrisy Romans 2:24, 2 Timothy 3:2. 4. Blasphemy is just another sign of man's rejection of the Messiahship of Jesus and their pride filled belief in their own ability to meet God's standards without any need for a Saviour John 3:16-36. DAUGHTER OF SYRO-PHOENICIAN HEALED MARK 7:24-30 [MATTHEW 15:21-28] see HARMONY 74-11 24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. KEY WORDS
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS 24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Jesus again leaves the borders of Israel and is in a Gentile area; the same area that Elijah went to in the period of drought in Israel. The reason, He is trying to stay hidden from the religious authorities of Israel, so that He is able to advance the in depth training of the twelve disciples. However he could not be hidden. Jewish people did not expect much faith from pagans especially from pagan women. They also considered such areas “unclean” and the people “unclean” and so avoided them altogether. Jesus was right that the religious authorities wouldn't follow him there, but these people wanted the truth about God and they flocked to him as the source of the light they desired. Like Sidon, Tyre belong to ancient Phoenicia, and the most prominent woman from Phoenicia in the Old Testament was the most wicked queen of the northern kingdom, Jezebel. Another Phoenician woman who petitioned Elijah in the same generation received God’s favour for her son. 1 Kings 17:17-24. Greek culture had long influenced the area and many Greeks had settled there after the conquest by Alexander the Great. Thus she was both Syrophoenician and Greek. The Jews, God’s chosen people, occupied a place of distinct privilege with God. He had made wonderful covenants with them, committed the Scriptures to them, and dwelt with them in the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple. By contrast, the Gentiles were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenants of promise, without Christ, without hope, without God in this world. Ephesians 2:11-12. They however recognized this and were hungry for the truth about God. Psalm 145:15-19, Isaiah 45:22-25, 49:6. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. Jewish people did not regularly call non-Jews “dogs” as some commentators argue. Rather, Jesus is making his point by way of illustration, as wise teachers in his day often did. Worthless food in gentile homes would be cast to the dogs that hovered about under the table looking for scraps. Exodus 22:31. In Jewish areas dogs were regarded as scavengers but in well to do households, influenced by the Greek custom, dogs were sometimes pets, and this was more common in gentile areas like the one he is now in. Jesus is making an illustration that the children must be fed before the pets, and the Jewish people therefore had first claim. Exodus 4:22. He is saying that He will not heal like the pagan magicians, for He wants her to demonstrate faith, specifically faith in the supremacy of the one true God. She concedes the priority of the Jewish people, but protests that even though the family may eat first, the dogs/pets get to eat the crumbs. In so arguing she indicates by faith that only the smallest fraction of His power is necessary to heal her daughter. Isaiah 57:13-21. This woman believes that there is the opportunity to heal from even the smallest touch from the Lord – she knows that it is not the quantity of his power that matters but the quality of his person and power. Romans 3:29-31, 15:8-16, Ephesians 2:4-18. |