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Download  		 Oct 30 2005 AM Worship Complete service Paul Stith
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Download  		 Oct 30 2005 AM Worship Sermon Biblical Conflict Resolution in the Family (1 Corinthians 7:8-16) Paul Stith
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Download  		 Oct 30 2005 Bible Study Set Apart to God: The Means of Growth Stan Reeves

 

Sermon Outline

  

Biblical Conflict Resolution in the Family

1 Corinthians 7:8-16

 

1.  Those who are unmarried or widowed should remain so, if possible.  (8-9)

  

2.  Christians who are married to Christians should remain so.  (10-11)

  

3. Allow an unbelieving but content spouse to remain in the marriage. (12-14)

 

            ~ Stay for the good of your spouse

 

            ~ Stay for the good of the children in the home

 

 4.  Allow an unbelieving, discontent spouse to leave.  (15-16)

 

 

Practical Observations…

1.  How does this passage call us to restore the sanctity of marriage?

 

2. Why does our culture consider being unmarried a “second-class-citizen” condition?  What opportunities to glorify God does an unmarried person have that are unavailable to those who are married?

 

3.  What should be the primary goal of life, whether married or unmarried?  Think about the implications of this principle to potential conflicts of life.

 

4.  Why is evangelistic dating or marriage a bad idea?

 

5.  How can a believing spouse bring good to the entire household?  Do you know some in this situation for whom you can pray and give encouragement?  How is divorce ‘for the sake of the children’ a parent-centered solution that thinks nothing of the children?

 

6.  How does seeking the glory of God above all things as a first principle change our approach to resolving conflict in the home?

           

 

 

Bible Study Outline

The Means of Growth

1. The Word -- Jn. 17:17 -- "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth". In what ways does the Word help us to grow in holiness?

- gives us direction (as we mentioned last time)

- stirs the love for the Law that God has put in our hearts (Heb. 8)

- helps us discern underlying motives (Heb 4:12)

- gives us a foundation of grace

- gives us motives of grace

2. The Sacraments (baptism and the Lord's Supper) -- strengthen faith, serve as a gospel to the senses, signposts to God's grace, 1 Cor. 10:16, Acts 22:16

3. Prayer -- "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" Matt. 6:13, Heb. 4:15-16

4. The Lord's Day -- "the market day of the soul." "The Sabbath was made for man." Mark 2:27, Isaiah 58:13-14.

5. Biblical oversight -- Heb. 13:17. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Eph. 4:11-16 – teachers equipping.

6. Fellowship -- Acts 2:42 -- "And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." Eph 4:11-16. We grow and mature together. One cannot be a spiritual giant in a fellowship of dwarves. A body is healthy and mature as a whole, not as isolated parts.

Others around us reading their Bibles, sharing Christ faithfully, talking about the preciousness of Christ, discussing how to honor the Lord’s Day, confessing and forsaking sin...this will have an impact on us!

7. Providences -- Heb. 12:10 "For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.

8. Good works -- Heb. 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

 

Notice that these means are very ordinary and routine. They do not involve great acts or strange or unusual experiences or providences.

None of these things have any power in themselves to put sin to death and conform us to Christ. However, God has chosen to work through certain means to accomplish his work in us. (I Cor. 1:21,27-29) Although he can work in any way he chooses, he ordinarily works through the means that he has revealed. Therefore, our faith is in God, not in these means!