Category: Christian Living

Are all our righteous acts like filthy rags?

Are all our righteous acts like filthy rags?

(Is. 64:6, NIV)

One of the most misused, misquoted, and misunderstood Scriptures in the Bible comes from Isaiah 64:6, where Isaiah writes, “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags …” (NIV).

  • 1. They shouldn’t be!
  • 2. Where might misunderstandings of Isaiah 64:6 have also come from?
  • 3. Can we not sin? Can we be perfect? Can our deeds be pleasing to God?
  • 4. What if we do sin?

Who did Sin that this Man was Born Blind? Pt 1

Introduction

John 9:1-2 KJV

(1)  And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. (2)  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Moses’ 5 Objections

There was a great work to be done (leaving slavery in Egypt), but …

Moses’ Five (5) Objections

  1. Who am I? (Ex. 3:11) 
  2. What shall I say to them? (Ex. 3:13)
  3. What if they will not believe me or listen? (Ex. 4:1)
  4. I have never been eloquent (Ex. 4:10)
  5. Please send someone else (Ex. 4:13, NIV)

There is also a great work to be done today (saving souls from slavery to sin) …

Let’s not make similar objections today:

  • 2:14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing;

1Cor. 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

 

Greet one another with a holy kiss

Greet one another with a holy kiss: Romans 16v16

Today’s lesson: “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (Rom. 16:16a; etc.)?

Do we obey this today?

1.  The “holy kiss” is a New Testament command

2.  New Testament commands are to be obeyed

3.  Obeying the command to greet with a holy kiss

By faith the people of old gained approval

Today I would like us to think about people who do have faith in God.

  • Some who do have faith in God do not please God
  • Others do please God by their faith. e.g., Many people of old pleased God by their faith

Why did these please God by their faith, while others who had faith did not please God?
Let’s be reminded of just how these people of old pleased God by their faith, so that we can imitate them …