Category: Kevin’s Korner

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    Lessons from the Mission Field

    This lesson sets forth some lessons learned from my experience in the Mission Field. 1) The poor are always with us, 2) The less one has, the more one values what one does have, 3) A good attitude toward life and work comes from the knowledge that one is serving God. 4) Time is our most important sacrifice. Each member should reflect upon their own attitudes in comparison to those of the brethren in the Mission Field. I want to communicate the idea that it does not take a lot to do a lot.

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    The Joy of Citizenship in Heaven

    The joy of having our citizenship in heaven entails 1) Following the Example of Paul, 2) Forsaking the Allure of the World, 3) Focusing on Jesus in Heaven. Each hearer should be able to explain the relationship of joy with pursuing heavenly things and not pursuing earthly things.

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    Forbidden Words – Backbiting, Talebearing, Slander

    The common element in these three activities is talking about others behind their back. Psalm 15:3 makes it clear that the person who backbites does not dwell with God. Paul lists “backbiters” in Romans 1:30 among those who have rejected God. “Backbitings” is a sin that causes divisions (2 Corinthians 12:20). God will destroy the one who slanders his neighbor (Psalm 101:5), and Proverbs 26:20 says that where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.

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  • Please Discuss the Historical Division Over Instrumental Music

    what is the standard? Is it not the first century church? They did not use instrumental music at all. Many passages in the New Testament discuss music in the early church, but they all refer to singing. These are: Matt.26:30; Mark 14:26; Acts 16:25; 1 Cor.14:6; 1 Cor.14:15; Eph.5:19; Col.3:16; Heb.2:12; James 5:13. Not once does the New Testament refer to playing an instrument such as a harp, pipe, drum or any other stringed instrument in the worship of the church.

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    What Does Zechariah 13:7 Mean?

    The Messiah’s death would open a fountain of cleansing for sin and uncleanness (1). The idols, false prophets, and unclean spirits would be cut off and driven out of the land. This would result in all prophets being rejected (3). Even legitimate prophets would deny being prophets (4). In this context, God’s shepherd would be struck and His sheep scattered (7). In response to God’s Shepherd being struck, He will turn His hand against the “little ones.” This will result in two-thirds of the land being cut off and dying, and only one-third left (8). That one-third would be refined as silver and gold. They will be God’s people who remain (9).

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    Forbidden Words – Filthiness, Foolish Talk, Course Jesting

    Another area of forbidden speech is filthiness, foolish talking, and course jesting. Ephesians 5:3-4 says, “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.” We used to call this telling “dirty jokes.” The context makes this clear. Discussing sexual matters in an inappropriate way is behavior not fitting for saints. It is sinful.

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    The Fruit of the Spirit is Longsuffering

    We ought all to have the Christian virtue of longsuffering because it 1) helps us know God, 2) keeps us faithful, 3) keeps us vigilant, 4) keeps up working, and 5) helps us finish. Each should be able to understand how being longsuffering will help us to heaven. That each would understand and desire the great benefits of longsuffering.

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    Forbidden Words – Murmuring

    When we murmur, we create the false impression that we are doing something about the problem, but it does nothing to help. Murmuring is complaining with no intention of getting personally involved in the remediation; it is passive aggressive. What does that mean? It does not deal with things directly, but slinks around behind other peoples’ backs to create circumstances where someone else will do (for the murmurer) that for which he is murmuring. This is manipulative and sinful! In 1 Corinthians 10:10, the apostle Paul wrote, “Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.”

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    Forbidden Words – Murmuring

    Murmuring is something that God forbids us to do, but we often do it anyway. Why? It’s a way to gratify the flesh. When we murmur, we create the false impression that we are doing something about the problem, but it does nothing to help. Murmuring is complaining with no intention of getting personally involved in the remediation; it is passive aggressive.

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  • Who Will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven?

    What does it take to enter the kingdom of heaven? 1) Faith Only is not Enough, 2) A Semblance of Sanctimony is not Enough, 3) Doing the Will of the Father is Key. Each person should understand that it takes both faith and action to enter the kingdom of heaven. This sermon seeks to show by Jesus’ teaching that salvation by faith only is a false doctrine.

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    Forbidden Words – Lying

    It’s a sin to lie. The Bible doesn’t whitewash it. Colossians 3:9 says, “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.” The Bible does not permit lying, whether the occasional lie of convenience, or the so-called “white” lie. God does not want us avoiding dealing with the truth. Ephesians 4:25 says, “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.”

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    God Provides – Psalm 23

    As we study Psalm 23, let us consider the great blessings God provides to His flock: Care, Comfort, Communion, and Confidence. For each Christian to associate Psalm 23 with the providence of God and to remember that God provides.

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    Forbidden Words – Curses

    We have used the word “cuss” as a euphemism for “curse,” since “curse” carries such a negative connotation with it. I doubt anyone really thinks of themselves as uttering curses, though, whether we use the word “cuss” or “curse” it is really the same thing: one is cursing an object, person, or action with one’s language. Such cursing is sinful.

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    Considering All Sin, Please Explain 1 John 3:6-9

    irst John 3:6 and 9 are two verses where I have a disagreement with how the translators have translated the Bible from Greek to English. Other translations do not create a contradiction in the same text. The English Standard Version has this translation of 1 John 3:6, “No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.” It also translates 1 John 3:9 as follows: “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.” This translation is much clearer, and it reflects the original Greek text better.

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    Wrestling with Self Forgiveness (Part 9)

    God also foresaw that Christians would need a regular time to meet with other Christians. So, he had Jesus establish the Lord’s Supper to be observed every first day of the week. Acts 20:7 tells us that the church met on this day for this very purpose. In Hebrews 10:24-25, the Holy Spirit said, “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

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    Wrestling with Self Forgiveness (Part 8)

    When we find ourselves not doing anything, it is easy for the mind to wander back to darker times. Staying busy doing the Lord’s work keeps our mind focused on the present. The Christian has plenty of work to do. The only question is whether he will get busy doing it, but what if he does not feel like doing it? Do it anyway. We should not subject our work for the Lord to our negative feelings. Rather, our feelings should be subject to the work we do.

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    Wrestling with Self Forgiveness (Part 7)

    What got him beyond the mental paralysis of past failure? It was God’s grace in his Savior, Jesus Christ. He said: “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him…” (Philippians 3:7-10). In 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul wrote, “But by the grace of God I am what I am.”

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    Wrestling with Self Forgiveness (Part 6)

    For many, the problem is that we do not want to let go. We want to control and “fix” things. This attitude is deceptive. It does not eliminate the past but reinforces our failures by getting us to dwell on them. If we think we can “fix” or “control” things, we will not let the past go, and it will continue to haunt us. We do not need to be a “fixer” or have “control.” If we want peace, we will give it to God and let it go from our thoughts entirely.

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