Don’t go against what you believe the will of Christ is for you.ħ. Don’t go against conscience or usurp God’s sovereignty in your life. People sense the Lordship of Christ in different ways. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.Ĩ. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.ħ. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.Ħ. One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.ĥ. Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.Ĥ. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.ģ. The Principle of Encroachment: Will it violate the lordship of Christ in my life? Does it violate my conscience? Is this something I believe the Lord would want, or not want, for me? The Principle of Equivocation: Will it be a covering for my sin? Am I doing it in the name of freedom in Christ, or am I pandering to evil desires?ġ Peter 2:16 – As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.Ħ. We must not allow something non-moral to have mastery over us.ĥ. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.ġ4. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.ġ3. The Principle of Enslavement: Will it bring me into bondage? Does it have the potential to enslave me? (Again, see Hebrews 12:1 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.) We must exercise self discipline and perseverance.Ĥ. Things that are not wrong in themselves can weigh us down and take away our enthusiasm for the things of God. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:Ģ7. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible.Ģ6. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.Ģ5. Hebrews 12:1 – Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,…ġ Corinthians 9:24-27 – 24. The Principle of Excess: Will it slow me down in my spiritual race? The Principle of Edification: Will it build me up or help me mature? (Again, see 1 Corinthians 10:23.)ģ. The Principle of Expedience: Will it be profitable or beneficial to me spiritually?ġ Corinthians 10:23 – All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.Ģ. Take time to meditate on the principles outlined below.ġ. It’s practical, though MacArthur does use some big words in his attempt to make important points begin with “e.” I passed these tips along to my children and thought I’d share them with you with the hope that you’ll find them encouraging. The sermon is entitled “Making the Hard Decisions Easy.” What follows are my notes from a message about making decisions within the will of God, which was given by John MacArthur on his radio program. It should go without saying that prayer is key for our decision making, too. As for applying those principles, God gave you and me a brain, and He expects us to use it. What the Scriptures do give us is guidance by way of principles. But that doesn’t mean the Scriptures aren’t useful for helping us make decisions and finding God’s will. The Bible isn’t going to tell you which bank to put your money in, whether you should take a certain job, or instruct you on something as trivial as what to have for lunch. But what about those things where the Bible doesn’t give clear cut guidance? Should we make up a set of rules to follow as many Christians do? The Bible speaks clearly about many things which are sinful, such as covetousness, sexual sins, worshipping false gods, and so on.
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