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Title: A Place for Everyone and Everyone in his Place


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A Place for Everyoneand Everyone in his Place
  • He is out of his element.
  • Tell me if you think I am out of line.
  • Woman, dont forget your place.
  • Go back to where you belong!
  • Prov 278 As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
    so is a man that wandereth from his
    place.
  • As Christians we have a place we belong

2
Why Do We Wander?
  • Evil consequences (Acts 820-23)
  • Prov 2617 He that passeth by, and meddleth with
    strife belonging not to him, is like one that
    taketh a dog by the ears.
  • Prov 2116 The man that wandereth out of the way
    of understanding shall remain in the congregation
    of the dead.
  • 1 Thess 411 And that ye study to be quiet, and
    to do your own business, and to work with your
    own hands, as we commanded you

3
Why Do We Wander?
  • Pride We do not like restrictions or limits
  • King Amaziah of Judah
  • 2 Kings 148-14 (2 Chr. 2520)
  • King Uzziah (his son)
  • 2 Chr. 2616-21 (from king to priest to leper)
  • Wives do not want to submit to their husbands
  • Husbands do not want the responsibility of
    leading
  • Students do not want to learn
  • Employees do not want to work

4
Why Do We Wander?
  • Fear We are uncomfortable in our place
  • Neh. 610-13
  • He is encouraged to hide in the temple
  • 1 Sam. 135-14
  • Saul offers a sacrifice before the battle
  • Gen. 1210-13
  • Abram sojourns in Egypt for fear of famine
  • Has Sarai lie for fear of his life

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Why Do We Wander?
  • Ignorance We do not know our place
  • Jesus was not a civil judge Lk. 1213-15
  • Jesus was not a witness Jn. 83-10
  • We do not know the privileges of our place
  • Lk. 1513, 17-18, 29-30
  • Phil. 320 Citizenship in heaven
  • Kingdom of heaven is the church (on earth)
  • Heb. 1113-16

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Why Do We Wander?
  • We do not know the pain beyond our place
  • We expect something out there is better,
    and were being denied our great treasure
  • Eve Gen. 35
  • 1 Peter 211 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
    strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly
    lusts, which war against the soul
  • Divorce, Affairs, Drug Use, Gambling...

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Our Place or No Place
  • Gen 199 ...This one fellow came in to sojourn,
    and he will needs be a judge now will we deal
    worse with thee, than with them
  • Rejected by the world, You dont feel right
  • Christians do not belong
  • in bars or nightclubs (drinking and dancing)
  • at movie theaters where sex is glorified
  • at prom dances (among the sexually
    stimulating activities of dance and dress)
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