New Life in Christ Forrest Bivens and David Valleskey

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New Life in Christ Forrest Bivens and David
Valleskey

• Lesson 16
• The Christian and Gods will (Part II)

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In The Last Lesson

• We learned that we obey Gods law out of love for
  what Christ has done for us.
• We learned that love is the fulfillment of the
  Law.
• We learned that we should fear, love, and trust
  God above all else.
• We learned that we should not misuse Gods name
  but use it to pray, praise, and give thanks.
• We learned that we should eagerly seek the rest
  and peace that are only found in Gods word.

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The Fourth Commandment

• Honor your father and mother.

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Gods Representatives

• God places His representatives over us in the
  , in the and in the
  (government).
• Through these representatives God whishes to
  bless us and train us as His people.

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Ephesians 61-4 Children, obey your parents in
the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your
father and motherwhich is the first commandment
with a promise 3 that it may go well with you
and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.
4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children
instead, bring them up in the training and
instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 61-4
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Ephesians 61-4 Children, obey your parents in
the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your
father and motherwhich is the first commandment
with a promise 3 that it may go well with you
and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.
4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children
instead, bring them up in the training and
instruction of the Lord.
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Colossians 320,21 Children, obey your parents in
everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they
will become discouraged.
Colossians 320,21
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Colossians 320,21 Children, obey your parents in
everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they
will become discouraged.
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1 Timothy 517 The elders who direct the affairs
of the church well are worthy of double honor,
especially those whose work is preaching and
teaching.
1 Timothy 517
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1 Timothy 517 The elders who direct the affairs
of the church well are worthy of double honor,
especially those whose work is preaching and
teaching.
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Hebrews 137 Remember your leaders, who spoke the
word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their
way of life and imitate their faith. 17 Obey
your leaders and submit to their authority. They
keep watch over you as men who must give an
account. Obey them so that their work will be a
joy, not a burden, for that would be of no
advantage to you.
Hebrews 137
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Hebrews 137 Remember your leaders, who spoke the
word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their
way of life and imitate their faith. 17 Obey
your leaders and submit to their authority. They
keep watch over you as men who must give an
account. Obey them so that their work will be a
joy, not a burden, for that would be of no
advantage to you.
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Romans 131-7 Everyone must submit himself to the
governing authorities, for there is no authority
except that which God has established. The
authorities that exist have been established by
God. 2 Consequently, he who rebels against the
authority is rebelling against what God has
instituted, and those who do so will bring
judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no
terror for those who do right, but for those who
do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the
one in authority? Then do what is right and he
will commend you. 4 For he is Gods servant to
do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for
he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is
Gods servant, an agent of wrath to bring
punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is
necessary to submit to the authorities, not only
because of possible punishment but also because
of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes,
for the authorities are Gods servants, who give
their full time to governing. 7 Give everyone
what you owe him If you owe taxes, pay taxes if
revenue, then revenue if respect, then respect
if honor, then honor.
Romans 131-7
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Romans 131-7 Everyone must submit himself to the
governing authorities, for there is no authority
except that which God has established. The
authorities that exist have been established by
God. 2 Consequently, he who rebels against the
authority is rebelling against what God has
instituted, and those who do so will bring
judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no
terror for those who do right, but for those who
do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the
one in authority? Then do what is right and he
will commend you. 4 For he is Gods servant to
do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for
he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is
Gods servant, an agent of wrath to bring
punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is
necessary to submit to the authorities, not only
because of possible punishment but also because
of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes,
for the authorities are Gods servants, who give
their full time to governing. 7 Give everyone
what you owe him If you owe taxes, pay taxes if
revenue, then revenue if respect, then respect
if honor, then honor.
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2 Timothy 41,2 In the presence of God and of
Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the
dead, and in view of his appearing and his
kingdom, I give you this charge 2 Preach the
Word be prepared in season and out of season
correct, rebuke and encouragewith great patience
and careful instruction.
2 Timothy 41,2
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2 Timothy 41,2 In the presence of God and of
Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the
dead, and in view of his appearing and his
kingdom, I give you this charge 2 Preach the
Word be prepared in season and out of season
correct, rebuke and encouragewith great patience
and careful instruction.
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Proverbs 1324 He who spares the rod hates his
son, but he who loves him is careful to
discipline him.
Proverbs 1324
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Proverbs 1324 He who spares the rod hates his
son, but he who loves him is careful to
discipline him.
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Gods Representatives

• God places His representatives over us in the
  , in the and in the
  (government).
• Through these representatives God wishes to bless
  us and train us as His people.

home
church
state
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Our Attitude Towards Gods Representatives
honor

• In Love for God and His will, we and
  our parents and overseers. In doing so
  we honor and obey .
• One exception

obey
God
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Acts 529 Peter and the other apostles replied
"We must obey God rather than men! "
Acts 529
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Acts 529 Peter and the other apostles replied
"We must obey God rather than men! "
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Our Attitude Towards Gods Representatives
honor

• In Love for God and His will, we and
  our parents and overseers. In doing so
  we honor and obey .
• One exception

obey
God
If they tell us to go against Gods will
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The Fifth Commandment

• You shall not murder.

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God Gives Human Life For a Special Purpose

• God created mankind in His own
• (holiness, sinlessness).
• A lifetime is a persons chance to
• the image of God.

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Genesis 127 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God he created him male
and female he created them.
Genesis 127
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Genesis 127 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God he created him male
and female he created them.
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God Gives Human Life For a Special Purpose

• God created mankind in His own
• (holiness, sinlessness).
• A lifetime is a persons chance to
• the image of God.

image
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Isaiah 556,7 Seek the LORD while he may be
found call on him while he is near. 7 Let the
wicked forsake his way and the evil man his
thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will
have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will
freely pardon.
Isaiah 556,7
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Isaiah 556,7 Seek the LORD while he may be
found call on him while he is near. 7 Let the
wicked forsake his way and the evil man his
thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will
have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will
freely pardon.
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God Gives Human Life For a Special Purpose

• God created mankind in His own
• (holiness, sinlessness).
• A lifetime is a persons chance to
• the image of God.

image
regain
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The Ending of Human Life

• Only God has the to end human life.
• He delegates this right also to the
• (government). (Note
  self-defense capital punishment just wars)

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Job 121,22 and said Naked I came from my
mothers womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD
gave and the LORD has taken away may the name of
the LORD be praised. 22 In all this, Job did
not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
Job 121,22
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Job 121,22 and said Naked I came from my
mothers womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD
gave and the LORD has taken away may the name of
the LORD be praised. 22 In all this, Job did
not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
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Psalm 3115
Psalm 3115 My times are in your hands deliver
me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
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Psalm 3115 My times are in your hands deliver
me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
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The Ending of Human Life
inherent right

• Only God has the to end
  human life.
• He delegates this right also to the
• (government). (Note self-defense capital
  punishment just wars)

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Romans 134 For he is Gods servant to do you
good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does
not bear the sword for nothing. He is Gods
servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on
the wrongdoer.
Romans 134
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Romans 134 For he is Gods servant to do you
good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does
not bear the sword for nothing. He is Gods
servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on
the wrongdoer.
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The Ending of Human Life
inherent right

• Only God has the to end
  human life.
• He delegates this right also to the
• (government). (Note self-defense capital
  punishment just wars)

state
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A Christian Does not want

• Sinful actions (Examples murder suicide
  personal vengeance abortion mercy killing
  improper use of food, drugs, drink anything that
  harms the health of the body that God has given
  to us).
• Sinful attitudes ( , which is
  murder in the heart.)

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1 John 315 Anyone who hates his brother is a
murderer, and you know that no murderer has
eternal life in him.
1 John 315
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1 John 315 Anyone who hates his brother is a
murderer, and you know that no murderer has
eternal life in him.
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A Christian Does not want

• Sinful actions (Examples murder suicide
  personal vengeance abortionmercy killing
  improper use of food, drugs, drink anything that
  harms the health of the body that God has given
  to us).
• Sinful attitudes ( , which is
  murder in the heart.)

hatred
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A Christian Wants to

• Be and , as God
  
• us in Christ.
• to all people as we have
  opportunity, especially to our fellow believers.

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Ephesians 432 Be kind and compassionate to one
another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ
God forgave you.
Ephesians 432
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Ephesians 432 Be kind and compassionate to one
another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ
God forgave you.
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A Christian Wants to
kind
forgiving

• Be and , as God
  
• us in Christ.
• to all people as we have
  opportunity, especially to our fellow believers.

forgave
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Galatians 610
Galatians 610 Therefore, as we have opportunity,
let us do good to all people, especially to those
who belong to the family of believers.
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Galatians 610 Therefore, as we have opportunity,
let us do good to all people, especially to those
who belong to the family of believers.
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A Christian Wants to
kind
forgiving

• Be and , as God
  
• us in Christ.
• to all people as we have
  opportunity, especially to our fellow believers.

forgave
Do good
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The Sixth Commandment

• You shall not commit adultery.

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Basic Truths Concerning Sex and Marriage

• 1. God created and
  instituted . God called them "
  " they were to be holy and pure.
• 2. God tells us about His purpose for marriage.

a)
b)
c)
3. God protects His precious gifts of sex and
Marriage by forbidding "Adultery" (
) (God speaks in this commandment to those
already married and to those who are not married.
All need to be on guard to use God's gifts
properly.)
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Genesis 127,28 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God he created him male
and female he created them. 28 God blessed them
and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in
number fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over
the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and
over every living creature that moves on the
ground.
Genesis 127,28
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Genesis 127,28 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God he created him male
and female he created them. 28 God blessed them
and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in
number fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over
the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and
over every living creature that moves on the
ground.
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Genesis 218-25 The LORD God said, It is not
good for the man to be alone. I will make a
helper suitable for him. 19 Now the LORD God
had formed out of the ground all the beasts of
the field and all the birds of the air. He
brought them to the man to see what he would name
them and whatever the man called each living
creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave
names to all the livestock, the birds of the air
and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no
suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God
caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and
while he was sleeping, he took one of the mans
ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then
the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had
taken out of the man, and he brought her to the
man. 23 The man said, This is now bone of my
bones and flesh of my flesh she shall be called
woman, for she was taken out of man. 24 For
this reason a man will leave his father and
mother and be united to his wife, and they will
become one flesh. 25 The man and his wife were
both naked, and they felt no shame.
Genesis 218-25
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Genesis 218-25 The LORD God said, It is not
good for the man to be alone. I will make a
helper suitable for him. 19 Now the LORD God
had formed out of the ground all the beasts of
the field and all the birds of the air. He
brought them to the man to see what he would name
them and whatever the man called each living
creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave
names to all the livestock, the birds of the air
and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no
suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God
caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and
while he was sleeping, he took one of the mans
ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then
the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had
taken out of the man, and he brought her to the
man. 23 The man said, This is now bone of my
bones and flesh of my flesh she shall be called
woman, for she was taken out of man. 24 For
this reason a man will leave his father and
mother and be united to his wife, and they will
become one flesh. 25 The man and his wife were
both naked, and they felt no shame.
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Genesis 131
Genesis 131 God saw all that he had made, and
it was very good. And there was evening, and
there was morningthe sixth day.
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Genesis 131 God saw all that he had made, and
it was very good. And there was evening, and
there was morningthe sixth day.
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Basic Truths Concerning Sex and Marriage

• God created and
  instituted .
• God called them " " they were to
  be holy and pure.

man and woman
marriage
very good
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Basic Truths Concerning Sex and Marriage

• 2. God tells us about His purpose for marriage

Mutual companionship
a)
b)
God-Pleasing sexual union
c)
Procreation
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Basic Truths Concerning Sex and Marriage
3. God protects His precious gifts of sex and
Marriage by forbidding "Adultery"

spoiling God's gift of sex and marriage
(God speaks in this commandment to those already
married and to those who are not married. All
need to be on guard to use God's gifts properly.)
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A Christian Does Not Want to Misuse God's Gifts
of sex and Marriage
1 Corinthians 614-18 By his power God raised
the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us
also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are
members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and unite them with a
prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he
who unites himself with a prostitute is one with
her in body? For it is said, The two will
become one flesh. 17 But he who unites himself
with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18 Flee
from sexual immorality. All other sins a man
commits are outside his body, but he who sins
sexually sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 69 Do you not know that the wicked
will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived Neither the sexually immoral nor
idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor
homosexual offenders
Hebrews 134 Marriage should be honored by all,
and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will
judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
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A Christian Does Not Want to Misuse God's Gifts
of sex and Marriage
Ephesians 51-8 Be imitators of God, therefore,
as dearly loved children and live a life of
love, just as Christ loved us 2 and gave himself
up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to
God. 3 But among you there must not be even a
hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of
impurity, or of greed, because these are improper
for Gods holy people. 4 Nor should there be
obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which
are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For
of this you can be sure No immoral, impure or
greedy personsuch a man is an idolaterhas any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for
because of such things Gods wrath comes on those
who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be
partners with them. 8 For you were once
darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live
as children of light

• By sinful actions (Examples adultery
  fornication improper entertainment
  thoughtlessly marrying an unbeliever
• homosexuality lesbianism wrongly seeking a
  divorce)
• (Note If one spouse willfully breaks the
  marriage by adultery or by desertion, God permits
  the other spouse to obtain a divorce, which
  publicly announces that the marriage has ended.
  Matthew 199 1 Corinthians 715)

Matthew 194-6 Havent you read, he replied,
that at the beginning the Creator made them
male and female, 5 and said, For this reason a
man will leave his father and mother and be
united to his wife, and the two will become one
flesh? 6 So they are no longer two, but one.
Therefore what God has joined together, let man
not separate.
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A Christian Does Not Want to Misuse God's Gifts
of sex and Marriage
Matthew 528 But I tell you that anyone who
looks at a woman lustfully has already committed
adultery with her in his heart.
2. By sinful words (telling or listening to
improper stories, "jokes")
3. By sinful thoughts (lust is adultery in the
heart)
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A Christian Wants to
Ephesians 521-33 Submit to one another out of
reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your
husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is
the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the
church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also
wives should submit to their husbands in
everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just
as Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by
the washing with water through the word, 27 and
to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way,
husbands ought to love their wives as their own
bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29
After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he
feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the
church 30 for we are members of his body. 31
For this reason a man will leave his father and
mother and be united to his wife, and the two
will become one flesh. 32 This is a profound
mysterybut I am talking about Christ and the
church. 33 However, each one of you also must
love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife
must respect her husband.
1. Honor God with the body, the temple and
possession of God.
Philippians 48 Finally, brothers, whatever is
true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirableif anything is excellent or
praiseworthythink about such things.
1 Corinthians 619,20 Do you not know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in
you, whom you have received from God? You are not
your own 20 you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your body.
2.Cultivate a godly thought-life and flee from
temptations.
3. Establish a Christ-centered home life when
married.