BASIC COUNSELING IN THE CHURCH CONTEXT Sound Baptist Bible College December

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BASIC COUNSELING IN THE CHURCH CONTEXTSound
Baptist Bible CollegeDecember
FebruaryInstructor Pastor Marvin McKenzie
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• Course Times The 2rd Saturday of the month,
  December February from 900 AM- 300 PM
• Course Description
• This course will cover basic counseling
  techniques any mature Christian may employ. It
  will also deal with philosophy of Christian
  counseling and the practice of referrals to
  professional Christian counselors.
• Course Requirements
• Students will be expected to
• 1. Attend all classes.
• 2. Read the textbook and prepare a class paper
  (due the final Saturday) outlining common
  biblical themes discovered throughout the
  Scriptures presented in the text and how these
  common themes might be used in basic counseling
• 3. Take notes during lessons and participate in
  class discussions
• 5. A test will be given at the end of the course.
• Grades will be based on
• 50 attendance
• 30 participation
• 20 test

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Philosophy of Church Bible Counseling

• Titus 21-8
• But speak thou the things which become sound
  doctrine
• That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate,
  sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
• The aged women likewise, that they be in
  behaviour as becometh holiness, not false
  accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of
  good things
• That they may teach the young women to be sober,
  to love their husbands, to love their children,
• To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
  obedient to their own husbands, that the word of
  God be not blasphemed.
• Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
• In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good
  works in doctrine shewing uncorruptness,
  gravity, sincerity,
• Sound speech, that cannot be condemned that he
  that is of the contrary part may be ashamed,
  having no evil thing to say of you. (KJV)
• Mature members of the church training less mature
• Discipleship a form of counseling
• Ladies counseling ladies, men counseling men
• Protecting yourself from sexual questions

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BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH of PuyallupCOUNSELING POLICY

• Bible Baptist Church offers counseling under
  certain conditions
• 1. Our counseling sessions normally maximum of 7
  weeks. If the counselee desires further
  counseling I refer them to a professional
  Biblical counselor.
• The counselee must understand that we are a Bible
  based ministry with distinctive Biblical values.
  We teach and stress these values in counseling
  sessions.
• We do not use traditionally accepted counseling
  methods during our sessions. The counselee should
  not expect these sessions to resemble typical
  counseling practices.
• 2. We require the counselee to attend each of our
  services at the church while counseling sessions
  are underway. We have church services Sunday
  morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday night. If
  the counselee is a member of another independent
  Baptist Church it will be acceptable for them to
  attend services there, but the same condition
  exists they must attend all services unless
  providentially hindered.

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BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH of PuyallupCOUNSELING POLICY

• Bible Baptist Church offers counseling under
  certain conditions
• 3. If the counselee is unable to attend all of
  the services during any one of the weeks of
  counseling, the session for that week will cost
  15.00 per hour to be paid in advance.
• 4. We often give assignments to be performed
  before the next session. If the assignment is not
  completed the above fee applies for the session
  following the assignment.
• 5. The counselee must understand we are not
  registered as counselors in the state of
  Washington. The counselee must agree to not hold
  Pastor Marvin McKenzie, Bible Baptist Church of
  Puyallup, WA, or any of its members liable for
  any perceived or real problems connected with our
  counseling sessions.
• 6. The sessions should be scheduled for Tuesday
  or Thursday afternoons. On occasion I can
  schedule other days and times but I like to make
  them the exception rather than the rule.

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BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH of PuyallupCOUNSELING POLICY

• Bible Baptist Church offers counseling under
  certain conditions
• I, __________________________________,
  acknowledge and understand that Pastor Marvin
  McKenzie is not a licensed counselor in the state
  of Washington, but is rather a preacher of the
  Gospel of Jesus Christ. I agree that by receiving
  counseling from Pastor McKenzie I will strive to
  complete any assignments he may give. I further
  agree that I will not hold Pastor McKenzie, Bible
  Baptist Church, or any of its members liable for
  any perceived or real problems connected with any
  counseling sessions received.
• ______________________ __________
• Counselee Date

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• Isaiah 96
• Some people believe that Isaiah 96 has only four
  names, not five.
• Wonderful counselor
• Mighty God
• Everlasting Father
• Prince of Peace

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• I personally believe that wonderful and counselor
  should be separated into two different names for
  Christ, and I intend to demonstrate why today.
• But there is no doubt that Christ is a wonderful
  counselor.
• And it is He that we need to run to for counsel
  and direction for our lives.
• Not the therapists
• Not the psychologists
• Not even the Christian counselors and pastors

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• The only kind of human counselor I think is worth
  his salt is the kind whose believes all he can do
  is take you by the hand and lead you to the
  Wonderful Counselor, Jesus Christ.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• A. The passages
• Romans 1514 KJV
• And I myself also am persuaded of you, my
  brethren, that ye also are full of goodness,
  filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish
  one another.
• Colossians 316 KJV
• Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
  wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in
  psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
  with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• A. The passages
• The Hebrew word counselor in Isaiah 9 means "to
  advise, to deliberate or resolve."
• The word admonish means "to put in mind, to
  caution, rebuke or warn."

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• A. The passages
• The purpose of counsel is to put things before a
  person's mind to bring about a resolution for
  them.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• B. The principles
• From these two passages three qualifications have
  been suggested
• 1. A knowledge of the Scriptures as they apply to
  personal life
• 2. A concern for others
• 3. An enthusiasm and zeal for life

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• You have to care for others (full of goodness,
  empathy)
• You have to have the tools to help others (Word
  of Christ dwell in your richly, filled with all
  knowledge)
• You need to enjoy and love life (richly, songs
  and hymns and spiritual songs)
• Without the concern you will not be motivated
• Without the knowledge of the Scriptures you will
  not be equipped
• Without the zest for life you will be overcome
  with the trials of the work (if you are not an
  overcomer, you will be overcome!)

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• C. The application to Jesus
• If these are in fact appropriate qualifications
  for counselors, Christ fills the requirements
  above any other.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE QUALIFICATION OF THIS COUNSELOR
• His concern
• Romans 58 KJV
• But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
  while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• His knowledge
• John 133 KJV
• Jesus knowing that the Father had given all
  things into his hands, and that he was come from
  God, and went to God
• His zeal for life
• John 14 KJV
• In him was life and the life was the light of
  men.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE CHARACTER OF THIS COUNSELOR
• A. His counsel guides
• Psalms 7324 KJV
• Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and
  afterward receive me to glory.
• It both protects and controls.
• Guidance is restrictive. A guide tells you where
  you may go, but he also tells you where you may
  not.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE CHARACTER OF THIS COUNSELOR
• B. His counsel instructs
• Isaiah 4013-14 KJV
• Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or
  being his counsellor hath taught him?
• With whom took he counsel, and who instructed
  him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and
  taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way
  of understanding?
• Counsel requires we come to understand truth and
  judgment.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE CHARACTER OF THIS COUNSELOR
• C. His counsel comforts
• Proverbs 279 KJV
• Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart so doth
  the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty
  counsel.
• Does this mean that everything Christ says to us
  is easy to take and pleasant to the ears?
• No.
• John 6 .. the hard sayings and how many turned
  away from Him because of them.
• Nevertheless, those very hard sayings are an
  immense comfort to those who submit to them.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• How do we know the counsel of Christ?
• How does He do it?

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• A. Through the Scriptures
• 2 Timothy 316-17 KJV
• All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
  is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
  correction, for instruction in righteousness
• That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
  furnished unto all good works.
• Colossians says to let the Word of Christ dwell
  in you richly.
• During those times when we need guidance and
  counsel from the Lord we need to follow the
  counsel of

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• A. Through the Scriptures
• Psalms 11-3 KJV
• Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
  counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way
  of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
  scornful.
• But his delight is in the law of the LORD and in
  his law doth he meditate day and night.
• And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
  of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his
  season his leaf also shall not wither and
  whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
• Especially when you need to know what to do, get
  away from the ungodly and get into your Bible.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• B. Through prayer
• Judges 2018 KJV
• And the children of Israel arose, and went up to
  the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and
  said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle
  against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD
  said, Judah shall go up first.
• Judges 2023 KJV
• (And the children of Israel went up and wept
  before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of
  the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle
  against the children of Benjamin my brother? And
  the LORD said, Go up against him.)

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• B. Through prayer
• This sort of prayer requires that we not only
  ask, but that we also know how to hear the Lord.
• First Be still, stop and wait
• Second Be persistent keep asking until you
  sense the answer
• Third be aware, He isn't going to answer in the
  wind, the earthquake or the fire but in the still
  small voice
• (1 Kings 1912)
• There was a wind
• There was an earthquake and
• There was a fire
• But God wasn't in them. You will have to be aware
  of spiritual things to wait for God while all
  those crashing sounds pass.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• C. Through the counsel of mature saints/pastor
• Titus 215 KJV
• These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with
  all authority. Let no man despise thee.
• God gives us the local church, the mature saints
  in the church and the pastor of the church to
  give counsel.
• We do not well whenever we make major life
  choices without seeking our pastor's input

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• D. Through circumstances
• Genesis 2427 KJV
• And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master
  Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of
  his mercy and his truth I being in the way, the
  LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
• Eliezar was Abraham's servant, sent to find a
  bride of Isaac.
• He has asked God for certain things to line up in
  order to help him discern the Lord's will.
• Being in the way, allowing God to work out the
  circumstances, Eliezar was able to know the will
  of God.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• E. Through the confirmation of the Holy Spirit
• Acts 166-10 KJV
• Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the
  region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy
  Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
• After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go
  into Bithynia but the Spirit suffered them not.
• And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
• And a vision appeared to Paul in the night There
  stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying,
  Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
• And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
  endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly
  gathering that the Lord had called us for to
  preach the gospel unto them.

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THE NAMES OF GODCOUNSELLOR

• THE DISCERNING OF HIS COUNSEL
• Pay attention to that still small voice inside
  you. It is amazing how many times God will be
  telling us either we should do something or we
  should not and we ignore the leadership of the
  Holy Spirit.
• Learn to tell the difference between your flesh's
  desires and the voice of the Holy Ghost within
  you and
• Learn to obey that voice.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Most people are in trouble because they haven't
  been doing the basics.
• Three major areas of life
• Physical
• Psychological
• Spiritual
• Help people be sound in all three areas.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• We are not Christian counselors we are Biblical
  counselors.
• We tell people what the Bible says.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Once we have trusted Christ our goal is to become
  healthier Christians.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Go through your difficult circumstances so that
  someone else may be blessed.
• The things we go through and have been through
  are the tools God will use to help us help
  others.
• You may not tell them how you have been through a
  trouble but you will know how to relate because
  you have experienced difficulties. Treasure up
  those experiences to be used of the Lord.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Paul and Silas knew how to live above their
  circumstances.
• Acts 16
• "You cannot choose your circumstances. All you
  can choose is how you react to your
  circumstances."
• They went through their difficulty that God might
  show His power on their behalf.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life
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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Soul Relations to man personality, feelings
• Inferiority, insecurity, etc. because of the
  input of the world.
• Spirit relates to God - consciousness,
  intuition. Knowing, no feeling
• Assurance
• Body Relates to environment
• Self is in the center of it all and it comes out
  in several ways
• Hostility - violence
• Emotions - depression, anxiety
• Problems in the body, illness, heart issues,
  tension, stress because we haven't talked out our
  frustrations and problems.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems come because of
• Stupidity
• Sin
• Serving God

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Body
• Four reasons why people get sick
• 1. Because of the natural weakness of the flesh -
  because of Adamic sin
• 2. Because of the chastening of God
• 3. Because of (for) the glory of God man born
  blind.
• 4. Because it is appointed unto man to die. A
  release from this life into the next.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the mind
• Fantasize
• Detach through TV, Radio, etc.
• Most people can't hear God because of the noises
  in their life.
• Paranoia
• Obsessive thoughts
• Schizophrenia

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Number one goal is to love the Lord
• If you love someone you dont want to displease
  them.
• Spirit filled Christians do not burn out.
• If they burn out they are serving in the energy
  of the flesh.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Some people only serve God out of fear.
• When the fear goes away they quit.
• Love is the number one motive
• He wants us to love Him.
• We will serve Him because we fear Him but his
  desire is for us to love Him.
• He can get His work done (donkey, cock) but He
  wants us to love Him.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• God wants our love
• People need our love

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Second goal is to help others love God
• Obedience will come if we love God properly.
• Too many people teach their children commandments
  but the kids grow up to leave God because we did
  not teach them to love God.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Love is more caught than taught. They will learn
  to love God by seeing us love God
• Talk of Him
• Praise Him
• Express His blessings
• Pray for answers and point out the solution and
  praise Him
• Romans 1136
• Of Him
• Through Him
• To Him
• Everything rises and falls on God. (Not on
  leadership)

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• 1 Corinthians 311-15
• If we do the work for God and have the wrong
  motives we are building wood hay and stubble.
• Sing
• Teaching class
• Soul winning
• Desiring position
• With wrong motives

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Do what we do because we are Christ directed.
• Pray about what we give (above the tithe)
• Pray about where we serve the Lord
• Pray about day to day duties.
• How much communication do we have with God.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• If we love God we will love our neighbor
• Mean
• Cold
• Bitter
• If you are characterized by these you dont love
  God.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Cannot manufacture Christ love.
• Revelation 21

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Problems in the Spirit
• Love for God is first
• Matthew 2235-40
• First work is to love Jesus
• Second work is to help others Love the Lord

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Four things unfulfilled in sinner's life
• Love
• Acceptance
• Care
• Purpose in life
• Purpose in life is your worth, the ability to
  feel important.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Five emotional needs
• Acceptance
• Approval
• Admiration
• Application
• Assurance

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Three ways people try to fill emotional needs
• Thrills (roller coasters etc)
• Things (buying stuff)
• Theories (trying to prove something or discover
  something new.)

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• People seek to get their needs met
• In the home
• Out of the home drugs, alcohol, sex, etc
• Through Jesus Christ

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Purpose in life is your worth, the ability to
  feel important.
• We get our worth from two places
• God
• Others

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• We are best off when we get our worth from God
  because if we get it from others we will be let
  down.
• Children sense of adequacy of inferiority because
  they didnt get the right sense of worth from
  their parents.
• Most need to be reprogrammed. We need to find out
  what God's sense of value is.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Ecclesiastes 117 - chapter two
• Looking for knowledge
• Looking for pleasure
• Looking for chemicals
• Looking for materials
• Looking for self worth
• But none of it satisfied.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Marriage definition
• Marriage is a man and woman joining hand in hand
  together to work out life's problems. (The
  helpmate relationship)
• Definition of love
• The sacrificial giving of oneself to meet the
  needs of another.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance pg 162-165
• Performance Based Acceptance" people want to be
  loved and will run with anyone that will let them
  because they want to be accepted.
• You will not have everyone's acceptance no matter
  what we do so we have to choose to find
  acceptance in Christ.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life
Performance Based Acceptance pg 156
We are just as accepted by God as Jesus is!
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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance
• We have the favor of God as Christ had it.
• He does not always approve of my behavior but He
  always accepts me.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance
• Parents should not speak of behavior and
  acceptance as the same thing.
• Correct behavior but always express love and
  acceptance.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance
• "Your mom and I can't stand lying. We hate liars.
  And you lied"
• That tells the child you hate them.
• "Son you mom and I decided we won't tolerate
  lying. We love you but we will not let you behave
  this way."
• That separates the behavior from the acceptance
  of his parents.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance
• Four things God offers us in His love
• Eternal life
• Forgiveness of sins
• Unconditional acceptance
• Home in heaven

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance
• I know that God loves me but that He can't stand
  sinful behaviour.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Performance Based Acceptance
• Basis of acceptance
• 2 Corinthians 521
• 1 John 410
• How far did God go in demonstrating his love for
  us?
• Jesus died for us.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Positional truth
• pg157

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Positional truth
• Pg 158

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Positional truth
• pg 159

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Positional truth
• Pg 160
• The Christians I Ams
• Pg 169

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Guilt
• Two types of guilt
• Real guilt -sin
• Imaginary guilt
• Something the devil puts in your mind but has no
  substance.
• Confessed sin coming up again

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Guilt
• Confession of sin involves repentance.
• Being in agreement with God about the sin and
  turning away from it.
• When Satan accuses you of already confessed sin
• Pray
• Plead the blood and
• Praise God for victory
• Out loud

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Guilt
• Galatians 220
• Is it proper to personalize Christ's love?
• Yes.
• Personal in that he lives in me
• Personal that I live in Him.
• To the extent that you understand the price
  Christ paid and to the degree you recognize your
  sinfulness, you will comprehend Christ's
  sacrifice for you and you will love Him.

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Guilt
• To whom much is forgiven..
• We are personally responsible for our sins
• Romans 323

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Basics to counseling are the basics of the
Christian life

• Guilt
• Remember that you will have people that will try
  to blame everybody for their problems you will
  need to bring them back to the place where they
  are accountable.

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Anger

• CASES
• The two most powerful human emotions are LOVE and
  ANGER Love is health-producing, while anger is
  health-destroying.
• JACOB, the anger of a spouse against a spouse,
  Gen. 302.
• MOSES, the anger of a leader against followers,
  Ex. 3219.
• BALAAM, the anger of a man against an animal,
  Num. 2227.
• ELIAB, the anger of a sibling against a
  sibling, 1 Sam. 1728.
• SAUL, the anger of a parent against his child,
  1 Sam. 2030.

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Anger

• CASES
• "Over and over in the literature on the subject,
  depression is described as anger turned inside"
  (Happiness is a Choice, p. 99).

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Anger

• CASES
• Various levels of anger.
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  Rage
• Fury
• Wrath
• Indignation
• Mild Irritation

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Anger

• CAUSES
• Anger and aggression always occur in response to
  frustration!
• A frustration is an obstacle (an event, a
  physical barrier, some person) which hinders our
  progress toward a goal.

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Anger

• CAUSES
• You can get angry in response to...
• A flat tire on the way to church.
• A sickness that comes as you are beginning a
  vacation.
• A telephone that rings while you are trying to
  get a bath or eat a meal.
• A job promotion that is given to someone else.
• A Yale University study states when people are
  frustrated they always become aggressive.

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Anger

• CONSEOUENCES
• Anger Destroys Home-Life, Gen. 45-8.
• Anger Destroys Health.
• "Approximately 97 of the cases of bleeding
  ulcers without organic origin I have dealt with
  are caused by anger" (Dr. Henry Brandt).
• Anger Destroys Holiness
• Eph. 430.
• Anger short circuits more Christians and makes
  more spiritual pygmies than any other sin. It has
  caused more church strife and "turned off" more
  young converts than anything else. It also
  grieves the Holy Spirit.

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Anger

• How do people deal with anger?
• 1. Some DENY their anger.
• 2. Some DEFLECT their anger, by withdrawal.
• 3. Some DISPLACE their anger.
• 4. Some DOWNPLAY their anger. "It's not that
  bad. It's all over in just a few moments." You
  could also say that of an explosion!
• 5. Some DETEST their anger. This takes the form
  of self-criticism, physical ailments, feelings of
  inferiority, even self-destruction.

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Anger

• CURE
• The Word of God indicates we are capable of
  deliberate action.
• Each of us is to deal with our anger in the light
  of God's truth.

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Anger

• CURE
• 1. Admit your anger is sin.
• ? Anger is sin when it is hasty, Prov. 1417
  1632 Jam. 119.
• ? Anger is sin when it is without cause,
  Matt.522.
• ? Anger is sin when it is long lasting, Eccl.79.

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Anger

• CURE
• 2. Agree with God - confess your anger to God, 1
  John 19.
• 3. Avail yourself of the power of the Holy Spirit
  to conquer your uncontrolled anger. The power of
  the Spirit is available, but not automatic, Gal.
  516, 19-23.
• 4. Avoid keeping company with furious and
  perpetually angry people, Prov. 2224, 25.
• 5. Accept God's mercy, grace, and power.

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Anger

• CURE
• Repeat this formula as needed.

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• Administer Spiritual Gifts Test

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ANXIOUS

• CASE
• MARTHA,
• Luke 1037-42And he said, He that shewed mercy
  on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou
  likewise.Now it came to pass, as they went, that
  he entered into a certain village and a certain
  woman named Martha received him into her
  house.And she had a sister called Mary, which
  also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.40
  But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and
  came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care
  that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid
  her therefore that she help me.41 And Jesus
  answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou
  art careful and troubled about many things42
  But one thing is needful and Mary hath chosen
  that good part, which shall not be taken away
  from her. (KJV)

91
ANXIOUS

• CASE
• 1. MARTHA FRETTING, v. 40.
• 2. MARTHA RESENTING, v. 40.
• 3. MARTHA DICTATING, v. 40.

92
ANXIOUS

• CASE
• According to Dr. Gary Collins, in Overcoming
  Anxiety, anxiety can have several dimensions, in
  regard to depth and degree. A person's anxiety
  may be...
• Specific (the barking of a dog) or
  Free-floating(does not know why)
• Acute (comes quickly, high intensity, short
  duration) or
• Chronic (lower intensity, longer lasting)
• Normal (when there is real danger) or
• Neurotic (abnormal feelings of discomfort when
  danger is mild or non-existent)

93
ANXIOUS

• CASE
• A neurotic is a person who worries about things
  that never happened in the past, unlike
• A normal person worries about things that never
  happen in the future

94
ANXIOUS

• CAUSES
• What causes anxiety?
• Lack of FACTS,
• Rom 1017
• So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
  the word of God. (KJV)
• Worry is the result of a basic lack of trust in
  God.
• It stems from a lack of knowledge of God - who He
  is and what He is like.
• It finally and ultimately can be linked to a
  deficiency of divine truth.

95
ANXIOUS

• CAUSES
• What causes anxiety?
• FEAR.
• "Worry is emotional distress caused by
  anticipating unknown adversity."
• "Worry is a thin stream of fear that trickles
  through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a wind
  channel that drains away all other thoughts."

96
ANXIOUS

• CAUSES
• What causes anxiety?
• Lack of FAITH,
• Romans 1423
• And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because
  he eateth not of faith for whatsoever is not of
  faith is sin. (KJV)

97
ANXIOUS

• CAUSES
• What causes anxiety?
• FOOLISHNESS,
• Matthew 626-30.
• Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not,
  neither do they reap, nor gather into barns yet
  your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
  much better than they?
• Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit
  unto his stature?
• And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the
  lilies of the field, how they grow they toil
  not, neither do they spin
• And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all
  his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
• Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the
  field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast
  into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,
  O ye of little faith? (KJV)

98
ANXIOUS

• CAUSES
• What causes anxiety?
• The Birds teach us worry is unnecessary when it
  comes to food, v. 26.
• The Body teaches us worry is unavailing when it
  comes to longevity, v.27.
• The Blossoms teach us worry is unbecoming when it
  comes to clothes, v. 28-30.

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ANXIOUS

• CONSEQUENCES
• EMOTIONAL damage.
• The person who is anxious is robbed of joy and
  peace.

100
ANXIOUS

• CONSEQUENCES
• PHYSICAL damage.
• Anxiety can result in...
• butterflies in the stomach,
• a lump in the throat,
• cotton in the mouth,
• rapid heart beat,
• shortness of breath,
• inability to sleep, and
• loss of appetite.

101
ANXIOUS

• CONSEQUENCES
• SOCIAL damage.
• A person who is a chronic worrier is not much fun
  to be around.
• Friendships cannot flourish in an atmosphere of
  anxiety.

102
ANXIOUS

• CONSEQUENCES
• SPIRITUAL damage,
• Matt 1322
• He also that received seed among the thorns is he
  that heareth the word and the care of this
  world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the
  word, and he becometh unfruitful. (KJV)

103
ANXIOUS

• CURE
• 1. Learn to Trust in the Lord,
• Prov 35-6
• Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean
  not unto thine own understanding.
• In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall
  direct thy paths. (KJV)

104
ANXIOUS

• CURE
• 2. Learn to Cast your care on the Lord,
• 1 Peter 57
• Casting all your care upon him for he careth for
  you. (KJV)
• You may have heard about John, who hired a man to
  do all his worrying for him.
• When asked how much it cost him, he disclosed, "A
  thousand dollars a week."
• "How could you possibly afford to pay him 1,000
  a week?"
• To which John answered, "That's his first worry."

105
ANXIOUS

• CURE
• 3. Learn to Pray,
• Phil 46-7
• Be careful for nothing but in every thing by
  prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
  your requests be made known unto God.
• And the peace of God, which passeth all
  understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
  through Christ Jesus. (KJV)

106
ANXIOUS

• CURE
• 4. Learn to Share and Bear your burdens,
• Gal 61-2
• Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye
  which are spiritual, restore such an one in the
  spirit of meekness considering thyself, lest
  thou also be tempted.
• Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the
  law of Christ. (KJV)

107
ANXIOUS

• CURE
• 5. Learn to Live one day at a time,
• Matt 634
• Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the
  morrow shall take thought for the things of
  itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
  thereof. (KJV)
• "By the yard life is hard. By the inch life's a
  cinch."
• "You've got to learn to relax."

108
UNFORGIVING

• Case
• AHITHOPHEL'S refusal to forgive DAVID.
• His counsel
• 2 Sam 1623
• And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he
  counselled in those days, was as if a man had
  inquired at the oracle of God so was all the
  counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with
  Absalom. (KJV)

109
UNFORGIVING

• Case
• AHITHOPHEL'S refusal to forgive DAVID.
• His children,
• 2 Sam 2323-34
• He was more honourable than the thirty, but he
  attained not to the first three. And David set
  him over his guard.
• Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the
  Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the
  Gilonite, (KJV)

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UNFORGIVING

• Case
• AHITHOPHEL'S refusal to forgive DAVID.
• AHITHOPHEL'S GRIEF.
• Bathsheba was Ahithophel's granddaughter. (2
  Samuel 113) What an awful grief to him for his
  friend, David, to take his granddaughter.

111
UNFORGIVING

• Case
• AHITHOPHEL'S refusal to forgive DAVID.
• AHlTHOPHEL'S GUILT.
• David forgiven by God,
• 2 Sam 1213
• And David said unto Nathan,I have sinned against
  the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD
  also hath put away thy sin thou shalt not die.
  (KJV)
• However, Ahithophel would not forgive David.

112
UNFORGIVING

• Case
• AHITHOPHEL'S refusal to forgive DAVID.
• AHlTHOPHEL'S GUILT.
• Ahithophel...
• Joined a conspiracy against David,
• 2 Sam. 1512.
• Gave wicked counsel,
• 2 Sam. 1620-23.
• Wanted to kill David,
• 2 Sam. 171, 2.

113
UNFORGIVING

• Case
• AHITHOPHEL'S refusal to forgive DAVID.
• AHITHOPHEL'S GRAVE.
• 2 Sam 1723
• And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not
  followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and
• gat him home to his house, to his city, and put
  his household in order, and hanged himself, and
• died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his
  father. (KJV)

114
UNFORGIVING

• "Here lies Ahithophel --the man who would not
  forgive!"

115
UNFORGIVING

• The cause of God is always greater than the men
  who represent it, and no one is ever justified in
  leaving his place of service because of another
  person's failure.

116
UNFORGIVING

• Cause
• Why do some people refuse to forgive others of
  their sins and failures?
• The Superiority of unforgiveness.
• When a person refuses to forgive another person,
  that person is placing himself above God and
  Jesus Christ who says, "I forgive."
• This is a not so subtle form of pride and
  rebellion against God.
• It is a way of feeling, "I don't deserve this
  kind of treatment."

117
UNFORGIVING

• Cause
• Why do some people refuse to forgive others of
  their sins and failures?
• The Stupidity of unforqiveness.
• "He who cannot forgive others burns the bridge
  over which he himself must pass" (George Herbert).

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UNFORGIVING

• Cause
• Why do some people refuse to forgive others of
  their sins and failures?
• The Spirit of unforqiveness.
• Forgiveness is not
• ... a feeling.
• ... pretending you were not hurt.
• ...saying what the other person did was not wrong.

119
UNFORGIVING

• Cause
• Why do some people refuse to forgive others of
  their sins and failures?
• The Spirit of unforqiveness.
• Forgiveness is a decision I make to obey God and
  to live my daily life not allowing Someone else's
  actions or attitudes to determine by actions or
  attitudes.

120
UNFORGIVING

• Cause
• Why do some people refuse to forgive others of
  their sins and failures?
• The Spirit of unforqiveness.
• 2 Cor 21-11
• But I determined this with myself, that I would
  not come again to you in heaviness.
• For if I make you sorry, who is he then that
  maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry
  by me?
• And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I
  came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I
  ought to rejoice having confidence in you all,
  that my joy is the joy of you all.
• For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I
  wrote unto you with many tears not that ye
  should be grieved, but that ye might know the
  love which I have more abundantly unto you.
• But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved
  me, but in part that I may not overcharge you
  all.
• Sufficient to such a man is this punishment,
  which was inflicted of many.
• So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive
  him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one
  should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm
  your love toward him.
• For to this end also did I write, that I might
  know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in
  all things.
• To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also for
  if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for
  your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ
• Lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we
  are not ignorant of his devices. (KJV)

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UNFORGIVING

• Cause
• Why do some people refuse to forgive others of
  their sins and failures?
• The Selfishness of unforgiveness.
• A spirit of unforgiveness is determined to have
  it's way, instead of yielding to God's way.

122
UNFORGIVING

• Consequences
• Dale Carnegie tells of the grizzly bears in
  Yellowstone Park who, allowed the skunks to eat
  with them. He said it was because the bears knew
  "the high cost of getting even."

123
UNFORGIVING

• Consequences
• What are the consequences of a person who will
  not easily and quickly forgive?
• Socially, he will have no friends.
• Emotionally, he will have no joy.
• Mentally, he will have no peace.
• Morally, he will have no integrity.
• Domestically, he will have no intimacy.
• Congregationally, he will have no fellowship.
• Physically, he will have no health
• Spiritually, he will have no life.

124
UNFORGIVING

• Consequences
• What are the consequences of a person who will
  not easily and quickly forgive?
• When a person will not forgive He shuts himself
  off from God,
• Matt 614-15
• For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your
  heavenly Father will also forgive you
• But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
  neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  (KJV)

125
UNFORGIVING

• Consequences
• What are the consequences of a person who will
  not easily and quickly forgive?
• When a person will not forgive...
• He opens himself up to the devil,
• 2 Cor 210-11
• To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also for
  if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for
  your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ
• Lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we
  are not ignorant of his devices. (KJV)

126
UNFORGIVING

• Cure
• Exodus 1523-25
• And when they came to Marah, they could not drink
  of the waters of Marah, for they were
• bitter therefore the name of it was called
  Marah.
• And the people murmured against Moses, saying,
  What shall we drink?
• And he cried unto the LORD and the LORD shewed
  him a tree, which when he had cast
• into the waters, the waters were made sweet
  there he made for them a statute and an
• ordinance, and there he proved them, (KJV)

127
UNFORGIVING

• Cure
• The cure for an unforgiving disposition is not
  found in...
• The process of counselling.
• We all may need some from time
• to time and that's O. K.
• The passing of the clock.
• Time does not heal all wounds.
• The cure is found in the...
• Cross, v.25. The "tree" is one of the first
  pictures of the cross of Christ.

128
UNFORGIVING

• Cure
• RX for an Unforgiving Disposition.
• 1. Compare your hurt with Jesus', Luke 2334.
• 2. Confess your unforgiveness as sin, Ps.6618.
• 3. Claim the benefits of the cross.
• 4. Clear the record, with a "second event" of
  forgiveness that is as memorable as the event of
  offense. This is Bible "forgetting," Gen. 4151.
• 5. Commit to do everything God requires to make
  reconciliation.
• 6. Conquer any reoccurrence of this disposition
  by staying in the Word of God, Ps. 119165.

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Forgiving vs Consequences

• Hebrews 1026-29 KJV
• For if we sin wilfully after that we have
  received the knowledge of the truth, there
  remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
• But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
  fiery indignation, which shall devour the
  adversaries.
• He that despised Moses' law died without mercy
  under two or three witnesses
• Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall
  he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot
  the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the
  covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy
  thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of
  grace?
• There was no sacrifice provided in the Old
  Testament for willful or presumptuous sins.
  Certain things could not go away by merely asking
  for forgiveness or confessing the sin. For
  instance,

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Forgiving vs Consequences

• When Achan took the accursed thing, Joshua
  admonished him to give glory to God and he did
  confess. Still he and his family were stoned.
• When the man was caught gathering sticks, they
  did not develop a plan of restoration. They
  stoned him.
• God said that if a man took a woman in the field
  and she could not cry for help, he was to be
  stoned, no questions asked, no opportunity for
  restoration

131
Forgiving vs Consequences

• 1 Corinthians 106-11 KJV
• Now these things were our examples, to the intent
  we should not lust after evil things, as they
  also lusted.
• Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them as
  it is written, The people sat down to eat and
  drink, and rose up to play.
• Neither let us commit fornication, as some of
  them committed, and fell in one day three and
  twenty thousand.
• Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
  tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
• Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
  and were destroyed of the destroyer.
• Now all these things happened unto them for
  ensamples and they are written for our
  admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are
  come.
• There is a principle from the Old Testament that
  applies even in our day of grace.
• Hebrews 1026 gives us proof that the Old
  Testament principle concerning the willful sin
  still is in effect today. The specific issue is
  in regards to church attendance, but the context
  makes it clear that willful sin is not just
  church attendance.

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Forgiving vs Consequences

• 1 John 516 KJV
• If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not
  unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him
  life for them that sin not unto death. There is a
  sin unto death I do not say that he shall pray
  for it.
• Barnes Notes says of the above verse, "There is a
  sin unto death - A sin which is of such a
  character that it throws the offender beyond the
  reach of mercy, and which is not to be pardoned.
  See Mar_328-29. The apostle does not here say
  what that sin is nor how they might know what it
  is nor even that in any case they could
  determine that it had been committed. He merely
  says that there is such a sin, and that he does
  not design that his remark about the efficacy of
  prayer should be understood as extending to
  that."
• There is such a thing as a sin that is
  inexcusable, note that I did not say
  unforgiveable.
• For instance, if a man commits a terrible murder,
  do we not, as Christians, advocate the death
  penalty over restoration? Even if the offender is
  a Christian brother, even if he confesses and
  apologizes, even if he is honestly repentant,
  there are certain sins for which no restoration
  is possible. Two years ago I preached a revival
  meeting at the United States Disciplinary
  Barracks in Ft Leavenworth. I was allowed to go
  in to death row and witness to the men there. One
  of those men, I will not give his name here, is
  sentenced to death from throwing a grenade into
  his own tent and killing the soldiers he bunked
  with. All in the name of Allah. He has since
  converted to Jesus Christ and has a sincere
  testimony. Do we release him now because he is a
  believer? No. His sin is of such a character that
  it throws the offender beyond the reach of such
  mercy.

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Forgiving vs Consequences

• Matthew 187-9 KJV
• Woe unto the world because of offences! for it
  must needs be that offences come but woe to that
  man by whom the offence cometh!
• Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee,
  cut them off, and cast them from thee it is
  better for thee to enter into life halt or
  maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet
  to be cast into everlasting fire.
• And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and
  cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter
  into life with one eye, rather than having two
  eyes to be cast into hell fire.
• Once again, the New Testament teaches an extreme
  judgment for offending, especially little ones
  (children - minors).

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Forgiving vs Consequences

• Specifically regarding forgiveness, we must make
  a difference between forgiving sin and dismissing
  the consequences of it.
• If a man is divorced and remarried is he not
  permanently disqualified from the pastorate? It
  is not that we hold ill will against him. It is
  not that we can find no place of service in the
  church for him, on the contrary some of the most
  blessed Christians I have ever known are divorced
  and remarried. They are dear friends and we hold
  no mean spirit toward them. But we still insist
  they may not pastor.
• King David confessed his sin with Bathsheba, but
  he still suffered the consequences of the act
  through the death of the baby conceived in that
  sin and the dysfunction of his children later on.
• When he sinned in numbering the men of Israel, he
  confessed the sin, but he must still be judged -
  and the judgment was harsh.

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Counseling Model

• Rom 1113
• For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the
  apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office
  (KJV)
• These skills will help those who are having
  troubles with marriage, their children, on the
  job.
• If I were you, I would take these seven things,
• write them down clearly
• study them out in light of Scripture, and
• develop most of my counseling sessions around
  them.

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Counseling Model

• Acknowledge Your Place
• (I want to change)
• You are Response - Able
• Too often we want to blame the situations on
  others. The problem with that is that you can
  never solve the situation if you believe it
  someone else's fault.
• If we will come to the place where we acknowledge
  that we have the ability to change these
  situations ourselves, we take a positive action
  stance and make a difference

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Counseling Model

• Acknowledge Your Place
• We need to take the attitude that we are ABLE to
  respond
• To change your situation
• To forgive those of your past
• To make a difference in the World
• You Can Change Your Situation
• By determining what Youd like to be
• By developing a plan to make it
• By deciding to do it

138
Counseling Model

• Affix a Result
• When I die, I want to people to say ...
• When I die, I want to have done ....

139
Counseling Model

• Affix a Result
• Dream for the future
• What would you like to accomplish in your church?
• I used this when people came to me with problems.
  
• I would ask, What do want counseling to do?
• I would ask, What would you want your marriage to
  be like?
• I would ask, If you could get your kids to behave
  a certain way, how would you want them to behave?

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Counseling Model

• Acquire a Plan
• Priority Plan Matrix
• Urgent Not Urgent
• Important Pressing Problems Prevention,
• Crises Relationships
• Dead-lines Research Opportunities
  Planning, recreation
• Not - Interruptions, Trivia,
• Important Popular activities Busy Work
• Some calls, mail, Pleasant
• and meetings activities

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Counseling Model

• Acquire a Plan
• We do best to spend the majority of our time with
  things that are important and not urgent.
• The reason?
• Because urgent things demand you do them NOW!
  They drive you.
• Good leadership requires we learn to drive, not
  be driven.

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Counseling Model

• Acquire a Plan
• Spend almost no time in the not important areas -
  even if they are urgent. DELEGATE THEM.
• Spend as little time as possible in the
  urgent/important areas

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Counseling Model

• Acquire a Plan
• Many folks become trapped by the
  important/urgent being driven by them to the
  point that, when they get a chance, they escape
  to the not urgent, not important (wasting time
  staring into space, watching TV, playing video
  games) waiting for the next crisis to catch them,
  so they can deal with it.

144
Counseling Model

• Attempt to Serve Others
• (I will strive to prefer others better than
  myself)
• Six ways to relate with people
• 1. I am happy, you are not
• 2. You are happy, I am not
• 3. If I am not happy, you wont be either
• 4. You do what you want Ill do what I
  want
• 5. Everybody is happy
• 6. I cant be happy if you are not happy

145
Counseling Model

• Apply a Listening Ear
• (Work at good communication skills)
• Four types of Communication
• 1. Reading
• 2. Writing
• 3. Listening
• 4. Speaking
• Learning to use them well is the most important
  skill in life.

146
Counseling Model

• Apply a Listening Ear
• Two rules
• 1. It is more important to Read, than to write
• (Reading is where you learn, writing is where you
  try to "learn" others.)
• 2. It is more important to listen than to speak.
  Reflective listening pg 173
• (Listening is where you learn, speaking is where
  you attempt to learn others.)

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Counseling Model

• Agree to Work together
• (I want to work together with the members of the
  church as one body)
• One purpose (Great Commission)
• One heart (The Love of God)
• One Mind (The Word of God)
• One Experience (a Common Salvation and baptism)

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Counseling Model

• Admit You Need To Grow
• 1. Physically
• Take time to exercise, get physical activity.
• 2. Intellectually
• Read and study things that interest you. Learn
  a new skill.
• 3. Socially
• Make friends. While your best friends ought to
  be Christians, some of the most stimulating
  people you can be around are professional people.
  (Like our chief of police)
• 4. Spiritually
• Church is not something you do because you make
  a living at it. You do it TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
  Never allow yourself to get too busy to have
  devotions and spend quiet time with God!

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Negative

• CASE
• THE REPORT OF THE TEN SPIES,
• Num 1327-33
• And they told him, and said, We came unto the
  land whither thou sentest us, and surely it
  floweth with milk and honey and this is the
  fruit of it.
• Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in
  the land, and the cities are walled, and very
  great and moreover we saw the children of Anak
  there.
• The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south
  and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the
  Amorites, dwell in the mountains and the
  Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of
  Jordan.
• But the men that went up with him said, We be not
  able to go up against the people for they are
  stronger than we.
• And they brought up an evil report of the land
  which they had searched unto the children of
  Israel, saying, The land, through which we have
  gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the
  inhabitants thereof and all the people that we
  saw in it are men of a great stature.
• And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak,
  which come of the giants and we were in our own
  sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their
  sight. (KJV)

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Negative

• CASE
• THE REPORT OF THE TEN SPIES,
• No doubt about it, the land was a great land.
• However there were
• 1. GREAT WALLS,
• They had never seen walls around cities. They had
  been built for protection and to the spies they
  seemed impenetrable.