Jesus died to reconcile us to God. (2 Cor. 5:17-20) Our mutual relationship with God creates a relationship with one another. (1 John 1:3-7) Our special relationship involves responsibilities to one another. (Gal. 6: 10; Eph. 4:16; Rom. 12:4-6) Fulfilling our one another obligations is indispensable to our relationship with God. (1 John 3:23-24) 07/04/22 1
Individually Members of One Another. Jesus died to reconcile us to God. (2 Cor. 5:17-20) Our mutual relationship with God creates a relationship with one another. (1 John 1:3-7) Our special relationship involves responsibilities to one another. (Gal. 6: 10; Eph. 4:16; Rom. 12:4-6) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Jesus died to reconcile us to God. (2 Cor. 5:17-20)
Our mutual relationship with God creates a relationship with one another. (1 John 1:3-7)
Our special relationship involves responsibilities to one another. (Gal. 6: 10; Eph. 4:16; Rom. 12:4-6)
Fulfilling our one another obligations is indispensable to our relationship with God. (1 John 3:23-24)
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A Study of the Negative One Another Obligations
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Gal. 5:26— Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. (NASB)
Gal. 5:26-- Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (NKJV)
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BDAG: “pert. to having exaggerated self-conceptions, conceited, boastful….” (539)
One who talks big, is boastful, vain glorious.
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BDAG: “to call out to someone to come forward, freq. in a hostile sense provoke, challenge τινά someone Gal 5:26….” (871)
Mike Willis: “to call forth; in the middle to call forth to one’s self, especially to challenge to combat or contest with one;…”
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BDAG: “envy, be jealous τινί (of) someone….—φθ. τινι can also mean dislike someone, be resentful toward someone without the connotation of jealousy or a grudge….” (1054)
Vine: “phthonos [noun form, ksk], ‘envy,’is the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others….” (#5355, 2:204)
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God hates pride (Prov. 6:16-19; 16:5) Pride goes before the destruction (Prov.
16:18) Pride is sin (Prov. 21:4) God will give grace to the humble (James 4:6)
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The only thing we should challenge for is the faith. (Jude 3)
Even when a brother sins we are to restore in a spirit of gentleness (Gal. 6:1-2)
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Envy is the antithesis of love. (1 Cor. 13:4) One who acts according to envy is not
exercising wisdom from above. (James 3:14-15)
Note: Gal. 5:26; Conceit is the underlying cause of provoking and envying others. This means that our conduct of others is often determined by our opinion of self.
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Col. 3:9-10-- Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, 10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—
“Truth is often inconvenient, untidy or embarrassing, and we are constantly tempted to bend it into a less awkward shape.”
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We have put off the old man and put on the new. (Col. 3:9-10)
One cannot be in the image of God and lie: God is the “God of truth” (Isa. 65:16)Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life” (Jn.
14:6)The Holy Spirit is the “Spirit of truth” (Jn.
14:17; 15:26; 16:13)God’s word is “truth” (Jn. 17:17; cf. Col. 1:5-6)Instead lying is of the devil Jn. 8:44God hates lying Psa. 5:6; Pr. 6:16-19; 12:22
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We must believe and understand all lying is wrong. (Ref. Acts 5:1-11) In our society a lie is acceptable to many if:
If spares one’s feelings If it keeps us from an inconvenience If no one gets hurt If it keeps one from getting hurt
We must know what constitutes lying Warren Wiersbe: “A lie is any misrepresentation of
the truth, even if the words are accurate. The tone of voice, the look on the face, or a gesture of the hand can alter the meaning of a sentence. So can the motive of the heart. If my watch is wrong and I give a friend the wrong time, that is not a lie. Lying involves the intent to deceive for the purpose of personal gain. An old proverb says, ‘Half a fact is a whole lie.’”
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A falsehood (Gen. 3:2-5) A half truth (Gen. 12:11-19; 20:2-12) ExaggerationMisrepresentation (Prov. 20:14) EquivocationA statement out of context (Mk. 14:57-58; Jn. 2:18-
James 4:11-12-- Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
D. W. Burdick: “The grammatical construction used here (mē with the present imperative) usually forbids the continuation of a practice already in progress.” (“James,” EBC, 196)
James teaches to engage in such behavior is to disregard the royal
law and therefore set one self above the law passing judgment on the
law. (Jas. 4:11)
James 5:9--Do not 1complain, bbrethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, cthe Judge is standing 2dright at the 3door.
BDAG: “1. to express oneself involuntarily in the face of an undesirable circumstance, sigh, groan…. 2. to express discontent, complain, fig. ext. of 1: στ. κατά τινος groan against, complain of someone Js 5:9….” (942)
Vine: “‘to groan’ (of an inward, unexpressed feeling of sorrow), is translated ‘with grief’ in Heb. 13:17 (marg. ‘groaning’). It is rendered ‘sighed’ in Mark 7:34; ‘groan,’ in Rom. 8:23; 2 Cor. 5:2, 4; ‘murmur,’ in Jas. 5:9, RV (KJV, ‘grudge’).” (#4727, 2:282)
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This is a sin that kept the children of Israel out of the Promised Land. (1 Cor. 10:10; Ref. 1 Cor. 10:11)
Things we tend to grumble about:DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCESWHEN WE DON’T AGREE WITH DECISIONS
MADE IN THE LOCAL CHURCHWHEN WE DID NOT GET OUR WAYWHEN WE’VE HAD A BAD DAYWHEN CHURCH DISCIPLINE IS PRACTICED
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Don’t Judge. (Rom. 14:3-4, 10, 13)Don’t Go To Law. (1 Cor. 6:1-8)Don’t Provoke And Envy. (Gal. 5:26)Don’t Lie. (Col. 3:9-10)Don’t Speak Against. (Jas. 4:11-12)Don’t Grumble Against. (Jas. 5:9)