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from - Romans 8:38-39
Hymn #1
Hymn #2
Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word
Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.
1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND
If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:
John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV
Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.
John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV
Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:
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To participate in today’s “Lord’s Supper” service, prepare a little piece of bread (preferably unleavened— e.g., flat bread or pita bread) and some Welch’s grape juice or red wine [about a teaspoon full] eat and drink when instructed to do so in the service. You may consider getting some unleavened bread wafers from your local Christian book store or from the Internet for future communion services.
Sermon
NOTES
Unlike the bible study, these notes are not just for reading without watching the video. These notes are more designed to follow along during the sermon and to bring up the “hover pop-up scripture references;” if just hover doesn’t work, do a “control-left-click,” if that doesn’t work then look them up in your Bible) when the Pastor asks everyone to turn to that passage in their bibles.
Internet Church Service – September 25, 2022; A Defense Mechanism that likes to blame others for things going wrong.
We begin with our fourteenth “Defense Mechanism” this morning which is (14) Devaluation which is a
Defense Mechanism where the person attributes exaggerated negative qualities to self and others. This type of person is always putting self and or others down and is otherwise known as a pessimist. Job’s wife was a pessimist and she looks at things in their lives as being half-empty rather than half-full.
However, in Job’s case, he was an optimist and therefore no matter what life brings, the optimist sees that every negative thing has positive aspects. For example, failure is not falling down, you fail when you don't get back up.
The pessimist needs to learn that failure can be the first step to success. And that falling down does not signify failure but staying there does.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The pessimist sees that negative thinking produces negative thoughts that express negative words.
However, the optimist sees that positive thinking will produce positive thoughts which is usually positive words of edification that we all need to hear every now and then.
Eph 4:29, Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.
There are many believers who are involved with pessimism, which is the tendency to take the most unfavorable view of situations, or to expect the worst outcome in any circumstances. These are not the kind of people you want in your presence; you want those who are positive and say positive things rather than focus in on the negative.
Optimists generally approach life with a positive outlook, while pessimists tend to expect the worst.
They did not realize that Job was an optimists who goes into new situations with high expectations, while pessimists keep low expectations to prepare for negative outcomes. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
Because a person who sees nothing beautiful in the work of God is not worth our difficulty and every opportunity, especially if they are pessimist. I hope, in the spirit of the optimist to be whom every difficulty is an opportunity, and not as the pessimist, to whom every opportunity presents some difficulty.
This is a time when we need faith, faith of a very definite and positive nature, the faith that will lead us to optimism and contribute to the believer becoming a part of the pivot.
“When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist -- It’s all a matter of perspective.”
Fear and pessimism paralyze men with skepticism and futility. One must have a sense of humor to be an optimist in times like these. The optimist has won half the battle, the most important half that applies to himself, when he begins his approach to a subject with the proper mental attitude. Optimistic thoughts will make your day bright and productive, while pessimistic thinking will make it dull and wasteful.
Face each day cheerfully and courageously, and it will naturally follow that your work will be a real pleasure and progress will be a delightful accomplishment.
PSD #4, Grace orientation, PSD #8, Impersonal love for all mankind would solve this problem.
(15) Displacement is a defense mechanism which attaches to a neutral object mental consents which were originally attached to someone or something else.
This is when a person starts falling in love with their boat or their car or their animals because they were hurt by someone else or because they want to fulfill a certain need they once had!
PSD #5, Doctrinal orientation, PSD #6, A personal sense of destiny, would solve this problem.
(16) Hypochondria is a defense mechanism where the person becomes preoccupied with physical symptoms disproportionate to any actual physical disturbance.
The pain can even be very real to these people.
PSD #5, Doctrinal orientation, PSD #6, A personal sense of destiny, PSD #7, Personal love for God the Father, PSD #10, Occupation with Christ as the priority solution to life would solve this problem.
(17) Direct attack is a defense mechanism in which anger is used as a solution to the problems and frustrations of life.
Hymn #3
The following link is to a good-news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about of their eternal future.
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