Let Us Be Like the Nations Around Us

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Let Us Be Like the Nations Around Us

• 1 Samuel 8

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Gods Providence over Israel
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Gods Providence over Israel

• Sent the 10 plagues to free them from Egyptian
  bondage (Exodus 7-12)

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Gods Providence over Israel

• Sent the 10 plagues to free them from Egyptian
  bondage (Exodus 7-12)
• Parted the Red Sea to save the Israelites and
  destroy the Egyptians (Exodus 14)

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Gods Providence over Israel

• Sent the 10 plagues to free them from Egyptian
  bondage (Exodus 7-12)
• Parted the Red Sea to save the Israelites and
  destroy the Egyptians (Exodus 14)
• Allowed their conquest of the Land of Canaan
  (Books of Joshua, Judges)

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Gods Providence over Israel

• Sent the 10 plagues to free them from Egyptian
  bondage (Exodus 7-12)
• Parted the Red Sea to save the Israelites and
  destroy the Egyptians (Exodus 14)
• Allowed their conquest of the Land of Canaan
  (Books of Joshua, Judges)
• Even the Canaanites knew who led the Israelites
  (Joshua 29-11)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)
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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)
• Take the best of your fields, your vineyards (vs.
  14)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)
• Take the best of your fields, your vineyards (vs.
  14)
• He will take a tenth of all that you have (vs.
  15,17)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)
• Take the best of your fields, your vineyards (vs.
  14)
• He will take a tenth of all that you have (vs.
  15,17)
• He will take your servants for his work (vs. 16)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)
• Take the best of your fields, your vineyards (vs.
  14)
• He will take a tenth of all that you have (vs.
  15,17)
• He will take your servants for his work (vs. 16)
• You may become his servants (vs. 17)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)
• Take the best of your fields, your vineyards (vs.
  14)
• He will take a tenth of all that you have (vs.
  15,17)
• He will take your servants for his work (vs. 16)
• You may become his servants (vs. 17)
• You will cry out because of your king (vs. 18)

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Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 8)

• God warns them about the actions of a king
• Take your children to work for him (vs. 11-13)
• Take the best of your fields, your vineyards (vs.
  14)
• He will take a tenth of all that you have (vs.
  15,17)
• He will take your servants for his work (vs. 16)
• You may become his servants (vs. 17)
• You will cry out because of your king (vs. 18)
• No, but we will have a king over us, that we
  also may be like all the nations (1 Samuel
  819-20)

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2 Timothy 222

• Flee also youthful lusts but pursue
  righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who
  call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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2 Timothy 222

• Flee also youthful lusts but pursue
  righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who
  call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Flee to seek safety in flight, to avoid

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2 Timothy 222

• Flee also youthful lusts but pursue
  righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who
  call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Flee to seek safety in flight, to avoid
• Same Greek word used in 1 Corinthians 618
  Flee sexual immorality

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2 Timothy 222

• Flee also youthful lusts but pursue
  righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who
  call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Flee to seek safety in flight, to avoid
• Same Greek word used in 1 Corinthians 618
  Flee sexual immorality
• Joseph with Potiphars wife (Genesis 3912)

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2 Timothy 222

• Flee also youthful lusts but pursue
  righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who
  call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Flee to seek safety in flight, to avoid
• Same Greek word used in 1 Corinthians 618
  Flee sexual immorality
• Joseph with Potiphars wife (Genesis 3912)
• We are to run away from sinful lusts

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Romans 129

• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is
  evil, cling to what is good.

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Romans 129

• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is
  evil, cling to what is good.
• Abhor to detest utterly

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Romans 129

• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is
  evil, cling to what is good.
• Abhor to detest utterly
• The idea is that the ill will toward, dislike
  of, and horror of evil is so intense as to cause
  one to shrink back from it. (Hamilton)

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Romans 129

• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is
  evil, cling to what is good.
• Abhor to detest utterly
• The idea is that the ill will toward, dislike
  of, and horror of evil is so intense as to cause
  one to shrink back from it. (Hamilton)
• We are to detest all evil to the point that it
  causes us to shrink back away from it

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1 Thessalonians 522

• Abstain from every form of evil.

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1 Thessalonians 522

• Abstain from every form of evil.
• Abstain to hold oneself back

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1 Thessalonians 522

• Abstain from every form of evil.
• Abstain to hold oneself back
• Same Greek word again used in regard to sexual
  immorality in 1 Thessalonians 43 abstain from
  sexual immorality

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1 Thessalonians 522

• Abstain from every form of evil.
• Abstain to hold oneself back
• Same Greek word again used in regard to sexual
  immorality in 1 Thessalonians 43 abstain from
  sexual immorality
• Form appearance, fashion, shape, sight

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1 Thessalonians 522

• Abstain from every form of evil.
• Abstain to hold oneself back
• Same Greek word again used in regard to sexual
  immorality in 1 Thessalonians 43 abstain from
  sexual immorality
• Form appearance, fashion, shape, sight
• We are to hold ourselves back from every
  appearance of evil

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2 Corinthians 614-71

• (vs. 17) Come out from among them and be
  separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is
  unclean, And I will receive you.

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2 Corinthians 614-71

• (vs. 17) Come out from among them and be
  separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is
  unclean, And I will receive you.
• We are to have no part, no accord, no fellowship
  with lawlessness, inasmuch as the Israelites were
  to not touch what was unclean.

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2 Corinthians 614-71

• (vs. 17) Come out from among them and be
  separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is
  unclean, And I will receive you.
• We are to have no part, no accord, no fellowship
  with lawlessness, inasmuch as the Israelites were
  to not touch what was unclean.
• We are to have no part with evil, and our
  reward is to be called sons and
  daughters of God

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The World and Our Adornment
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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• (1 Timothy 29-10) in like manner also, that the
  women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with
  propriety and moderation, not with braided hair
  or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which
  is proper for women professing godliness, with
  good works.

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• Adam Eve (Genesis 321) tunics from
  shoulder to knee

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• Adam Eve (Genesis 321) tunics from
  shoulder to knee
• Levite Priests (Exodus 2842-43) cover the
  thighs, so as not to incur iniquity and die

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• Adam Eve (Genesis 321) tunics from
  shoulder to knee
• Levite Priests (Exodus 2842-43) cover the
  thighs, so as not to incur iniquity and die
• Warning to the Israelites (Isaiah 472-3)
  uncover the thigh, expose nakedness

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin
• (Genesis 3815) Tamar adorned herself as a
  harlot, enticed Judah to commit fornication

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin
• (Genesis 3815) Tamar adorned herself as a
  harlot, enticed Judah to commit fornication
• (2 Samuel 112) Bathshebas nakedness in an area
  visible to David let to lust, fornication,
  deceit, and murder

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin
• (Genesis 3815) Tamar adorned herself as a
  harlot, enticed Judah to commit fornication
• (2 Samuel 112) Bathshebas nakedness in an area
  visible to David let to lust, fornication,
  deceit, and murder
• (Proverbs 710) Young man enticed into
  fornication by the woman with the attire of a
  harlot

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin
• (Genesis 3815) Tamar adorned herself as a
  harlot, enticed Judah to commit fornication
• (2 Samuel 112) Bathshebas nakedness in an area
  visible to David let to lust, fornication,
  deceit, and murder
• (Proverbs 710) Young man enticed into
  fornication by the woman with the attire of a
  harlot
• (Matthew 528-29) This temptation to look and
  lust after another is greatly magnified by
  immodest dress

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin
• No, but we will dress immodestly, that we may be
  like the nations around us.

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The World and Our Adornment

• God commands that we adorn ourselves modestly
• God has always set standards on modesty and
  nakedness
• God teaches that immodesty causes others to sin
• No, but we will dress to the limits of Gods
  regulations, that we may try to be like the
  nations around us.

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The World and Our Entertainment
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The World and Our Entertainment

• (Ephesians 429-55) A Christian is commanded to
  have nothing to do with these sins

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The World and Our Entertainment

• (Ephesians 429-55) A Christian is commanded to
  have nothing to do with these sins
• Corrupt speech (429)
• Evil speech (431)
• Coarse jesting (54)
• Wrath, anger, malice (431)
• Fornication (53)
• All uncleanness (53)
• Filthiness (54)

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The World and Our Entertainment

• (Ephesians 429-55) A Christian is commanded to
  have nothing to do with these sins.
• (Genesis 66-12) God views the violence of men
  with great sorrow.

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The World and Our Entertainment

• (Ephesians 429-55) A Christian is commanded to
  have nothing to do with these sins.
• (Genesis 66-12) God views the violence of men
  with great sorrow.
• No, but we will enjoy the entertainment of the
  world, that we may be like the nations around us.

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The World and Our Entertainment

• (Ephesians 429-55) A Christian is commanded to
  have nothing to do with these sins.
• (Genesis 66-12) God views the violence of men
  with great sorrow.
• (Psalm 1013-4) I will set nothing wicked before
  my eyesI will not know wickedness.

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Let Us Be Like the Nations Around Us

• 1 Samuel 8