The Gospel for Life

Jesus on Every Page – Chapter 10 – “Christ’s Precepts: Discovering Jesus in the OT Law” Three kinds of OT laws 1. Moral Law 2. Ceremonial Law 3. Civil Law Ten ways Jesus’ laws reveal Him 1. An Exhibition of His Character (89-91) 2. An Exhibition of Jesus’ Life (91-92) 3. An Example of Jesus’ Teaching (92) 4. An Examination in Jesus’ Light (92-93) 5. An Explanation of Jesus’ Death (93-95) 6. The Extent of Jesus’ Death (95) 7. The Execution of Jesus’ Judgment (95) 8. 9. An Entrance in Jesus’ Home (96-97) 10. The Exaltation of Jesus’ Glory (97-98) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Jesus on Every Page – Chapter 9 – “Christ’s Presence: Discovering Jesus in His OT Appearances” Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament Paperback https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Every-Page-Simple-Testament/dp/1400205344 For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Jesus on Every Page – Chapter 8 – “Christ’s People: Discovering Jesus in the OT Characters” Main criticism of the biological or “heroes and villains” approach to the OT Best approach is to listen carefully to the valid concerns expressed by biographical critics and modify our approach so that we can sue these spiritual biographies in a more Christ-centered way. Main aim must be to: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Jesus on Every Page – Chapter 7 – “Christ’s Planet: Discovering Jesus in the Creation” Key verse: Good to begin with considering who the opening chapters of Genesis original audience was There was a plan of redemption before there was a creation: If you want, we can go through any of the following: advance of redemption (48-49); advantages of redemption (50); apex of redemption (50-51); author of redemption (51-52); or application of redemption (52-53) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Jesus on Every Page – Chapters 1-6 Unfortunately, there is a general neglect of the OT in many churches. Several reasons: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – “Directions for Dealing with Sins” 1. Always address your sin in the context of the gospel 2. We must learn to rely on the enabling power of the Holy Spirit 3. While depending on the Holy Spirit, we must at the same time recognize our responsibility to diligently pursue all practical steps for dealing with our sins 4. We must identify specific areas of acceptable sins 5. We should bring to bear specific applicable Scriptures to each of our subtle sins 6. We should cultivate the practice of prayer over the sins we tolerate 7. We should involve one or more other believers with us in our struggles against our subtle sins Summary 1. Apply the gospel 2. Depend on the Holy Spirit 3. Recognize your responsibility 4. Identify specific respectable sins 5. Memorize and apply appropriate Scriptures 6. Cultivate the practice of prayer 7. Involve one or a few other believers with you ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

▪ Respectable Sins – “Unthankfulness” Though each of us acknowledge that everything we have and are comes from God (i.e., Dt. 8:11-18), we often fail to stop and give God thanks. ▪ Easy to take things for granted ▪ Easy to be ungrateful ▪ Easy to forget how serious of a sin failing to be thankful is to God – Romans 1:18-32 (esp. vs.21) Some helpful verses on thankfulness ▪ Ephesians 5:20 ▪ 1 Thessalonians 5:18 [we can do so by faith in the promise of Romans 8:28] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 18 – “Envy, Jealousy, and Related Sins” Sins covered and defined: There are two conditions that tempt us to envy: We envy those we most identify with, and we envy in them the areas we value most Jealousy Competitiveness Controlling ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 16 – “The Weeds of Anger” Most anger is a sin We are not going to address anger today as the by-products of anger Noxious weeks that spring up from unresolved anger: How to deal with our anger so that it doesn’t result in these weeds: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 13 – “Lack of Self-Control” Proverbs 25:28 – A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Self-control – the governance or prudent control of one’s desires, cravings, impulses, emotions, and passions Four areas of application [a tendency to indulge our desires so that they control us, instead of our controlling our desires] For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 12 – “Selfishness” Jerry Bridges writes that “we can be very learned in our theology or very upright in our morality and yet fail to display the gracious qualities of Christian character that Paul called the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) Remember, we are all born with a selfish nature Four areas Bridges addresses ~ A good test of selfishness in our interests would be to reflect on the conversation after you have been with someone and ask yourself how much time you spent talking about your interests compared to listening to the other person ~ Thoughtfulness – symptom of self-centeredness ~ All of us have a fixed amount of it ~ Can be selfish with hoarding and protecting our own or imposing and asking of the time of others ~ Galatians 6:2 ~ Romans 12:15; 1 John 3:17 ~ Feelings of others, needs of others Need to look to the example of Jesus (Philippians 2) For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 11 – “Pride Pt 2 ” Jerry Bridges addresses the sin of pride, but not pride in general, but certain expression of pride that are special temptations to believers: · Pride of moral self-righteousness, correct doctrine, achievement, and independent spirit Pride of Moral Self-righteousness · Luke 18:11 – Pharisee and tax collector · Feeling of moral superiority with respect to others · Can manifest in church, politics, economics, environmental policies, etc. · Some seem to get a perverse enjoyment out of discussing how awful society around us is becoming · Remember why Jesus told the parable above – Luke 18:9 · Remedy: We need humility (“there but for the grace of God go I”) We need to identify ourselves before God with the sinful society we live in [Ezra 9:6] Pride of Correct Doctrine Assumption that whatever my doctrinal beliefs are, they are correct, and anyone who hold another belief is theologically inferior Of course we are to have convictions about the teaching of Scripture; of course doctrine and theology and teaching matters; but, we are to hold our convictions in humility, realizing that man godly and theologically capable people hold other convictions Pride of Achievement · Scriptures teach there is generally a cause-and-effect relationship between hard work &; success [Proverbs 13:4, 2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Corinthians 9:26-27, Philippians 3:12-14) · But ultimately success in any endeavor is under the sovereign control of God (1 Samuel 2:7 · Deuteronomy 8:17-18; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Luke 17:10; Psalm 75:6-7 · Remember, all is of grace – I deserve nothing, including recognition An Independent Spirit · Manifests usually in a resistance to authority and an unteachable attitude +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 11 – “Pride” Jerry Bridges addresses the sin of pride, but not pride in general, but certain expression of pride that are special temptations to believers: Pride of Moral Self-righteousness We need humility (“there but for the grace of God go I”) We need to identify ourselves before God with the sinful society we live in [Ezra 9:6] Pride of Correct Doctrine Assumption that whatever my doctrinal beliefs are, they are correct, and anyone who hold another belief is theologically inferior Of course we are to have convictions about the teaching of Scripture; of course doctrine and theology and teaching matters; but, we are to hold our convictions in humility, realizing that man godly and theologically capable people hold other convictions Pride of Achievement +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Respectable Sins – Chapter 9 – “Discontentment” Based on Kevin DeYoung’s Just Do Something Jerry Bridges begins the chapter with these words: “Anxiety is a fearful uncertainty over the future, whether short-term or long-term. Frustration is usually the result of some immediate event that has blocked my plans or desires. Discontentment most often arises from ongoing and unchanging circumstances that we can do nothing about.” Disclaimer: some discontentment is legitimate We will be addressing sinful discontentment – in Scripture, warnings about discontentment usually concern money and possessions What is the danger of discontentment to our souls and daily lives? Psalm 139:16 – “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Firm belief and trust in the sovereignty, wisdom, and goodness of God in all the circumstances of our lives For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

Based on Kevin DeYoung’s: Just Do Something Respectable Sins – Chapter 8 – “Anxiety and Frustration” We will be spending a little time on some sins that Jerry Bridges refers to as “Respectable Sins.” These tend to be those sins in our lives that we accept or excuse. Today we will be looking at anxiety and frustration. ▪ The opposite of trust in God is lack of trust which usually manifests itself in anxiety, worry, or frustration. Anxiety & Worry ▪ Prominent passages: ~ Matthew 6:25-34 ▪ Word “worry” or “anxious” in the text we tend to use only in a negative sense. ▪ Not always the case [1 Cor. 7:32; Phil:2:20] ~ 1 Corinthians 12:25 – so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other ~ 2 Corinthians 11:28 – Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches ▪ You see Scripture talks of two kinds of worry or concern. ~ There is a godly, circumspect and moderate concern that is appropriate for a believer; while there is a distrustful, inordinate, and overwhelming concern that is not only inappropriate for a believer, but also sinful. ~ Philippians 4:6 & 1 Peter 5:7 ▪ What is at the bottom of anxiety? What are we truly saying when we are anxious? ~ Distrust ~ Lack of acceptance of God’s providence in our lives ~ Bridges – “Unwillingness to submit to and cheerfully accept God’s agenda for me.” ~ John Newton – “How happy are they who can resign all to him, see his hand in every dispensation, and believe that he chooses better for them than they possibly could for themselves.” ▪ Pray that God would give us a spirit to submit to His providential will when it is contrary to my own plans ▪ Difference between worry and anxiety: ~ Worry is associated with more long-term difficult or painful circumstances for which there appears to be no resolution. ▪ We are to rest in the promises of God and the ministry of the Holy Spirit Frustration When we struggle with God’s providential care, sometimes this results in our being upset or even angry at whatever or whoever is blocking our plans ▪ Failure to recognize the invisible hand of God behind whatever is triggering my frustration ▪ When my printer doesn’t print (offline) or drivers are struggling with the simple rules of driving, I tend not to think about God in the situation but focus entirely on the immediate cause of my frustration ▪ Psalm 139:16 – “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” ▪ Bring to bear specific Scripture and dependence on the Holy Spirit ▪ Pray that God would help us see what He might be seeking to teach us through these events/circumstances ~ ways in which He is growing our faith For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526 E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.com Podcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/