Aflame Com Church Inc Sunday Sermon – 20 February 2005
Theme : GODLY WISDOM - DILIGENCE
Min ister : Jimmy Goh
PREVIOUS SERMON BRIEF :
DIFFERENCE between GODLY WISDOM & UNGODLY WISDOM - causes DESTRUCTION
James 3: 15 - 16
This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly , sensual , demonic .
For where envy and self-seeking (ambition) exists, confusion (disorder) and
every evil thing (practice) are there.
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NATURAL UNGODLY WISDOM – SOURCE not from the HEAVENLY THRONE of GOD.
1. NATURAL EARTHLY WISDOM
SOURCE – Worldly PRINCIPLES, CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS, Human EXPERIENCES.
2. NATURAL SENSUAL WISDOM
SOURCE – SENSUALITY PRINCIPLES, ‘WHAT- U SEE, WHAT - U GET’,
TRUST in SELF SENSES vs GOD.
3. NATURAL DEMONIC WISDOM
SOURCE – OCCULT PRACTICES – Horoscope, Fortune-telling, New Age Religion.
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DIVINE GODLY WISDOM
James 3: 17 – 18
But the WISDOM that is from ABOVE is first PURE , then PEACEFUL , GENTLE ,
willing to YIELD , FULL of MERCY and GOOD FRUITS , WITHOUT PARTIAILTY
and WITHOUT HYPROCRISY . Now the FRUIT of RIGHTEOUSNESS is sown in
PEACE by those who MAKE PEACE .
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ALWAYS TEST the SOURCE – the “spirit” of the SOURCE.
1 John 4: 1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but TEST the spirits,
whether they are of GOD; because many false prophets
have gone out into the world.
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HOW to BEGIN DRAWING from the SOURCE of GODLY WISDOM ?
Proverbs 1: 7
The FEAR of the LORD is the beginning of KNOWLEDGE ,
But fools despise WISDOM and INSTRUCTION .
Proverbs 3: 7
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
FEAR the LORD and depart from evil.
It will be health to your flesh,
And strength to your bones.
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The MOST POWERFUL PRAYER for A CHURCH BODY
READ
Colossians 1: 9 – 12
ALL our PURPOSE in LIFE & our DESTINY in CHRIST will be FULFILLED by
this PRAYER that ALL of us be FILLED with the KNOWLEDGE of HIS WILL in
ALL WISDOM & SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING.
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OUR PRAYER must be ASKING & MEDITATING on WHAT BRINGS
ALL WISDOM & SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING from GOD, not ‘THINGS’.
Philippians 4: 8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are TRUE , whatever things are NOBLE,
whatever things are JUST, whatever things are PURE , whatever things are LOVELY ,
whatever things are of GOOD REPORT , if there is any, VIRTUE and if there is
anything PRAISEWORTHY - MEDITATE on these THINGS.
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WHEN we SEEK & MEDITATE on the RIGHT ‘THINGS’ -
THEN GOD RECIPROCATE by STRENGTHENING us SPIRITUAL MAN to
RECEIVE the RIGHT ‘THINGS’, as we are FILLED with the FULLNESS of GOD.
READ
Ephesians 3: 14 – 18
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Ephesians 3: 19 – 21
To know the LOVE of CHRIST which passes knowledge; that you may be
FILLED with the FULLNESS of GOD.
Now to HIM who is ABLE to DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY above all that
we ask or think, according to the POWER that WORKS in us
to HIM be GLORY in the church by CHRIST JESUS to all generations ,
forever and ever. Amen.
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Ephesians 1: 19
And what is the EXCEEDING GREATNESS of HIS POWER toward us
who believe according to the WORKING of HIS MIGHTY POWER .
GOD is EMPOWERING our INNER SPIRITUAL MAN to BE GREAT INSIDE us .
So WE`can DO GREAT THINGS OUTSIDE our INNER SPIRITUAL MAN .
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GOD’s POWER is WORKING ; so we MUST RECIPROCATE to REMOVE HINDERANCES
1. REMOVE SLACKNESS
Proverbs 10: 4
He who has a slack hand becomes poor,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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2. REMOVE LAZINESS & IDLENESS
Proverbs 10: 5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son;
He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 19: 15
LAZINESS casts one into a deep sleep,
And an IDLE PERSON will suffer hunger.
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READ
Proverbs 24: 30 – 34
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LAZINESS - BEING SLUGGISH, SLOTHFULNESS, SLACKNESS.
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LAZINESS is a SPIRITUAL PROBLEM to be REMOVED.
IF not it becomes HABITUAL & CREATE ‘ IN NER ATTITUDE ’ HINDERANCE to be GREAT.
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READ
Proverbs 26: 13 – 16
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~ REMOVE PROCRASTINATION – EXCUSES, SLACKNESS to ‘CARRY OUT’.
Proverbs 20: 4
The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22: 13
The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside !
I shall be slain in the streets !”
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~ REMOVE ‘IDLENESS’
Proverbs 26: 14
As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
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~ REMOVE ‘HASTY’ DESIRES
Proverbs 19: 24 (26: 15)
A lazy man `buries his hand in the bowl,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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Proverbs 21: 25 – 26a
The desire of the lazy man kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor.
He covets greedily all day long.
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~ REMOVE ‘SIMPLENESS’
Proverbs 1: 4
(WISDOM & INSTRUCTION) to give PRUDENCE to the SIMPLE .
Proverbs 14: 15, 18
The SIMPLE believes every word,
But the PRUDENT considers well his steps.
The SIMPLE inherit folly,
But the PRUDENT are crowned with knowledge.
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Proverbs 26: 16
The LAZY MAN is wiser is his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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~ REMOVE PASSIVITY
Proverbs 24: 33
A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of arms to rest.
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BUILD the POWERFUL ‘SPIRIT’ of DILIGENCE & FAITHFULNESS
The STRENGTH of ‘DILIGENCE’ in our INNER SPIRITUAL MAN.
Proverbs 21: 5
The plans of the DILIGENT lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
Proverbs 12: 24;
The hand of the DILIGENT will rule,
But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.
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DILIGENCE must be PRACTISED & TRAINNED in our SPIRITUAL MAN.
1. ATTITUDE to ACCOMPLISH & COMPLETE every WORK or VISION.
Proverbs 12: 27
The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting,
But DILIGENCE is a man’s PRECIOUS POSSESSION .
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2. ATTITUDE to KNOW SELF CONDITION & STEWARDSHIP of ALL ENTRUSTED.
Proverbs 27: 23
Be DILIGENT to know the state of your flocks,
And ATTEND to your herds.
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3. ATTITUDE to be CONTENTED but not COMPLACENT.
Proverbs 13: 4
The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the DILIGENT shall be made RICH .
1 Timothy 6: 6
Now GODLINESS with CONTENTMENT is GREAT GAIN .
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Proverbs 23: 4 – 5
Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, CEASE !
Will you set your eyes on that which is not ?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
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Proverbs 27: 24
For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
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4. ATTITUDE of FAITHFULNESS
Proverbs
A FAITHFUL MAN will abound with blessings,
But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
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5. ATTITUDE of GENEROSITY
Proverbs 11: 24 – 25
There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
The GENEROUS SOUL will be made RICH ,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.
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