Sermon on Biblical Standards | Insufficient Standards*
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INTRODUCTION:
A. As the bank returns a hot check stamped “insufficient funds,” so one day God will turn away our self-living standards of morality as insufficient.
1. Have you heard or used one of these phrases to justify something lately?
a. I Like
b. I Think
2. One of the reasons there is so much religious error in our day is that many use insufficient standards – standards other than God’s
B. Let us look at some of these standards that man sets forth and see why they are insufficient.
DISCUSSION:
A. I LIKE
1. Jeremiah 10:23
2. It is God’s like, and not our likes, that should direct us
B. I FEEL
1. Galatians 5:16-24
2. What feels good to us is not to be our standard for living
C. I WANT
1. Acts 8:18-24
2. Simon say something he wanted, and he allowed his “want” to be his guide – which lead to sin
D. I THINK
1. 2 Kings 5:1-15
2. How we thinks ought to be should not be our standard
E. THEY DO IT
1. 1 Samuel 8:4-8
2. What everyone else is doing is not be our standard
F. IT SEEMS RIGHT
1. Proverbs 14:12
2. It is not was seems right to us that is important, but what IS right to God
G. I AM SINCERE
1. 2 Samuel 6:6-7
2. Being sincere in what we do does not make it right – we can be sincerely wrong
H. I AM ALWAYS RIGHT
1. 2 Corinthians 13:5
2. Take nothing for granted – make sure
I. NO ONE WILL SEE ME
1. Proverbs 15:3
2. We need to remember the “all-seeing” eye of God
J. IT’S FOR A GOOD CAUSE
1. Romans 3:8
2. Situation ethics is not the proper standard
K. I DO NOT SEE WHY NOT
1. Acts 5:1-11
2. Evidently, this must have been their attitude
L. THE PREACHER SAID SO
1. Galatians 1:6-9
2. It doesn’t matter who says so, if it is not true to the bible it is not so
M. OTHERS DO WORSE THINGS
1. Matthew 7:5
2. What other people do or don’t do is not our standard for godly living
N. GOD DIDN’T SAY NOT TO
1. Leviticus 10:1-2
2. The law of exclusion
O. I’M SURE GOD WOULDN’T MIND
1. 1 Corinthians 2:10-13
2. How do we know what God doesn’t mind except as is revealed in the Bible
P. IT ISN’T AGAINST THE LAW
1. Acts 5:29
2. The law of God supercedes the laws of man
Q. IT HURTS NO ONE BUT ME
1. 1 Corinthians 8:12-13
2. Causing a brother to stumble is hurting more than yourself
R. MOST PEOPLE THINK IT IS OKAY
1. Matthew 7:13-14
2. Exodus 23:2
S. MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS DID
1. Galatians 6:5
2. We cannot rely on what anyone else has done
T. IT DOESN’T BOTHER MY CONSCIENCE
1. Proverbs 30:20
2. Our conscience is not always a safe guide
U. WE HAVE DONE IT THAT WAY FOR YEARS
1. Joshua 5:2-9
2. You may have been doing it wrong for years as did Israel in the wilderness
V. IT’S ALRIGHT IF WE DO IT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
1. Matthew 7:21-23
2. Doing something in the name of the Lord is doing it by His authority
W. GOD DOESN’T EXPECT US TO BE SO TECHNICAL
1. 1 Thessalonians 5:21
2. God has always demanded strict adherence to the word of God
*Adapted from an outline by Kippy Myers