The 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 Thessalonia...

Respectable Sins – Chapter 18 – “Envy, Jealousy, and Related Sins”
Sins covered and defined:

•  Envy is the painful and oftentimes resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by someone else
• Jealousy is the intolerance of rivalry
•  Competitiveness – an expression of selfishness; to win at someone else’s expense [not a virtue]
•  Controlling – seeking to control others to our advantage or to get what we want

There are two conditi...

Respectable Sins – Chapter 16 – “The Weeds of Anger”
Most anger is a sin

• Ephesians 4:26

We are not going to address anger today as the by-products of anger

•  Ephesians 4:31 – Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
•  Colossians 3:8 – But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
•  2 Corinthians 12:20 – ...

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 is one of the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
•  Other verses: 2 Timothy 3:3, Titus 2:2, 5, 6, 11-12; 1 Peter 1:13, 4:7, 5:8

Self-control – the governance or prudent control of one’s desires, cravings, impulses, emotions, and passions

•  Biblical self-co...

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

• Not a learned attribute
•  Easy to see in others; hard to identify in ourselves
• Different degrees and...

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...

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, 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 c...

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 ab...

 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, worr...

Wise Parenting
“A Proverbs-Driven Life accepts the calling to raise children as a task delegated and directed by God.” “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.” Proverbs 22:15, ESV
“I used to be an expert on raising and disciplining children. I possessed deep, biblical insights into all the rich dynamics and subtle intricacies of parent-child interactions. I saw clearly h...

The wise choice in a spouse
“A Proverbs-Driven Life embraces marriage as the most significant of relationships and guards it jealously.”
“For whoever finds me (wisdom) finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,”Proverbs 8:35, ESV
“Without going into an elaborate commentary on this passage, let me just note that Proverbs 31 is not a universal checklist or standard for godliness in women, something you either attain to o...

How to be a Wise Friend
“A Proverbs-Driven Life knows that friendship is intended to be redemptive.”
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24, ESV

Sam and Frodo
“Here, as the two Hobbits are leaving the Shire on their grim mission to destroy the ring, Frodo says:“ It is going to be very dangerous, Sam. It is already dangerous. Most likel...

Wisdom with Wealth:
“A Proverbs-Driven Life understands the place and purpose of material wealth.”
“Proverbs counsels us to remember that money isn’t everything. In fact, money is a poor source of happiness, a rich source of temptation and, in the final analysis, completely worthless.”
“Wealth is a Poor Source of Happiness”
“Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from h...

Finding Joy in work: Consider the Ant and imitating our God who works
“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.” Proverbs 6:6–8, ESV
“Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers,
but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lor...

"God's pattern of creation consisted of work followed by rest."

"Generally, people become workaholics because they covet something-they are so greedy for this something that they have made it into an idol that they worship by consistently giving it more attention than it deserves"

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“Go to the ant, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
Without having any chief,
officer, or ruler,
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed ...

Summation of the Book:
Proverbs 1:7 ESV

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Speaking Wisdom: A Proverbs driven Life Chapter 2
The Marks of Wise Words

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.” Proverbs 25:11, ESV
Chapter opens with a summarized account of Israel’s fateful encounter with the Gibeonites.
“we are reminded just how easy—and how harmful—it can be to speak foolishly. Unwise words are no rare event,
being, unfortunately, very common among Christi...

Jesus is Wisdom. 1 Corinthians 1:30
Jesus lived Wisdom. (Luke 2:41-50)
Jesus is the way of Wisdom. 1 Corinthians 2:6-8
Jesus supplies Wisdom. Luke 21:15, Ephesians 1:17, James 1:5.

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...