http://bible.com/59/1CO7.10
Grace Church
Wednesday Night - April 30, 2014
Pastor Rob Yandian
10. To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
He could be speaking from God (Jesus spoke in his life time), or from inspired from God
11. (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.
12. To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
13. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
We are so wanting our own way, Paul is not saying that here. To men, Paul says in another place that we are to Love our wives like God loved the Church. What does that say about our belief in God if divorce is running rampant in the church. We need to listen that he is saying to keep the marriage going.
14. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
15. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.
Every person has to put their own faith in God. This appears to say that we can bring salvation to them by staying in the marriage. What it says that the person who is saved brings holiness to the marriage. A sanctifying work is being done in that household.
Matthew 23:17, the gold in the temple is made holy by the temple.
If the unbeliever wants out, let them go. We need to live the life that we are are supposed to lead.
16. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
You can be a witness to the spouse that does not believe. God knows what is going on. We are to take that responsibility for spouses or children. Do not let others do what you are called to do
17. Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision.
18. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.
19. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
20. Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
21. Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)
22. For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.
23. You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
24. So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
Be content with your calling from God. Do not look at the other side of the fence. Be satisfied where you are.
V. 17 - assigned and called. God has given these to you. Assigned is what you are to be in your life. What your work is, what your relations ship is to be. You are the one that can do what God assigned to you. When you look at the other side is that God messed up when he assigned it to you. This is your gift that God has given you.
V. 18 - 20 You are to remain in the condition that you were when you were called. This is not the point of salvation or the call that you have to do for God in life. Gal 3:28, we are all one in Jesus. This is the assignment that God gives us that we need to seek out and understand. Be content with your call from God.
Be prepared to walk through the door of your assignment when the door opens, not the door you want to open. Trying to push the door open when it is not ready will only wear you out.
V. 21 - Do not seek to change yourself to be something else.
V. 22 - Slavery is not what we experienced in America. These were the people who kept the wheels of life going, much as jobs are today. What he is saying is to seek God first, not something else. Want a promotion, not a problem, just make sure that you are seeking God first. Embrace the assignment that God has given to you.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Vintage Faith Part 5 - The Word of the Cross
Grace Church April 20, 2104
2nd service
The Word of the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ESV
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Gospel in three words: GOD SAVES SINNERS. And that is done through the cross of Jesus Christ.
The hope of all mankind is through the cross, and everyone will face it and make a decision. Nothing else matters, just what you did with the cross of Christ. It will not fit in to a political correct will not offend anybody society. The message of the Cross is an offence, it is not a feel good message, but it is the truth of God.
Christianity if the only religion that has as its origin the humiliation of its God. Other religions have man ascending to godhood, Christianity had God descend to manhood.
You will respond to the cross in one of two ways, bow in repentance or stand in pride. God will not ask how great a person you were. He will ask what you did with the cross, bow or stand?
2nd service
The Word of the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ESV
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Gospel in three words: GOD SAVES SINNERS. And that is done through the cross of Jesus Christ.
The hope of all mankind is through the cross, and everyone will face it and make a decision. Nothing else matters, just what you did with the cross of Christ. It will not fit in to a political correct will not offend anybody society. The message of the Cross is an offence, it is not a feel good message, but it is the truth of God.
Christianity if the only religion that has as its origin the humiliation of its God. Other religions have man ascending to godhood, Christianity had God descend to manhood.
You will respond to the cross in one of two ways, bow in repentance or stand in pride. God will not ask how great a person you were. He will ask what you did with the cross, bow or stand?
Sunday, April 13, 2014
A Vintage Faith Part 4 - God's Triumph
Grace Church, Tulsa, OK April 13 2nd service
Pastor Rob Yandian
God's Triumph
Acts 1:6-11 ESV
(Notes in blue provided by pastor through You Version.
So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
God's Triumph
When Jesus left this earth, He left with a command and a promise. The command is to spread His gospel by the power of His Holy Spirit. The promise is that He is returning soon. This great hope is what we, the Church, eagerly await.
One of the things that separates us from other religions. we are expecting the return of the one that our faith returned from.
The tomb of ours is empty.
Verse 6. They ask if the kingdom will be restored. This had been promised all the way back to Adam and Eve when they sinned and God talked about seed of man crushing Satan's head. From their perspective in what they knew from what we call the Old Testament, the first coming of Jesus and His return were all together at one time.
We are not to know the time that Jesus is coming back. All we are told is soon. We need to live our lives like that soon is in our lifetime.
Verse 8. We are to receive power. Our assignment is to preach the Gospel by power of Holy Spirit. It is disobedient to focus on when, we are to focus on the assignment. We lose our witness when we mark dates and they do not happen.
Verse 9. At this point, Jesus is gone. The previous verse is His last word on this earth. We treasure people's last words. Jesus told us what to do with His last words on earth, go and be witnesses.
Verse 10 & 11. The promise from the angels is that Jesus will return.
Pastor Rob Yandian
God's Triumph
Acts 1:6-11 ESV
(Notes in blue provided by pastor through You Version.
So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
God's Triumph
When Jesus left this earth, He left with a command and a promise. The command is to spread His gospel by the power of His Holy Spirit. The promise is that He is returning soon. This great hope is what we, the Church, eagerly await.
One of the things that separates us from other religions. we are expecting the return of the one that our faith returned from.
The tomb of ours is empty.
Verse 6. They ask if the kingdom will be restored. This had been promised all the way back to Adam and Eve when they sinned and God talked about seed of man crushing Satan's head. From their perspective in what they knew from what we call the Old Testament, the first coming of Jesus and His return were all together at one time.
We are not to know the time that Jesus is coming back. All we are told is soon. We need to live our lives like that soon is in our lifetime.
Verse 8. We are to receive power. Our assignment is to preach the Gospel by power of Holy Spirit. It is disobedient to focus on when, we are to focus on the assignment. We lose our witness when we mark dates and they do not happen.
Verse 9. At this point, Jesus is gone. The previous verse is His last word on this earth. We treasure people's last words. Jesus told us what to do with His last words on earth, go and be witnesses.
Verse 10 & 11. The promise from the angels is that Jesus will return.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
A Vintage Faith pt. 3 - God-Man
Grace Church, Tulsa, OK
April 6, 2014 2nd service
Pastor Rob Yandian
God-Man
Matthew 16:13-19 ESV
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Whole thing of our faith revolves around who we say that Jesus is.
John 4:25-26 ESV
The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."
John 1:20, John the Baptist said I am not the Christ. Jesus said to several people that he was the Christ. One of the first people is the one that He said that he was the Messiah. Many people try to say Jesus never said he was the Christ but it is clear that He did.
John 6:33-35 ESV
For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
Again, clearly declaring his divinity.
John 8:12 ESV
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
The light is the spiritual light that needs to illuminate the world.
John 8:58 ESV
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."
Jesus was talking about how Abraham was happy to see His day. They question his age and him talking to Jesus, so Jesus replied.
It is clear that Jesus defined who He was. There will be one question asked, who is Jesus? And it is not a grade on the curve test, you are either right or wrong.
The central question to the entire human race: "Who is Jesus Christ?" To be a Christian is to agree with Peter: "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Heresies about who Jesus is:
1. Ebionitism: denied the divinity of Jesus
They believe that he was man but not a God.
2. Arianism: said Jesus was not eternal; He was created by God the Father
God created Jesus.
3. Docetism: Jesus was only divine, not human; He only appeared to have a physical body
To say this denies the cross as there was no body to sacrifice for our sins.
4. Pelagianism: Jesus set a good example for us to follow
Adam set bad example, Jesus set good example, we must choose which one to follow.
5. Nestorianism: completely separates the two natures of Jesus; Jesus did not suffer spiritually
Garden of Gethsemane shows that Jesus was suffering on the spiritual suffering.
6. Adoptionism: Jesus was born human, became divine when the Father adopted Him
When this ideas came about the church elders got together and established the beliefs that Christian should hold.
Church councils dealing with the nature of Jesus:
1. Council of Nicaea (AD 325): established the doctrine of the Trinity (and therefore that Jesus was fully divine)
2. Council of Chalcedon (AD 451): Established the doctrine of the hypostatic union-that Jesus was fully divine and fully human. -Chalcedonian Creed
Jesus was human and divine. His temptation was real, and his were just like mine except he had ones like everyone. Because of that He can intercede for us before the Father.
April 6, 2014 2nd service
Pastor Rob Yandian
God-Man
Matthew 16:13-19 ESV
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Whole thing of our faith revolves around who we say that Jesus is.
John 4:25-26 ESV
The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."
John 1:20, John the Baptist said I am not the Christ. Jesus said to several people that he was the Christ. One of the first people is the one that He said that he was the Messiah. Many people try to say Jesus never said he was the Christ but it is clear that He did.
John 6:33-35 ESV
For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
Again, clearly declaring his divinity.
John 8:12 ESV
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
The light is the spiritual light that needs to illuminate the world.
John 8:58 ESV
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."
Jesus was talking about how Abraham was happy to see His day. They question his age and him talking to Jesus, so Jesus replied.
It is clear that Jesus defined who He was. There will be one question asked, who is Jesus? And it is not a grade on the curve test, you are either right or wrong.
The central question to the entire human race: "Who is Jesus Christ?" To be a Christian is to agree with Peter: "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Heresies about who Jesus is:
1. Ebionitism: denied the divinity of Jesus
They believe that he was man but not a God.
2. Arianism: said Jesus was not eternal; He was created by God the Father
God created Jesus.
3. Docetism: Jesus was only divine, not human; He only appeared to have a physical body
To say this denies the cross as there was no body to sacrifice for our sins.
4. Pelagianism: Jesus set a good example for us to follow
Adam set bad example, Jesus set good example, we must choose which one to follow.
5. Nestorianism: completely separates the two natures of Jesus; Jesus did not suffer spiritually
Garden of Gethsemane shows that Jesus was suffering on the spiritual suffering.
6. Adoptionism: Jesus was born human, became divine when the Father adopted Him
When this ideas came about the church elders got together and established the beliefs that Christian should hold.
Church councils dealing with the nature of Jesus:
1. Council of Nicaea (AD 325): established the doctrine of the Trinity (and therefore that Jesus was fully divine)
2. Council of Chalcedon (AD 451): Established the doctrine of the hypostatic union-that Jesus was fully divine and fully human. -Chalcedonian Creed
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