Thoughts on Discipling Part 3 Doctrine Part I

D2 Incommunicable These are those only God has.

E1 Eternality

F1 Defined: having no beginning and no ending. God was never created, nor can never die. There is only one being with this attribute—Yahweh.

F2 Verses (also see here or here scroll down)

G1 Genesis 21:33 LEB And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, the everlasting God.

G2 Isaiah 40:28 BSB Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will never grow faint or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

G3 1 Timothy 1:17 BSB Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

F3 Thoughts

G1 If God is eternal, then His promises are intact. They will happen.

G2 If God is eternal, then life itself is dependent on God.

G3 If God is eternal, then He was THE God always and only. If there were any other god, which one would be sovereign?

G4 If God is eternal, then what He says is also true for eternity.

G5 If God is eternal, then He is omniscient. Otherwise, He could not know and understand everything.

G6 If God is eternal, then He is the Eternal Now, that is seeing past, present, and future as present. He is greater than time. He understands time since He is the creator and created time.

G7 If God is eternal, then His other attributes are also eternal.

G8 If God is eternal, then there is no other king and no other kingdom, except His.

G9 If God is eternal, then He does not grow old or infirm.

G10 If God is eternal, then heaven for believers and hell for unbelievers is also eternal.

E2 Immutable

F1 Defined

G1 This is God does not change. It refers to His nature, His attributes, and His essence. Time, as we understand, has no effect on God. God does not learn anything, for He knows everything.

G2 It is the idea that God is constant.

G3 Since this is so and God cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18), we know that His promises are true, His warnings are true, His revealing the future is true, His judgments are true, His rules for living are true, His doctrines are true, etc. Everything is true, sure, and doesn’t change, because God does not change.

F2 ISBE entry states: It is the perfection of Yahweh that He changes not in character, will, purpose, aim so of Christ.

G1 Malachi 3:6 WEB For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

G2 Hebrews 13:8 WEB Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

F3 The perfection of God by which He is devoid of all change in essence, attributes, consciousness, will, and promises. No change is possible in God, because all change must be to better or worse, and God is absolute perfection. No cause for change in God exists, either in Himself or outside of Him. (Douglas, J.D.; Tenney, Merrill Chapin: New International Bible Dictionary, Zondervan, 1987) (Source)

F4 The Greek word is ἀμετάθετος ametáthetos. According to Thayer’s and etc., it means not transposed, not to be transferred, fixed, unalterable. Hebrews 6:17-18 WEB In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

E3 Infinite

F1 This is defined by Matt Slick as God is without measure or limit in scope or duration. There are no constraints upon him from outside of himself that would restrict him in his scope or duration.

F2 His being:

G1 1 Kings 8:27 WEB But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

G2 Jeremiah 23:24 BSB Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and earth?” declares the LORD.

F3 His understanding of everything: Psalms 147:5 BSB Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

F4 Not only can we not understand God, we need to understand this: Psalms 145:3 WEB Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.

F5 His attribute of being infinite teaches us that God has no boundaries on what He knows what He does, who He is, His being (omnipresence), His wisdom, everything of His attributes.

7 Examples of Evil Pastor's Leadership and Counsel

Read this today, and it was good enough that I had to copy and paste it here.

Sheila Wray Gregoire writes

• If a pastor/writer/teacher tells you that disagreeing with them means that you’re disobeying Scripture or rejecting God, that’s wrong. It’s okay to examine things for yourself.
• If a pastor tells you that you shouldn’t listen to your instincts (really the Holy Spirit’s voice inside of you), because you’re more easily deceived, that’s wrong.
• If you go to a pastor/leader with a problem because you’re feeling dismissed and vulnerable, and you’re told that you have no reason to feel that way because no one is doing anything wrong to you, and the problem is you, that’s wrong. You matter, and what you feel matters.
• If a pastor/leader tells you that it’s understandable if someone treats you badly simply because you didn’t ask in the right way, that’s wrong.
• If a pastor/leader puts more onus on one person to act like Jesus than another, that’s wrong.
• If a pastor/leader gives one person in the relationship the power to determine if the other person is acting according to Christ, that’s wrong. Whether or not you’re doing right is about whether you’re acting like Christ, not whether or not someone approves of you.
• If a pastor/leader tells you that the way you follow Jesus is by following another person, that’s wrong.

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Thoughts on Discipling Part 3 Doctrine Part H

E21 Reason

F1 Defined

G1 Bing Dictionary: the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.

G2 Thoughts including making decisions whether conditions at the present or possible in the future (thus, we worry sometimes, but God never worries).

G3 The Hebrew word I have in mind is חָשַׁב châshab. It means

H1 According to Strong’s: properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute

H2 According to TWOT (767):

I1 The basic idea of the word is the employment of the mind in thinking activity. Reference is not so much to “understanding” (cf. bı̂n), but to the creating of new ideas.

I2 Then used in 6 ways:

J1 Planning and devising (Genesis 50:20 (the word “meant”))

J2 Making a judgment (Isaiah 54:4 (the word “esteem,” that is, planned))

J3 Running thoughts through the mind. (Malachi 3:16 NKJV Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.

J4 Impute (to credit or discredit as in Genesis 15:6)

J5 To invent (Exodus 31:4)

J6 Accounting (that is bookkeeping as in 2 Kings 12:15 NLT No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men.

I3 God can do all these perfectly in wisdom and love. He needs no one to teach Him.

G4 The Greek Equivalents: βουλεύω, διαλογίζομαι, δοκέω, ἐπιστρέφω, ἐπιχειρέω, εὐλαβέομαι, ἡγέομαι, κινδυνεύω, λαλέω, λογίζομαι, ποιέω, συλλογίζομαι, ὑπολαμβάνω, ὑφαντός, φροντίζω  defining the same ideas as the Hebrew word.

F2 Some verses

G1 Psalm 32:2 NIV Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

G2 Jeremiah 18:11 NIV Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.'

G3 Jeremiah 29:11 CSB For I know the plans I have for you"—this is the LORD's declaration—"plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

G4 Humans have the same characteristic. Here it is used in the negative sense: Ezekiel 11:2 NIV The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.

E22 Enjoyment

F1 This would include enjoyment of fellowship, music, beauty, etc.

F2 God and music

G1 God sings:

H1 Zephaniah 3:17 WEB Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

H2 “Think of the great Jehovah singing! Can you imagine it? Is it possible to conceive of the Deity breaking into a song: Father, Son and Holy Ghost together singing over the redeemed? God is so happy in the love which he bears to his people that he breaks the eternal silence, and sun and moon and stars with astonishment hear God chanting a hymn of joy.” (Spurgeon, this note was found in Guzik’s Enduring Word Commentary on this passage)

G2 His creation from angels to birds sings

F3 Beauty

G1 Psalms 45:9-11 NRSV daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir. 10 Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's house, 11 and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him.

G2 Here is a comment from the Believer’s Bible Commentary: 45:9 The King is not alone in the day of His power. The daughters of earth's monarchs are among His royal attendants. At His right side is the queen, decked with jewelry of gold from Ophir. And who is the queen? Here we must resist the temptation to identify her with the church, since the church is not the subject of OT revelation (Ephesians 3:5-9; Colossians 1:26). We believe that the queen is the redeemed remnant of the nation of Israel (Ezekiel 16:10-14) and that the attendants may represent Gentile nations won to Christ through Israel's testimony.

F4 Artistry [Emphasis is mine]

G1 Genesis 1:31 WEB God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

G2 The Hebrew word for good is טוֹב ṭôwb. It means good, pleasant, agreeable, etc.

H1 Exodus 2:2 GW The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw how beautiful he was and hid him for three months.

H2 Genesis 26:7 GNB When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful.

G3 Not only it creation pronounced good, it is very good. The Hebrew word for very is טוֹב ṭôwb. It means exceedingly, much, etc. (adverb). [Emphasis is mine]

H1 1 Samuel 2:17 NKJV Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

H2 Zechariah 14:14 NRSV even Judah will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected—gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.

F5 Rejoice

G1 The Hebrew word is שָׂמַח sâmach. It means to rejoice, be glad,

G2 Psalms 104:31 MKJV The glory of Jehovah shall endure forever; Jehovah shall rejoice in His works.

G3 Psalms 16:8-9 NRSV I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.

Within You or In Your Midst? Thoughts on Luke 17:21

Within or something else?
Our passage

B1 Luke 17:20-21 WEL When he was questioned by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he began to answer and said to them, “The Kingdom of God doesn’t come with careful observation. 21 “Nor will they say, ‘Look over here,’ or ‘Look over there.’ for—take note—the Kingdom of God is within you.

B2 Luke 17:20-21 NRSV Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; 21 nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you."

B3 Luke 17:20-21 ESV Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”

The common issue is this. The Lord Jesus is speaking to some ungodly Pharisees who are demanding an answer as to when God’s Kingdom will begin. The Lord Jesus surely cannot be telling these ungodly Pharisees that they have God’s Kingdom within them, that is, inside them, so it must mean something else.

The Greek word is ἐντός entós (G1787).

B1 It means within or inside. Because of the interpretation issue, most include the idea of in your midst or something similar.

B2 It is used 2 times in our New Testament. [Emphasis is mine]

C1 Matthew 23:26 NIV Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

C2 Luke 17:20-21 NIV Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst."

B3 In Matthew, it is obviously inside.

A few comments from scholars:

B1 Robertson’s Word Pictures on this verse:

Within you (entos humōn). This is the obvious, and, as I think, the necessary meaning of entos. The examples cited of the use of entos in Xenophon and Plato where entos means “among” do not bear that out when investigated. Field (Ot. Norv.) “contends that there is no clear instance of entos in the sense of among” (Bruce), and rightly so. What Jesus says to the Pharisees is that they, as others, are to look for the kingdom of God within themselves, not in outward displays and supernatural manifestations. It is not a localized display “Here” or “There.” It is in this sense that in Luk 11:20 Jesus spoke of the kingdom of God as “come upon you” (ephthasen eph' humās), speaking to Pharisees. The only other instance of entos in the N.T. (Mat 23:26) necessarily means “within” (“the inside of the cup”). There is, beside, the use of entos meaning “within” in the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus saying of Jesus of the Third Century (Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, p. 426) which is interesting: “The kingdom of heaven is within you” (entos humōn as here in Luk 17:21).

B2 Vincent’s Word Studies:

Within—Better, in the midst of. Meyer acutely remarks that “you refers to the Pharisees, in whose hearts nothing certainly found a place less than did the ethical kingdom of God.” Moreover, Jesus is not speaking of the inwardness of the kingdom, but of its presence. “The whole language of the kingdom of heaven being within men, rather than men being within the kingdom, is modern” (Trench, after Meyer).

So how do we solve this? This is my opinion.

B1 God is speaking.

B2 God being omniscient and omnisapient can communicate perfectly. This is the word that God chose.

B3 In context, it appears to mean

C1 The Pharisees expected something outward only. Jesus corrects them, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation.”

C2 The word observation is the Greek word παρατήρησις paratḗrēsis. It means, essentially, looking around, that is, inspecting a thing. The idea being of some outward value.

C3 The Pharisees saw purity, holiness, righteousness as an outward value instead of an inward value. Compare:

D1 Matthew 23:25-28 NIV "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

D2 Matthew 15:18-19 NIV But the things that come out of a person's mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

C4 It is the inside, the core of each person, where evil or righteousness comes from.

D1 Matthew 12:33 NIV "Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

D2 Jeremiah 4:14 NIV Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

D3 Ezekiel 18:31 NIV Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?

D4 Hebrews 10:22 NIV let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

B4 The Lord Jesus is telling them, “Look, you are looking for outward values only, but God looks at inward conditions. The Kingdom of God is not just some outward state, but is an inside (the heart) condition, which is shown by its outward actions.”

B5 People act what they believe. People can dress up but be an evil criminal. They can say all the right things, use the right language of righteousness, and preach and write what appears to be God fearing and correct. But, in private, they are controlling, create an atmosphere of fear, say evil things, do evil things, control, abuse, etc. This outward appearance and action means something but not much. Many people have been abused by those who outwardly, in public, are perfect, holy, blameless, righteous, etc. but in private are vile, abusive, selfish, self-serving, controlling, etc.

B6 It is the heart that matters.

Albert Barnes:

B1 On verse 20: With observation - With scrupulous and attentive looking for it, or with such an appearance as to “attract” observation - that is, with pomp, majesty, splendor. He did not deny that, according to their views, the time was drawing near; but he denied that his kingdom would come in the “manner” in which they expected. The Messiah would “not” come with pomp like an earthly prince; perhaps not in such a manner as to be “discerned” by the eyes of sagacious and artful people, who were expecting him in a way agreeable to their own feelings. The kingdom of God is “within” people, and it makes its way, not by pomp and noise, but by silence, decency, and order, 1 Corinthians 14:40.

B2 On verse 21: Is within you - This is capable of two interpretations.

1. The reign of God is “in the heart.” It does not come with pomp and splendor, like the reign of temporal kings, merely to control the external “actions” and strike the senses of people with awe, but it reigns in the heart by the law of God; it sets up its dominion over the passions, and brings every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

2. It may mean the new dispensation is “even now among you.” The Messiah has come. John has ushered in the kingdom of God, and you are not to expect the appearance of the Messiah with great pomp and splendor, for he is now among you. Most critics at present incline to this latter interpretation. The ancient versions chiefly follow the former.

There are differing opinions of interpretation. If one believes differently, it is OK. We can still learn. Personally, I understand it as within you rather than in your midst, but I will not fight anyone who understands it differently. All believers do understand that God’s work is a new heart, a new creation, that will reveal itself in our thoughts, desires, words, and deeds.

Thoughts on Discipling Part 3 Doctrine Part G

E19 Wrath

F1 The Hebrew word for wrath is אַף ʼaph. It means nostril in the literal sense. In an applied sense, it means the heavy breathing of being super angry.

F2 The Greek word for wrath is ὀργή orgḗ. It means: Wrath (3709) (orge from orgaô = to teem, to swell) conveys the picture of a swelling which eventually bursts, and thus describes an anger that proceeds from one’s settled nature. Orge does not refer to uncontrollable anger to which men are so prone but to God's settled indignation and controlled passionate hostile feeling toward sin in all its various manifestations. Settled indignation means that God’s holiness cannot and will not coexist with sin in any form whatsoever. Orge is not the momentary, emotional, and often uncontrolled anger (thumos - 2372) to which human beings are prone. Orge is used primarily of God's holy, righteous wrath but occasionally refers to the wrath of men (see Ephesians 4:31-note) (Source You need to scroll down).

F3 God’s wrath is always righteous. He is not angry unnecessarily. He wrath is holy. He is slow to anger, but He does get angry.

F4 Some verses

G1 Exodus 22:22-24 NRSV You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. 23 If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry; 24 my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.

G2 1 Thessalonians 1:10 HCSB and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

F5 He becomes angry at

G1 Sin (John 2:14-17, Romans 1:18)

G2 Disobedience (Ephesians 5:5-6, Hebrews 2:1-2)

G3 Unbelief (Romans 2:5, Mark 16:14)

F6 A few comments from others

G1 ISBE: Wrath is used with reference to both God and man. When used of God it is to be understood that there is the complete absence of that caprice and unethical quality so prominent in the anger attributed to the gods of the heathen and to man. The divine wrath is to be regarded as the natural expression of the divine nature, which is absolute holiness, manifesting itself against the willful, high-handed, deliberate, inexcusable sin and iniquity of mankind. God's wrath is always regarded in the Scripture as the just, proper, and natural expression of His holiness and righteousness which must always, under all circumstances, and at all costs be maintained. It is therefore a righteous indignation and compatible with the holy and righteous nature of God (Numbers 11:1-10; Deuteronomy 29:27; 2 Samuel 6:7; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 44:6; Psalm 79:6). The element of love and compassion is always closely connected with God's anger; if we rightly estimate the divine anger we must unhesitatingly pronounce it to be but the expression and measure of that love (compare Jeremiah 10:24; Ezekiel 23; Amos 3:2).

G2 God is holy; He totally and completely distances Himself from sin, evil, corruption, and the resultant filth and guilt. He maintains His purity and rejects, fights against, and destroys that which would offend, attack, or undo His holiness and love. Hence, God's anger and wrath must always be seen in relation to His maintaining and defending His attributes of love and holiness, as well as His righteousness and justice. The emotion or passion that moves God to this maintaining and defending is expressed by the terms "displeasure, " "indignation, " "anger, " and "wrath." A consequence of his wrath is vengeance, punishment, and death. (Source)

E20 Leadership

F1 Not a controlling style but shepherd style leadership: John 10:14 NKJV I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.

G1 A shepherd calls for his sheep (he cares) John 10:3

G2 A shepherd knows his sheep (John 10:14)

G3 A shepherd gathers his sheep (John 10:16)

G4 A shepherd guides his sheep (Psalm 23:3)

G5 A shepherd loves his sheep (Isaiah 40:11)

G6 A shepherd protects his sheep even to the end (John 10:28)

G7 A shepherd is willing to die for his sheep (John 10:11)

G8 A shepherd gives good things to his sheep (John 10:28)

G9 A shepherd tells the truth (Psalm 15:2-3)

F2 Controlling, hunter style of leadership:

G1 Genesis 10:8-9 BSB And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be [literally “established himself as”] a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before [literally “in defiance of”] the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before [literally “in defiance of”] the LORD.”

G2 3 John 1:9-11 GW I wrote a letter to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, won't accept us. 10 For this reason, when I come I will bring up what he's doing. He's not satisfied with saying malicious things about us. He also refuses to accept the believers we send as guests. He even tries to stop others who want to accept them and attempts to throw those people out of the congregation. 11 Dear friend, never imitate evil, but imitate good. The person who does good is from God. The person who does evil has never seen God.

G3 The pastor, teacher, church worker, even any Christian is not to lord it over the brothers and sisters: 1 Peter 5:3 WEL Do not lord it over God’s heritage, but be examples to the flock.

H1 The word heritage means in Greek lot or part.

H2 The church leader can be lord over some things as his/her checkbook, money, what they will eat, etc.

H3 But, they cannot be lord over God’s part, that is, the brothers and sisters of the congregation.

G4 A few characteristics

H1 A hunter (controlling leader) is spiritually blind (Matthew 15:14)

H2 A hunter misuses Scripture (instead of using them in the plain, normal sense) (Luke 4:10)

H3 A hunter deceives (2 Timothy 3:13)

H4 A hunter slanders (Revelation 2:9, 1 Timothy 5:14-15)

H5 A hunter lies (John 8:44)

H6 A hunter murders (John 8:44)

H7 A hunter presents themselves as angels of light (2 Corinthians 11:14)

H8 A hunter gives false messages from themselves instead of God (Jeremiah 23:16)

H9 A hunter gives messages for financial reward (money, books, etc.) (2 Peter 2:1-3)

H10 A hunter teaches lies (2 Timothy 2:17-18)

H11 A hunter uses "smooth talk" and flattery to win admirers (Romans 16:18)

H12 A hunter uses charm to deceive and win over people to them (Proverbs 26:24-25)

H13 A hunter looks for prey (sexual, financial, etc.) (1 Peter 5:8)

F3 A few points on safety We can recognize them by

G1 Knowing the truth (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

G2 Studying the truth (2 Timothy 2:15)

G3 Believing the truth (interpretation in the plain, normal sense) (1 Timothy 4:3)

G4 Praying for the truth (Psalm 25:5)

G5 Be alert at all times (1 Peter 5:8)

Thoughts on Discipling Part 3 Doctrine Part F

E16 Righteous

F1 The Lord Jesus states: John 17:25 NLT O righteous Father, the world doesn't know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me.

F2 Righteousness is perfection of living God’s way in thoughts, desires, words, and deeds.

F3 The example is the Lord Jesus.

F4 It needs a standard.

F5 The Lord Jesus met that standard perfectly, flawlessly, and sinlessly.

G1 The standard: Matthew 5:17-18 NLT Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God's law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.

G2 The fulfillment:

H1 Matthew 5:17 NLT Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.

H2 Romans 10:4 NLT For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

F6 The resurrection of Jesus Christ proves He did not die for His own sin. Romans 1:3-4 NLT The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David's family line, and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.

F7 Some see no difference between holiness and righteousness.

G1 Holiness is a state of character. Righteousness is what we are.

G2 Holiness is a condition of our inner self, and righteousness is what we are doing.

G3 Holiness is a separation from sin and separation to what is not sin. Righteousness is a conformity to God’s standard.

G4 Holiness is being fully and completely without sin. Righteousness is being cleansed from sin by the holy blood of the Lord Jesus. No human is holy or righteous apart from God’s work in us.

G5 God is holy as well as righteous.

G6 Some verses

H1 Deuteronomy 32:4 CSB The Rock—his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.

H2 Psalm 145:17 CSB The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all his acts.

H3 Habakkuk 1:12-13 CSB Are you not from eternity, LORD my God? My Holy One, you will not die. LORD, you appointed them to execute judgment; my Rock, you destined them to punish us.  Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous? Why are you silent while one who is wicked swallows up one who is more righteous than himself? 

H4 Exodus 19:9-12 CSB The LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you." Moses reported the people's words to the LORD, and the LORD told Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes "and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. "Put boundaries for the people all around the mountain and say: Be careful that you don't go up on the mountain or touch its base. Anyone who touches the mountain must be put to death.

G7 Comments from others

H1 Bridgeway Bible Dictionary:

To justify means to declare righteous. Justification is God’s act of declaring righteous those who put their faith in Christ and his saving work. God does not make believers righteous in the sense of improving them to a standard of behaviour that satisfies him, but rather he declares them righteous. Christ has met God’s righteous demands by paying sin’s penalty on behalf of sinners. God can therefore declare repentant sinners righteous, yet himself remain righteous in doing so (Romans 1:16-17; Romans 3:21-26; Romans 4:1-3; Romans 5:1-2; Galatians 2:15-16; Galatians 3:21-22; Philippians 3:9)

H2  1901 Jewish Encyclopedia:

Unapproachableness the state of separation from, and elevation above, things common, profane, or sensual, first in a physical and external, and later in a spiritual, sense moral purity and perfection incapable of sin and wrong.

E17 Slow to Anger

F1 He does get angry, and it is for a reason. Mark 3:5 NIV He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

G1 God is slow to anger. Exodus 34:6 CSB The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: The LORD—the LORD is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,

G2 Nahum 1:3 CSB The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.

F2 We should be also.

G1 Proverbs 15:18 CSB A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms strife.

G2 James 1:19 CSB My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

F3 A few of the things that make God angry.

G1 Disbelief: Mark 6:6 NKJV And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.

G2 Disobedience: Proverbs 15:9 NIV The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

G3 6 more things: Proverbs 6:16-19 NIV There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

E18 Truth

F1 The words

G1 The Hebrew word is אֱמוּנָה ʼĕmûwnâh. It means fidelity, steadfastness, truth. It would have the idea of what is spoken is steadfast, that is, reliable and loyal.

H1 Positive: Psalm 33:4 NIV For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. [Ed. the bold is our Hebrew word]

H2 Positive: Psalms 31:5 GW Into your hands I entrust my spirit. You have rescued me, O LORD, God of truth.

H2 Negative: Jeremiah 7:28 NIV Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.

G2 The Greek word is ἀλήθεια alḗtheia. It means truth as in reality.

H1 Acts 10:34 NIV Then Peter began to speak: I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism

H2 Luke 4:25 NRSV But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land.

F2 What God (Yahweh) does, thinks, and says is steadfast, reliable, and reality. He cannot lie. A standard is needed. That standard is reality.

F3 Keeps promises (this also reflects God’s omnipotence)

F4 The ISBE article on truth states:

(1) Truth is presented in Scripture as a chief element in the nature of God (Psalm 31:5; Isaiah 65:16). (2) But this quality is never given as an abstract teaching, but only as qualifying God in His relations and activities. So it is a guaranty of constancy (Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 146:6; James 1:17); especially a ground of confidence in His promises (Exodus 34:6; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 146:6); of right dealing with men without reference to any explicit pledges (Psalm 85:11; Psalm 89:14); a basis of security in the correctness of His teachings (Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 119:142; Isaiah 25:1); of assurance within His covenant relations (Psalm 89:5; Isaiah 55:3). (3) God's truth is especially noteworthy as a guaranty of merciful consideration of men. This is an important element in theology of the Old Testament, as it is a point guarded also in the New Testament (Psalm 25:10; Psalm 31:5; Psalm 61:7; Psalm 85:10; Psalm 98:3; John 3:16; Rom 3:23-26). (4) Equally is the truth of God an assurance to men of righteous judgment in condemnation of sin and sinners (1Samuel 15:29; Psalm 96:13; Romans 2:2, Romans 2:8). In general the truth of God stands for the consistency of His nature and guarantees His full response in all the relations of a universe of which He is the Maker, Preserver, and End.

Thoughts on Discipling Part 3 Doctrine Part E

E14 Mercy (opposite of cruelty and pitilessness)

F1 Mercy is a compassion. Mercy was not to judge, not to punish, not to harm. God doesn’t want anyone to die and go to hell, so he seeks the lost, opens their minds and eyes to the truth of each person’s sin, and offers salvation after freeing their will.

F2 Mercy comes with conditions. God goes not just ignore rebellion and lawbreaking. He is just and will judge. If found guilty, He will sentence to punishment. Nevertheless, He wishes to show mercy. His conditions are to confess sin (agreeing with God’s exposure of sin), believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, and trust in Jesus, the Son of God,

F3 Mercy doesn’t mean to tolerate anything, no discipline, no rebuke, or to accept whatever a person does is to be tolerated and not judged.

F4 Mercy over judgment

G1 Sometimes God shows no mercy: Psalms 59:5 GNB Rise, LORD God Almighty, and come to my aid; see for yourself, God of Israel! Wake up and punish the heathen; show no mercy to evil traitors! 

G2 God gives mercy when the conditions are met: Ezekiel 3:19 NLT If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you obeyed me.

G3 An Example of those who met God’s conditions and received mercy and those who refuse to repent: Matthew 12:41 NLT The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.

F5 One of the Hebrew words for mercy is חֶסֶד cheçed. It means to have goodness towards another and kindness in many senses.

G1 Psalm 145:8 MEV The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and great in mercy.

G2 2 Chronicles 6:14 MKJV And he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in Heaven or in earth. You keep Your covenant and show mercy to Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

F6 The Greek word for mercy is ἔλεος éleos. It means mercy, kindness, and compassion.

G1 Titus 3:5 NLT He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.

G2 Hebrews 4:14-16 CSB Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—​Jesus the Son of God—​let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

E15 Order (opposite of disorder)

F1 1 Corinthians 14:40 BSB But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

F2 The Greek word for order/orderly is τάξις táxis. It means to place in an orderly, systematic manner.

F3 ISBE states, The fundamental idea suggested by the Hebrew, Greek and English words is that of arrangement in rows.

F4 Some things God has done orderly

G1 Creation in 6 days in Genesis 1-2

G2 Ten commandments in Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5

G3 The church in 1 Corinthians 14:33

G4 The Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:23

G5 A record of a journey in Acts 18:23

G6 There is order in God’s court

H1 Psalm 82:1 NLT A psalm of Asaph. God presides over heaven's court; he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings:

H2 Revelation 20:12, 15 NET And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened - the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ... If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

F5 The opposite is chaos

G1 False teachers: Jude 1:12-13 LEB These are the ones feasting together without reverence, hidden reefs at your love feasts, caring for themselves, waterless clouds carried away by winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted, 13 wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.

G2 The natural state of humanity: Isaiah 57:20-21 LEB But the wicked are like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud. 21 There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked.

G3 Doubters: James 1:6-8 CSB But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.