Welcome! Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

I John 2:1-6 Advocacy of Christ How we know God/are known by God

I John 2:7-11 The new old commandment John 13:34 New – authority and clarity Old – revelation and understanding

I John 2:12-14 Children, Young Men & Fathers Maturity: Spiritually Young Spiritually Strong Spiritually Grown

I John 2:15-17 Worldliness Temptation of Eve Temptation of Christ

I John 2:18-23 The Falling Away The Last Hour Matthew 24 I Timothy 4

Welcome! Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

Sunday AM Sunday PM Wednesday Serving Sunday AM Sunday PM Wednesday Usher Chad Farris Opening Prayer Lamar McDonald Curt Davis Opening/Head Ryan Sollars Communion Grant Haines Michael Hetzer Song Leader Barry Root Rob Wade Announcement Chris Willis Adult Class Lesson 9 Brian Haines Invitation

Psalm 29:2 Give unto Jehovah the glory due to His name; Worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness. Hymns Invitation -

Thoughts, Feelings and the Mind of Christ I Corinthians 2:14-16

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling “Thinking and feeling lie at opposite ends of the spectrum. Human Beings are capable of either thinking or feeling, but usually not at the same time”

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling “Many people tend to confuse the two processes. It is not uncommon to hear feelings couched as thoughts and thoughts presented as feelings“

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling “A thought is something that one generates while a feeling is something one experiences. Thoughts are appraisals or opinions of what we perceive or experience. Emotions happen in response to thoughts or perceptions.”

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling When feelings disagree with thoughts, we tend to be conflicted or unhappy.

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling When feelings guide our choices, We tend to make poor decisions

Thoughts vs. Feelings Thinking Feeling When we refuse feelings a place, we tend to be dissatisfied.

Thoughts PLUS Feelings A Christian must learn to balance Feelings ought to follow thoughts Functional Christianity needs both

Feelings Alone are Unstable as also in all (Paul’s) epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. 2 Peter 3:16

Feelings Alone are Unstable as also in all (Paul’s) epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. 2 Peter 3:16

Feelings Alone are Unstable "He who trusts in his own heart is a fool" Proverbs 28:26

Feelings Alone are Unstable “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9.

Feelings Alone are Unstable "There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" Proverbs 14:12

Understanding Alone is Empty "and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name's sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” Revelation 2:3-4

Understanding Alone is Empty Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 1 Corinthians 8:1

Understanding Alone is Empty Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love fills up. 1 Corinthians 8:1

Both are Needed Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

Both are Needed A Christian must put knowledge first True knowledge from God A Christian must put feeling into place Emotion following understanding

Knowledge of Salvation Both are Needed Knowledge of Salvation I John 5:13

Knowledge of Salvation Both are Needed Knowledge of Salvation I John 5:13 Joy I John 1:4

Knowledge of Salvation Both are Needed Knowledge of Salvation I John 5:13 Joy I John 1:4 Peace Philippians 4:7

Both are Needed Knowledge of Judgment II Peter 3:11 Fear of God Philippians 2:12 Mercy to Men James 2:13

When we reverse the pattern Fear of God

When we reverse the pattern Am I really saved? Fear of God

When we reverse the pattern God must love me Joy

When we reverse the pattern God must hate me Sorrow

When we reverse the pattern I have nothing to worry about Peace

Examples of Failure Emotion defeating/ruling knowledge Satisfied with ourselves Feeling saved when we are not Feeling lost when we are not Feeling God has left us

Examples of Failure Knowledge without emotion No desire to share the Word No compassion on the weak No Fear of the Lord

How To Be Satisfied in Service Putting Godly knowledge first Causing emotions to follow

Do You Know You Are Saved? “I feel it in my heart” “I felt a peace overcome me” WRONG!

Do You Know You Are Saved? “I believed the Word of God” Romans 10:17 “I confessed Jesus as Lord” Romans 10:9 “I repented of my sins” Romans 6:5 “I was baptized into Christ” Romans 6:4 “I try each day to do right” Romans 6:2 Knowledge of Salvation