1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard www.GraceDoctrine.org Sunday, April 14, 2013

2. The Book of Proverbs Chapter 5 “Avoid the Adulterer”

3. Prov 5:21-23 The Law of Volitional Responsibility. Gal 6:7-8

4. Gal 6:7-8, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh (sin nature) will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”

5. Col 3:25, “For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of that wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality, (from God).”

6. Prov 19:23, “The fear of the LORD, (Occupation with Christ), leads to life, so that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.” Cf. Phil 4:11-13

7. 8. Under the L. of V. R., the believer inflicts on himself suffering, sometimes unbearable, from the following categories.

8. Sins, human good, evil, moral or immoral degeneracy, Grieving or Quenching the Holy Spirit, Lack of common sense and bad judgment, ….

9. … subjective arrogance, the overestimation of your own abilities, or failing to see yourself in the light of reality.

10. There is intense suffering from violating Divine Establishments including: the sacredness of life, property, and privacy in criminal acts; marriage; the family unit; your nation; etc.

11. 9. Many wrong decisions come from arrogance, self ‑ centeredness, selfishness, self ‑ righteousness. To protect us from this, God has provided authority in our lives.

12. 1 Cor 11:30, “Some are weak and sick, and a number sleep.” Many wrong decisions result in fatigue, mental illnesses and psychotic, neurotic, and sociopathic behavior on the part of believers.

13. 10. Man manufactures many of his own problems and resultant suffering. Yet God manufactures solutions and blessings in the midst of suffering.

14. 11. The book of Proverbs teaches the believer how to live without learning the hard way, i.e., from mistakes and suffering through self ‑ imposed, self ‑ induced, and self ‑ indulged misery.

15. Prov 22:8, “He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, (L. of V. R.), and the rod of His punishment will surely come to him, (Divine Discipline).”

16. Prov 2 taught us that good decisions always result from metabolized Bible doctrine resident within your soul, called CHOKMAH or wisdom.

17. 12. The Standard Operating Procedure for Dealing with Problems. A. Three items for dealing with problems.

18. 1) Recognize your problem of post-salvation sinning. Job 15:14; Prov 20:9; Rom 3:19ff; James 3:2, 1 John 1:7-8, 10

19. Job 15:14, “What is man, that he should be pure, or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

20. Prov 20:9, “Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin”?”

21. Rom 3:20, “Because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.”

22. James 3:2, “For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.”

23. 2) Utilize the solution: The Rebound Technique. 1 John 1:9, Luke 15:18; Lev 5:5; 16:21; 26:40; Numb 5:7; Psa 32:5; 38:18

24. Lev 5:5, “So it shall be when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned.”

25. Psalm 32:5, “I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”, and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.”

26. Luke 15:18, “I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.”

27. 3) Emphasize the priority: God emphasis over people emphasis. Rom 12:2-3; Heb 12:1-4

28. It is your volition that decides to let people, temptations, your sin nature, sin, human good, evil, etc., to be a problem in your life or not. If you keep your emphasis and focus on God, those things will not be a problem to you.

29. Grace Offering Gal 6:6-7, “The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.”

30. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday April 14, 2013 Tape # 13-040 The Doctrine of Volitional Responsibility, Part 2b Part 2b Prov 5:21-23; 22:8; Rom 12:2-31 Cor 11:28-30;; 1 John 1:7-10 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2013