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Deut 30:19 “…therefore, choose life that both you and your descendants may live…” \\ Joshua 24:15 “…choose for yourselves this day who you will serve; but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”
\\ Adam and eve had a choice.
Noah had a choice, Jonah had a choice, Zaccheaus had a choice and Paul had a choice.
\\ Don’t let the devil convince you that you don’t have the power to choose.
\\ “DAMNED IF I DO DAMNED IF I DON’T \\ God gave you the power to choose.
\\ \\ ANYONE EVER MADE A BAD CHOICE! \\ I did a little research and came across some bad decisions of History: \\ a: Sam Philips sold a small recording company to RCA in 1955 for $35,000.
It included an exclusive contract with a young man called Elvis Presley.
Unknowingly he forfeited millions of dollars in royalties.
\\ b: Tom Sellick turned down the lead role for Indiana Jones.
\\ c: A thief in America tried to steal 2 live lobsters and he decided to stick them down his pants.
\\ d: In Germany a bank robber pulls out a gun and demands money.
The teller says she needs to se his ID So he gets it out, takes the cash and leaves the Id behind.
\\ e: A south African hang gliding instructor saw a beautiful woman sun bathing on a roof below his flight pattern.
He decided to make an obscene gesture at her.
The woman’s husband appeared with a rifle and blasted him out of the sky.
\\ f: The girl who told Bill Gates (Microsoft) it’s the computer or me.
\\ g: The Leyland P76.
\\ h: Pausing for a moment when your wife asks, “ Do I look fat in this?” \\ All bad decisions.
\\ What is the key to making wise decisions?
Listen to God. \\ Proverbs2:5 & 9 “If you want better insight and discernment, learn the importance for reverence for the Lord and of trusting Him.
He shows how to distinguish right from wrong and how to find the right decision every time.”
\\ If you want to make good decisions listen to God.
Today I want to give 6 very practical ways to test a decision.
\\ 1: The Ideal Test: Is it in harmony with the word of God? \\ Is what I am about to do ok with what God says in the Bible?
This is always test number 1.
In life you have to decide what’s going to be the thing you base your life on - what is going to be your ultimate authority for what you do.
There are 2 choices: You base you decisions on Gods word or on what society values.
What God says or what people say.
\\ If you base your life around what the popular opinion of the day is your always going to be out of date.
Things are constantly changing.
What was in vogue 10 years ago is not today.
Society’s opinions are constantly changing.
There is no solid foundation it is always on the move.
If you base your life on opinions, popular culture, political correctness or opinion polls you don’t have a life foundation to build on.
You don’t have principles to live by.
\\ On the other hand if you base your life on Gods word, the truth never changes.
Truth is always truth.
If God says something was wrong 10,000 years ago it was wrong 5,000 years ago, 500 years ago and today.
I don’t care hat the opinion polls says, I don’t care what political correctness says.
I don’t really acre what is given to us on the media.
If God says it’s wrong it’s wrong.
We have a choice to build our life on a shaky constantly changing foundation or you can build your life on what God says which never changes which gives you a solid foundation while everything else is up in the air.
\\ If you reject, disobey or ignore Gods principles you’re the one who gets hurt.
\\ The first question in a decision is what does God say about it.
If God says its ok then I go for it if he doesn’t then I don’t.
\\ The oldest temptation know to mankind is to doubt gods word.
Whenever we find something in the bible we don’t’ like, think is a little restrictive or outdated, old fashioned we start to doubt God and say does the bible really say you can’t do this.
Did god really say, did god really mean.
Any time you start thinking that question you’ve fallen for the oldest trap in the world.
It was satans original temptation, the one he used on Adam.
\\ So when making a decision the first test is, what does God say about it in His word? \\ \\ 2: The Integrity Test: Would I want everyone to know about this decision I am making?
\\ If you’re making a decision and you worry about what others will think about it then it’s probably a good indication that it’s not the right decision to make.
Bad decisions always lead to secrets and those kinds of secrets will lead to pain in our lives.
\\ Proverbs 10:9 “The man of integrity walks securely but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.” \\ Note is doesn’t say might be found out or even if there’s a high probability of being found out.
You will be found out.
\\ When making decisions you have to have the integrity test.
\\ We’ve all done it: your about to make a bad choice, you know its wrong and that it’s a choice you shouldn’t make but you think no one will find out about it.
Immediately you make that decision you start thinking someone’s going to find out and you feel the fear that comes from that.
That’s when you’ve violated this integrity test.
\\ The test of integrity is that your public life and your private life match.
What’s in your heart and what’s in your life are the same thing.
That your walk and your talk are the same thing.
The truth is when it comes to integrity, even if you fool everyone else, you can’t fool yourself.
If you violate your conscious you have to pay for that.
\\ James 14:7 Knowing what is right to do and then not doing it is sin.
\\ There are times we think like this: We know we’re about to do the wrong thing - we know we shouldn’t do it.
This enters our brain “ Even though its wrong I’ll do it anyway because God will forgive me.” \\ God isn’t stupid.
If we think we can go ahead and do something that he says is wrong and there won’t be any consequences - were fooling ourselves.
That’s the very reason he doesn’t want us to make that decision.
There are consequences to every decision we make and every bad decision always leaves scars.
\\ The Bible says what we reap we sow.
\\ That’s how it is in life.
The truth is God does forgive us for all the wrong things we do.
But that forgiveness doesn’t free us from the pain and consequences that come from bad decisions.
\\ You can be forgiven and still struggle with the low self esteem from that decision.
You can be forgiven and still have the broken relationship because you made that decision.
\\ When we think about things that we know are wrong, it’s easier than with gray areas.
How do you decide with the gray areas and the integrity test?
\\ Romans 14:14 If someone believes that something is wrong then he shouldn’t do it because for him it is wrong.
\\ \\ This verse is really simple, when in doubt – don’t.
It’s a violation of the integrity test.
\\ 3: The Improvement Test: Will it make me a better Christian?
\\ 1st Corinthians 10:23 Everything is permissible - but not everything is beneficial - but not everything is constructive.
\\ Notice the freedom we have here as Christians.
Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial and not everything builds you up.
Paul is saying that some things are not necessarily wrong they’re just not necessary.
They’re not essential.
It’s not a case of good or bad but rather it’s a matter between what’s good and what’s the best.
Many of the choices we make in life are not a case of good verses evil.
Most of us don’t get up in the morning and say will I read my Bible or will I become an international terrorist.
\\ The issue is what’s really best for your life.
A lot of things are not necessarily, they are morally neutral - but they are not necessary.
You need to go to a higher standard and ask is what I am going to do make me a better person.
That’s the improvement test.
\\ I may skating on thin ice but I’m going to say it anyway.
Some of you, your lives revolve around certain TV shows.
And you are wasting your life.
You know more about fictional characters on TV than you do about Peter and Paul, the disciples, Jesus and what God wants to do in your life.
You are wasting your life; it’s not making you a batter person.
\\ Some of you are reading books~/novels that are trash and you have no business reading and you’re filling your minds with all sorts of junk.
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