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As we enter into this new year, we are going to have a series of three messages.
The message series is about three rules for living.
I think, if we get these things right, our relationship with God, with others, and with ourselves will be moving in the right direction.
All of the principles come from 1 Corinthians.
Here are the three rules which should govern how we conduct ourselves:
Don’t do anything that will hurt yourself.
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Don’t do anything that will hurt another person.
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Don’t be mastered by anything.
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Read them again with me.
In your bulletin this morning, you should have received a bookmark with these three rules for living on it.
These statements are not original to me, but I have found them to be very helpful in my life.
These statements have become somewhat of a philosophy for living.
This morning, we are going to look at the first statement.
Don’t do anything that will hurt yourself.
When Jesus came to earth, he made a statement in .
Jesus was talking directly to the Pharisees and he calls them thieves because the way they approached life stole the joy of living.
Do you know people like that?
People who steal the joy of living?
Jesus is saying there are people who are physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological terrorists.
These people can actually rob your life of its fullness.
They can steal the joy you have in life.
They even try and destroy the good things about your life.
You can even rob yourself of life to its fullness.
You can do things to yourself which will rob you of the abundant life.
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Jesus wants His disciples to have abundant life.
Another way of saying this is to “have life to the full”.
The idea is a cup that is overflowing.
All other philosophies are eventually life destroying.
Jesus' way of living is life affirming.
Simply "making it through the day" or "muddling through life" is not good enough for Jesus' disciples.
Jesus came to give us life to the fullest.
Does this describe your life?
Maybe you think, “But pastor, you don’t know what I have going on right now.
My life is hard.
My finances are overstrained.
My marriage is on the rocks.
My kids aren’t listening to me.
I lost my job.
My health isn’t good.
How can I have abundant life, life to the full, when my life is so hard?”
I think the key to having the abundant life is found when we follow the Bible’s prescription for living.
If you want life as Jesus designed it to be, something about how you are living is probably going to have to change.
Maybe it is something about the way you are thinking is going to have to change.
Maybe it is the way you are viewing your situation that is going to have to change.
You know the definition of insanity, right?
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
Change is the essence of life.
We should be willing to move from where we are to where God wants us to be.
A husband was unsure about his choice of clothes for church so he sought some counsel from his wife.
He asked, “Do you think I should change?”
There was a husband who was unsure about his choice of clothes for church so he sought some counsel from his wife.
He asked, “Do you think I should change?”
She took advantage of the opportunity and replied, “It depends—are you talking about changing your shirt or making a wholesale change as a human being?”
Some of us might need more change than others, but all of us need to be willing to move in the direction God would have us to move.
Let’s look at the first principle for living, “Don’t do anything that will hurt yourself.”
Paul is making use of a rhetorical question.
He is saying, “Surely you understand....” It is kind of like saying "Is the Pope Catholic?"
Do you think money grows on trees?" “Does a bear poop in the woods?”
It is kind of like saying "Is the Pope Catholic?" or "Do you think money grows on trees?"
Paul is saying that everybody should know this by now.
Every Jesus follower should know that their body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit lives inside every believer.
You receive the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation to empower you to be what God wants you to be in Christ.
Why shouldn't we do anything to hurt ourselves?
We shouldn't do anything to hurt ourselves because our body is a temple of Holy Spirit.
In the Greek language, there are two words for the word "temple".
The first word is a general word indicating the temple complex.
The usage of the first word for temple would be saying, "Look over there, there is the temple."
The second word for Temple is naos.
naos - dwelling place of God
This word refers to the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.
The word is speaking of the place where God would dwell.
Paul uses the word “naos” when he says every believer's body is a temple of Holy Spirit.
We know God does not dwell in places made of brick and mortar.
God dwells in us.
Paul continues, "You are not your own you were bought with a price."
The picture Paul is painting is of a market where people would go when they wanted to purchase a slave.
Paul is making the case that Jesus paid top dollar for you.
Christ paid for you with His own blood when He died on the cross and shed His blood to pay the price for our redemption.
Now that you are bought by Jesus, you shouldn't make your own decisions anymore.
Jesus tells us how to live.
So why shouldn't I do anything to hurt myself?
We shouldn't do anything to hurt ourselves because we are bought with the high price of Jesus' blood.
Finally, Paul says, "Therefore honor God with your body."
Our body is not a prison as Plato once said.
Our body is a tool we are to use to glorify God.
We spoke about this last week.
We are to live “sola dei gloria”, for the glorify of God.
We are to live in such a way that people see the way we are living and see who God is.
To glorify God is to reveal God in our actions.
Everything about me is to be for the glory of God.
Everything about you is to be for the glory of God.
The Bible speaks often of living in such a way that God is revealed to those around you.
Some people think God is revealed to others by following a certain set of rules and regulations.
Some people think God is revealed to others by a certain dress code.
Some people think God is revealed by certain habits and rituals we do.
However, Jesus told us how everyone will know we are His disciples.
Notice, Jesus said the defining characteristic of His disciples is love!
Jesus didn't say if you think the right things, have the right theology, or keep a certain code of rules and regulations.
Jesus didn't say if you dress a certain way.
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