{"id":651,"date":"2021-08-28T22:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T22:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/roycypher\/?p=651"},"modified":"2021-08-28T22:09:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T22:09:44","slug":"am-i-an-offense-to-god-tom-goka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/roycypher\/2021\/08\/28\/am-i-an-offense-to-god-tom-goka\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I an Offense to God Tom Goka"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_75147\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JLvLqVrxe3g?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Am I an Offense to God?<\/p>\n<p>I. Offense, in a biblical sense, is a stumbling block, an hinderance, interference, opposition, in the way.<br \/>\nA. Speaking in terms of believers getting in the way of God<br \/>\nB. Can be seen as an adversary or opposition to God&#8217;s will<br \/>\nC. Not talking about the heathen or unbeliever or enemy of God<\/p>\n<p>II. Solomon became an offense<br \/>\nA. What do we think about when we think about King Solomon?<br \/>\n1. David&#8217;s son and choice for his throne;<br \/>\n2. God visited twice, and first time offered Solomon anything<br \/>\n3. Solomon asked and received wisdom from God<br \/>\n4. Author of a psalms; most of Proverbs; Ecclesiastes; Song of Solomon<br \/>\n5. Built first Temple<br \/>\n6. Blessed and anointed by God<br \/>\nB. In Deut 17, God instructs Israel on requirements for their kings<br \/>\n1. Not to multiply the number of horses nor go to Egypt for horses<br \/>\n2. Not to multiply number of wives<br \/>\n3. Keep and read daily the word of God<br \/>\nC. Solomon failed to keep all 3 (1 King 10: 28 &#8211; 11: 10)<br \/>\nD. 1 Kings 11: married foreign wives from people God told Israelites to avoid; loved those wives; they turned his heart from the Lord to foreign gods<br \/>\nE. Got in way of God keeping the nation Israel as a single country<br \/>\nF. Opposed God by building temples for foreign gods<br \/>\nG. Contributed to shortcomings of his son, Rehoboam as king.<\/p>\n<p>III. Interesting that Solomon wrote several verses of wisdom that address the very problem of being an offense to God<br \/>\nA. God made man righteous (upright, virtuous) but man sought out schemes, devious paths (Eccl 7: 28)<br \/>\nB. There is a way that seems right to a man, but it leads to death (Prov 14: 12)<br \/>\nC. The way of a fool is right in the fool&#8217;s eyes (Prov 12: 15)<br \/>\nD. Out of the heart comes the issues of life (Prov 4: 23) and with diligence, keep your heart<\/p>\n<p>IV. In Matt 16, we find Peter being an offense to God<br \/>\nA. We learn in verses 16-19, that Peter has a revelation from the Father, receives praise from Jesus, and is blessed by Jesus.<br \/>\nB. Yet, when Jesus reveals God&#8217;s plan for His suffering, death, and resurrection, Peter rebukes Jesus (verses 21-22)<br \/>\nC. Jesus &#8216;s response (verses 23-28)<br \/>\n1. Get behind me satan (one who opposes, obstructs, interferes)<br \/>\n2. Not mindful of God; mindful of the things of man<br \/>\n3. fail to deny self (verse 24)<br \/>\n4. desire is to save your life\/lifestyle (verse 25)<\/p>\n<p>V. Many times, the words &#8216;heart&#8217; and &#8216;mind&#8217; are used in scriptures to refer to the inner self, the emotions or the rationale of man, i.e. soul<br \/>\nA. Soul (or mind of carnal man) is emnity (hostile opposition) with God (Rom 8:6-7; James 4:4)<br \/>\nB. Cares of the world choke the Word of God in our hearts, preventing it from being fruitful (Matt 13: 22)<br \/>\nC. Out of heart comes what defiles us (Mark 7: 20-23)<br \/>\nD. Out of our hearts springs issues of life (Prov 4: 23)<br \/>\nE. Our soulish response to the blessings, anointings, revelations, intimacy of God often serves to oppose or be an offense to God.<\/p>\n<p>VI. So we could be an offense to God, even when (or especially after) we have had a revelation or blessing or anointing from God, if we fail to be diligent keeping our heart\/mind (soul)<br \/>\nA. Take heed to yourself, less your heart be weighed down &#8230;cares of this life (Luke 21: 34)<br \/>\nB. Prov 4: 23 keep your heart with all diligence<br \/>\nC. Renew your mind (Rom 12: 2)<br \/>\nD. Set your mind on things above (Col 3: 2)<br \/>\n1. Be anxious for nothing (Phil 4: 6)<br \/>\n2. through prayer, supplications, thanksgiving commune with God<br \/>\n3. focus on the true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, (Phil 4: 8)<br \/>\n4. meditate on that part that has virute, is praiseworthy<br \/>\nE. understand the will of God (Eph 5: 17)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Am I an Offense to God? I. 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