Introduction

• Isaiah 29:8 – This is how it will be for everyone that tries to fight against God. They are dreaming!

Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem

• Isaiah 36-37
• Isaiah 37:33
• 185,000 of Sennacherib’s soldiers were killed. Then his sons killed him.

Esther

• Haman planned to kill Mordecai and all the Jews.
• Haman and his ten sons were executed. The Jews defeated their enemies.
• Haman was just a dreamer to think he could work against God.

Genesis 11 – The Tower of Babel

• God defeated them by confusing their languages.

Numbers 16 – The rebellion of Korah

• God opened the ground and swallowed them and their households. Fire from heaven consumed the 250 princes that joined the rebellion.

Famous atheists

• The Big Bang Theory
• They are all dreamers!

Famous evolutionists

• They are just dreaming if they think they can remove God from the equation.

I Corinthians 5:1 – Sexual immorality in the church

• If they thought this sin was okay, they were just dreaming!

False doctrines of churches

• The unbelieving will go to the lake of fire. Revelation 21.
• False teachers are just dreamers!

If our interests are centered in this world, we are going to be like the dreamers.

• I John 2:17; II Peter 3:12-13
• Ephesians 5:14
• I Corinthians 15:34
• Romans 13:11-14
• Heaven and hell are real!

We plan and dream for so many things …

• Hebrews 6:18-20 – Follow Jesus within the veil.

Do not remove the ancient landmarks

• Proverbs 22:28; Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 23:10
• Leviticus 19:11-14
• Hosea 5:10

God’s law is our boundary

• Inspired word of God sets our boundaries
  • II Timothy 3:16-17
• Jesus gave us boundaries
  • Hebrews 1:1-3
• Apostles were commanded to teach God’s boundaries
  • Matthew 28:19-20

God’s laws are our boundaries – Genesis 2:15-17

• The world bristles at the idea of boundaries.
• Galatians 5:13 – Don’t use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh.
• Galatians 5:16-17

Boundaries protect us from things that are bad for us.

• Sin corrupts us and damages us.
• Deuteronomy 6:24-25
• Boundaries are a blessing because they protect us from things that are bad for us!

Boundaries keep us from hurting others.

• Romans 5:12
• Ephesians 4:29, 25
• Our sin is never committed in a vacuum. Our sin hurts others.
• Numbers 13:26-31 – The unfaithfulness of the spies.
• II Samuel 11-12 – David and Bathsheba
• Genesis 37:34 – Joseph and his brothers
• Acts 7:59-60; 8:1 – Paul’s persecution of Christians.
• Boundaries are a blessing because they keep us from hurting others!

Boundaries help us become the person we want to be.

• I Corinthians 9:24-27
• Ephesians 5:25, 28
• Hebrews 13:4
• Romans 6:18-23
• I Timothy 1:8-11
• Romans 3:20
• Boundaries are a blessing because they help us become the person we want to be!

Do not remove the ancient landmarks; they are God’s blessings to us!

Galatians 5, continued

• Galatians 5:16-18 – This chapter talks about many contrasts between flesh and spirit (Philippians 2:5). See I Corinthians 2:14. We need to have the mind of Christ.
• Galatians 5:19-21
  • Jealousy is a negative form of zeal.
  • Outbursts of wrath are not the same as righteous indignation, such as what Jesus showed. He was also notable in that He was also in control and did not have outbursts, even though He showed anger at times.
• Galatians 5:22-26 – the fruits of the spirit

How are we saved from our sins?

• Ephesians 1:3-8; 2:1-10
• Romans 3-4
  • Through the blood of Jesus
  • By God’s grace, through our faith
  • Not by anything we do to earn it
• I Peter 1:9
  • Through our faith
• I Peter 3:18-21
  • Baptism saves you
• Acts 22:16
  • Baptism washes away sins
• Mark 16:16
  • Believe and be baptized and be saved
• So which is it? Is the Bible contradicting itself?

I Peter 3:20-21

• Grace + faith = saved

What about you?

• Romans 6:3; 3:23
• Romans 10:14-17
• Mark 16:16; Romans 10:9-10
• I John 1; Romans 10:9-10
• Acts 2:38; 22:16
• I John 1; Revelation 2:10

I Corinthians 7, continued

I Corinthians 7:15-16

• Some argue that this passage provides another valid reason for divorce (the “Pauline Privilege”), but that is not the case. It is simply saying that if an unbelieving spouse leaves, the faithful spouse is not required to fulfill marital duties to them. It does not say that the faithful spouse can lawfully remarry.

I Corinthians 7:17-24

• I Corinthians 7:17 – If your situation is not sinful, don’t change it when you are converted.
• I Corinthians 7:18-24 – It is not sinful to be slave or free, circumcised or not. Serve God in whatever condition you are in, but correct any sin you have in your life.

I Corinthians 7:25-28

• I Corinthians 7:25 – Paul is providing inspired judgment from the Lord on the particular situation they were in. The current “distress” might have been persecution but is not explicitly stated.
• I Corinthians 7:26-28 – Again, this is not stating an additional reason for divorce and remarriage. It is only saying it is probably better not to become married at that particular time.

I Corinthians 7:36-38

• The point continues here in that marriage is not wrong, but Paul was advising against it at that time. This was written in the first few years of Nero’s reign, so it’s possible that persecution was extreme for the Corinthians.

I Corinthians 7:39-40

• I Corinthians 7:39 – If you do get married, it is still a permanent marriage. The law does not change because of persecution.
• I Corinthians 7:40 – Compare I Corinthians 2:12-13; 14:37. This is worded as an understatement.