the whole duty of man sermon

The great commission, given by Jesus was; "Go ye unto all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." The Whole Duty of Man Category Listing: Sermon Date: May 29, 2019 Sermon Text: Download: Verse Sheet Download: MP3 Audio Sermon Series: Ecclesiastes. It says in that verse, "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. And the more he follows the Lord, the more different he's going to be from the rest of the world, the less conformed to this world he will be. But now we're reading the first verse of that chapter. The fellowship is the key factor to fulfilling purpose in life., To save items to a SermonFolder, please sign in to your account. City Harvest AG Church, Bangalore is a. It doesn't say, "Wait till you've made your pile." Now another thing we should be faithful in prayer and that is in behalf of kings and those in authority. But in this particular case he's telling us to pray for all saints, isn't he? Something a person could do and be done with - that was, and is, the way many people think religion works. But now we're reading the first verse of that chapter. Personification of worldliness, especially wealth. And their definition of the word mammon is material wealth or possessions. There's not one person here from myself down to the youngest child who has any reason to belief or any reason to think or any reason to know that of a certainty we will be alive in ten minutes from now. Because the law is perfect (Psalm 19:7) but we are not; because the law can tell us what we must do, but it cant help us do it; because the law can point out where we have failed, but it cannot take away our failures; because we can make a pretty good show of loving others but God sees our hearts and sees when we do good things grudgingly or resentfully. There's another good verse in connection with this thought over in Romans that I have read to you or quoted to you before in other messages. Now I have also known thousands of other Christians who were stingy with the Lord, stingy with His work, stingy with their time, stingy with their money, stingy with their efforts in the Lord's work. /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. Because, for example, if a man goes out and he refuses the Lord when he's young and he goes out and he becomes aan unsavory character and possibly he gets married to an unsavory woman, and then later on perhaps by the great grace of God when he's forty-five and this evil woman that he's married to is just an evil woman still, he comes to know the Lord, then he's in a terrible position to try to serve God, isn't he? It says, "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men." Without the Scriptures, if the Scriptures are not true, then we have no hope. Then now we want to think for a minute about the duty to dedicate the life to Christ. That's the sense in which we should pray for them, not that we should fail to resist evil. Oh, it's wonderful for an ancient man with one foot on a banana peeling and the other foot in the grave, it's wonderful when they get saved. Psalm 89:7 says, "God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him." For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." The record of every life is written in the books of heaven. That's important, to receive the Lord while the individual is young. The fact that the Bible was written for our instruction. It doesn't have a thing to do with that, does it? It wasn't just written so that these apostles and the prophets and the men of old of God would have something to do. It's not just a choice that we make, that is, one that we have a choice on. It teaches us that very clearly there in Psalms 111, verse 10. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.". First Corinthians chapter 16, verse 2. "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. Ebola is simply a virus people fear most. (Wenzel), [3] For example: if anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oathif anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath. you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The Bible was written for our instruction. We can't do it, if we don't know it! How are you to love them? All we have is a few brief years of trial and trouble here on earth and then death and annihilation, a cessation of existence. It has to be one or the other. I couldnt get enough teaching on the Bible, or spiritual things, but as time passed, that hunger and thirst began to grow smaller. He provided it by becoming one of us by voluntarily placing himself under his Fathers authority and placing himself next to the same frustrating, exasperating people you and I call our neighbors. Now the Polubits Bible Dictionary, which is I think the best all around Bible dictionary that there is, they give this definition of the meaning of the word mammon. So we see by this that it's an essential ingredient of worship, the fear of the Lord, isn't it? Something outward. Your neighbor is the person you are next to (). There is a duty to study the Bible. That's an important religious and psychological key to the whole thing, isn't it? Revelation 3:20 says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me." The fact that the Bible was written for our instruction. Now sometimes God helps us out and keeps us out of trouble in all these major decisions, even when we don't really put Him first like we should. And so they are without excuse. I believe all of it, but it's been badly misapplied and badly abused by modern-day, so-called Christians. If you are waiting for a feeling before you go and witness, you may never go; but if you go and tell someone what Christ has done for you, more often than not, feelings will follow that obedience to obligation to duty. One could make endless subdivisions of this thought. Those are key verses in dealing with anyone about salvation. 2 Chronicles 8:14, Deuteronomy 25:5, Deuteronomy 25:7, Ecclesiastes 11:13, Exodus 21:10, Ezra 3:4, Luke 17:10, Mark 16:15, Romans 15:27, 52-week preaching calendar to help you plan your sermons, Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching, Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year, Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives, Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future, Help your church understand God's plan in pain. Without the fear of the Lord, then we don't have any beginning of wisdom. You might win a thousand others before you go on to meet the Lord. It says, "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." That's Ephesians 2:8-9 which I just quoted to you. There may be men who claim that God has never knocked on their heart's door. When we worship and praise God wholeheartedly, we reveal our reverence for him. First Timothy chapter 2, verses 1 and 2. Did you realize that? The words of our text, were written by one of the wisest men who ever lived. By consistently destroying his enemies arguments with the sword of the Spiritthe word of God (Ephesians 6:17) he not only left his opponents speechless, but revealed himself to be the wisdom of God incarnate (1 Corinthians 1:24), the teacher greater than Solomon Israel had been waiting for. Hundreds of people like that all around us here now who claim yet to be Christians. And that is the duty to dedicate the life to Christ. Exodus 21:10; -her duty of marriage, Deuteronomy 25:5; -the duty of an husband's brother . But Jesus doesn't debate the relative importance of ceremonial washings or sacrifices, nor does he give them his opinion, he gives them more Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4, which isn't a command but a statement. And that is the duty to fear God. And the bad part is that a lot of men don't want to know what the duty of man is either! When a life displeases God, such is bound for destruction. Even the teacher of the law had to agree that these commandments are more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. It would be just wiped out. And I believe every word in it, every letter in it, every punctuation in it. The Whole Duty of Man (Video) Notes. It is our duty, to obey God and keep His commandments. Ecclesiastes 12:13 - 14. It just can't be done. He knew that we are too self-centered and self-interested to love others as much as we love ourselves. That's Matthew 6:33. In Ecclesiastes, also called The Preacher, Solomon went through all that is in this world without God and concluded it was vanity or worthless. Those that we've just given to you: Romans 10:17, Ephesians 2:8 and 9, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, and then we want to add one more. Whole Duty Of Man, a sermon by Dr. James H. Dearmore, Missionary, Rodgers Baptist Church, Garland, TX, preached at one of our Missions in Africa near Jo'burg, August 16, 1981, Tape Recorded, Transcribed by Stenographer, GospelWeb.net "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Because it says in Psalms 111, verse 10, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Every man was created to give God pleasure and once your life is not giving God pleasure, definitely it is displeasing him. Jesus came to earth to provide the perfectly dutiful life God demands from us, for us. I've never known anyone like that who was happy in the Lord's work. But I've divided it up into five different sections that we want to think about for just a few minutes. And, second, because Jesus was standing in the temple, surrounded by rituals, sacrifices and washings certainly, one would think that in keeping with his surroundings, he would say that the greatest commandment was something like making sure to bring the full tithe or making sure that the sacrificial animals were without defect, right? Another good one that we all should remember and memorize is Ephesians 2:8 and 9. Everywhere in the Scripture that it mentions such things, it teaches --- and this is not the only place, it mentions it several places in Scripture --- and it always teaches that men should obey those who have the authority over them. And unlike any soldier, any man, woman, or child to ever live he could say that he completed his duty perfectly, he did say it (which includes everything God demands of you) is finished. Another thing about the duty to support the Lord's work is that Christians should support the Lord's work cheerfully according to the dictates of their own heart. Now as we go on a little further, thinking still along this line of our duty, there's another duty that we might list here, the fourth on my list. And we'd be there with Him, where our treasure is. And I believe every word in it, every letter in it, every punctuation in it. Then Romans 10:17: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." In the book of John, chapter 5, verse 39, we have a good verse that fits very well at this point. Tweet. Matthew chapter 6 again. It does teach that we should love our enemies, that we should pray for them in the sense of praying that God will touch their heart and cause them to come to know the truth and come to the right way. You are not far from the kingdom of God. Why? It is important to note that churches also joined in the campaign too by issuing out notices of warning to their congregations, urging them to control their movements and be careful in how they relate with one another. He might have been a great preacher, he might have been a great layman in the church, he might have been a great deacon, he might have been a great song leader or musician in the church, he might have been a great teacher in the Sunday school and his wife along with him. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Save only in a direct conflict between the clear teaching of the word of God and men forbidding them to worship and obey God. You know, a lot of Christians, they don't seem to understand something that's taught in Matthew chapter 6, verse 24 in connection with this duty to dedicate the life to Christ. You know, man today --- most men, just don't even know what the duty of man is. Omnipotence. 16 December] 1714 - 30 September 1770), also known as George Whitfield, was an Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.. Born in Gloucester, he matriculated at Pembroke College at the University of Oxford in 1732. All of God's people. Now the Polubits Bible Dictionary, which is I think the best all around Bible dictionary that there is, they give this definition of the meaning of the word mammon. And why would you want to? So there's John 3:16 in English and Kiyaka, that I just quoted to you. King Solomon is the one here who is appointing the daily duty of the offices of the Old Testament priest, and the Levites. Matthew 6:24 teaches us very clearly, and we'll read that together in a minute, teaches us very clearly that one should dedicate one's life to the Lord because it's impossible for Christians to serve two masters. But it teaches us here in I Peter that we should desire the sincere milk of the word, that we may grow thereby. Now there's another duty that we want to mention. Next we look to a portion of scripture which points to the daily duty of the offices of the priest. (1 John 4:20). The LORD is not the God many people think he is, who is on his knees begging for attention, begging us to try our best to fit him into our busy schedules and lives; he is demanding, commanding us to fit our lives and schedules into him and his will. Then we talked about the duty to receive Christ as Savior and we've gave you some subdivisions on each of those. We don't need to pray for people that arein the sense of praying for blessing on people who are fighting the truth, even if they do claim to be God's people. Now that's a very clear and brief statement of the thought that we've been bringing, isn't it? And then he just says, "Let's just wind it all up and say that the conclusion of the whole matter is this, that man should fear God and keep His commandments because this is the whole duty of man." To become a soul winner, we must make it a part of our duty and obligation to do. There are people in this area, hundreds of them who claim to be Christians who have not once honestly studied their Bible in the past twelve months. Those are key verses in dealing with anyone about salvation. It is used in five different ways. Matthew 6:24 says it very well when it says this, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. We've given several references tonight from Matthew chapter 6. They didn't just write these books here that later became our Bible, in order for them to have something to do. The joy that you experienced in knowing that your sins were forgiven? But I've divided it up into five different sections that we want to think about for just a few minutes. This is not an unreasonable thing he's asking for. They had plenty of other things to do like running from Jezebel and calling fire down from heaven and plenty of other things they had to do, didn't they? This message reviews the entire book to put it all in perspective. Not only from the standpoint of serving Him in a long life of service and a happy life of service but also in the fact that then there's less chance of dying without the Lord. And another thing, it's much safer too. Try, What Small Groups Do Bestand What They Don't, The Power Of Choosing To Be A Touchable Leader. But the Bible does NOT teach pacifism at all. Perhaps he can. "Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." Well, there's never been a man like that in the world. Having trouble logging into your account? Perhaps he can. One could make endless subdivisions of this thought. That's the sense in which we should pray for them, not that we should fail to resist evil. It doesn't have a thing to do with that, does it? 2Chronicles 8:14; -as the duty of every day required: Ezra 3:4; -the duty of every day required; Luke 17:10; -we have done that which was our duty to do. The one we had first, "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." And so that's the duty when it becomes really urgent to receive Him as Christ or to receive Christ as Lord is when it's known, the moment that it's known that He's knocking at the door of one's heart. First Timothy chapter 2 speaks of this. You know, some people say, "Well, I don't like to think about God as a great, big bully with a stick that I'm scared of all the time." Both spirit and body belongs to God. But they have little idea and little desire to know what the duty of man is. We'll take a key verse from there and then we'll use various other references as well. The same is true with my new birth. The fear of God is motivated because of His omnipotence, His great power, His unlimited power. Now "mammon" in case you're wondering about a dictionary definition on that, I checked it in one of our Webster's dictionaries. If we receive the Lord before we make the major decisions of life, it can make a big difference in our ability or possibility or capability or position of ability to be able to serve and follow Him properly, can't it? I didn't check it in my Oxford dictionary but I happened to check this particular word in Webster's but it'll be about the same as the Oxford. Titled, " The whole duty of man" and the text was taken from the book of Ecclesiastes. Let's see -- Cheap might be a better word here in South Africa, meaning grasping or reluctant to give, stingy. First, the rabbis had shifted the focus from the moral will of God (the 10 commandments) to the numerous civil and ceremonial laws God had given his people [2] which led to endless bickering over which was the most important. Thats it. 9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. That's important, to receive the Lord while the individual is young. (Kiyaka, African tribal language) --- I'm so glad that no matter what language you say it in it still means the same thing and it still means that God loved that person to whom you're speaking. There's just no way that we can know that. There is a duty on those who hear the Word of God to receive Christ as Savior. I mean not once honestly sat down in the past twelve months for an hour and just sincerely studied the Bible. Other than that, you won't find anything in the Scripture where it teaches opposition to the government except in that one matter, where men ought to obey God rather than men! "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.". All of God's people. It is freedom and joy. And the lay workers are to earn their living by the sweat of their brow also through secular employment. But perhaps the first one we should mention is that we need to be faithful in prayer in behalf of all of God's people. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for instruction, for reproof," and so forth, as it tells us over there in II Timothy chapter 3, verses 16 and 17. There's just no way that we can know that. It teaches that we should earn our living by the sweat of our brow, by the work that we do. There are several different ways that we could divide up the whole duty of man. It does teach that we should love our enemies. We can go on and on in a bid to give us a picture of what Ill say is The fear of Ebola, is the beginning of Wisdom. And, of course, it's applicable to us today as well. Because this verse teaches us that it's a necessity to fear God if we're going to worship Him. So even that agrees pretty well with the secular dictionary definition of it. This decision about the Lord should be first. Romans 15:4, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." In the Bible love is not an emotion; it is action. Well, a Christian if he's really a Christian, is different. That's a logical progression from hearing the Word of God, isn't it? He tried, tasted, and experienced anything you could try, taste, and experience. If they try to act like God is a big bully and they don't want to be afraid of Him. Therefore, when he says that the entire sum of life is to fear God, then we ought to take note of just what he is talking about. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." The fear of God is motivated because of His omnipotence, His great power, His unlimited power. He might have been a great preacher, he might have been a great layman in the church, he might have been a great deacon, he might have been a great song leader or musician in the church, he might have been a great teacher in the Sunday school and his wife along with him. We need to be transformed as he said here in verse 2 of chapter 12, Romans. In which Commandment note these two Affirmatives. In fact, at some point, people were advised to desist from eating bush meat, the suspected conduit for the disease. Remember we've already talked about the duty to hear the Word of God. The Whole Duty of Man. But it does not teach that you should stand there and let that mad man go and tear up your little baby. In Genesis, God created man so that he can come in the cool of the day to fellowship with man. Ecclesiastes again, chapter 12, verse 1 has a good word on this. SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL:https://www.youtube.com/c/MBBEIntl?sub_confirmation=1Title: What Is the Whole Duty of Man?Speaker: Dr. Benny M. Abante, Jr.Text: Ecclesi. I've never known anyone like that who was happy in the Lord's work. And remember now for this first little bit of our message tonight, we're thinking about the duty of man to hear the Word of God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. On Veterans Day and Judgment Day and every day in between this is the whole duty of man. Perhaps. Those that we've just given to you: Romans 10:17, Ephesians 2:8 and 9, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, and then we want to add one more. But yet, due to the fact that he didn't make this decision for Christ before he made the other big decisions of life such as marriage and so forth, it hampers his service to God, even if he does later come to know the Lord. And therefore it's important to receive the Lord while one is young. Now he's been discussing in the book of Ecclesiastes up to this point, and we're just the next to the last verse here, of course, that we read tonight, he's been discussing a lot of things about the natural man and about natural life, life here on earth. Your neighbor is the person next to you in bed, at home, at the office, in the checkout line, at the 4-way stop sign, sitting behind you right now. As soon as one knows that He's knocking at your hearts door, then that's the time to receive Him. Having trouble logging into your account? And yet, every bit of that treasure that we've laid up in heaven would still be perfectly safe, just as safe as God is. He summed it up here into fear God and keep His commandments. Deuteronomy 25:5; -the duty of an husbands brother . When there is a clear conflict between what God commands, and that which men demand, we ought to obey God and His word, rather than men. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Denomination: "They were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." First Corinthians chapter 6, verse 20 speaks of this. That's even more wonderful, isn't it? Without the Scriptures we don't have any hope, do we? And then he just says, "Let's just wind it all up and say that the conclusion of the whole matter is this, that man should fear God and keep His commandments because this is the whole duty of man." And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.". Mark 16:15. (There is a clear statement of this teaching in Acts 5:29, where it says: "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."). So it's our duty to receive the Lord as Savior before making decisions about the other major issues of life. Because the Bible clearly teaches repeatedly throughout Scripture that we should resist evil. Now that's the way it should be. If you stop and think about it, you would realize it but unless you stopped to think about it, you might not realize that the Word of God is a requirement before one could have faith. Now we want to think about the next duty which follows on that one and that is the duty to receive Christ as Savior.

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