Saturday, June 6, 2009

Insecurity, Insensibility, and Instability

INSECURITY, INSENSIBILITY, AND INSTABILITY

Insecurity, Insensibility, and Instability are the subjects of this lesson; however before we look into the Scriptures for our Father's insight let us better understand what the definitions of these 3 words are (for they are all states of weakness in which we make ourselves more easy targets for Satan to lay hold on us with his chains of bondage!)

INSECURITY- a state of anxiety about earthly needs
Ask yourselves the following questions:
1.Have I ever worried about my needs being met?
2.Have I leaned on myself or other people for support?

INSENSIBILITY- deadness of spiritual life
Ask yourselves the following questions:
1.Have I ever ignored my Father in Heaven?
2.Have I chosen to remain ignorant about Father's plan and purpose?

INSTABILITY- lack of firmness of convictions
Ask yourselves the following questions:
1.Have I ever allowed man's traditions to bring confusion into my worship?
2.Have I chosen to be spiritually a reed in the wind?

Now let us turn to the Scriptures to see what our Father has told us about these particular items and remember this...one is as important as the other. Our Christianity must be tightly linked together without holes in it! You can't have security without stability and can't have either of those with out sensibility! I have stated many times over that “COMMON SENSE” is one of the greater gifts of our Father.

Insecurity
A. Descriptive of:
Wicked...................................Ps. 37.1,2, 10 (whole chapter)
Riches.....................................I Tim. 6.17 (whole chapter)
Those trusting in themselves..Luke 12.16-21 (13-21)

B. Cure of :
Steadfast of mind....................Is. 26.3 (1-4)
Rely upon God's promises......Ps. 37.1-26
(pg. 2- Insecurity, Insensibility, and Instability)

Remember God's provision....Phil. 4.9-19 (4-20)
Put God first...........................Matt. 6.25-34 (24-34)

Insensibility
A. Kinda of:
Physical.................................Judges 19.26-29 (22-29)
Spiritual.................................Jer. 5.3, 21 (whole chapter)
Judicial..................................Acts 28.25-28 (whole chapter)

B. Causes of:
Seared conscience........................I Tim. 4.2 (whole chapter)
Spiritual ignorance.......................Eph. 4.18, 19 (whole chapter)
Wanton pleasure...........................I Tim. 5.6 (whole chapter)

Instability

A. Causes of :
Deception......................................Gal. 3.1; Col. 2.4-8 (whole chapters both)
Immaturity.....................................I Tim. 3.6 (whole chapter)
False Teaching..............................2 Cor, 11.3, 4; Gal. 1.6-11 (whole chapters both)
Lack of Depth................................Heb. 5.11-14 (whole chapter)
Unsettled Mind..............................Eph. 4.14; James 1.6-8 (whole chapters both)

B. Examples of:
Pharaoh..........................................Ex. 10.8-20
Israel..............................................Judges 2.17
Soloman........................................I Kings 11.1-8
Disciples........................................John 6.66
John Mark.....................................Acts 15.37, 38
Galations.......................................Gal. 1.6
*Where you have verses or the words “whole chapter” in ( ) this is so that you may actually pick up the complete subject and read through until the object is located in the entirety as it was written for the readers complete understanding and knowledge! Always pick up your subject and object when studying. God bless you.