Asking For A Friend ~ Week 1

Asking for a friend ~ Week 1 ~ Dean Johnson ~ 10.11.2020

Is it Ok…

Is it OK to use drugs?
Is it OK to get drunk?
Is it OK to look at porn?
Is it OK to have sex with my girlfriend/boyfriend?
Is it OK to…fill in the blank

• Ephesians 4:29
  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,

• Ephesians 1:1
  1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy
  people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

• “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths”

• • Unwholesome = rotten, putrid, corrupt, unfit for use, of poor or bad quality
  • Where exist, people look for loopholes
  • Minimum entrance requirements
    Can I this and still meet the minimum entrance requirements?
  • Religion says do these things to be accepted. Jesus says you are
    accepted, now of that do these things.
  • Relationship, not .
• John 14:15
  If you love me, keep my commands.

• Matthew 22: 36-40
  36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
  37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
  your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest
  commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as
  yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
  commandments.”

• Ephesians 4:29
  but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that
  it may benefit those who listen.

• • The “Do’s” in scripture someone and the “Do Not’s” someone
    else
  • The question regarding our behavior is not “Is this allowable” but rather “Is
    this for the other person?”

Matthew 25:34-36

• 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are
  blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you
  since the creation of the world. 

• 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
  you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me
  in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after
  me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

• 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry
  and feed you, or thirsty and give you
  something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in,
  or needing clothes and clothe you?39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

• 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the
  least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’