Title: Offense & Murmuring
Series: Necessary Sins
If someone does something to you that offends you, do you have the right to hold that against them, cut them off, murmur and complain about them? God directs us in this very “unnessesary sin!”
Foundational Scriptures…
Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. —Psalm 66:16-19 (NIV)
If I regard iniquity (sin) in my heart, the Lord will ot hear… —Psalm 66:18 (KJV)
…Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me… —Psalm 19:12-13 (NKJV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. —Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)
These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren. —Proverbs 6:16-19 (NKJV)
Do not murmur… as some of them did - and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example and warning [to us]; they were written for our instruction, to admonish and equip us…—1 Corinthians 10:10-11 (Amplified)
Murmur Definition:
How Does Murmuring Grow?
1) Murmuring starts in the
My heart murmurs within me… —Psalm 55:4 (BSB)
Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. —Psalm 36:1 (NLT)
2) Murmuring
And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. —Deuteronomy 1:27 (ESV)
3) Murmuring
And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness! —Numbers 14:2 (NET)
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: “How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. —Numbers 14:26-27 (NIV)
Heart. Home. Hunt. (this is how murmuring grows)
Grumbling gives way to
Biblical Principles for valid concerns, complaints, or issues…
- Go to
With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. —Psalm 142:1-2 (ESV)
- Go
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. —Matthew 18:15 (NIV)
- Have a
In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them. —Acts 6:1-3 (NIV)
One of our biggest workouts as Christians…
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience** void to offence toward God, and toward men**. —Acts 24:16 (KJV)
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