Who is on the Throne of your Heart?

Who Is On <= span class=3DGramE>The Throne

of Your Hea= rt?

Sermon from cong readings in Judges , Sept 10, 2006 – bk@kluth.org

Judges 21:25 In those days Israel had no king, so the pe= ople did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Prov 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in = the end it leads to death.

3DCircles

Self-Directed Life

S =3D Self is on the throne.
=3D Christ is outside the life. =3D Interests are directed by sel= f, often resulting in discord and frustration.

Source: Campus Crusade for Christ’s 4 Spiritual Laws

Christ-Directed Life<= /b>

=3D Christ is in the life and on = the throne.
S =3D Self is yielding to Christ,
resulting in harmony with God's plan.
Interests are directed by Christ,=
resulting in harmony with God's plan

Spiritual decay Judg 2:11 The Israelites did e= vil in the eyes of the LORD…They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Foreign oppressors Judg 4:2-3 Sisera…cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Money problems Judg 6:3-6 Whenever the Israel= ites planted their crops, the Midianites…ruine= d the crops... they impoverished the Israelites.

Fighting and arguing Judg 8:1 Ephraimites asked Gideon, "Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call = us when you went to fight Midian?" And they criticized him sharply.

Sexual immorality Judg 16:1 One day Samson went = to Gaza, where he sa= w a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

Judg 19:22 Wicked men …surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old = man who owned the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house so we c= an have sex with him."

Horrible crimes Judg 19:29-30 When he got home= , he took a knife and cut his concubine's body into twelve pieces. Then he sent = one piece to each tribe of Israel. Everyone who saw it said, "Such a horrible crime has not been committed since Israel left Egypt.

Signs of the times 2 Tim 3= :1-5 There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money (=3Dto = have an extreme desire for possessions), boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient = to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-having a form of godliness but denying its power.

God’s Provision 1 Tim 1:16= -17 I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example= for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible= , the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

God’s Plan Gal 5:22-25 But the fruit = of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions a= nd desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.<= /p>

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BIBLE READI= NGS for this week, read Galatians 1-6, Ps 143