Taking every thought captive. (We demolish arguments and every pretension . . . 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV84) Flashcards
It’s OK, I’ll start tomorrow.
This is not about an optional activity; it is about sin.
Proverbs 23:21 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
It’s OK, I’ll start tomorrow.
This is not about an optional activity; it is about sin, and Jesus was tortured to death for my sin(gluttony).
Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death . . .
It’s OK to eat this snack even though I’m not hungry, afterall, I still have the calories or sodium
Food has control over me. Therefore, if I’m not hungry for a snack, I should not eat it. The idolatry must end.
1 John 5:21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
It’s OK to eat this snack even though I’m not hungry, afterall, I still have points.
Food has control over me. Therefore, if I’m not hungry for a snack, I should not eat it. The idolatry must end.
1 John 2:15-16 Do not love the world or anything in the world . . . For everything in the world, the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes, and the boasting of what he has and does comes not from the Father but from the world.
It’s OK to eat this snack even though I’m not hungry, afterall, I still have points.
Food has control over me. Therefore, if I’m not hungry for a snack, I should not eat it.
James 4:17 When a person knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, then he is sinning.
I ought to be able to have what everyone else is having
I am uniquely created by God with my own unique history and plan. What other people eat may not be good for me.
1 Corinthians 10:23 Everything is permissable, but not everything is beneficial.
I ought to be able to have what everyone else is having
I am uniquely created by God with my own unique history and plan. What other people eat may not be goood for me.
Galatians 6:4 Each one should test his own actions . . Without comparing himself to someone else.
Lie: l really want . . . I’m dying to have . . . I can indulge today, after all . . .
Truth: Would you rather have (fill in the blank), or God’s plan for your life?
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Deuteronomy 30:19, 20 NIV84)
It’s OK, I’ll start tomorrow.
The thief has stolen 20+ years from me one day at a time. Do not give him another day.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10 NIV84)
It’s ok, you can have what you want just this once.
Satan will try any and all reasonings and excuses to get me to put off doing the right, best thing just one more day.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44 NIV84)
It’s OK to eat this snack even though I’m not hungry, afterall, I still have points.
But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit. (Romans 7:6 NLT)
It’s ok to eat even though I’m not hungry.
“Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. (Jonah 2:8 NIV84)
I really want to eat this. Surely it would be ok, wouldn’t it?
But if you have doubts about whether or not you should eat something, you are sinning if you go ahead and do it. For you are not following your convictions. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning. (Romans 14:23 NLT)
Surely it would be ok to eat this one thing I don’t need.
and do not give the devil a foothold. (Ephesians 4:27 NIV)
I’ll just have part of what I know I don’t need. That’s better isn’t it?
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it. Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say. Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel, lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another. At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors. And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.” (Proverbs 5:1-14 NIV)
