Great Resource: NIV Application Commentary

I love to learn and when I do I like to share what I have learned. I have learned that the NIV Application Commentary is one of the best and one that I turn to often in my study of the Bible. I am big on bringing into Bible teaching what it means for my life now.

The NIV Application Commentary helps to do this.

“From biblical text…to contemporary life

If you have the money to spend on such a resource the entire New Testament series can be purchased for about $300.00. If you don’t have that much to spend, you can purchase individual volumes (that is how I have to do it) at a very reasonable price from places like amazon and Christianbook.com

Outstanding Resource

Ronnie

My Friend Daddy

here comes the judge…

I never cease to be amazed at my understanding of scripture, or the lack thereof. I hope you will come and discover the scripture afresh and anew with me at SNL. So many times we preach and teach what we have heard all our lives and it is just simply wrong.

Would you want to know if you were wrong about your understanding of scripture?

Ronnie

I originally planned to preach on verses 1 – 6 and then I realized that you cannot separate verses 1-12. Come and see what God is doing in Carroll County and the hearts and lives of individuals.

Matthew 7: 1-12 (NIV)

¹“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ²For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

³“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

⁶“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ¹²So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

hypocrisy

Matthew 7:5 (NIV)

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Hypocrisy

hypocrisy means to perform external acts of righteous that mask, perhaps even from oneself, of ones own inner corruption.

During Jesus ministry on earth, many people attached themselves to him but never truly believed in him.

John 6: 60-66

⁶⁰On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? ⁶²What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! ⁶³The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit^[a] and they are life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. ⁶⁵He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

When you read this, don’t think about all the people you know and believe they truly don’t believe Jesus but think of yourself. Do you truly believe. What is your attitude toward others when they are found in sin? Do you offer them the same grace that has been offered to you?

Think about these things.

Ronnie

This Day In The Life of Your Pastor – December 8th, 2009

1. Good day, very blessed, beyond measure actually about 10 hours ago from TwitterBerry
2. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you ha… http://read.ly/Jas4.12.NLT about 12 hours ago from API

3. We are skating on the kitchen floor, Samuel just wiped out about 12 hours ago from TwitterBerry

4. Hanging out playing with the kids, Samuel is reading to me about 12 hours ago from TwitterBerry

5. “God is no longer our judge, through Jesus Christ, he is our Father who disciplines us out of love & for our good” Jerry Bridges about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

6. Regardless of our performance (good or bad) we are always dependant on Gods Grace about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

7. The result of running is not explosive strength but endurance. about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

8. Diets R easy 2 start & hard 2 continue. Running is hard 2 start but once you get N2 it, U will C the benefits R far greater than weight loss about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

9. Joggers who run year round in all seasons rarely have colds. Personally I remember having less than half dozen colds in the past 10 years. about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

10. Believe it or not, running is addictive & isn’t it a great thought that good things are also addictive? about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

11. “Jogging is about halfway between an unmet need & a satisfied life. U R not making a lifelong commitment yet. But it is a momentous decision about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

12. “Some times it is not prayer & Bible Study that we need to straighten out our lives, but exercise & proper diet” Lewis Sperry Chafer about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

13. A large part of good mental health is good solid exercise. about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

14. I would rather give up television than running! about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

15. “We thrive under discipline & exertion, not in pathetic, languid taking of the easy path, the soft road”. Haydn Gilmore about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

16. It is in expending ourselves & going to the lengths of our endurance that we become stronger in mind, spirit & body – Running about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

17. Dropping Kyle @ Sylvan and catching up on some reading about 16 hours ago from TwitterBerry

18. I believe the Father sent the rain to encourage me to stay off the sore foot for another day! about 17 hours ago from web

19. I have a confession to make https://imagebearer.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/i-have-a-confession-to-make/ about 14 hours ago from web

20. Myrtle Beach Marathon December 7, 2009 The Marathon is 81% full (505 spots remaining) about 15 hours ago from web

21. Awesome communion & fellowship with my mentor group today, blessed! about 16 hours ago from TwitterBerry

22. Don’t worry be happy about 17 hours ago from TwitterBerry

23. What is the mystery of Holy Communion? What does it mean to you? about 19 hours ago from TwitterBerry

24. The mentor group is discussing Holy Communion, thouthts? about 20 hours ago from TwitterBerry

25. When we give, God gives it back multiplied, praise Him! about 21 hours ago from TwitterBerry

26. started the blog N March 2008, it just passed 40,000 hits www.imagebearer.wordpress.com about 22 hours ago from web

27. just received a pledge of $26.00 for the Children of Sudan in my Myrtle Beach Run, God is at work in Sudan through you! about 23 hours ago from web

28. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” (Matthew 7:1) There is so much more here than meets the eye, come to SNL this week, Dec 13th @ 630 about 23 hours ago from web

29. headed to the office this morning and then to a Mentor meeting in Abingdon about 23 hours ago from web

30. Myrtle Beach Marathon is 65 DAYS | 23 HRS | 11 MINS | 25 SECONDS away about 23 hours ago from web

31. just ordered it Running the Spiritual Path: A Runner’s Guide to Breathing, Meditating, and Exploring the Prayerful Dimension of the Sport