SO LONG SELF - SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE
Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Christian Walk Bible study program. This is our extremely intriguing, very concerning and thought provoking, So Long Self teaching with Selfishness Bible study taking an in depth look into the question, what is selfishness in the Bible. The Bible makes it very clear that selfishness is a very big concern for Christians. The absolutely awesome and heart piercing message within the So Long Self / Selfishness Bible study will teach you to avoid entertaining selfishness and will truly enhance your YOU-nique Christian walk.
What is selfishness and how does selfishness affect your day to day life?
The Bible makes it clear that we ARE the Temple of the Holy Spirit and that He resides within us as, it is written:
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1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know
ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? |
Did you note the last part? We are NOT our own ...
That is what we will be looking into today ... With a twist. So, open your
minds and hearts and prepare to be enlightened in many ways.
It will be YOUR CHOICE to partake of this TRUTH, another
CHOICE to believe it or not and yet another CHOICE whether
you will apply it to your Christian Walk ... Or NOT.
SO LONG SELF & SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY TRUTH
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE ORIGIN
Let's talk
about a man named Job. A MUST read book of the Bible for all
Christians. If you have not read it I suggest that you do.
Job was a man that God called ... PERFECT. After reading of
all that he endured, we learn of his never ending Faith
after being put to the test, at the request of our common
enemy ... Satan. The test was to see if Job would trade up
his Faith and curse God, if trials and tribulation were
allowed to occur in his life. We learned of how Job had some
of the most horrific tribulations that one could fathom come
upon him. From the loss of his worldly wealth ... To his flesh
being tortured ... To even his children being killed.
Now some
of you that know the story may be thinking ... Wait a second,
you put the children being killed at the end of the list as
if it was the worst thing that happened. Did not Satan
request that Job’s flesh be tortured AFTER his children’s
death and if so, would that not be deemed as a WORSE
torture?
Satan
thought so ... See AFTER his worldly wealth and children
were taken from him and Job did NOT curse God as Satan
expected him to but rather praised God ... The enemy of our
soul went back to stand in line awaiting his turn to speak
with our God and when it was his turn, God pointed out that
ole Job withstood the test and had remained faithful ... Satan
THEN suggested that Job’s flesh be tortured claiming that
Job did not fall cuz Job himSELF was not physically hurt.
Now anyone
that has ever loved someone knows that this is not TRUTH.
When we lose someone that we love, it hurts all over. It
matters lil if it was a child, spouse, friend or even
someone we love that never loved us back. We know that the
pain can be SOOOOOOOO intense that even our flesh mourns.
Then why did Satan think he would trade up his Faith if his
flesh was touched?
Satan knew
EXACTLY what he was doing. He knew of a seed of “self love”
that he had planted within mankind back in the garden of
Eden and just knew it would be the straw that would break
the camel’s back. Therefore he requested that Job be allowed
to suffer fleshly torture as a last resort by having Job
receive boils all over his body that were so bad, that even
his friends did not recognize him. His wife seeing him even
said just curse God and die. Tsk tsk.
Obviously,
if Job did not surrender his Faith after the loss of his
children, he was not going to trade up his Faith for what is
a LESSER torture to one who can SEE. Job continued in his
Faith and God put an end to the test and restored Job with
twice the wealth that he had and the same amount of children
that he had prior to Satan’s plot to destroy Job’s Faith.
Job passed the TEST.
We are all
tested in life in like manner. Maybe not to such extremes
but it oft times FEELS like it DURING the trials that we
encounter. I would like to talk today about some of the
trials that we experience as we sojourn down this Christian
Walk and seek ways to hold our Faith DURING the trials as to
never doubt and even curse God.
Do you
remember that I just said that Satan planted a seed of “self
love” within mankind back in the garden of Eden? It was
Satan that spoke through the serpent in the garden of Eden ...
Some question whether it was Satan or just a snake. Here is
wisdom ... The enemy speaks thru vessels just as God speaks
through His chosen vessels. Here is one scripture that
verifies it was Satan speaking in the Garden of Eden ... When
referring to Satan, (Ezekiel
28:12-19) God said ...
Thou hast been
in Eden, the garden of God ...
SO LONG SELF - SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY FACTS
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE CONCERN
Let me explain the “self
love” a lil more ... Due to past CHOICES of the two original
humans ... We, as humans, have been bestowed with what we will
call ORIGINAL SIN:
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Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned. |
This is a
seed of selfishness within each of us which originated from
Satan’s deception of Eve by telling her that if she defied
God and ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil that
she would be LIKE God. Eve then gave the fruit to Adam and
he too CHOSE to partake of that which God said NOT to. Let
us look at the actual words to FEEL what happened:
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Genesis 3:1-7
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD
God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We
may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,
lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together,
and made themselves aprons.
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SO LONG SELF / SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY DETAILS
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE DANGERDue to this Choice made by the first
man and woman ... The Sin is now in the flesh of all mankind
and when we are born, we are destined to death ... UNLESS we
make the CHOICE to believe in Jesus. When we become
Christians, we are REBORN and receive Salvation and Eternal Life. This
New Covenant of Grace ... Has the destiny of death made void by the Blood of Jesus.
Let’s look
at a few of the words that Satan said ... And the serpent said
unto the woman, YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE: For God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Satan was
referring to what God said:
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Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that
thou eatest thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE. |
Satan
spoke of carnal matters while God spoke of Eternal matters.
Cuz ladies and gents Adam and Eve DID die even after
partaking of the fruit. They would no longer live FOREVER.
They died Spiritually and then physically years later. So,
as God said ... They WOULD die. They did NOT become as God. So
Satan LIED.
Did you
note that Satan also said that they would know the
difference between good and evil? THAT was true. But again
from a carnal view as if it was something good BUT he failed
to tell the whole TRUTH which is that they would then be
RESPONSIBLE for their CHOICES IF they ate from the tree of
Knowledge of Good and evil cuz they would know SIN ... Was
sin.
SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY CHOICES
SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE FEARS
It is
kinda like a baby crawling over to an electric socket and
messing with it. When the parent sees the child, they run
over and pull the infant away from the electric socket,
gently warning of the dangers. BUT ... When that kid is 5
years old and KNOWS right from wrong and STILL does it, the
parent then becomes angry and it is time to learn a lesson.
Even tho it is the same child doing the SAME ACT. The child
KNEW. That makes all the difference in the world. That is
why it is called the tree of KNOWledge of Good and evil.
Sooooooo
thanks Eve. Way to go Adam. We now have the seed of the
Original sin within each and every one of us. It is in the
GENES. Kinda like when someone says awwwwwwwwwww, look at
lil Joey, he has his daddy’s eyes. Another says yes, and his
grandmas smile. Still another says yep and his aunt Cathy’s
disposition. Well guess what lil Joey ... You got a lil
something else too, courtesy of your descendants Adam and
Eve.
We see now
that we awake each day with the Original Sin cleaving to our
flesh. This spiritual “thorn in the flesh” if you will. A
constant crying out for us to do things OUR own way. The
desire to ponder on things that WE want. The manner of
seeing everything around us as how it affects US. The
passion to do things asked of us ONLY if we had gain or not
at all unless it was our idea. In a word ... SELFISHNESS.
We all
have this Original Sin within us and it is something that we
are to OVERCOME with TRUTH. You see our enemy absolutely
adores CON-fusing us. He will even use scripture as He did
with Jesus when Jesus was being tempted in the wilderness
for 40 days:
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Matthew 4:1
Then was Jesus
led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. |
Did you
catch that? TEMPTED by the devil. Let’s consider that for a
sec. When we are going thru our own trials and tests, it is
actually us being TEMPTED by Satan. So Job was also being
TEMPTED by Satan in a vain attempt to get Job to surrender
his Faith and curse God.
SO LONG SELF & SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY RESEARCH
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE SOURCE
Satan offered Jesus SELFISH desires. Everything from answering the
calls of the flesh by suggesting that Jesus eat while He was
fasting ... To jumping off a building as to test God’s
promises ... To offering Jesus fame and fortune in the world.
Satan uses
this same method of temptation with each of us ... He
constantly has our flesh call out to be catered to. He
constantly gives us thoughts to question God’s promises. He
constantly gives us thoughts of fame and fortune. You know,
the temporal stardom that the world teaches us to strive
for. Be a Sports star, a beauty queen, the richest man, the
nicest house on the block, the best at this and that, etc.
We are taught to seek to BE in that temporal limelight.
Sounds
more like a falling STAR does it not? I mean check it out ...
Something that shines and people say wow as it streaks
before them, with all it’s OWN glory and then it is gone ...
And the next contestant steps up. The new kid in town has
arrived and the STAR that was ... Is a has been. Nobody thinks
of them any more. They have traded up eternal for temporal.
What did
Jesus say in response to Satan’s attempts to TEMPT Him? He
quoted TRUTH ... When it was suggested that He turn a stone
to bread and eat ... Jesus said that man shall NOT live by
bread alone but by every Word that proceedeth from the mouth
of God ... Which means that we are NEVER gonna be satisfied by
answering the calls of the flesh cuz it will never end.
There is something deep within us that NEEDS God’s Word and
mankind has attempted to fill that void with temporal
things. We all know that just does not do it.
Even in
what some deem as a “perfect world” ... You have a great
spouse. You have plenty of money, loving kids, nice home,
etc. ... There is still that longing for MORE. It is your SOUL
searching for something Eternal ... It can ONLY be filled with
God’s Word. It is a deep planted seed just as the Original
Sin was but this seed is planted by God within your SOUL.
SO LONG SELF & SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY TRAINING
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE DECEPTION
In answer
to Satan’s request to have Jesus test God’s promises by
leaping off of a building ... Jesus told Him that we are not
to tempt God by questioning His promises. God is true to His
Word but you change the playing field when you choose to
doubt or test Him. Simple rules boys and girls ... He is GOD
and we are NOT.
When
offered the worldly fame and fortune ... Jesus said ... Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou
serve ....... Let’s be real shall we? You ARE gonna serve a
master. Whether it be the devil which planted the seed of
Self or God who planted the seed of LOVE and cultivated it
with GRACE. To attempt to CON-vince yourself that it is
anything different is ... DECEPTION.
Think
about this for a sec. EVEN JESUS WAS TEMPTED. Who are we not
to expect the same? When we are tempted, as Job was and as
even our Lord was we should choose to do what Jesus did and
that is to overcome the CIRCUMSTANCE that was presented with
TRUTH.
Job said
something that we should all ponder on more and even make it
part of our state of mind and heart.
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Job 1:21
Naked came I out of
my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the
LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. |
Paul
echoes this TRUTH:
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1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out. |
SO LONG SELF & SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY TEST
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE PATH
Think
about just how TRUE these words are. We are just sojourners
here on Earth. We are not owed anything. Nothing is ever
OURS. So we see a totally diff way of thinking than that
which we have been accustomed to thinking.
This
brings us to LOVE ... When we LOVE someone; We must ask
ourselves WHY we love them. Is it the kind of Love that God
has for us? Or, is it that we want to deem them as OURS? And
if so ... Is it the call of our flesh being answered yet
again?
I am not
talking about sex, I am talking about wanting to be WANTED.
The carnal instinct to have someone want and even desire us.
Oft times, once that is achieved, we find ourselves
uninterested in that person and seek others to want us.
Is not
this type of LOVE selfish? Now what if we stay with a person
that we love and this person is taken from us whether it be
by distance, divorce or even death? How is it that we are so
hurt at times that we question our own FAITH?
Let’s take
the worst case scenario ... DEATH. Let us say the person we
loved was a Christian. When they die, do they not go to
Paradise? Why then do we mourn for the ones that we LOVED
that died when we are supposed to KNOW that they are happy
and safe. Is it not for selfish reasons that we mourn?
Think
about it ... Thousands of Christians die every day and yet you
do not mourn for them as you do for those that have come
across your path in life. Why is that? Cuz you deem them as
YOUR spouse, YOUR child, YOUR friend ... YOURS.
What if
we had a different mindset. The one taught us by a man that
God called PERFECT and another man that was by far the most
potent human tool of God at bringing in the sheep. HEAR
their words yet again ...
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Job 1:21
Naked came I out of
my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the
LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. |
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1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out. |
SO LONG SELF & SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY COUNSELING
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE HELP
Did you know that JESUS said there is no marriage in Heaven? So all
of those who imagine that if or when your spouse dies, there
will be this great reunion once you arrive in Paradise where
you and your spouse are back together in each others arms,
to live happily ever after. Uh huh ... Best check the facts.
Tho it is a quaint lil picture, our LORD Jesus said quite
the opposite. Check this out:
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Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven. |
In other
words, when you pass from this realm to the next, you no
longer have the desire to serve SELF but rather become as an
angel and seek to please GOD. Perhaps you should get used to
this by doing so NOW ... My friends, please ponder on this for
a minute ... How many thoughts do you have every day that seek
to please YOU and how many seek to please GOD?
Now there
is nobody judging you here as we are ALL guilty of this cuz
of the Original Sin within us. BUT ... We are taught that we
are to RENEW OUR MINDS as to overcome this. We are to have
a mindset where such things are not allowed to touch our
precious FAITH. Consider Job’s test.
The words
of the Apostles taught us to rejoice in trials and
tribulation ... They KNEW this TRUTH that is being shared with
you. Now the unbeliever next to em probably freaked out when
they came out with stripes on their back from being whipped,
and yet they were praising God. They must have thought em crazy
... They are. They are CRAZY for Jesus. A LOVE that surpasses
all understanding.
SO LONG SELF & SELFISHNESS BIBLE STUDY SUMMARY
WHAT IS SELFISHNESS IN THE BIBLE CONCLUSION
So let’s
do a lil math and put all this together ... We MUST change the
way we perceive the trials and tribulation that we are sure
to experience by remembering that we came with nothing and
will leave the same way. NOTHING is OURS. It is all ... HIS.
It was all created to glorify HIM ... NOT us.
Even YOU
are not YOURS. Remember what we learned at the start of this
study?
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1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know
ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God,
and ye are not your
own? |
My friends
we have all been BOUGHT with a VERY high price. The blood of
the only Son of GOD:
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1 Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. |
HEAR HIM ...
We are NOT here to serve our own selfish desires but rather
to glorify HIM. HE is WORTHY. If it were not for His eternal
LOVE for His children ... Our enemy of the soul would own us
and my friend, that is one unpleasant concept.
PLEASE
consider what has been shared with you today and if you find
it to be TRUTH you must choose to apply it to your Christian
Walk.
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