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Pastor Don Carpenter \/ General<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philippians 4:8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Roger Bannister was an Olympian. Every four years we have the games. Four minutes was the fastest record to ever run the mile. Ever since statisticians kept records, they knew that no one would could ever beat that record. But Roger Bannister didn’t listen to them–he went out and broke it and made sports history. Hundreds of years of record keeping–poof! But here is the most interesting part. After Roger broke the record, within ten years 336 runners broke that record also. What happened?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simple. The barrier was in the athlete’s minds. They had believed what the experts said. They were convinced no on could break the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The point: You will never go beyond the barriers in your own mind. If you think you can’t, you won’t and never will try. If you are defeated in your mind, you’ve already lost the battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We learned this morning that we can be kept in perfect peace if your mind is focused on God. But\u2026 how do we achieve that kind of mental discipline? According to our text this evening, much can be accomplished if we simply put our brains on a diet and only allow good things to be consumed by our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever Is True<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Proverbs 22:21<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; That thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ephesians 4:15<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ephesians 4:25<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever Is Honest\/ Noble<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever is noble. Although this word most often has a \u201csacred\u201d sense (\u201crevered\u201d or \u201cmajestic\u201d), here it probably denotes \u201chonorable,\u201d \u201cnoble,\u201d or \u201cworthy of respect.\u201d It occurs in Prov 8:6<\/a> also in conjunction with \u201ctruth\u201d and \u201crighteousness,\u201d as characteristic of what Wisdom has to say. Thus, whatever is \u201cworthy of respect,\u201d wherever it may come from, is also worth giving consideration to.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 Gordon D. Fee, Paul\u2019s Letter to the Philippians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995), 417.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proverbs 8:6<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHonest\u201d is the translation of a word which was used in classical Greek in the sense of \u201cvenerable, inviting reverence, worthy of reverence.\u201d The word exhorts here to a due appreciation of such things as produce a noble seriousness<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wuest, K. S. (1997). Wuest\u2019s word studies from the Greek New Testament: for the English reader (Php 4:8<\/a>). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever Is Just\/ Right<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The word \u201cjust\u201d is from the Greek word meaning both \u201cjust\u201d and also \u201crighteous,\u201d here, \u201crighteous\u201d in a comprehensive sense<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wuest, K. S. (1997). Wuest\u2019s word studies from the Greek New Testament: for the English reader (Php 4:8<\/a>). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever is right. As with \u201ctruth,\u201d what is \u201cright\u201d is always defined by God and his character. Thus, even though this is one of the cardinal virtues of Greek antiquity, in Paul it carries the further sense of \u201crighteousness,\u201d so that it is not defined by merely human understanding of what is \u201cright\u201d or \u201cjust,\u201d but by God and his relationship with his people.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 Gordon D. Fee, Paul\u2019s Letter to the Philippians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995), 417\u2013418.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Micah 6:8<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; And what doth the LORD require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly with thy God?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever Is Pure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever is pure. This word originated in the cultus, where what had been sanctified for the temple was considered \u201cpure\u201d; along with the related word \u201choly,\u201d it soon took on moral implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pure (hagna) refers to what is wholesome, not mixed with moral impurity<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lightner, R. P. (1985). Philippians. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p. 664). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proverbs 15:26<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: But the words of the pure are pleasant words.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever Is Lovely<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lovely (prosphil?, occurring only here in the NT) speaks of what promotes peace rather than conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lightner, R. P. (1985). Philippians. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p. 664). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colossians 4:6<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever is of Good Report.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The words \u201cgood report\u201d in the Greek text are literally \u201cfair speaking,\u201d thus \u201cwinning, attractive.\u201d The word \u201cif\u201d refers to a fulfilled condition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wuest, K. S. (1997). Wuest\u2019s word studies from the Greek New Testament: for the English reader (Php 4:8<\/a>). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever is admirable. Although not quite a synonym of the preceding word, it belongs to the same general category of \u201cvirtues.\u201d Not a virtue in the moral sense, it represents the kind of conduct that is worth considering because it is well spoken of by people in general.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 Gordon D. Fee, Paul\u2019s Letter to the Philippians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995), 418.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Virtue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Virtue (????? [aret?]). Old word, possibly from ?????? [aresk?], to please, used very often in a variety of senses by the ancients for any mental excellence or moral quality or physical power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 Peter 1:3<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The word \u201cvirtue\u201d in the Greek text was used in classical Greek for any mental excellence, moral quality, or physical power. Paul studiously avoids it. Only here does he use it. It seems that the apostle includes it in order that he may not omit any possible ground of appeal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wuest, K. S. (1997). Wuest\u2019s word studies from the Greek New Testament: for the English reader (Php 4:8<\/a>). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The word praise (Mft Knox \u201cmerit\u201d; NEB \u201cadmirable\u201d) is used in 1:11 in reference to the praise of God. As a rule Paul thinks only of what God will praise, but in this context he is obviously speaking of the kind of conduct that wins the praise of men (Brc \u201cwins men\u2019s praise\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proverbs 11:30<\/a> KJV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that winneth souls is wise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exported from Logos Bible Software, 11:12 AM August 21, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brain Friendly Diet Pastor Don Carpenter \/ General Philippians 4:8 Roger Bannister was an Olympian. Every four years we have the games. Four minutes was the fastest record to ever run the mile. 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