I Trust Myself

Verde Valley Christian Church
Mar 27, 2022

Series: I'm That Fool
Title: "I Trust Myself"
Speaker: Jim Hammond

I. I AM THE FOOL THAT…
A. TRUSTS In Myself

Proverbs 28:26
The one who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

B. Trusts My HEART

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it?

Mark 7:21-23
For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, self-indulgence, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

C. Leans on MY UNDERSTANDING

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Matthew 22:37
He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

D. IGNORES God

Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

II. I AM THAT FOOL, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS…
A. God STILL wants ME

Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

B. God provides HIMSELF as my solution

Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

I'm Defensive When Corrected

Verde Valley Christian Church
Mar 20, 2022

Series: I'm That Fool
Title: "I'm Defensive When Corrected"
Speaker: Doug Bridge

Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

Proverbs 15:31-33
If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom; humility precedes honor.

There are GREAT BLESSINGS in LIFE when we LISTEN to CORRECTION.

Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

God's WORD is CLEAR and DIRECT. I don't WANT to be STUPID.

Have you completely forgotten this word of hope? It speaks to you as a father to his children. It says, "My son, think of the Lord's training as important. Do not lose hope when he corrects you. The Lord trains the one he loves. He corrects everyone he accepts as his son." (Proverbs 3:11,12)

God and HIS WORD are the ULTIMATE sources of CORRECTION and WISDOM.

Proverbs 3:13
Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.

Proverbs 9:10
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love. I want them to be rich in the strong belief that comes from understanding. I mean I want you to know fully God's secret truth. That truth is Christ himself. And in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are safely kept.

James 1:5
If any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He will give it to you. God gives freely to everyone and doesn't find fault.

Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with each other. Don't be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

I Don't Like Discipline

Verde Valley Christian Church
Mar 13, 2022

Series: I'm That Fool
Title: "I Don't Like Discipline"
Speaker: Jim Hammond

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.

I. I have DISORDERED desires

CHOCOLATE 🍫 

Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

II. Because my desires are often OUT OF ORDER

1 Corinthians 6:12-13
"I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything. You say, "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both." The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

WE don’t like discipline!

III. My disordered desires resist CORRECTION

Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.

IV. But REPENTING restores GOOD NEWS.

Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

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I'm Wise In My Own Eyes

Verde Valley Christian Church
Mar 6, 2022

Series: I'm That Fool
Title: "I'm Wise In My Own Eyes"
Speaker: Jim Hammond

Luke 18:11-12
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector  of. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

I. I make wrong COMPARISONS

2 Corinthians 10:12
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

James 1:23-24
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

Isaiah 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

The wrong comparisons are self  deceiving. 

II. I forget to have an OUTWARD MINDSET

Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

III. I SPEAK too QUICKLY

James 1:19
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Proverbs 3:7
Don't be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

IV. But when I admit "I'm THAT fool", GOOD NEWS comes.

Luke 18:9-14
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.