FAITHFULNESS & GOODNESS: OVERCOMING HYPOCRISY (7 OF 8)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Psalm 1, Psalm 12
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Faithfulness & Goodness: Overcoming Hypocrisy (7 of 8)
Series: Relational Harmony in Your Home
Scott Maze
Psalm 1 & 12
It seems as if corruption and scandal is everywhere these days. Goodness and faithfulness are rare commodities in our day. If goodness and faithfulness were sold on the mercantile exchange in Chicago, there very rarity would cause their prices to soar to unprecedented heights. Scandals are everywhere you turn. As the world prepares itself for the Olympics, many are wondering if Russian athletes will be even allowed to participate. Numerous Russian athletes are banned from the Rio Olympics because of state-sponsored doping scandal. Russian security services tampered and altered sealed urine samples of its athletes. By some estimates as many as one-third of the Russian athletes are banned from competition. But corruption isn't just limited to the athletic fields as top Volkswagen executives engaged in a massive fraud to sell diesel cars that violated emission rules. Known as the ''diesel dupe,'' More than 500,000 diesel cars were sold in the US that contained software designed to cheat on emissions tests. In fact, the software could test when the car was being tested and it activated equipment that reduced emissions. Volkswagen has agreed to pay $15 billion to settle claims in the United States and $50 million to Texas alone.
All this leaves us with question, ''Is there anyone who is good anymore?'' Is there anyone who is faithful? We're in a summer sermon series devoted to bringing the change into our lives that we've always longed for. So far in our study, we've looked at love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. You may say, ''Pastor, I don't think I can take on any more. I haven't mastered love yet!'' I can certainly understand this. Yet today, we look at how to develop goodness and faithfulness in ourselves and in others.
We are going to combine the two because both goodness and faithfulness have to do with integrity. It's a serie ...
Series: Relational Harmony in Your Home
Scott Maze
Psalm 1 & 12
It seems as if corruption and scandal is everywhere these days. Goodness and faithfulness are rare commodities in our day. If goodness and faithfulness were sold on the mercantile exchange in Chicago, there very rarity would cause their prices to soar to unprecedented heights. Scandals are everywhere you turn. As the world prepares itself for the Olympics, many are wondering if Russian athletes will be even allowed to participate. Numerous Russian athletes are banned from the Rio Olympics because of state-sponsored doping scandal. Russian security services tampered and altered sealed urine samples of its athletes. By some estimates as many as one-third of the Russian athletes are banned from competition. But corruption isn't just limited to the athletic fields as top Volkswagen executives engaged in a massive fraud to sell diesel cars that violated emission rules. Known as the ''diesel dupe,'' More than 500,000 diesel cars were sold in the US that contained software designed to cheat on emissions tests. In fact, the software could test when the car was being tested and it activated equipment that reduced emissions. Volkswagen has agreed to pay $15 billion to settle claims in the United States and $50 million to Texas alone.
All this leaves us with question, ''Is there anyone who is good anymore?'' Is there anyone who is faithful? We're in a summer sermon series devoted to bringing the change into our lives that we've always longed for. So far in our study, we've looked at love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. You may say, ''Pastor, I don't think I can take on any more. I haven't mastered love yet!'' I can certainly understand this. Yet today, we look at how to develop goodness and faithfulness in ourselves and in others.
We are going to combine the two because both goodness and faithfulness have to do with integrity. It's a serie ...
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