["FRIVOLOUS FELLOWSHIP" - A Worksheet]

PLEASURE

A. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PLEASURE

1. Tested and proved to be without any lasting meaning [in this life]. Ecclesiastes. 2:1,2,10
   
   
2. Wrong motive for choosing prayer requests. James 4:3
   
   
3. Temporary vs. eternal
   • Bad: Pleasures of sin = This pleasure is only temporary. [Sorrow is better; it is better to be mistreated and hurt.] Hebrews 11:25
     
   • Good: Pleasures associated with God's presence = This pleasure is eternal. Psalm 16:11 [delight]

B. CONCERNING A STRONG FOCUS OR EMPHASIS (THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE) ON PLEASURE

1. Old Testament
   • Characteristic of the heart of fools (the "house of pleasure"). Ecclesiastes 7:4 [mirth, having a good time]
     
   • Results in poverty (the "love of pleasure"). Proverbs 21:17
      
2. New Testament
   • It once enslaved us... before we were saved. Titus 3:3
     
   • Those "choked" by it do not mature in salvation. Luke 8:14
     
   • Characteristic of apostates (those who claim to be saved, but who have abandoned God's ways.)
     • "love of pleasure" 2 Timothy 3:4
       
     • "reveling in pleasures" 2 Peter 2:13 [revel, carouse, indulge, etc.]
   • Contrasted with "love of God." 2 Timothy 3:4
     
   • Might as well be dead right now (the "widow living for pleasure") 1 Timothy 5:6

 Dennis Hinks © 1999
041221

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