When Godly People Do Ungodly Things Beth Moore LifeWay Press, 2003. Permission is granted to store, print, and distribute this document for its intended use. Distribution for sale is strictly prohibited. Address requests for additional permissions in writing to Leadership and Adult Publishing, One LifeWay Plaza; Nashville, TN 37234-0175. Listening Guide
LISTENING GUIDE A udio Response Sheet INTRODUCTORY SESSION IN THE BEGINNING 1. We are the reason there was ever a beginning. 2. We were created out of the Holy Us of God. 3. We were created out of fellowship, for fellowship. 4. LORD God is the covenant name of God. 5. Man was created from the touch of God. 6. We are made to join God in the garden that He has planted for us, and we are not satisfied till we do. 7. All rebellion begins with I will. All obedience to God begins with Thy will. 8. Seduction exists because we are the people of God. 9. Whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye (Zech. 2:8). 10. The only reason for our war is that we are the beloved of God. 2
RESPONSE SHEETS S ession 1 THE WARNING 1. There are many kinds of seduction. 2. Warfare is hardball. Seduction is curveball. 3. We can be sincere, pure, and wholeheartedly devoted to God and be seduced by the serpent s cunning. 4. Never turn your back on the enemy. FOUR CLASSIC ASSAULTS OF THE ENEMY A. Doubt God s counteroffer is faith. B. Shame God s counteroffer: Shame is not of Christ. C. Fear God s Counteroffer: He did not give us a spirit of fear. D. Blame God s counteroffer: The peace of His authority. 5. The next generation is tired of hypocrisy. They want to see authenticity. 6. God knows where responsibility lies. We must take responsibility for our sin. 7. We get into a seductive mess by believing a lie. 8. Our ticket to freedom is to look up with an unveiled face before God and say, Heal me. 3
LISTENING GUIDE S ession 2 GOD S PERMISSIVE WILL 1. God is ever after proving us genuine. 2. As the latter days approach: A. The enemy is furious. B. God wants to get the bride ready. 3. Some things can only occur in your life through warfare. 4. God will never allow the enemy to sift any believer that does not need something sifted. 5. God is after turning us inside out to put truth in our inmost parts. 6. Satan hates anyone who learns to be offensive with the sword of the Spirit. 7. Instead of keeping your monster down, let God deal with it. 8. God s Word applies to our biggest problems. 4
RESPONSE SHEETS S ession 3 THE WATCHMAN 1. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. 2. Walls can represent being penned in or constricted or they can represent freedom. 3. Some people fall into seduction because of spiritual boredom. 4. Satan knows that we were birthed to live and rebirthed to live more abundantly. 5. There is a danger zone outside the walls. 6. We become so focused on what we should not do that we miss what we can do. 7. There are rivers of delight. 8. The walls around us are the walls of the fire of God and His glory dwells within. 5
LISTENING GUIDE S ession 4 WISE UP! 1. The Day approaching represents the day of Christ s return. 2. Toward end times there will be increases in depravity, deception, and strongholds. 3. Toward end times there will also be an unparalleled outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 4. Satan knows we will need one another more and more as the Day approaches. 5. Satan is doing everything he can to pervert and destroy relationships. Koinonia means fellowship. In its concept it also often infers impartation. 6. In any level of fellowship we are receiving and giving impartation. 7. True koinonia means good deposits. 8. We must purposely develop smart hearts. 9. We are never told to love blindly. 10. We are told to love with knowledge depth of insight and discernment 11. To live well is to love well. 12. Many of us want to minister the Gospel without allowing it to be ministered to us. The Greek word for poor is ptochos which means subsisting on the alms from others. 13. Our fellowship with one another begins with our fellowship with God. 14. Loving well is always deliberate. 6
RESPONSE SHEETS S ession 5 THE WAY HOME 1. The body of Christ must grow in discernment. 2. We oftentimes rationalize what would be the right thing to do. 3. Sometimes we manipulate a wrong to try to make it right. 4. We must learn to admit we made a mistake. QUESTIONS OF A HAD A. How could I do anything so stupid? B. How can I forgive myself? 5. There is healing in understanding. The Greek word for understand is suniemi which means assembling individual facts into an organized whole, as collecting the pieces of a puzzle and putting them together. 6. If we would receive, accept, and apply the forgiveness of God, that would cover our need to forgive ourselves. The original Greek for forgiving, forgave is charizomai which comes from charis, meaning grace. 7. Grace them as you have been graced. 8. We have to allow God to take our horrible experience and baptize it in a river of mercy. 7
LISTENING GUIDE S ession 6 SAFE IN HIS EMBRACE The Greek word for understand is suniemi which means assembling individual facts into an organized whole, as collecting the pieces of a puzzle and putting them together. Any eye that may be willing to be opened, any ear that might be willing to hear, any mind that might be willing to receive understanding could receive a puzzle piece and know just a measure of healing. So, Beloved, this is your piece. This is your joy. 1. The sin that is different from ours always seems worse. 2. The Word of God never teaches us to break fellowship with the repentant. 3. We cannot go on in our sin. The Holy Spirit will convict us. 4. How do we go on from here? We go on blessed. 5. A true, healed Had is so scared of herself that she will never live anywhere but before the face of God. 8