Right Thinking

I. Importance of right thinking
A. Wrong thinking
1.) Determines our grief - Genesis 13:1-13, 19:1-38
2.) Determines our trouble - Jonah 1:1-3
3.) Determines our shame - Luke 15:11-49
4.) Determines our destiny - Luke 12:16-20
B. Right Thinking
1.) Determines our moral life (character) - Genesis 39:1-12
2.) Determines the strength of our testimony - Acts 4:20
3.) Determines definite resolution - Daniel 3
4.) Determines the glory of God's blessings - Genesis 35:1-20
II. Revelations that come from right thinking
A. It alerts us when traveling on the wrong path (conscience)
B. It gives us a correct view of ourselves (conviction)
C. It allows us to see Christ as our deliverer
D. It shows us that we are a needy and undone creature but yet rich
E. It allows us to see ourselves as heirs
III. Compelling actions of right thinking
A. The prodigal son saw his need and returned home
B. Peter preached powerfully at Pentecost
C. Saul of Tarsus' actions after his conversion on the road to Damascus
IV. Results of right thinking
A. David after Nathan's rebuke - Psalm 51:17 "Restore the joy of thy salvation"
B. Paul after conversion - II Timothy 4:6-8
C. The prodigal welcomed by his father - Luke 15:20-31