Jim Jonas – Musings

My Reflections on Life and the Scriptures

Looking for something specific?
  • Home
  • Theological Profile
  • Jim’s Bio
  • Present Work
Subscribe to Jim Jonas – MusingsRSS Feed
  • Articles
    • Florida College Lectures
    • Short Essays
  • Audio Sermons
    • Abundance for Every Good Work
    • Anger
    • Authority of the Scriptures
    • Brotherly Love
    • Calling Ourselves Christians
    • Choosing Barabbas
    • Christian and the Office – 1
    • Christian and the Office – 2
    • Christian Responsibility
    • Church of Christ a Cult?
    • Daniel in Lion's Den
    • Deacons – 1
    • Deacons – 2
    • Deity of Jesus
    • Draw Near to God
    • Elder Qualifications
    • Elders – 1
    • Elders – 2
    • Elders – 3
    • Elders and Eldership
    • Evidences for Faith
    • Extreme Makeover
    • Family Life
    • Family of God
    • Flee Temptation
    • Freedom
    • Fruitful Stewardship
    • God Calling
    • God of All Grace
    • God the Father
    • Good Confession
    • Gospel Is Sufficient
    • Gospel of John
    • Gospel of Judas
    • Grace Misused
    • Greatest in the Kingdom
    • Greatness in Serving
    • Heavy Burdens
    • Help My Unbelief
    • Here I Raise My Ebenezer
    • Holding on Lightly
    • Hope
    • How to Start a Church
    • Humanity of Jesus
    • I Have Many People in This City
    • I Will Build My Church
    • Image of the Invisible God
    • Is the Bible Complete?
    • Jesus and His Friends
    • Jesus Is Coming
    • Jesus' Birth
    • Jesus' View of Scripture
    • Keys to Inward Change
    • Leaving Egypt
    • Life Is Sacred
    • Looking for Love in Wrong Places
    • Lord Is Near
    • Losing Our Inheritance
    • Love – 1
    • Love – 2
    • Making Marriage Work
    • Mark's Failure and Restoration
    • Marriage Principles
    • Marriage Relationships
    • Meaning of "I Do"
    • Meekness
    • Messiah in Prophecy
    • More on Marriage
    • Near to Jesus
    • Need for Prayer
    • Neither Male nor Female
    • Not All Worship Is Acceptable
    • Not Unequally Yoked
    • Our Chief Shepherd
    • Our Cultural Outlook
    • Outward Keys to Change
    • Overcoming Sin
    • Pain and Suffering
    • Paul's Concern for the Churches
    • Paul's Ups and Downs
    • Physical and Spiritual Service
    • Preach the Word
    • Problem of Pain
    • Proclaimers of a Foreign God
    • Proper Self-Esteem
    • Psalm 110
    • Resurrection
    • Rich and Poor – 1
    • Rich and Poor – 2
    • Risk of Serving God
    • Sabbath
    • Saving the Lost
    • Search for the True Church
    • Secret Things Belong to God
    • Sermon on Mount – 1
    • Sermon on Mount – 2
    • Sermon on Mount – 3
    • Sermon on Mount – 4
    • Sermon on Mount – 5
    • Sermon on Mount – 6
    • Servant Leadership – 1
    • Servant Leadership – 2
    • Serving via Teaching
    • Shedding of Blood
    • Sibling Rivalry
    • Smyrna and Laodicea
    • Spiritual Music
    • Spiritual Renewal
    • Stir Up the Gift
    • Sunset of Paul's Life
    • Take Heed Lest You Fall
    • The Church and Civil Government
    • The Cross of Christ
    • Three Propositions of Faith
    • Transformation
    • Trial Marriages
    • Twisted View of Jesus
    • Two Views of Jesus
    • Understanding God's Will
    • Unfaithful Christians
    • Visions and Thorns
    • What Will You Sacrifice?
    • What's In Your Future?
    • When God Doesn't Make Sense
    • Where Is Our Treasure?
    • Wisdom from Proverbs
    • Work of Shepherds
    • Worshiping God
  • Bible Study Resources
    • Bible Class Notes
    • Short Studies
  • Romans 2010
  • Sermon Outlines
    • General Topics
    • Special Series

Take Heed Lest You Fall

February 25, 2009 by Jim Jonas ·

Take Heed Lest You Fall

Filed under: Audio Sermons, Take Heed Lest You Fall
Tagged:

  • Recent Posts

    • Romans 2010
    • What Won’t You Do?
    • Letter from Wernher von Braun
    • Pope on Evolution
    • Evolution Confusion
  • Categories

    • Articles
      • Florida College Lectures
        • 1996 – Clean Out the Old Leaven
        • 2001 – Take Up Your Cross
      • Short Essays
        • Advice from Martha Stewart
        • All in the Genes
        • All Things in Common
        • Are We Crazy?
        • Asking for Help
        • Basis of Morality
        • Best Things in Life Are Free
        • Blue Death
        • Buchanan Castle
        • Bundling Sin
        • Caught in the Web
        • CDC Report on Marriage and Divorce
        • Chain Reactions
        • Challenges of Family Life
        • Change Is Hard … But Possible
        • Culture of Rudeness and Anger
        • Culture Shock
        • Customs and Commands – 1
        • Customs and Commands – 2
        • Customs and Commands – 3
        • Customs and Commands – 4
        • Deadly Curiosity
        • Death on the Interstate
        • Depression
        • Different Disney
        • Disaster at the Derby
        • Disciplined Life
        • Driving in London
        • Early Apostasy
        • Earthly vs. Heavenly Justice
        • Easy Divorce
        • Ebb and Flow of Life
        • European Reflections
        • Every Part Does Share – 1
        • Every Part Does Share – 2
        • Evolution and Mutation
        • Evolution Confusion
        • False Advertising
        • Feelings of Inferiority
        • First Peter 1
        • First Peter 2
        • First Peter 3
        • First Peter 4
        • First Peter 5
        • Follow the Directions
        • Forecasting the Future
        • Forgetting 1996
        • Fortress Mentality
        • Free Speech
        • God's Rod and Staff
        • Godliness as a Way of Gain
        • Godly Living and Long Life
        • Godly Motivation
        • Green Light on Vulcan
        • Heaven's Gate or Hell's Portal?
        • Hey Mom and Dad
        • Hidden Weaknesses
        • Hitler Hysteria
        • Hitting the Jackpot – 1
        • Hitting the Jackpot – 2
        • Hitting the Jackpot – 3
        • Hollywood Heroes
        • House of Mourning
        • How Airplanes Fly
        • How Big Is God?
        • How Big Is Too Big?
        • Hurricane Ellen
        • Inhibition of Good Will
        • Irrational Fear
        • Jackie's Junk
        • Japanese Pride and American Welfare
        • Lasting Impressions
        • Laws of Thermodynamics
        • Leaky Gaskets
        • Lessons from a Potato Gun
        • Lessons from a Steamboat
        • Lessons from the ER
        • Lessons from the Locksmith
        • Letter from Wernher von Braun
        • Letting Go
        • Liberals and Conservatives
        • Litmus Test
        • Local Church – 1
        • Local Church – 2
        • Local Church – 3
        • Local Church – 4
        • Local Church – 5
        • Local Church – 6
        • Local Church – 7
        • Lord's Will Be Done
        • Lying – 1
        • Lying – 2
        • Lynn Headrick's Tomatoes
        • Marriage in a Throw-Away Society
        • Mind Games
        • Miracle or Coincidence?
        • Mistaken Identity
        • Moral Surrender
        • More Like Jesus
        • Narrowing of Prophecy
        • Old Farmhouse
        • One Little Earthquake
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 1
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 2
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 3
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 4
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 5
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 6
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 7
        • Open Bible Open Minds – 8
        • Other Side of the Line
        • Our Black Box
        • Our Future Leaders
        • Overindulgence
        • Parenthood – A Unified Front
        • Parenthood – Age of Accountability
        • Parenthood – Bad Reasons for Having Children
        • Parenthood – Children and the Bible
        • Parenthood – Dad's Rules for School
        • Parenthood – Delay in Conversion
        • Parenthood – Establishing Authority Early
        • Parenthood – Getting Ready
        • Parenthood – Good Reasons for Having Children
        • Parenthood – Imposing Values
        • Parenthood – Is Spanking Abuse?
        • Parenthood – Learning the Role
        • Parenthood – Living Life through Children
        • Parenthood – Losing Touch
        • Parenthood – Maintaining Marriage
        • Parenthood – Making Mistakes
        • Parenthood – Playing Favorites
        • Parenthood – Quality Time
        • Parenthood – Recreation
        • Parenthood – Redefining Family
        • Parenthood – Sacrifice
        • Parenthood – Secular Education
        • Parenthood – The Joys
        • Parenthood – When Children Disappoint
        • Path of Sin
        • Perfect in Christ
        • Perfect Peace
        • Placing Membership
        • Pool Table in Mayberry
        • Pope on Evolution
        • Presbyterians and Moral Suicide
        • Private Convictions
        • Privilege of Reading the Bible
        • Pruning the Vineyard
        • Psalm 30
        • Raging Speech
        • Reasons vs. Excuses
        • Revival of Superstition
        • Rough Drafts
        • Running of the Bulls
        • Saved Alone
        • Security Precautions
        • Self-Indulgent Religion
        • Setback or Success?
        • Sin Always Hurts Someone
        • Slain in the Spirit
        • Storm Damage
        • Stress of Learning
        • Stumbling Blocks
        • Surviving the Storms
        • Tail Wagging the Dog
        • Talents and Worship
        • Teaching Morals in School
        • Terrorism
        • Theological Liberals on Homosexuality – 1
        • Theological Liberals on Homosexuality – 2
        • Things
        • Thoughts on Darwinism
        • Throwing the Bones
        • Thy Will Be Done
        • To a Brother in Nottingham
        • Two Borrowed Books
        • Unintended Consequences
        • What God Wants
        • What Lies Behind the Law?
        • What Makes Church of Christ Different?
        • What Won't You Do?
        • Whatever Happened to Shame?
        • When Was Jesus Born?
        • Who Was Reginald Heber?
        • Why Religion?
        • Windows for Dummies
        • Winning Isn't Everything
    • Audio Sermons
      • Abundance for Every Good Work
      • Anger
      • Authority of the Scriptures
      • Brotherly Love
      • Calling Ourselves Christians
      • Choosing Barabbas
      • Christian and the Office – 1
      • Christian and the Office – 2
      • Christian Responsibility
      • Church of Christ a Cult?
      • Daniel in Lion's Den
      • Deacons – 1
      • Deacons – 2
      • Deity of Jesus
      • Draw Near to God
        • 1 – Through the Cross
        • 2 – Through the Scriptures
        • 3 – In Character
        • 4 – Through Trials
        • 5 – In Worship
        • 6 – In Glory
      • Elder Qualifications
      • Elders – 1
      • Elders – 2
      • Elders – 3
      • Elders and Eldership
      • Evidences for Faith
      • Extreme Makeover
      • Family Life
      • Family of God
      • Flee Temptation
      • Freedom
      • Fruitful Stewardship
      • God Calling
      • God of All Grace
      • God the Father
      • Good Confession
      • Gospel Is Sufficient
      • Gospel of John
      • Gospel of Judas
      • Grace Misused
      • Greatest in the Kingdom
      • Greatness in Serving
      • Heavy Burdens
      • Help My Unbelief
      • Here I Raise My Ebenezer
      • Holding on Lightly
      • Hope
      • How to Start a Church
      • Humanity of Jesus
      • I Have Many People in This City
      • I Will Build My Church
      • Image of the Invisible God
      • Is the Bible Complete?
      • Jesus and His Friends
      • Jesus Is Coming
      • Jesus' Birth
      • Jesus' View of Scripture
      • Keys to Inward Change
      • Leaving Egypt
      • Life Is Sacred
      • Looking for Love in Wrong Places
      • Lord Is Near
      • Losing Our Inheritance
      • Love – 1
      • Love – 2
      • Making Marriage Work
      • Mark's Failure and Restoration
      • Marriage Principles
      • Marriage Relationships
      • Meaning of "I Do"
      • Meekness
      • Messiah in Prophecy
      • More on Marriage
      • Near to Jesus
      • Need for Prayer
      • Neither Male nor Female
      • Not All Worship Is Acceptable
      • Not Unequally Yoked
      • Our Chief Shepherd
      • Our Cultural Outlook
      • Outward Keys to Change
      • Overcoming Sin
      • Pain and Suffering
      • Paul's Concern for the Churches
      • Paul's Ups and Downs
      • Physical and Spiritual Service
      • Preach the Word
      • Problem of Pain
      • Proclaimers of a Foreign God
      • Proper Self-Esteem
      • Psalm 110
      • Resurrection
      • Rich and Poor – 1
      • Rich and Poor – 2
      • Risk of Serving God
      • Sabbath
      • Saving the Lost
      • Search for the True Church
      • Secret Things Belong to God
      • Sermon on Mount – 1
      • Sermon on Mount – 2
      • Sermon on Mount – 3
      • Sermon on Mount – 4
      • Sermon on Mount – 5
      • Sermon on Mount – 6
      • Servant Leadership – 1
      • Servant Leadership – 2
      • Serving via Teaching
      • Shedding of Blood
      • Sibling Rivalry
      • Smyrna and Laodicea
      • Spiritual Music
      • Spiritual Renewal
      • Stir Up the Gift
      • Sunset of Paul's Life
      • Take Heed Lest You Fall
      • The Church and Civil Government
      • The Cross of Christ
        • 1 – God's Eternal Purpose
        • 2 – Death of God's Son
        • 3 – True Nature of Sin
        • 4 – Call to Humility
        • 5 – Obedience to God's Will
        • 6 – Beacon of God's Love
        • 7 – Carrying Our Cross
      • Three Propositions of Faith
      • Transformation
      • Trial Marriages
      • Twisted View of Jesus
      • Two Views of Jesus
      • Understanding God's Will
      • Unfaithful Christians
      • Visions and Thorns
      • What Will You Sacrifice?
      • What's In Your Future?
      • When God Doesn't Make Sense
      • Where Is Our Treasure?
      • Wisdom from Proverbs
      • Work of Shepherds
      • Worshiping God
    • Bible Study Resources
      • Bible Class Notes
        • Acts – Part 1
        • Acts – Part 2
        • Apostleship
        • Becoming a Christian
        • Christian's Attitude
        • Colossians and Philemon
        • Early Beginnings
        • First Corinthians
        • First Principles
        • Galatians
        • History of Church from World War Two to the Present
        • Holy Spirit
        • Holy Spirit (Abridged)
        • Isaiah
        • Leadership in the Local Church
        • Life in the First Century
        • Life of Jesus – Survey
        • Mark
        • Prayer
        • Prophets and Prophecy
        • Scheme of Redemption
          • Table of Contents
          • Year 1
          • Year 2
          • Year 3
          • Year 4
          • Year 5
        • Second Corinthians
        • Timothy and Titus
        • When Jesus Returns
      • Short Studies
        • Churches of Christ in 20th Century (condensed)
          • 1 – Roots of American Restoration
          • 2 – Division of the 1950s-1960s
          • 3 – Institutional Mainstream 1960-Present
          • 4 – Non-institutional Churches 1960-Present
        • Daniel: God's Control of Nations
        • Personal Bible Study
          • Personal Bible Study – 1
          • Personal Bible Study – 2
          • Personal Bible Study – 3
        • The Life of Jesus
          • 1 – Jesus and the Father
          • 2 – Jesus and the Scriptures
          • 3 – Jesus and His Worship
          • 4 – Jesus and Others
          • 5 – Life and Death of Jesus
        • Worker for Jesus
    • Romans 2010
    • Sermon Outlines
      • General Topics
        • Abraham: Father of Faithful
        • Authority of Males: Bible Patterns
        • Avoiding Temptation
        • Be of Good Cheer
        • Bible Study in a Chariot
        • Born Again Christians
        • Can We Know Anything?
        • Christ's Church in Christ's Name
        • Christian and His Tongue
        • Christian Fellowship – 1
        • Christian Fellowship – 2
        • Christian Unity – 1
        • Christian Unity – 2
        • Church and Civil Government
        • Clean Out the Old Leaven
        • Clear Conscience
        • Crazy Christians
        • Death of Jesus
        • Deceptiveness of Time
        • Disciplining Children
        • Elijah's Dejection
        • Exclusiveness of Christianity
        • Exhortations to Faithfulness
        • Experience vs. Revelation
        • Fate of Loved Ones
        • Fathers
        • Foolishness of the Cross
        • Forgiving Others
        • Go On to Perfection
        • God's Offer to Solomon
        • Holy Spirit Today
        • How Does God Speak Today
        • Hypocrites in the Church
        • If No Resurrection
        • Implications of Resurrection
        • Introduction to Revelation
        • Invisible God
        • Jesus Our Fellow Sufferer
        • Jesus: God As Man
        • Joseph's Forgiveness
        • Joy Amid Trials
        • Life in the Son
        • Living Hope – 1
        • Living Hope – 2
        • Love and Friendship
        • Love of Money
        • Making Marriage Last
        • Male Leadership in the Home
        • Man's Biggest Problem
        • Marriage According to Man
        • Meaning of Life
        • Miracles in the Early Church
        • Moral Authority
        • Moral Authority of Parents
        • More Excellent Way
        • Much Forgiveness Means Much Love
        • Nature of Commitment
        • Need for Endurance
        • Peer Pressure
        • People of Commitment
        • Recipe for Good Thoughts
        • Remembering Christ
        • Respecting God's Authority
        • Resurrection of Jesus
        • Sanctity of Life
        • Saying No to the World
        • Seeing God Through Suffering
        • Sorrow for Sin
        • Suffering and God's Existence
        • Temptation
        • Trials of Job
        • Truly I Say to You
        • Truth vs. Relativism
        • Value of Human Life
        • Vanity of Life
        • Victim of Sin
        • Victory at Jericho
        • What Do You Think About Christ?
        • What Is Truth?
        • Who Are You Lord?
        • Who Is Going to Heaven?
        • Why Called Christians?
        • Why Don't People Believe in God?
        • Work of Local Church
        • Worship of Cain and Abel
      • Special Series
        • Eternal Truths
          • 1 – God Is
          • 2 – God Has Spoken
          • 3 – Who Are You
          • 4 – By Grace Through Faith
          • 5 – I Will Build My Church
          • 6 – On to Perfection
          • 7 – Truly I Say to You
          • 8 – Heaven and Hell
        • Ethical Teaching of Jesus
          • 1 – Teacher Come from God
          • 2 – Foundation Commandments
          • 3 – First Shall Be Last
          • 4 – Love Your Enemies
          • 5 – Fishing for Men
          • 6 – Preserving Marriage
        • First Thessalonians
          • 1 – Gospel Comes to Thessalonica
          • 2 – Turning to God from Idols
          • 3 – Danger of the Tempter
          • 4 – Abstain from Sexual Immorality
          • 5 – A Worthy Walk
          • 6 – Disciplining the Disorderly
          • 7 – Return of the Lord
        • Jesus: The Pattern
          • 1 – Of Forgiveness
          • 2 – Of Resisting Temptation
          • 3 – Of Facing Death
          • 4 – Of Selflessness
          • 5 – Of Benevolent Power
        • Lessons from Old Testament
          • 1 – Old Testament Overview
          • 2 – Faith of Abraham
          • 3 – Proverbs 31 Today
          • 4 – The Way Forward
          • 5 – Respect for God's Word
          • 6 – Lot's Choice
          • 7 – Habakkuk's Search for Understanding
          • 8 – Serving God While Young
        • Serving God for a Lifetime
          • 1 – True Conversion
          • 2 – Growth of Christian Character
          • 3 – The Mature Servant
          • 4 – Value of Good Leadership
          • 5 – Holding Fast to the End
        • The Age of
          • 1 – Materialism
          • 2 – Sensuality
          • 3 – Relativism
          • 4 – Immaturity
          • 5 – Self
        • The Cross
          • 1 – True Nature of Sin
          • 2 – God's Eternal Purpose
          • 3 – Death of God's Son
          • 4 – Humility and the Cross
          • 5 – Obedience and the Cross
          • 6 – Eternal Beacon of God's Love
          • 7 – Bearing Our Cross
  • Archives

    • January 2011
    • March 2009
    • February 2009
    • January 2009
  • Links

    • Centreville church of Christ
    • Executable Outlines
  • Meta

    • Log in
    • WordPress
    • XHTML

Copyright © 2023 | All rights reserved | Jim Jonas | Log in

Subscribe to Jim Jonas – Musings