BTTBM FEBRUARY 2016 UPDATE
“Keep in the Word, on your knees,
loving God, loving each other,
building godly homes,
worshiping together,
sharing the faith,
supporting the Lord’s work financially,
living life abundantly”
BACK TO THE BASICS MINISTRIES
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KNOXVILLE, TN 37930
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A FRESH START NOW AIRING ON WHTN NASHVILLE
A Fresh Start began airing on WHTN Nashville on Sunday January 24. The program will air on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Recent Nielson ratings revealed that the Nashville television market is the 29th largest in the country. Memphis is the 49th largest TV market and Knoxville is 61st. I feel blessed beyond measure that A Fresh Start is able to air in these cities and surrounding counties due to the generous donations of supporters of Back To The Basics Ministries. Of the 6 paid broadcasts of A Fresh Start each week with 3 in Knoxville, 2 in Memphis, and 1 in Nashville, 5 are in Prime Time. Also, the program is aired at times I am unaware of on WTWV in Memphis at the choosing of the station manager. I received an e-mail from a local pastor in the Hernando area who saw the program on a Monday morning. Our two paid air times in Memphis are at 9:00 p.m. Monday and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. The program airs for free on IHope TV Knoxville at 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays, as well as each week on the CCN (Creative Christian Network) at no cost throughout the world for those who view television via ROKU.
NOT A MORE EFFECTIVE INVESTMENT OF MONEY AND TIME
With the end of the year giving in 2015 being as good as it was, I felt that we ought to give the program a try in the Nashville area, so we are airing the program on WHTN for at least three months. If enough funds begin coming in from that area locally to cover TV airing costs, we will continue the program in Nashville. But if not, well, we will have given it a try.
The reason for expanding to new TV markets is not for the sake of personal advancement or promotion, but for advancement of The Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20). Jesus gave to us to take the Gospel message throughout the world, beyond the local corner of the world where we live. As a Royal Ambassador (a Southern Baptist mission education organization for boys in grades 1-6), among the first Bible verses I learned as an RA was the Great Commission, to go into all the world and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That means I not only as a Christian should help to spread the Good News of Jesus through a local church but via other methods and ways that God has given me the ability and resources to do. So, A Fresh Start TV Program is a way that I can personally fulfill The Great Commission beyond the walls of my local church.
I have said it many times that I do not feel there is a more effective investment of money and time as far as the potential number of people who can be reached for Christ than what is able to be accomplished through a television ministry. Each time A Fresh Start airs I preach to more people at one time than I have ever preached to in a year’s time in the pulpit of a church. Now I believe that a Christian should be a faithful member of a local church, but we have been made ambassadors for Christ after being saved to take the Good News beyond the walls of a local church to all the world. It’s not a matter of either/or but of both/and. We need both the church and evangelical methods beyond the walls of a church to seek impact the world in a positive way for Christ.
In the next issue of The BTTBM Update I will share how the Lord “dropped in my lap” a TV ministry and why I must be a good steward of what He has given me the ability and resources to do. I thank those of you again who, through your donations to Back To The Basics Ministries, have partnered with me in doing our part to fulfill The Great Commission.
Blessings,
Bobby Mullins
Bobby Mullins
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF JUDGING OTHERS
MATT. 7:1-6
I. THE LORD IS NOT TELLING US THAT WE SHOULD NOT EVALUATE OR MAKE DECISIONS IN WHICH WE MUST LOOK AT SOMEONE’S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, BUT HE WARNED AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUS, OFTEN UNMERCIFUL CONDEMNATION OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING – Matt. 7:1
1. AGAINST THE KIND OF HYPERCRITICAL, JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE THAT TEARS OTHERS DOWN OFTEN IN ORDER TO BUILD ONESELF UP
2. THAT KIND OF CRITICAL SPIRIT HAS A WAY OF BOOMERANGING
3. A CALL TO BE DISCERNING RATHER THAN NEGATIVE
II. GOD’S JUDGMENT IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST – Exo. 20:1-7
1. EVERY WORD YOU SAY WILL BE JUDGED – Matt. 12:36
2. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD – 1 Cor. 10:31
3. GOD WORKS IN YOU BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD PLEASURE – Phil. 2:13
III. CORRECT YOUR OWN FAULTS BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS – v. 1
1. JUDGE YOURSELF FIRST
2. IT’S EASY TO SEE A SMUDGE ON SOMEONE ELSE’S FACE AND BE OBLIVIOUS TO THE UGLY SNEER ON YOUR OWN (MSG)
3. DON’T CRITICIZE AND YOU WON’T BE CRITICIZED
IV. THE YARDSTICK YOU USE TO JUDGE OTHERS WILL BE USED TO JUDGE YOU – v. 2
1. THOSE AROUND YOU WILL PICK UP THE PECK MEASURE YOU HAVE BEEN USING AND MEASURE YOUR OWN CORN WITH IT
2. DON’T PICK ON PEOPLE, JUMP ON THEIR FAILURES, CRITICIZE THEIR FAULTS UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU WANT/ARE OPEN TO THE SAME TREATMENT
3. YOU DON’T MIND A FAIR OPINION OF YOUR CHARACTER; NEITHER ARE YOU FORBIDDEN TO DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS
V. NEVER TRY TO OFFSET A WRONG WITH ANOTHER WRONG; IT’S ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO RIGHT – v. 3
1. BE NOT AS A JUDGE WHO PAYS NO ATTENTION TO HIS OWN PROBLEM, BUT FUMES OVER THE OTHER PERSON’S
2. WHEN YOU ARE READY TO LET SOMEONE HAVE IT OVER SOMETHING YOU FEEL THEY HAVE SAID OR DONE WRONG, AGAIN JUDGE YOURSELF FIRST AND THEN LOVINGLY FORGIVE AND SEEK TO HELP THAT PERSON IF YOU CAN
3. LET GOD DEAL WITH THE PERSON WHO HAS ANGERED YOU AND GIVE HIM TIME TO WORK
VI. DON’T BE GUILTY OF THE FAULT, OR A SIMILAR KIND OF FAULT, THAT YOU CRITICIZE SOMEONE ELSE FOR – v. 4
1. THE TRAITS THAT BOTHER US IN OTHERS ARE SOMETIMES THE HABITS WE DISLIKE IN OURSELVES
2. OUR UNBROKEN BAD HABITS AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS MAY BE THE VERY ONES WE MOST WANT TO CRITICIZE OR CHANGE ABOUT OTHERS
3. DO YOU FIND IT EASY TO MAGNIFY OTHERS’ FAULTS WHILE IGNORING YOUR OWN
VII. DON’T FORM AN OPINION BEFORE KNOWING ALL THE FACTS – vs. 4-5
1. THERE ARE THREE SIDES TO EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT CAUSES YOU TO WANT TO JUDGE SOMEONE—YOUR SIDE, THEIR SIDE, AND GOD’S SIDE
2. GOD’S SIDE IS THE ONE WE ALL SHOULD DESIRE TO BE ON
3. WHAT WOULD JESUS DO—WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
VIII. BEFORE YOU TEAR APART SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE FIRST MAKE SURE YOUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER – v. 5
1. JESUS TELLS US TO FIRST EXAMINE OUR OWN LIVES INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING OTHERS
2. IF YOU ARE READY TO CRITICIZE SOMEONE, CHECK TO SEE IF YOU DESERVE THE SAME CRITICISM
3. OUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN WITH GOD’S HOUSEHOLD/CHILDREN – 1 Peter 4:17
IX. WATCH OUT FOR LOGS, DOGS, AND HOGS AND KEEP IN MIND IT IS SOMETIMES BEST NOT TO SAY SOMETHING– v. 6
1. THERE ARE SOMETIMES IT IS BEST TO REMAIN SILENT INSTEAD OF VOICING YOUR OPINION BEFORE THOSE WHO DO NOT HOLD THE SAME CONVICTIONS NOR UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO
2. WHERE THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PERCEIVE THE PURITY OF GREAT TRUTH, BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT SETTING IT BEFORE THEM; WHEN BY CONDUCT THEY ACT AS SUCH, DON’T PUT AN OCCASION IN THEIR WAY FOR DISPLAYING EVIL CHARACTER
3. BE DISCERNING AND DON’T PROVOKE AN ATTACK UPON YOURSELF OR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST
X. LIFE GIVES BACK WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT, SO FIRST PRAY IT THROUGH
1. AVOID IMPULSIVENESS
2. THINK THINGS THROUGH
3. DON’T PROCEED UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST ON A MATTER
© 2016 Bobby Mullins
First preached at Fellowship Baptist Church on Sunday February 14 & 21, 2016
