This document contains excerpts from the Bible discussing the sinfulness of presumption. Presumption involves trying to think for God rather than obeying His commands. It demeans God by elevating human thoughts above His. The Pharisees were guilty of presumption by adding to and taking away from God's word. Jesus strongly denounced them for rejecting God's commandments in favor of their own traditions. The consequences of presumption include being struck down, as with Nadab and Abihu, or being rejected by God, as with Saul. True obedience, like Noah constructing the ark, results in blessing. The document encourages self-reflection on whether one's actions honor or dishonor God.

1. Careful
Commandment
“Be
to
Dothe
”
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Deuteronomy 7:11, CB OT p. 282

3. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image”
Exodus 20:4, CB OT p. 114

4. Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God
has come to test you, that the fear of him may be
before you, that you may not sin.”
Exodus 20:20, CB OT p. 115

8. Exodus 32.7-10, CB OT p. 135

9. Exodus 32.7-10, CB OT p. 135
Corrupted

10. Exodus 32.7-10, CB OT p. 135
Corrupted
Turned aside

11. Exodus 32.7-10, CB OT p. 135
Corrupted
Turned aside
Stiff-necked

12. “You have sinned a great sin.”
Exodus 32:30, CB OT p. 136

13. “listen to the statutes
and the rules that I am
teaching you, and do
them”
Deuteronomy 4:1,
CB OT p. 275

14. “You shall not ADD to
the word that I
command you”
Deuteronomy 4:2,
CB OT p. 275

15. “nor TAKE from it”
Deuteronomy 4:2,
CB OT p. 275

16. “that you may keep the
commandments of
Jehovah your God that I
command you.”
Deuteronomy 4:2,
CB OT p. 275

17. You shall not add to the word that I
command you, nor take from it, that you
may keep the commandments of Jehovah
your God that I command you.
Deuteronomy 4:2, CB OT p. 275

18. I warn everyone who hears the words of
the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds
to them, God will add to him the plagues
described in this book, and if anyone
takes away from the words of the book
of this prophecy, God will take away his
share in the tree of life and in the holy
city, which are described in this book.
Revelation 22:18-19, CB NT p. 459

19. Everyone who goes on ahead and
does not abide in the teaching of Christ,
does not have God. Whoever abides in
the teaching has both the Father and the
Son.
2 John 1:9, CB NT p. 426

20. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does
the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day
many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in
your name, and do many mighty works in your
name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; depart from me, you workers of
lawlessness.’”
Matthew 7:21-23, CB NT p. 12-13

21. Constitution

22. Constitution
“We the People”

23. Bill of Rights

24. Constitutional Amendments
“ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the
Constitution of the United States of America, proposed
by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the
several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the
original Constitution.”

25. All Scripture is breathed out
by God and profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in
righteousness, that the man
of God may be complete,
equipped for every good
work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17, CB NT p. 374

26. 1. to take for granted, assume, or suppose:
I presume you're tired after your drive.
2. Law. to assume as true in the absence of proof to
the contrary.
3. to undertake with unwarrantable boldness.
4. to undertake (to do something) without right
or permission: to presume to speak for another.
Presume

27. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be
blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
Psalm 19:13, CB OT p. 852
Presumption

28. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be
blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
Psalm 19:13, CB OT p. 852
Presumption “arrogant, proud,
insolent, presumptuous”
— Brown, Driver, Briggs

29. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and
presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you
have rejected the word of Jehovah, he has also
rejected you from being king.”
1 Samuel 15:23, CB OT p. 443
Presumption

30. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and
presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you
have rejected the word of Jehovah, he has also
rejected you from being king.”
1 Samuel 15:23, CB OT p. 443
Presumption“be insolent, display pushing
(arrogance, presumption)”
— Brown, Driver, Briggs

32. Why Presumption is SIN.

33. Why Presumption is Sinful...
It demeans Jehovah.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, declares Jehovah. For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9, CB OT p. 1171

34. Why Presumption is Sinful...
It intrudes into the things of Jehovah.
“The secret things belong to Jehovah our God, but
the things that are revealed belong to us and to our
children forever, that we may do all the words of
this law.”
Deuteronomy 29:29, CB OT p. 318

35. Why Presumption is Sinful...
It is self-exalting.
I know, O Jehovah, that the way of man is not in
himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his
steps.
Jeremiah 10:23, CB OT p. 1217

36. Why Presumption is Sinful...
It is self-exalting.
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end
is the way to death.
Proverbs 14:12, CB OT p. 1018

37. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74

38. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
ADDING TO GOD’S WORD
“holding to the tradition of the elders”
Mark 7.3, CB OT p. 73-74

39. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
TAKING FROM GOD’S WORD
“you no longer permit him to do anything for his
father or mother”
Mark 7.12, CB OT p. 74

40. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
Jesus’ Denunciation...

41. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
You don’t honor God.
“This people honors me with their lips, but their
heart is far from me”
Mark 7.6, CB OT p. 74
Jesus’ Denunciation...

42. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
You worship God in vain.
“in vain do they worship me”
Mark 7.7, CB OT p. 74
Jesus’ Denunciation...

43. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
You leave the
commandment of God.
“You leave the commandment of God and hold to
the tradition of men.” Mark 7.8, CB OT p. 74
Jesus’ Denunciation...

44. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
Jesus’ Denunciation...
“You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment
of God in order to establish your tradition!
Mark 7.9, CB OT p. 74
You reject the
commandment of God.

45. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
Jesus’ Denunciation...
You make the word of
God void.
thus making void the word of God by your tradition
that you have handed down.”
Mark 7.13, CB OT p. 74

46. Void
Void

47. The Presumption of the Pharisees
Mark 7:1-13, CB OT p. 73-74
Presumption is the sin
of trying to think for
God.

48. The Consequences of Presumption

49. “offered unauthorized fire”

50. “offered unauthorized fire”
“Among those who are near me I will be sanctified”
Leviticus 10:3; CB OT p. 165

51. “shall we bring water”

52. “shall we bring water”
“Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me
as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel”
Numbers 20:12; CB OT p. 238

53. The Reward for Obedience

54. “constructed an ark”

55. “constructed an ark”
“in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving
of his household”
Hebrews 11:7; CB NT p. 394

56. “dipped himself seven times”

57. “dipped himself seven times”
“Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth
but in Israel”
2 Kings 5:15; CB OT p. 576

58. Am I guilty of
presumption?

59. Presumption is the sin
of trying to think for God.
Am I guilty of
presumption?

60. Am I guilty of
presumption?
Do I honor God or
do I dishonor God?

61. Am I guilty of
presumption?
Do I fear God?

62. Am I guilty of
presumption?
Do I obey God?

63. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“But doesn’t God want
me to be happy?”

64. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“He hates divorces”
NKJV, Malachi 2:16, CB OT p. 1532

65. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“But doesn’t God want
me to be happy?”
“He hates divorces”
NKJV, Malachi 2:16, CB OT p. 1532

66. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except
for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits
adultery.” Matthew 19.9, CB NT p. 36-37

67. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except
for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits
adultery.” Matthew 19.9, CB NT p. 36-37
“But doesn’t God want
me to be happy?”

68. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“addressing one another in
psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and
making melody to the Lord
with your heart”
Ephesians 5:19, CB NT p. 341

69. Am I guilty of
presumption?
“we make it our aim to
please him”
2 Corinthians 5:9, CB NT p. 316

70. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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72. Understanding the Will of God
#06
Be Careful to Do the Commandments
1 Samuel 15.23
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
1 September 2013
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: In this lesson we will consider the sinfulness of presumption, the sin of trying to think for God. Jehovah
has been very clear that we are to obey His commands. When we disobey out ot presumption we dishonor Him and
exalt ourselves. This lesson challenges us to consider the areas of our lives in which we are presumptuous.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
"Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

73. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?