OUTLINE: Conscience“conscience” = con + science = with + knowledge; means to know oneself; a person’s good conscience is based on data; it is not the source of data; rather, it is especially equipped to judge right from wrong. “it is not even able to do so”The human flesh is totally depraved, incapable of performing […]
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OUTLINE: Gen 8:21bThe imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. We invent ways to distract ourselves, then we imagine it’s OK with God! Jer 17:9“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Gen 8:21b”The imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.” Jer 17:9“The heart
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OUTLINE: Gen 8:21bThe imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. The truth is the easiest of all things to understand. “Against You, You alone…”David’s humility oozed simplicity. He didn’t try to dodge the truth about himself. He owned it, confessed it, repented from it, to God’s glory. (cp. Ac 13:22) David’s HumilityHe reckoned himself
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OUTLINE: Sin is Likened to:– Carcass scum in a boiling pot (Ez 24:10-12)– The blood and pollution of a newborn child (Ez 16:4, 6)– Putrefying sores (Is 1:5-6)– A menstrual rag (Is 3:22; Lam 1:17)– A dead and rotting body (Ro 7:24) Sin is Likened to:– The offensive stench/poisonous fumes of an open grave (Ro
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OUTLINE: Sin is Likened to:– Carcass scum in a boiling pot (Ez 24:10-12)– The blood and pollution of a newborn child (Ez 16:4, 6)– Putrefying sores (Is 1:5-6)– A menstrual rag (Is 3:22; Lam 1:17)– A dead and rotting body (Ro 7:24) Sin is Likened to:– The offensive stench/poisonous fumes of an open grave (Ro
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OUTLINE: Understanding SinNot only is sin “negative” against holiness, it is “positive” for depravity. Sin Isn’t AmbivalentIt’s not passive, thought it’d like you to believe it is. It is quite active, energized, and encouraged. It’s fruit is borne of a seed described at the Fall. (Gen 3:15; Is 57:20-21; Mt 13:37-39; 1Jn 5:18-19) The Deceitfulness
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OUTLINE: Not only is sin “negative” against holiness, it is “positive” for depravity. 2 Pe 2:22It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” The Deceitfulness of SinOne of the greatest errors any man or woman
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OUTLINE: The Deceitfulness of SinOne of the greatest errors any man or woman can ever make is to presume that sin only exists in their acknowledgement of it. Analogy: does undetected/undiagnosed cancer mean that the insidiousness of the disease isn’t real in someone who has it? B. W. Newton on SinAntecedent to all trespasses and
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OUTLINE: B. W. Newton on SinAntecedent to all trespasses and acts of sin, before any apprehension of good or evil has dawned upon our hearts, before any notion respecting God has been formed in our souls, before we have uttered a word or conceived a thought, sin—essential sin—is found to dwell within us. B. W.
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OUTLINE: True humility says, “God’s will be done!” Your Will Be DoneWe must find our peace from within, from Christ, the only one whose promise is true (Jn 14:27). Sin will lie to us…proposing that we might find peace somewhere else, or with someone else (e.g., opposite sex, friends, bosses, etc.). To believe such a lie is
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