OUTLINE: The Best Encouragement – blog 4/29/23If we truly wish to encourage a fellow believer, our greatest tool is the Word of God. A righteous person (who lives by faith) will always defer to God’s ability to deliver a person in time of need. Faith is the end goal; love is the motivation.Godly EncouragementEncouragement often begins […]
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OUTLINE:Gal 6:3For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.Testing Is A MustTesting qualifies a person’s faith by examining how it holds up under pressure. Heb 5:8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.Testing Is A MustTesting qualifies a person’s faith by examining how it holds
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OUTLINE: The Rhetoric in Hebrews – Prologue: v1:1-4 – Thematic Statement: v1:5-4:16 – Statement of Plausibility: ch5-6 – Demonstration of Proof: v7:1-10:18 – Closing Inspiration: v10:19-13:25Godly EncouragementEncouragement often begins with pointing out a weakness (or at least examining oneself for the possibility of weakness). When properly given, encouragement should come across as constructive. Humble people
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OUTLINE: God’s PlanOnly through death can there be new life (just as a seed that goes into the ground, dies, and bears new life). Believers must die and then be raised to a new life in Christ. (Jn 12:23-26; 1Co 15:35-49) Gal 5:24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its
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OUTLINE:God’s PlanOnly through death can there be new life (just as a seed that goes into the ground, dies, and bears new life). Believers must die and then be raised to a new life in Christ. (Jn 12:23-26; 1Co 15:35-49) Gal 5:24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions
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OUTLINE: The Gospel (as it appears on nccdighton.org)Jesus Christ, who is God incarnate, humbled Himself to die on our behalf. Thus, He became the sinless sacrifice to pay the penalty of our guilt. He rose from the dead to declare with power that He is Lord over all, and He offers eternal life freely to
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OUTLINE:We Always Focus on the Victim Instead of the PerpetratorBlog – 4/1/23 Where Are Your Eyes??Freedom from our own pain and suffering comes from focusing on others, and on God Himself, His mission for us, even. Lk 23:34, Heb 12:2 Godly Perspective on SufferingSuffering is a necessary aspect of spiritual growth (analogous to growing pains,
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OUTLINE:We Always Focus on the Victim Instead of the PerpetratorBlog – 4/1/23 Learn to See Past the PainGod uses “localized” suffering to deliver us from “distant” maladies. Although the “localized” pain captures our attention, it’s the “distant” issue God is working on. Godly Perspective on SufferingSuffering is a necessary aspect of spiritual growth (analogous to
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