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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TODAY’S VERSE: John 14:15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. We have just started a series on Jonah in prep school. As we begin reading the book of Jonah, one of the first things we are told is that God gave him a command to go somewhere and he disobeyed. Where did God
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“The only God whom the natural man is not at enmity with is one of his own imagination.” — A. W. Pink, The Total Depravity of Man What is enmity? I mean, really. I wonder how many so-called “Christians” even understand what the Bible means when it uses the word enmity. I submit that, like so many other
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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“How are you?” “Oh, you know, same ol’ same ol’.” “I know you’ve been struggling lately and I’ve seen how morose you’ve been. You know, it almost seems cyclical, huh? Just know that I’m praying for you.” “Thanks so much, my friend. This cross I’ve been called to carry gets pretty darn heavy from time
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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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