OUTLINE: The Barren Fig Tree (Person)This parable about producing fruit is a continuation on the need for repentance… otherwise the tree, analogous to a person here, proves worthless and of no good value. There’s NOTHING good in it (him)! Lk 13:1-9 Don’t Compare and Be Deceived!If you SAY you repent or believe, but you have no […]
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OUTLINE: Clarity and Peace1 Co 14:33aFor God is not a God of confusion but of peace.If we’re willing to read the Word of God in context, there’s no confusion with the Lord. “Context” from Oxford Dictionary:The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be
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OUTLINE:1Co 14:33aFor God is not a God of confusion but of peace. “Context” from Oxford Dictionary:The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage
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OUTLINE: Every Golf Shot Makes Someone Happy2/11/22 – blog The Bible, a Twofold Record of God’s Great Works:– Creation (Gen 1-2) – Redemption (Gen 3-Rev 22) God’s Salvific Plan (aka Redemption)– God the Father planned it. – God the Son accomplished it. – God the Holy Spirit applies it.1Co 14:33aFor God is not a God
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OUTLINE: The Bible, a Twofold Record of God’s Great Works: – Creation (Gen 1-2) – Redemption (Gen 3-Rev 22)God’s Salvific Plan (aka Redemption) – God the Father planned it. – God the Son accomplished it. – God the Holy Spirit applies it.Salvation by GraceGod does all the work in sanctification (Php 1:6 – something He
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OUTLINE: What Do Monkeys and Humans Really Have in Common?2/4/22 – blog Salvation by GraceGod does all the work sanctification (Php 1:6 – something He doesn’t do for unbelievers). He also never starts something He doesn’t finish (Is 55:8-11). Severity is clarity.(Heb 4:12) Who Do You Trust More?If salvation were up to you, personally, how confident
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OUTLINE: Ac 10:34b [KJV]“God is no respecter of persons” What Do Monkeys and Humans Really Have in Common?2/4/22 – blog Php 1:6And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Heb 4:12For the word of God is living
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OUTLINE: Ac 10:34b [KJV]“God is no respecter of persons” The Effects of HumanismMan is always trying to gain some advantage against God’s sovereignty, even if only slightly (at first). For example, he is predisposed to syncretism (mixing religions and secular schools of thought). This is catastrophic to God’s salvific plan. Examples of Syncretism (w/ Humanism)
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OUTLINE: Ac 10:34b [KJV]“God is no respecter of persons”The Effects of HumanismMan is always trying to gain some advantage against God’s sovereignty, even if only slightly (at first). For example, he is predisposed to syncretism (mixing religions and secular schools of thought). This is catastrophic to God’s salvific plan. God’s Power, Not Man’sWithout God’s direct
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OUTLINE: Renaissance Humanism – worldhistory.orgRenaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focused not on religion but on what it is to be human.Renaissance Humanism – worldhistory.orgHumanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue, that is, realizing
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