Heb 12:14Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.Jn 17:17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.Jn 13:10Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed [saved] does not need to wash, except for his feet [ref: let the word wash the daily filth off […]
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“abhor”from apostugeo [apo = “from, away from” + stugeo = “detest, abhor”] – means “to shrink from with abhorrence; to detest” “hold fast”from kollao – means “to glue or weld together; to cleave; to adhere to (of friendly intercourse)” Confession Without RepentanceTo confess a sin and then refuse to repent of it is actually worse than to not confess it in the
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What Is Holy Hatred?Blog – 10/23/20 “abhor”from apostugeo [apo = “from, away from” + stugeo = “detest, abhor”] – means “to shrink from with abhorrence; to detest” “hold fast”from kollao – means “to glue or weld together; to cleave; to adhere to (of friendly intercourse)” Charles Spurgeon“I had rather pass through seven years of the most wearisome pain, and the
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Charles Spurgeon“I had rather pass through seven years of the most wearisome pain, and the most languishing sickness, than I would ever again pass through the terrible discovery of the evil of sin.” Gen 3:17 [Amplified]Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have
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Learn To Hate SinDo not be overcome with hate; but rather, understand the insidiousness of sin and learn to hate it. God does. Hab 1:13a [NASB]Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,And You can not look on wickedness with favor. “you hate”from sane [Hebrew] – means enemy, foe, be hateful odious, utterly. In NASB,
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Hab 1:13 [NASB]Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,And You can not look on wickedness with favor. Sanctification– Sin is the problem.– Christ is the solution.– Confession is man’s access to said solution. SanctificationTo be made holy. To be set apart for God’s purposes. Sanctification: The 3 P’s– Positional: saved from the penalty of sin– Experiential: saved from
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Confession vs. PunishmentConfession of sin reorients one’s thinking with God’s (reconciles our thoughts). Punishment is discipline meant to train us to not sin that way again. Self-Induced MiseryTo live in sin is a choice. To refuse to confess that sin is to remain in it, under the judgment (and punishment) that it incurs. 1Jn 5:4For
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Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. The Value of ConfessionA stubborn person who refuses good counsel is only harming themselves. Arrogance is unteachable.God Teaches Us TrustBlog: 10/920 Ro 1:32 [Amplified Classic]Though they are fully aware of God’s righteous decree that those who
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OUTLINE: Ro 1:32 [NLV]They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.“greedy”from pleonexia – means the desire for more (things), i.e. lusting for a greater number of temporal things that go beyond what God determines is eternally best
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OUTLINE: “I’m better!”Your so-called “victory” becomes your judgment. When the flesh’s perspective “wins”, you lose. That is your “punishment” (ala Pr 17:5). Ro 1:32 [NLV]They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.“seared”from kauteriazo – means to brand (sear) with a
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