OUTINE: No Pity PartiesMay we never suggest that the Lord isn’t with us and doesn’t give grace to the humble (Jas 4:6). The Influence of SinIf you’ve turned inward, focusing on self (goals, aspirations, desires, relationships, etc.) then sin has gained on you. Whenever our “undistracted devotion” (1Co 7:35) is interrupted, it is a telltale sign that […]
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OUTLINE: Happy New Year!The year of our Lord 2019! 1 Co 6:12All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. The Total Depravity of Man re: Gen 3:10If the words of Adam in [Genesis 3:10] are carefully pondered, a solemn
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OUTLINE: The Total Depravity of Man re: Gen 3:10If the words of Adam in [Genesis 3:10] are carefully pondered, a solemn and fatal omission from them will be observed: He said nothing about his sin, but mentioned only the painful effects which it had produced. As another has said, “This was the language of impenitent misery.” The
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OUTLINE: Jn 8:32“and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”Jn 17:17“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”Jn 1:17b…grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. “realized”from ginomai – to come into being, to be born, become, come about, happen. The Dichotomy of Ps 73:22-23In order to “see it all as truth” (Eph 5),
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OUTLINE: The Dichotomy of Ps 73:22-23In order to “see it all as truth” (Eph 5), we must fully recognize/accept all influences in our lives. Our emotions may range from being “embittered…senseless” to walking with the Lord (and everything in-between). There’s nothing wrong with emotions, so long as we have a grip on them, righteously judging
OUTLINE: When we judge wrongly, we are being deceived by sin.Lk 11:46 [Expanded]Jesus answered, “How terrible for [Woe to] you, you experts on the law! You make strict rules that are very hard for people to obey [burden people with burdens hard to carry], but you yourselves don’t even try to follow those rules [or
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OUTLINE: JudgingThe deception that sin would like us to believe is that we aren’t so bad ourselves, and/or it blinds us to seeing we are falling in the same area we are judging another, so we then become hypocrites, not judging ourselves rightly. Ro 2:1, Mt 7:1-5, 1Co 11:31 1Co 11:31But if we judged ourselves rightly,
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OUTLINE: JudgingWe cross the line between righteous and unrighteous judging when we suppose we have the ability to judge someone else’s motivation in the absence of admission. Therein lies our human limitation. JudgingOur flesh is so trained to draw conclusions from what is seen. The Bible tells us, “the righteous man shall live BY FAITH” (Ro 1:17). No Sure FootingNothing is ever assured
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OUTLINE: JudgingOur flesh is so trained to draw conclusions from what is seen. The Bible tells us, “the righteous man shall live BY FAITH” (Ro 1:17). A. W. TozerThe world of sense intrudes upon our attention day and night for the whole of our lifetime. It is clamorous, insistent, and self-demonstrating. It does not appeal to our faith; it is here,
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OUTLINE: On JudgementThere’s nothing wrong with righteously judging right from wrong. Our judgement translates into evil when we cast a sentence upon another, suggesting punishment, even. Balance StatementWe are not to become “judge and jury” over spiritually private matters, supposing this or that punishment “fits the crime.” For example, we cannot judge another’s heart, only
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