KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Until we go Home, we are on guard and on duty for the Lord and His purposes. Human strength is a form of weakness, because when relying on our own strength, we drop the Lord’s hand in the process. In our hearts, we must rely upon the Lord alone, knowing […]
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OUTLINE: Helping the HelplessAs an extension of Jesus, we reach out to spiritual orphans, and literal orphans. Both are noble activities because they involve helping the helpless, the very thing God loves to do. 1Th 4:8So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.Need Must
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OUTLINE: Helping the HelplessAs an extension of Jesus, we reach out to spiritual orphans, and literal orphans. Both are noble activities because they involve helping the helpless, the very thing God loves to do. 1Th 4:8So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.Need Must
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What happens when you dislodge a deeply rooted doctrine from the human soul and replace it with a lie? Inevitably, you get false religion. Case in point, the Catholic Church. The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento, in northern Italy), was the 19th ecumenical council of
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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: 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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I struggle with anger sometimes. I’m a pastor. I ought to know better. But a man’s heart is a man’s heart, right? I cannot suppose I am able to control it, modify it, or play pretend with it. Only God can change it, and He has. And yet, here I am, struggling… Struggling with what,
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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. Read the Bible IN CONTEXT!!! The Context of Ro 2:1Paul wasn’t saying that judging was wrong, he was simply pointing out that if his audience were to judge rightly,
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