OUTLINE: Getting Out of Bed in the Morning Blog: 3/12/21 Ecc 3:2a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; Mt 5:43-44“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love […]
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OUTLINE: Getting Out of Bed in the Morning Blog: 2/26/21 MacDonald on Ro 5:13Although there was sin during that time [before the Law was given], there was no transgression because transgression is the violation of a known law. The Simplicity of SalvationNot only is the Gospel easy to understand/digest, but it is also tied to a
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OUTLINE: Righteousness Implies Being Right – Blog: 2/26/21Once a person understands their depravity, they are set free from the charade of maintaining self-righteousness. In fact, this is why a humble person gladly throws up their arms and asks for deliverance from their Creator, out of fear and respect for Him (ala Pr 1:7). Disobedience implies the
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OUTLINE: Making DisciplesJesus said “follow Me”. This means He allowed them, even encouraged them, to be personally involved in and observant of His personal life. Making DisciplesFollowing Jesus has a purpose; specifically… to bring the light of His Gospel to others as well.Mk 1:17 – And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you
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OUTLINE: Making DisciplesFollowing Jesus has a purpose; specifically… to bring the light of His Gospel to others as well. Mk 1:17 Making Disciples Requires His Love 1 Jn 4:19 We love because he first loved us. – ESV 2 Co 5:14a For the love of Christ compels us, – NKJV Making Disciples Requires His LoveJn 15:13 Greater love has no one
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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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