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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OUTLINE: “the LORD has not given you”Anything “spiritually appraised” (1Co 2:14) requires God’s intervention, by/through grace. Without this grace, we don’t have “eyes to see, nor ears to hear” (Deu 29:4) the Truth, even though we may read it and comprehend it in a natural way. Mt 11:15“He who has ears to hear, let him
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OUTLINE: “born again to a living hope” 1 Pe 1:3By grace through faith, believers enjoy an abiding knowledge of their eternal life being a reality; that being a child of God means absolute salvation and guaranteed sanctification. (Ps 43:5; 146:5; Ro 15:4, 13; 2Th 2:16-17) When Doubts Creep InWhen you get them, call them out
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OUTLINE: “born again to a living hope” 1 Pe 1:3By grace through faith, believers enjoy an abiding knowledge of their eternal life being a reality; that being a child of God means absolute salvation and guaranteed sanctification. (Ps 43:5; 146:5; Ro 15:4, 13; 2Th 2:16-17) Humility Remains Open To TruthOur job is to resist closing
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OUTLINE: “Is there anything that is actually “unfair” in our lives???”Ro 5:6For while we were still helpless [unable to pluck ourselves from certain eternal death], at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. “Is there anything that is actually “unfair” in our lives???”1Jn 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are
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You may remember the popular TV show that ran from the 1950s to the 1980s called Name That Tune. Obviously, given its prolific span of running time, the show was a great success. I can understand why, too, because it was one of those game shows that people could play along with from their own living
OUTLINE: Gen 8:21bThe imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. We invent ways to distract ourselves, then we imagine it’s OK with God! Jer 17:9“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Gen 8:21b”The imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.” Jer 17:9“The heart
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OUTLINE: Gen 8:21bThe imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. The truth is the easiest of all things to understand. “Against You, You alone…”David’s humility oozed simplicity. He didn’t try to dodge the truth about himself. He owned it, confessed it, repented from it, to God’s glory. (cp. Ac 13:22) David’s HumilityHe reckoned himself
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OUTLINE: True humility says, “God’s will be done!” Your Will Be DoneWe must find our peace from within, from Christ, the only one whose promise is true (Jn 14:27). Sin will lie to us…proposing that we might find peace somewhere else, or with someone else (e.g., opposite sex, friends, bosses, etc.). To believe such a lie is
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