OUTLINE: 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 your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Ecc 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done,and there is nothing […]
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OUTLINE: Heb 12:10b“[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.” Righteousness Implies Being Right – Blog: 2/26/21 Once 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
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OUTLINE: Watered-Down Church?We would be missing out on God’s training us for His glorification! Ro 11:36 – We would be missing out on running the race, fighting the good fight of faith, and receiving the prize! 1Co 9:24-27, 2Ti 4:7, Php 3:14, Jas 1:121Ti 1:5The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and
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OUTLINE: If you want your perceptions to match reality, then you must possess the truth (aka the “light” – Eph 5:13-14).Popular “Do-Overs”The Gospel, Salvation, and Sanctification – Sep 2015 (117 parts)The Deceitfulness of Sin – Dec 2018 (74 parts) The Deceitfulness of SinThe more you INSIST on your “light”, the deeper you sink into the deceptiveness of
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OUTLINE: Gal 4:16Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?If you want your perceptions to match reality, then you must possess the truth (aka the “light” – Eph 5:13-14).Mt 6:23bIf then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!If you want your perceptions to match reality, then you must
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It’s imperative we understand love. The real blessing of love is abiding in it, not just hoarding the pleasure of receiving it. I hope you see the difference – the prior is ubiquitous, directionless, all-encompassing; whereas, the latter is limited, directional, and situational. Which do you think is greater? Which gives you the greater ability to respond
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When someone says, “I love you,” is it fair to assume that they are simultaneously saying, “You can trust me”? I mean, isn’t love just that – a show of trustworthiness? Isn’t that also how our own love for others develops over time? Love in the absence of trust seems incomplete somehow. Is it fair
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OUTLINE: Commands require faith for obedience to have its intended result.Heb 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Gen 12:1,4Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and
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OUTLINE: Commands require faith for obedience to have its intended result.Lk 16:10One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.Mt 25:21His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a
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OUTLINE: What the Spirit’s Been SayingThe Lord is the Giver of all things good (Jas 1:17), beginning with life eternal, His life (Jn 3:16). His grace provides us with every ability to obey Him (1Co 15:10) and to love Him (1Jn 4:19). This gives us confidence and affords us the “life is good” attitude (Ro
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