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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OUTLINE: Concentric Circles Blog: 11.13.20 Ro 13:14But put on [enduo – aorist/imperative/middle – means you put Him on at salvation and keep on putting Him on, as a command, to your own benefit] the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.Is 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;my soul shall exult in
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It’s Thanksgiving season and the good Lord has me reflecting upon all the wonderful things to be thankful for. I picture gratitude in my head as concentric circles, starting deep within myself. I think about how grateful I am for what God has done in me. Some days it’s just too incredible a thought to
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MacDonald on Heb 12:14What this verse means is that there must be practical holiness as a proof of the new life within. If a person is not growing more holy, he is not saved. When the Holy Spirit indwells a person, He manifest His presence by a separated life. It is a matter of cause
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Mt 5:8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”MacDonald on Heb 12:14What this verse means is that there must be practical holiness as a proof of the new life within. If a person is not growing more holy, he is not saved. When the Holy Spirit indwells a person, He manifest His
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Heb 12:14Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.Jn 17:17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.Jn 13:10Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed [saved] does not need to wash, except for his feet [ref: let the word wash the daily filth off
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“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)” Confession Without RepentanceTo confess a sin and then refuse to repent of it is actually worse than to not confess it in the
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Though it may be difficult for some to hear, there’s such a thing as holy hatred. The reason it exists is sin. By definition, sin means to “miss the mark,” which refers to the divine standard of God. Since God is infinitely more righteous than sin (or sinners), He is intrinsically separate from it (or
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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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