OUTLINE: Serving Truth, Not FeelingsWe don’t have the right to “feel” our doctrines into existence. Whatever we are meant to believe is laid out in the Bible. “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which […]
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OUTLINE: Doing Nothing Is An ActivityIf you choose to say, “I choose to do nothing,” you’ve just made a decision, taken a stance, rejected the Lord’s unction. To follow Jesus implies real activity, thoughts, behaviors – aka, OBEDIENCE. Serving Truth, Not FeelingsWe don’t have the right to “feel” our doctrines into existence. Whatever we are meant
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For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. — 1 John 5:4 My congregation may not know it, but most days I preach from behind my pulpit, my heart is breaking. It’s the same love that compels me to serve/teach that
OUTLINE: A Counterfeit JoyLiving to eat and drink is a subtle lie from the KoD, to turn us away from God’s supernatural sustaining of His saints in any and all circumstances. The Joy of the LordJoy isn’t an emotional high, it’s something steady you get to keep. God’s Provisions SURPASSPhp 4:7And the peace of God, which
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OUTLINE: Gal 5:25“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” A. W. Pink on Biblical JoyA word now on the nature of this joy. That is the more necessary since not a few are apt to naturalize and carnalize the same, regarding it as a mere spirit of elation or
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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: A Good ConscienceOnly submission to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit can educate us rightly so that we have good information to judge from. Eph 3:20 [Amplified]Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest
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OUTLINE: Conscience“conscience” = con + science = with + knowledge; means to know oneself; a person’s good conscience is based on data; it is not the source of data; rather, it is especially equipped to judge right from wrong. A Good ConscienceOnly submission to the Word of God and His Holy Spirit can educate us
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Since the Fall in the Garden, man has inveterately tested God’s patience. This habit is clearly illustrated in the microcosm of the household, where children test their parents’ patience via disobedience. Eventually, the children suffer the consequences (assuming the parents are active and upholding their duties). I place specific emphasis on the word eventually here because, with
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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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