KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Jamieson-Fausett-Brown on Tit 1:15 “purity” The distinction of pure and impure is not in the things, but in the disposition of him who uses them; in opposition to “the commandments of men” (Tit 1:14), which forbade certain things as if impure intrinsically. “To the pure” inwardly, that is, those purified in heart […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A loving heart is a grateful heart. In other words, if you love like Christ, and you know it, you are forever grateful for the gift to do so! There is no good news for the human flesh. There never really is for dead things. So, when the Word of God smashes
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OUTLINE:Preparation in Heb 1:3The writer’s setting them up to teach them and encourage them about the priesthood and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which comes later on in this letter. (i.e.- Heb 10:10-14) Why the Need for “Purification”?The Bible says we’re totally depraved and wretched (Ro 7:24, Eph 2:1-3, 1Ti 6:5), not kind of, or
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The Gospel, according to Holy Scripture, is actually very simple to understand. A beautiful example of the simplicity of salvation is the conversion of the Philippian jailer. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that
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Bobbie was 7 years old and named after his dad. He liked sharing his dad’s name because he adored his father. He wanted to be like him, truth be told. Whenever there was show-and-tell at school, he’d bring in one of his dad’s tools from the garage and describe in detail how it was used
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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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