OUTLINE: Barnes on “if you loved me” – Jn 14:28This is the slight and tender reproof of a friend, meaning manifestly if you had proper love for me; if you had the highest views of my character and work; if you would lay aside your Jewish prejudices, and put entire, implicit confidence in what I say…“you would […]
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OUTLINE: Barnes on Pr 20:30The open sores of wounds left by the scourge, unclean and foul as they seem, are yet a cleansing, purifying process for evil; so also are the stripes that reach the inward parts of the belly, i. e., the sharp reproofs, the stings of conscience, which penetrate where no scourge can
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I’ve never met an honest person who hasn’t admitted suffering from some form of depression in their life. Never. Not once. There’s often a hesitance to admit it, for it reveals one’s soft underbelly, making them vulnerable; but, if a person is truly forthcoming, the truth follows shortly behind. Depression, anxiety, sadness, etc.…these are all
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OUTLINE: “Tug of War”Confidence in self depletes/disturbs/ distracts from our confidence in the Lord. Pride destroys our spiritual lives – it is an agent of death. Ro 12:9-10 [Amplified]Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly
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OUTLINE: Passive Learning & Lazy ThinkersA person who doesn’t see the need to be challenged by the Truth is a person who thinks they already know everything. (Ref. Ro 12:3; 1Co 3:18; Gal 6:3) Ro 13:3 [Amplified]For by the grace [of God] given to me I say to everyone of you not to think more highly of
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OUTLINE: Passive Learning & Lazy ThinkersA person who doesn’t see the need to be challenged by the Truth is a person who thinks they already know everything. (Ref. Ro 12:3; 1Co 3:18; Gal 6:3) Say What You Mean, Mean What You SayFor words to have meaning, they must be true. Vapid words of love mean absolutely
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OUTLINE: Grace, Works, and Indifference – Blog 8/9/19[A] convicted person is forced to exert themselves (the Gospel demands it). This work is in the struggle either to cast aside the sinful pride of life and pursue salvation or to reject the Gospel (or even remain indifferent to it). Striving [ala Lk 13:24] in one direction or
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OUTLINE: “This is a difficult statement”Jesus had no reservations challenging His disciples. A good under-shepherd ought to confidently follow His example. An unchallenged sheep is one who doesn’t grow. When Jesus said, “My yoke is easy” (Mt 11:30), it was a relativestatement. Grace, Works, and Indifference – Blog 8/9/19[A] convicted person is forced to exert themselves (the Gospel
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How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust,And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done,And Your thoughts toward us;There is none to compare with You.If I would declare and speak of them,They would be
OUTLINE: We pervert everything. Rom 12:1 [Amplified]I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational,
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