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Tag Archives: sanctification
Flies in the Ointment
1 Thessalonians 2:12; Ecclesiastes 10:1 Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Life
Tagged character flaws, conduct, improprieties, little sins, sanctification
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Walking with God in a Very Wicked World
2 Peter 3:10,11; Genesis 5:21-23 The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Life
Tagged Enoch, holiness, marriage, perseverance, sanctification
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How Can Salt Lose Its Savour?
Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of … Continue reading
Posted in Grace & Its Growth
Tagged backsliding, grace, holiness, perseverance, salt, sanctification
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Possessing the Land of Our Inheritance
Joshua 13:1: Joshua 15:63; 1 Chronicles 11:4 There remaineth yet very much land to be possessed… As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged corruption, indwelling sin, inheritance, land of Canaan, sanctification, sin
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When Jesus Christ Washes Our Feet
John 13:1, 3-5 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged cleansing, holiness, Jesus Christ, love, sanctification, washing
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Samson’s Eye Problem
Judges 14:1,2,7 Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Characters
Tagged dangers, judgments, lust, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, sanctification, temptations
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Lesson 3 From the Life of Lot: Lot’s Testimony to his Children
Genesis 19:1,12-14 And there came two angels to Sodom at even… And [they] said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons from the Life of Lot
Tagged children, holiness, judgment, Lot, parents, sanctification, testimony, worldliness
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Walking with God in an Ungodly World
Genesis 5:21-24; Jude 14, 15; Hebrews 11:5 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged communion, Enoch, faith, God, holiness, prophet, sanctification, walk
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Christ Washing Peter’s Feet
John 13:3-10 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance & Communion
Tagged communion, confession of sin, Jesus Christ, sanctification
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What is True Gospel Holiness?
1 Peter 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Be ye holy, for I am holy. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. THOMAS BROOKS (1608-1680): There is not more counterfeit coin this day in the world than there is … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged holiness, Holy Spirit, morality, regeneration, sanctification
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