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- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 15: Retribution and Revenge
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 14: The Counsels of Men
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 13: God’s Symmetrical Tapestry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 11: Narcissistic Vanity
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 10: Inquiring of the LORD
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Tag Archives: unbelief
Counterfeit Humility
Exodus 3:11,12 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged humility, modesty, self, unbelief
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Staggering in Unbelief at the Promises of God
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): “If we believe not.” This may be understood, either of such who are altogether destitute of faith, who do not believe in … Continue reading
Posted in God's Promises
Tagged God, God's character, God's faithfulness, promises, truth, unbelief
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Franken-Self: the Monster that Man Made of Himself
Genesis 2:16,17; Genesis 3:4-6 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged Garden of Eden, idolatry, man's depravity, self, sin, the fall of man, unbelief
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Ignorance is Certainly Not Bliss, Nor the “Mother of Devotion”
Ephesians 4:17,18 Walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged bliss, devotion, ignorance, persecution, pride, sin, spiritual blindness, unbelief
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The Comforter’s Conviction of Sin
John 15:26; John 16:8,9 When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And when he is come, … Continue reading
Posted in Conviction & Conversion
Tagged conviction of sin, Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, Spirit of truth, the Comforter, unbelief
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How Secret Sins Become Presumptuous Sins
Psalm 19:12,13 Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. OBADIAH SEDGWICK … Continue reading
The Hard Work of Ceasing from Our Own Works
Hebrews 4:9-11 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged faith, justification, unbelief
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The Deceitful Serpent of Self-Righteousness
Isaiah 64:6; Matthew 23:33 All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? J. C. RYLE (1816-1900): We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged faith, self-righteousness, unbelief
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Waiting for the Water to Move
John 5:2-5 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for … Continue reading
Cutting Down the Barren Fig Tree
Luke 13:8,9 Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688): Death, … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Resurrection
Tagged damnation, death, judgment, unbelief
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