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Why is it so hard to be pure?

Why is it so hard to be pure?. Why is it so hard to be pure?. 1 Cor 8:13 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall. NIV. Why is it so hard to be pure?. Rom 1:26-27

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Why is it so hard to be pure?

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  1. Why is it so hard to be pure?

  2. Why is it so hard to be pure? • 1 Cor 8:13 • 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall. • NIV

  3. Why is it so hard to be pure? • Rom 1:26-27 • Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. • NIV

  4. Why do I read my Bible and study?

  5. Why do I read my Bible and study? • 2 Tim 2:15-16 • Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. • 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. • KJV

  6. Why do I read my Bible and study? • Hos 4:6 • My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. • Because you have rejected knowledge, • I also will reject you from being priest for Me; • Because you have forgotten the law of your God, • I also will forget your children. • NKJV

  7. What makes my position, which is unpopular in the city I live in, known to those around me?

  8. What makes my position, which is unpopular in the city I live in, known to those around me? • Matt 24:4-5 • Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. • NIV

  9. What makes my position, which is unpopular in the city I live in, known to those around me? • Matt 22:12-13 • 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. • 13 "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' • NIV

  10. What gives me the right to tell others how they should live?

  11. What gives me the right to tell others how they should live? • Acts 2:40-43 • With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. • 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. • NIV

  12. What has happened over the past few decades? • This has a simple one word answer (Rebellion)

  13. What has happened over the past few decades? REBELLION • 1 Sam 15:23 • For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, • And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. • Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, • NKJV

  14. What has happened over the past few decades? REBELLION • Neh 9:17 • They refused to obey, • And they were not mindful of Your wonders • That You did among them. • But they hardened their necks, • And in their rebellion • They appointed a leader

  15. What has happened over the past few decades? REBELLION • To return to their bondage. • But You are God, • Ready to pardon, • Gracious and merciful, • Slow to anger, • Abundant in kindness, • And did not forsake them. • NKJV

  16. What has happened over the past few decades? REBELLION • Josh 22:22 • "The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know — if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the Lord, do not save us this day. • NKJV

  17. When will this all end? • Matt 24:31 • And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. • NIV

  18. When will this all end? • John 9:3-5 • Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." • NKJV

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