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5:11-21. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message. This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com. 5:11-21. 5:11-21. 5:11-21.
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5:11-21 A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com
5:11-21 Eccl. 3:11 ~ He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
5:11-21 1:4 ~ And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. 2:1 ~ My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin,
5:11-21 Instead, it is God getting His will done on earth We think prayer is us getting our will done in heaven Jam. 4:3 ~ You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. • Pleasures ~ hēdonē
5:11-21 Confidence ~ parrēsia– freedom in speaking; unreservedness in speech; openly, frankly, without ambiguity or circumlocution
5:11-21 1 Cor. 5:5 ~ … deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
5:11-21 Heinous Sin: • Murder, suicide, adultery, etc. Spiritual Death: RSV ~ If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. • Unforgivable sin (Matt. 12:22ff) Physical Death: • Several Old Testament examples • Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) • Unworthily at the Lord’s Table (1 Cor. 11)
5:11-21 Evil one ~ ponēros, not kakos • kakos~ opposite of good • ponēros~ evil deeds
5:11-21 Ray Stedman ~ “‘ Well,’ someone says, ‘what smug presumption. Imagine! That's the trouble with you Christians. You think you're so much better than everybody else. You think you're so superior!’ No, not superior; just separated! Not better; just blessed—with a blessing that is open to anyone who wants to receive it. This is what makes Christians talk this way. ”
5:11-21 Curtis Vaughan ~ “The imagery may be that of a child on a parent's lap”
5:11-21 True ~ alēthinos– genuine, real
5:11-21 Col. 3:5 ~ Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.