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Overcoming Discouragement

Jesse Jenkins

April 02, 2017

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Discouragement weakens the sense of aim.
- It’s impossible to have hope without purpose.
Discouragement causes sins of indifference.
- Joshua 1:1-9
Discouragement causes other problems.
Discouragement has no easy cure, but consider several things that will help:
- I John 5:4 – Faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
  - Trust in God removes depression, brings hope, and gives joy and peace (Philippians 4:7). It cases zeal and service.
  - This faith must be of the
- II Peter 1:5 – Self-control
- Spiritual mindedness – Colossians 3:1-3; Romans 6:4-7; Philippians 4:8; II Corinthians 10:4-5; Colossians 3:23
- Forget self and serve – I Corinthians 4:5
- Choose the right company – I Corinthians 15:33

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“I Want to Rejoice. I Just Can’t”

David Watson

April 02, 2017

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Psalms 122:1
Philippians 4:1-4
The importance of rejoicing
- Rejoicing is commanded:
  - Romans 12:15; Philippians 3:1; I Peter 4:13
  - Deuteronomy 28:47
- Good people did it; bad people didn’t
  - I Thessalonians 3:6-10; Luke 15:2, 6-7, 9-10, 32
- Gloominess is a terrible advertisement for sin
  - Galatians 5:22
  - Lamentations 2:15
- Ways to get better at rejoicing
  - Grasp that joy is not the absence of troubles. I Peter 1:3-9
    - Christ is the source of joy.
  - Distinguish between spiritual joy and entertainment joy. I Corinthians 1:17-18
  - Learn to appreciate spiritual things. Matthew 13:44
  - Drop petty annoyances with others. I Thessalonians 5:14-16
  - Develop Unselfishness. Jonah 4; III John 1:1-4
  - Get involved in spiritual work. II Corinthians 7:6-16

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Exodus, Part 4

David Watson

April 02, 2017

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Special study: “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart.”
- Exodus 7:1-13
- How could a just God control Pharaoh’s heart and then punish him for it?
  - God was not controlling Pharaoh’s will, but simply presenting him with a demand He knew Pharaoh would not obey.
- Key passage: Exodus 14:1-8
- Passages about Pharaoh’s hard heart fall into three main groups:
  - God hardens his heart
  - Pharaoh hardens his heart
  - His heart is hardened
- Exodus 6:1
- Exodus 9:14
- I Samuel 6:6
- Romans 9:15-24
  - John Calvin used this passage to teach that God controls people and decides who will be saved.
  - God chooses to use certain people in certain ways, but that does not mean He chooses specific people for salvation.
- James 1:13-14 – God does not tempt anyone! He does test people from time to time, but He never tries to get people to sin.
- Ezekiel 33:11; II Peter 3:9 – God does not want anyone to perish. His desire was not to punish people.
- What does it mean to say God is not partial? Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25
  - We can all serve God to the extent that our circumstances allow.

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II Corinthians, Part 8

Jesse Jenkins

March 29, 2017

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II Corinthians 7:1-16
II Corinthians 7:1 – This verse makes more sense as part of chapter 6. Paul is encouraging them to keep themselves pure because of the great promises God has made to them.
II Corinthians 7:7 – See Romans 8:18.
II Corinthians 7:8 – Paul’s rebuke caused them sorrow, but he did not regret it once he saw the way they handled it. He did not like rebuking them at the time, though.
II Corinthians 7:11 – These are all the things that gave evidence of their godly sorrow.
II Corinthians 7:12 – This is a not-but passage. Paul did write I Corinthians for the sake of both the offender and offended, but that was not his primary purpose.

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Repentance

Larry Bunch

March 26, 2017

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Hardest thing is to repent
Repentance is duty imposed on all mankind
- Acts 17:30
What repentance does not mean
- Not just being afraid – Acts 24:25
- Not simply being sorry – Acts 2:37
- Not simply reformation of life
What repentance means
- Matthew 21:28-30
- Matthew 12:31 (Jonah 3:10)
- Luke 15:11-24 (prodigal son)
- Repentance involves
  - Sense of sin
  - Sorrow for sin
  - Severance from sin
  - II Corinthians 7:9-10
- Two things used to bring men to repentance
  - Fear – II Corinthians 5:10-11; Philippians 2:12; Jude 1:23
  - Love – Romans 2:4
- Cannot escape repentance
  - Luke 13:3 – “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
- Alien sinners
  - Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; 3:19
- Erring Christians
  - Acts 8
  - I John 1:5-10
- Conclusion
  - Hebrews 4:7

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