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  • Hebrews 3:12-14
  • James 1:14-16 - Temptation happens when we are lured away by our own desires.
  • What is the appeal of sin?
    • Pleasure
      • Hebrews 11:24-26 - Moses turned away from the pleasures in Egypt.
    • Security
      • Luke 12:16-21 - Earthly goods are false security
      • I Timothy 6:17 - Don’t hope in riches.
      • I Timothy 6:9-11 - the dangers of wealth
    • Freedom
      • Romans 6:16-17 - Sin enslaves us.
  • Sin blinds us
    • II Peter 2:20-22
    • Romans 1:21
  • Sin hardens our hearts
    • Hebrews 3:12-19
    • Ephesians 4:19-24
    • Hebrews 10:26-27

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  • Isaiah 66
  • Let creation humble you
    • Isaiah 66:1-2
    • Job 38:1-5
    • Psalms 19:1
    • No matter where you look, God’s fingerprint is there!
  • Let life humble you
    • Daniel 4:28-37 - King Nebuchadnezzar is humbled
    • Matthew 5:36 - We have very little control over our lives.
  • Let sin humble you
    • Jeremiah 2:7-9 - The people had no shame in their sin.
    • We must remember how to blush and have the appropriate shame when we sin.

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  • Luke 18:1-8
    • Luke 18:7 - God wants us to keep praying.
  • Luke 18:9-17 - Don’t be lifted up with pride. Be humble.
    • Luke 18:14 - Whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled.
    • Luke 18:17 - We must receive the kingdom of God like a child.
  • Luke 18:18-30 - We must trust in God - not in our own riches.
    • It is not enough to just do the right things. It takes the right information and the right disposition to serve God correctly.
  • Luke 18:31-34 - Jesus was telling the apostles that he had a purpose - to die for our sins.
  • Luke 18:35-43 - We need to follow Jesus’ example of compassion and help those we can.

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  • Introduction
    • Commitment: the act of pledging yourself; to give over to another implying that the thing given over passes entirely into another’s charge
    • II Corinthians 8:1ff
    • II Timothy 2:19
  • True commitment to God involves commitment:
    • Of heart - Proverbs 23:7
    • Of emotion - Hebrewx 13:1; Proverbs 23:23
    • Of voice - Ephesians 4:29
    • Of body - I Corinthians 6:19-20
    • Of time - Hebrews 5:12
    • Of service - Romans 6:4
    • Of pocket book
  • Am I truly committed to the Lord?

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