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In the spring of 1735, at the age of 20, they handed Whitefield this book ‘The Life of God In The Soul of Man.’. Whitefield said, “I really wanted to know God and be assured of salvation, but even strict discipline didn't seem to help. God Showed me (in Scougal’s writings) that I must be born again.”.
1. A New Relationship. The life of God in the soul of man brings about a new relationship to God and his Son. In the last part of verse 9 Paul says, "Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him." In other words the fundamental effect of having the Spirit is that he makes you belong to Christ.
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- The Battle For Desires First, Then Behaviorlink
In verse 11 Peter says, "Beloved, I urge you as aliens andstrangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against thesoul." The ultimate issue in that verse is that the human soul isin danger of being destroyed. A war is being waged against the soulin this world. If the war is successful, the soul is lost. Jesus said, "What will it profit a...
The second great issue is mentioned in verse 12—the issueof the glory of God. In verse 11 the issue is how the soul mightnot be destroyed. In verse 12 the issue is how the glory of Godmight not be belittled: The goal of human behavior is the glory of God. "Keep yourbehavior excellent so that . . . the Gentiles might glorify God."The positive signif...
In one sense I would be satisfied this morning if you wouldembrace just that with all your heart. If that were the deepconviction of your soul and driving confidence of your heart, Ithink the rest of this text would take care of itself. The reason I say this is that the most basic issue in modernlife seems to me to be the absence of the supremacy a...
Peter has mentioned twice already (in 1:1 and 1:17) that trueChristians are aliens and exiles and strangers on the earth. Herein verse 11 he mentions it a third time, "Beloved, I urge you asaliens and strangers . . . " He must regard this as important. So weshould too. It will help us restore the weightiness and importance of God inour world if we ...
Another thing to notice in this text is that the battle for thesoul and the battle for the glory of God is fought first at thelevel of our desires and then at the level of ourbehavior—first at the level of what we feel, and then at thelevel of what we do. Beautiful Conduct Springs Only from Right Desires Verse 11 says that it is "fleshly lusts [or ...
The truly great spirit is always gentle; and because God is so infinitely great, he is, therefore, tender. We read of his gentleness and of his tenderness towards the children of men; and we see them displayed to their full in the gospel of our salvation. Very conspicuous is this “tender mercy of our God.”. Now, the original word is, “The ...
The oxygenized atmosphere which unites with the carbon of the candle in supporting the flame corresponds to the ‘breath of life’ or ‘spirit of life’ which unites with the physical organism in producing ‘soul’ or ‘intelligent existence.’. Should an accident occur which would destroy the candle, the flame would cease.
soul-man is renewed through the process of renewal of the mind which proceeds over a person’s entire lifetime. This is the process of the perfection (spiritual maturing) of the mind or soul, required to enter the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5:48) and is a sovereign work of the Lord Jesus Christ through His Holy Spirit (Philippians 1:6).
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Souls In The Hands Of A Tender God: Souls in the Hands of a Tender God Craig Rennebohm,David W. Paul,2008 Souls in the Hands of a Tender God follows the path of healing and the way of companionship to build communities of caring that welcome and include our most fragile and
