We need to die to self in order to become selfless. Listen to: http://s3.amazonaws.com/BethelSermons2017/2017Apr02ra.mp3
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We need to die to self in order to become selfless. Listen to: http://s3.amazonaws.com/BethelSermons2017/2017Apr02ra.mp3
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Edward Fisher says in his Marrow of Modern Divinity that Adam broke the Ten Commandments “at one clap.” Here’s what he says:
Edward Fischer (The Marrow of Modern Divinity, p. 58)
Our hearts so often condemn us (we probably don’t know our hearts as we think we do). But God is greater than our hearts. Calvin wrote, “the human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood lurks, is so decked with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.” It never dupes God (see Hebrews 4:13). Look to God and his grace for healing comfort.
Evil speaking is the hateful accusation from evil intent and a wanton desire to defame. Evil speaking is obviously from the mouth, but behind it lies the evil intent that is from the heart. So let us watch what we say and how we say it.
Calvin points out in his commentary on Psalm 18 (vv. 21 – 24) that “whoever, therefore, would desire to persevere in uprightness and integrity of life, let them learn to exercise themselves daily in the study of the Word of God; for, whenever a man despises or neglects instruction, he easily falls into carelessness and stupidity, and all fear of God vanishes from his mind.”