Contributed by Jasper Rains on Oct 18, 2009
John mentions three areas of sin here. I want to take a moment and dig a bit further to see what each of these sins really mean. I wan to try and help you see what John is telling us is of the world and will lead to death.
• Lust of the flesh: Putting our desires first. – Sex, pleasures
• Lust of
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Aug 9, 2008
Because our sins of prejudice have been paid for, God calls us to judge correctly.
In the movie "Shallow Hal" Hal, played by Jack Black, sees people based on their outward beauty. He is then hypnotized by the self-help guru, Tony Robbins. For the rest of the movie, he sees the people around him
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Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 17, 2009
J.C. Ryle wrote,
“We…born in sin, surrounded by sinners, living in a constant atmosphere of weakness, infirmity and imperfection, can form none but the most inadequate conceptions of the hideousness of evil. …The very animals whose smell is most offensive to us have no idea that they are offensive
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
Oswald Chambers said: “The majority of us begin with the bigger problems outside and forget the one inside. A man has to learn ‘the plague of his own heart’ before his own
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Text: 1 Tim 6:11 But thou, O man of God (Timothy), flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Thoughts: we know at least a few things about Timothy, as recorded in the New Testament. He was from Lystra, a city in Asia Minor (Acts 16:1, this city
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