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Drunkenness. I. Woes Associated With It.
Mercies That Should Move Us Romans 12:1 Meditate on the qualities of the Divine mercies, their: 1. Magnitude, 2 Samuel 24:14. 2. Multitude, 1 Peter 1:3. 3. Kindness, Psalm 119:156. 4. Freshness, Psalm 103:5. 5. Enduring, Psalm 136—. The New Birth John 3:3 I. Its Nature, a re-creation, 2 Corinthians 5:17. II. Its Instrument, the Word, 1 Peter 1 :23. III. Tts Author, the Father, 1 John 1-3. R.Y. IV. Its Origin, God’s will, John 1:13. V. Its Purpose, God’s glory, Philippians 4:20. The “One Things” of the Bible. 1. The world’s—Excuses, Luke 14:18. 2. Befalleth all—Death, Eccl. 3:19. 3. Needful—Conversion, Luke 10:42. 4. Lacking—Decision, Mark 10:21. 5. Known—Assurance, John 9 :25. 6 . To do—Progress, Phil. 3:13. 7. Desired—Communion, Ps. 27:4. 8 . Never fails—Lord’s promise, Joshua, 23:14. 9. Forgotten—Lord’s Coming, 2 Peter 3 : 8 . Paul. His Name __ __________,—... Acts 13:9 His Race________ ,.'.S......____ 2 Cor. 11:22 His Tribe .xL. _..:____ ----------......Phil. 3:5 His Birthplace ____ ________.....—Acts 9:11 His Legal Status. ______ ......Phil. 3 :5 His Citizenship __ .,.„--.i^i.:-i:.,..>...Acts 16:37 His Education .§SI|L.....___ ...Acts 26:4 His Trade _____ .... .■-■■■.-■___Acts 18:13 His Conversion __.........J...,-....'.... Acts 9:1-9 His Baptism _....,____ Acts 22:16 His Apostleship __ ...Rom. 1:1; 1 Tim. 2:7 His G ifts........ 1 Cor. 14:18; Acts 19:11, 12 His Faithfulness __.................. .. UL........Acts 20:20, 27,-31; 2 Cor. 15:10 His Successes .....i„..................Rom. 15:17-19 His Reward _______-.____ _____ ..2 Tim. 4:8 — S’.
1. Concerning such as make—sell— “treat” (Hab. 2:15; "Nakedness" : Stript of money, good name, raiment). 2. Concerning such as think to get the pleasure of wine and escape its evils. (Deut. 29:19, 20; “bless" becomes ‘‘curse” even "curses”'). 3. Concerning such as abandon them selves to drink, debauching—and glory in it (Isa. 5:11, 12, 22). II. The Degeneration that Results from It. Isaiah 28:7, 8 refers to practice,- religious faith and hope, mental judgment, and physi cal effect with disgusting accompaniments. III. The Future Perdition (1 Cor. 6:9, 10). IV. The Believer’s Attitude and that of the Church (1 Cor. 5:11; Gal. 6:1). The Believer’s Privileges and Duties in Christ. In i the First Epistle to the Corinthians unity with the Lord Jesus is exhibited as involving especially the following privileges and duties. 1. A new knowledge of God, or insight info Divine things (ch. 2). 2. A new indwelling of God, we becom ing His temple (3:16), and hence a new possession of Us by God. ' 3. A new possession in God as our por tion (3:21-23). 4. A new stewardship in God with cor responding obligation (4:1-2). 5. A new separation unto God as His holy abode ( 6 : 11 - 20 ). 6 . A new sanctity even in secular toil, as a calling in which we abide with God (7:20-24). 7. A new subjection, even of the body, to His glory (9:27). 8 . A new communion with God (10:16- 17). 9. A new service to God made possible by communion with Him (12). 10. A new dominion of love as the con trolling power (13). 11 . A new holiness and decorum in pub lic assemblies (14).
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