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4. Ungodly, banishing God from the whole life. Have nothing to do with God at all, Luke 15 Lost sheep—natural habit o f sinner. Lost silver—helplessness o f sinner. : Lost son—life o f sinner. How the lost sheep idea conflict illustrates that -which says that all men have an instinct for God and that there is in all o f us a divine spark. I f this is so why do not men everywhere seek God and find Him instead o f having to be sought in every land. False Repentance 1. Illustration from Pharaoh, Exodus 9-10. Under the chastisement o f the plague he said, “ I have seen the Lord is righteous and I and my people are wicked.” “ I have sinned against God and against you.” But these confes sions were not followed by change o f life. 2. Balaam—cf. Nurh. 22; 2 Pet. 2:15; Jude. 11. 3. Achan—To late confession to save his life. 4. ■That o f King Saul—1 Sam. 15: More concerned about his public position than his sin. 5. Judas. Prodigal Son Two journeys—out and in. Two resolves—-to come—to go. Two abodes—home— far country. Two requests—give me— forgive me. Two beginnings—to be in want—to be merry. He took all and lost all. He came to himself and he came to his Father. Theodore Monod said: “A fter all, obedience is the best commentary on the Bible. Do, and you Will know." George Muller once said, “I cannot take care o f my soul, God can keep that; but my body is for me tp take care of.”
( f ) Duties o f Ambassador guarding country’s interests in other lands. (g ) An Ambassador may. be recalled which means war. What Is the Gospel 1. T o evangelize, cf. Luke 2:10, 11. The verb used 53 times. 2. Kwiuso, Matt. 4:17, Acts 8:5. Seventy- two times means proclamation,' cf. 1 Pet. 3 :19. 3. ' Laleo—meaning to speak or talk in an ordinary manner—Mark 2 :2 R. V., Acts 2:4, 6, 11. 4. Dialegomeno—a dialogue—discussion— dispute—Mark 9 :34. Same need to prove our position to skeptics; cf. Acts 20:7, discoursed; Heb 12:5, reasoneth. 5. Katangeloo—to bring word down upon any one—meaning with fdrce that meets with no resistance—-force o f -the Holy Spirit. Acts 4 :2 ; Acts 17:23;, Col. 1 :28. 6. Diangello—to spell abroad like scatter ing seed. Luke 9:60. Steps in the Fall Genesis 3 :l-6. Note three points: 1. Altering the Word o f God.- 2. Adding to the W ord o f God. 3. Taking from the W ord o f God. L est.ye die—neither shall ye touch .it— freely. Romans 5:6 -1 0 1. Sinners, that is, by nature and habit. 2. Enemies, active hostility shown in sin ning against God. 3. Without strength, helpless produced by sin so that any righteousness by self effort is impossible. There is a great difference between sin dwelling, and reigning in us. It dwells in every believer, but reigns in the unbe liever. God has two thrones; one in the highest heavens, the other in the lowliest heart.
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