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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

You see, the standards you set for yourself and your ministry are directly related to your view of God. If you are feeding your soul everyday on the grace and glory of God, if you are in worshipful awe of His wisdom and power, if you are spiritually stunned by His faithfulness and love, and if you are daily motivated by His presence and promises, then you want to do everything you can to capture and display that glory to the people God has placed in your care. It is your job as a pastor to pass this glory down to another generation, and it is impossible for you to do that if you are not being awestricken by God’s glory yourself.
Paul David Tripp

Selfless love does not serve in order to prevent its own harm or to insure its own welfare. It serves for the sake of the one being served, and serves in the way it likes being served – whether it ever receives such service or not. That level of love is the divine level, and can be achieved only by divine help... Unregenerate man can never come up to the standard of selfless love – the love that loves others as oneself and that treats others in the same way that one wants to be treated.
John MacArthur

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    SELFISHNESS NOT TRUE RELIGION

    This entry is part 14 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    SELFISHNESS NOT TRUE RELIGION LECTURE III. SELFISHNESS NOT TRUE RELIGION.      TEXT."—Seeketh not her own."—1. Cor. xiii. 5.      That is, Charity, or Christian love, seeketh not her own.      The proposition which I design to establish this evening, is the following:      THAT…

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    TRUE SUBMISSION

    This entry is part 13 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    TRUE SUBMISSION LECTURE II. TRUE SUBMISSION.      TEXT.—"Submit yourselves therefore to God."—James iv, 7.      The subject of this lecture is, "WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE SUBMISSION?"      Before I enter on the discussion of this subject, I wish to make two remarks, introductory to…

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    TRUE AND FALSE CONVERSION

    This entry is part 12 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    TRUE AND FALSE CONVERSION      [On Thursday evening, December 29th, Mr. Finney commenced his course of Lectures to Christians, or rather, as he said, resumed them at the point where they were broken off by his hoarseness last winter.] ———- LECTURE…

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    BOUND TO KNOW YOUR TRUE CHARACTER

    This entry is part 11 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    BOUND TO KNOW YOUR TRUE CHARACTER LECTURE XI. BOUND TO KNOW YOUR TRUE CHARACTER. TEXT—"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves."—2 Corinthians xiii. 5.      In speaking from this text I design to pursue the following…

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    DISHONESTY IN SMALL MATTERS INCONSISTENT WITH HONESTY IN ANYTHING

    This entry is part 10 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    DISHONESTY IN SMALL MATTERS INCONSISTENT WITH HONESTY IN ANYTHING LECTURE X. DISHONESTY IN SMALL MATTERS INCONSISTENT WITH HONESTY IN ANYTHING.      TEXT.—"He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much." Luke xvi. 10.      These words are a part…

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    CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD

    This entry is part 8 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD LECTURE VIII. CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD.      TEXT.—Be not conformed to this world.—Romans xii. 2.      It will be recollected by some who are present, that sometime since I made use of this text in preaching in this…

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    RELIGION OF PUBLIC OPINION

    This entry is part 7 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    RELIGION OF PUBLIC OPINION LECTURE VII. RELIGION OF PUBLIC OPINION.      TEXT.—For they loved the praise or men more than the praise or God. John xii. 43.      These words were spoken of certain individuals who refused to confess that Jesus was…

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    LEGAL RELIGION

    This entry is part 6 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    LEGAL RELIGION LECTURE VI. LEGAL RELIGION.      TEXT.—"Who is on the Lord’s side?"—Exodus xxxii. 26.      Last Friday evening, you will remember, that in discoursing from this text, I mentioned three classes of professors of religion; those who truly love God and…

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    TRUE SAINTS

    This entry is part 5 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    TRUE SAINTS LECTURE V. TRUE SAINTS.      TEXT.—"Who is on the Lord’s side?"—Exodus xxxii. 26.      This question was addressed by Moses to the professed people of God, immediately after their great departure from God while Moses was in the Mount, when…

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    REPROOF A CHRISTIAN DUTY

    This entry is part 4 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    REPROOF A CHRISTIAN DUTY LECTURE IV. REPROOF A CHRISTIAN DUTY.      TEXT.—"Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him."—Leviticus xix. 17.      The whole verse reads thus: "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart:…

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