A sinner does not “decide” for Christ; the sinner “flies” to Christ in utter helplessness and despair saying – Foul, I to the fountain fly, Wash me, Saviour, or I die. No man truly comes to Christ unless he flies to Him as his only refuge and hope, his only way of escape from the accusations of conscience and the condemnation of God's holy law. Nothing else is satisfactory. If a man says that having thought about the matter and having considered all sides he has on the whole decided for Christ, and if he has done so without any emotion or feeling, I cannot regard him as a man who has been regenerated. The convicted sinner no more “decides” for Christ than the poor drowning man “decides” to take hold of that rope that is thrown to him and suddenly provides him with the only means of escape. The term is entirely inappropriate.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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APOSTATES

APOSTATES APOSTATES Described # De 13:13 Heb 3:12 Persecution tends to make # Mt 24:9,10 Lu 8:13 A worldly spirit tends to make # 2Ti 4:10 Never belonged to Christ…

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BACKSLIDING

BACKSLIDING BACKSLIDING Is turning from God # 1Ki 11:9 Is leaving the first love # Re 2:4 Is departing form the simplicity of the gospel # 2Co 11:3 Ga 3:1-3…

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BOTTLES

BOTTLES BOTTLES First mention of, in Scripture # Ge 21:14 Ancients often drank from # Hab 2:15 USED FOR HOLDING 3a) Water # Ge 21:14,15,19 3b) Milk # Jud 4:19…

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CAVES

CAVES CAVES Natural # Heb 11:38 Artificial # Jud 6:2 FOUND IN THE 3a) Open fields # Ge 23:20 3b) Rocks # Isa 2:19 4) WERE USED AS 4a) Dwelling-places…

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CITIES of REFUGE

CITIES of REFUGE CITIES of REFUGE Design of # Ex 21:13 Nu 35:11 Jos 20:3 Names &c of # De 4:41-43 Jos 20:7,8 REQUIRED TO BE 3a) Easy of access…

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CONVERSION

CONVERSION CONVERSION By God # 1Ki 18:37 Joh 6:44 Ac 21:19 By Christ # Ac 3:26 Ro 15:18 By the power of the Holy Spirit # Pr 1:23 Is of…

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DEATH of Christ

DEATH of Christ DEATH of Christ, The Foretold # Isa 53:8 Da 9:26 Zec 13:7 Appointed by God # Isa 53:6,10 Ac 2:23 Necessary for the redemption of man #…

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DILIGENCE

DILIGENCE DILIGENCE Christ, an example # Mr 1:35 Lu 2:49 REQUIRED BY GOD IN 2a) Seeking him # 1Ch 22:19 Heb 11:6 2b) Obeying him # De 6:17 11:13 2c)…

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EAGLE

EAGLE EAGLE, The A bird of prey # Job 9:26 Mt 24:28 Unclean # Le 11:13 De 14:12 Different kinds of # Le 11:13,18 Eze 17:3 Called the eagle of…

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