It is this most obvious aspect of our Lord’s teaching which has been forgotten or ignored by modern evangelism. Anxious to bring sinners to life, peace and joy in the Lord, evangelists have failed even to mention that Christ insists upon denial of self at the outset. Having failed to pass on our Lord’s requirement, and forgetting it themselves, evangelists have never questioned whether their “converts” with self-centered lives are true followers of Christ. Assuming that it is possible for a man to be self-indulgent and yet heaven-bound, Bible teachers look for some way to bring ego-centric men to a higher spiritual plane. Then self-denial is taught as the requirement for a second work of grace. But Luke 9:23-24 shows that unless a man lives a life of self-denial, he has not received a first work of grace.

Walter Chantry

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NEWS FROM JACK AT SERMON SEEDS

#1 · May 15, 2003, 10:36 pm

Posted by: jpeters <jpeters@...>

Hello Friends,

Thanks for your continued support and interest in Sermon Seeds. This is a special note to tell you two things.

1) I will be at the Moody Bible Institute's Pastors conference next week. If you are going too, please contact me at jpeters@alltel.net

2) My website is down, and may be until I get some things figured out.

Thanks again for your friendship.

Jack Peters

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______________________________________________

Pastor Jack Peters jpeters@alltel.net
Ezra 7:10
AOL INSTANT MESSAGING SCREEN NAME jackpeters1947
MSN MESSENGER SCREEN NAME - johnwpeters@hotmail.com
Looking for preaching and teaching ideas?
Try Sermon Seeds!
http://www.sermonseeds.org