When a minister goes into the pulpit, he is a shepherd in the act of feeding, and if every minister had borne this in mind, many a sermon would have been other than it has been. The curse of the pulpit is the superstition that a sermon is a work or art and not a piece of bread or meat
Charles Jefferson

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  1. Promised # Isa 1:18 Jer 31:34 Heb 8:12 Jer 50:20
  2. None without shedding of blood # Le 17:11 Heb 9:22
  3. Legal sacrifices, ineffectual for # Heb 10:4
  4. Outward purifications, ineffectual for # Job 9:30,31 Jer 2:22
  5. The blood of Christ, alone, is efficacious for # Zec 13:1 1Jo 1:7
  6. IS GRANTED 6a) By God alone

    # Da 9:9 Mr 2:7

6b) By Christ # Mr 2:5 Lu 7:48 6c) Through Christ # Lu 1:69,77 Ac 5:31 13:38 6d) Through the blood of Christ # Mt 26:28 Ro 3:25 Col 1:14 6e) For the name’s sake of Christ # 1Jo 2:12 6f) According to the riches of grace # Eph 1:7 6g) On the exaltation of Christ # Ac 5:31 6h) Freely # Isa 43:25 6i) Readily # Ne 9:17 Ps 86:5 6j) Abundantly # Isa 55:7 Ro 5:20 6k) To those who confess their sins # 2Sa 12:13 Ps 32:5 1Jo 1:9 6l) To those who repent # Ac 2:38 6m) To those who believe # Ac 10:43 7) Should be preached in the name of Christ # Lu 24:47 8) EXHIBITS THE 8a) Compassion of God # Mic 7:18,19 8b) Grace of God # Ro 5:15,16 8c) Mercy of God # Ex 34:7 Ps 51:1 8d) Goodness of God # 2Ch 30:18 Ps 86:5 8e) Forbearance of God # Ro 3:25 8f) Loving-kindness of God # Ps 51:1 8g) Justice of God # 1Jo 1:9 8h) Faithfulness of God # 1Jo 1:9 9) EXPRESSED BY 9a) Forgiving transgression # Ps 32:1 9b) Removing transgression # Ps 103:12 9c) Blotting out transgression # Isa 44:22 9d) Covering sin # Ps 32:1 9e) Blotting out sin # Ac 3:19 9f) Casting sins into the sea # Mic 7:19 9g) Not imputing sin # Ro 4:8 9h) Not mentioning transgression # Eze 18:22 9i) Remembering sins no more # Heb 10:17 10) All saints enjoy # Col 2:13 1Jo 2:12 11) Blessedness of # Ps 32:1 Ro 4:7 12) SHOULD LEAD TO 12a) Returning to God # Isa 44:22 12b) Loving God # Lu 7:47 12c) Fearing God # Ps 130:4 12d) Praising God # Ps 103:2,3 13) Ministers are appointed to proclaim # Isa 40:1,2 2Co 5:19 14) PRAY FOR 14a) For yourselves # Ps 25:11,18 51:1 Mt 6:12 Lu 11:4 14b) For others # Jas 5:15 1Jo 5:16 15) Encouragement to pray for # 2Ch 7:14 16) WITHHELD FROM 16a) The unforgiving # Mr 11:26 Lu 6:37 16b) The unbelieving # Joh 8:21,24 16c) The impenitent # Lu 13:2-5 16d) Blasphemers against the Holy Spirit # Mt 12:32 Mr 3:28,29 16e) Apostates # Heb 10:26,27 1Jo 5:16 17) Illustrated # Lu 7:42 15:20-24 18) Exemplified 18a) Israelites # Nu 14:20 18b) David # 2Sa 12:13 18c) Manasseh # 2Ch 33:13 18d) Hezekiah # Isa 38:17 18e) The Paralytic # Mt 9:2 18f) The Penitent # Lu 7:47