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Don’t bear trouble, use it. Take whatever happens – justice and injustice, pleasure and pain, compliment and criticism – take it up into the purpose of your life and make something out of it. Turn it into testimony. Don’t explain evil, exploit evil; make it serve you. Just as the Lotus flower reaches down and takes up the mud and mire into the purposes of its life and produces the lotus flower out of them, so you are to take whatever happens and make something out of it.
E. Stanley Jones

When we enjoy God, we enjoy Him in His eternity without any flux... After many ages, the joys will be as savory and satisfying as if they had been but that moment first tasted by our hungry appetites. When the glory of the Lord shall rise upon you, it shall be so far from ever setting, that after millions of years are expired, as numerous as the sands on the seashore, the sun, in the light of whose countenance you shall live, shall be as bright as at the first appearance; He will be so far from ceasing to flow, that He will flow as strong, as full, as at the first communication of Himself in glory to the creature. God is always vigorous and flourishing; a pure act of life, sparkling new and fresh rays of life and light to the creature, flourishing with a perpetual spring, and contenting the most capacious desire; forming your interest, pleasure, and satisfaction; with an infinite variety, without any change or succession; He will have variety to increase delights, and eternity to perpetuate them; this will be the fruit of the enjoyment of an infinite and eternal God.
Stephen Charnock

    • Peters First Sermon

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    Peters First Sermon PETER’S FIRST SERMON B7-06-6P Acts 2:36 PURPOSE: To share the Gospel of Jesus Christ III. HE PREACHED JESUS’S RESURRECTION (v. 24) A. He died physically and was buried INTRODUCTION: 1. “Pilate marveled if he were alreadly dead” A. Same sermon Peter preached at Cornelius’ house (Mk. 15:44) (Acts 10:38-43) 2. “Joseph… craved the body” (Mk. 15:43) B. Same that Paul preached at Antioch (Acts 13:17-39) B. It was prophesied that He would rise: C. “Only one thing to preach–Jesus Christ 1. Eternal–“always before my face” (v.25) & Him cruicified 2. “Not…see corruption” (v. 27) C. Host of witnesses attested to resurrection I. HE PREACHED JESUS’ LIFE (v.22) 1. Angels at tomb (Mt. 28:6) A. Integrity (whole), “Went about doing good” (10:38) 2. Mary Magdalene (Jn. 20:18) B. Concern for others, “Went about… healing all” 3. Peter, 2 on road to Emmaus, & even Christ C. “Approved of God” (cf. Mt. 17:5, “This is my (Lu. 24:34,35,46) beloved son, in whom I am well pleased”) 4. John (Jn. 21:24) know “testimony is true” II. HE PREACHED JESUS’ DEATH (v.23) 5. Many others (12, 500, James, Paul, etc) A. He was delivered by the Council D. “This” is the evidence (v. 33) 1. The High Priest knew of His call (Jn. 11:50) 1. “If I go not away…” (Jn. 16:7) 2. They were “determinite” 2. “When he ascended up on high, he… gave a. “Though he dad done so many miracles gifts unto men” (Ep. 4:8) before them, yet they believed not on him” (Jn. 12:37) SUMMARY: b. “Men blasphemed God because of the A. This is the old, old story plague of the hail” (Rev. 16:21) B. What does it mean to you? B. He was crucified and slain by wicked hands 1. Relief to the sinner 1. “Impossible but that offences will come but 2. Healing to the sick woe unto him…” (Lu. 17:1) 3. Deliverance to the persecuted 2. Betrayed by Judas 4. Rejoicing to the faithful 3. Put to death by Pilate C. The Holy Ghost is yours today because of Him C. “Ye have… crucified & slain” (Acts 2:23 1. “None righteous… ” (Ro. 3:23) 2. “Soul…sinneth…shall die” (Ez. 18:4)

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