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God is sovereign, but parents are responsible. God’s sovereignty is our hope. Parents are utterly dependent on God. He can save any child, no matter how dark the circumstances. On the other hand, God normally reaches children through their parents. It is fatal to presume on God’s sovereignty by neglecting parental faithfulness. Yet it is also a mistake to assume that it all depends on us. It doesn’t. In fact, none of your efforts will prevail unless God bestows the gift of faith on your children. We are utterly dependent and responsible at the same time.
William Farley

In seeking after holiness we are not so much seeking after a thing as we are seeking a Person. The blessings of the gospel – election, justification, sanctification, glorification, and all the rest – have been deposited in no other treasury but Christ. We don’t just want holiness. We want the Holy One in whom we have been counted holy and are now being made holy. To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.
Kevin DeYoung

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    SELF DECEIVERS

    This entry is part 1 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    SELF DECEIVERS LECTURE I. SELF DECEIVERS.      TEXT.—But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.—James i. 22.      There are two extremes in religion, equally false and equally fatal. And there are two classes of…

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    FALSE PROFESSORS

    This entry is part 2 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    FALSE PROFESSORS LECTURE II. FALSE PROFESSORS.      TEXT.—"They feared the Lord, and served their own gods." 2 Kings, xvii. 33.      When the ten tribes of Israel were carried away captives by the king of Assyria, their places were supplied with strangers…

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    DOUBTFUL ACTIONS ARE SINFUL

    This entry is part 3 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    DOUBTFUL ACTIONS ARE SINFUL LECTURE III. DOUBTFUL ACTIONS ARE SINFUL.      TEXT.—"He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin."—Romans xiv. 23.      It was a custom among the…

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    TRUE AND FALSE REPENTANCE

    This entry is part 9 of 25 in the series Lectures to Professing Christians

    TRUE AND FALSE REPENTANCE LECTURE IX. TRUE AND FALSE REPENTANCE.      TEXT.—For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.—2 Corinthians vii. 10.      In this chapter the apostle refers to…

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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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