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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Many a man has died from internal bleeding, and yet there has been no wound whatever to be seen by the eye. You may go to hell as well dressed in the garnishings of morality as in the rags of immorality. Unless the very center of your soul and the core of your being be made obedient to the living God, He will not accept you, for He looks not only to your outward condition, but to your heart's secret loyalty or treachery toward Himself.
C.H. Spurgeon

The war is over. The alienation and divine displeasure toward us because of our sin have been removed. We are no longer objects of wrath. We have peace with God whether we realize it or not. However, to the extent that we understand and believe the truth regarding justification, we will experience a subjective peace – that is, a sense of peace within our souls. We will know that we have been bought from a state of condemnation and the prospect of eternal judgment into a state of forgiveness and favor with God.
Jerry Bridges

    • The Powerful Word

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    The Powerful Word THE POWERFUL WORD B8-18-5P Jn. 12:44 ff (esp. v. 48) INTRODUCTION: IV. HIS WORD IS JUDGMENT A. “The seed is the Word of God” (Lu. 8:11) A. “I came not to judge the world, but to save the (Good ground brings 100x, 60x, 30x) world” (Jn. 12:47) B. “His word was with POWER” (Lu. 4:32) B. “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness I. HIS WORD IS FORGIVENESS rather than light, because their deeds were A. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: evil” (Jn. 3:19) for it is the power of God unto salvation to C. “The words that I speak unto you, they are everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and spirit, they are life” (Jn. 6:63) also to the Greek” (Ro. 1:16) D. “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my B. To the woman taken in adultery, “Neither do I words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that condemn thee” (Lu. 8:11) I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the C. To the man with palsy (borne of four), “Son, last day” (Jn. 12:48) thy sins be forgiven thee” (Mk. 2:5) D. “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever CONCLUSION: believeth ON me should not abide in darkness”12:46 A. God, through His Word, offers Forgiveness, Healing & Deliverance II. HIS WORD IS HEALING B. If you reject Him, Judgment is certain A. “Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the C. Escape pain of damnation by accepting Him NOW! palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?”(Mk. 2:9) B. The leper said, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean”–Jesus, “I will, be thou clean” (Mt. 8:3) C. Centurion (servant grievously tormented w/palsy) “speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed” (Mt. 8:8) Jesus marveled, “As thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee” (v. 13) D. “With his stripes we are healed” (Is. 53:5)

    III. HIS WORD IS DELIVERANCE

    1. “They brought unto him many that were possessed with devils and he cast out the spirits with his word” (Mt. 8:16, are none possessed today???)
    2. To the legions of demons in the Gadarene hermit, “Go!” (Mt. 8:32)
    3. “He hath sent me to…proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound” (Is. 61:2)

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