Whenever happy confidence in the sovereign power of God for our own lives and the lives of others grows weak, legalism creeps in. We inevitably try to compensate for loss of dynamic faith by increased moral resolve and the addition of man-made regulations. But wherever joyful confidence in the power of God is waning, the flesh is waxing. Which means that the morality we had hoped would save ourselves and the regulations we hoped would purify our church fall victim to the massive power of the flesh and become its instruments of self-reliance and self-sufficiency.
John Piper

VANITY

VANITY

VANITY

  1. A consequence of the fall # Ro 8:20
  2. Every man is # Ps 39:11
  3. Every state of man is # Ps 62:9
  4. Man at his best estate is # Ps 39:5
  5. Man is like to # Ps 144:4
  6. The thoughts of man are # Ps 94:11
  7. The days of man are # Job 7:16 Ec 6:12
  8. Childhood and youth are # Ec 11:10
  9. The beauty of man is # Ps 39:11 Pr 31:30
  10. The help of man in # Ps 60:11 La 4:17
  11. Man’s own righteousness is # Isa 57:12
  12. Worldly wisdom is # Ec 2:15,21 1Co 3:20
  13. Worldly pleasure is # Ec 2:1
  14. Worldly anxiety # Ps 39:6 127:2
  15. Worldly labour is # Ec 2:11 4:4
  16. Worldly enjoyment is # Ec 2:3,10,11
  17. Worldly possessions are # Ec 2:4-11
  18. Treasures of wickedness are # Pr 10:2
  19. Heaping up riches is # Ec 2:26 4:8
  20. Love of riches is # Ec 5:10
  21. Unblessed riches are # Ec 6:2
  22. Riches gotten by falsehood are # Pr 21:6
  23. All earthly things are # Ec 1:2
  24. Foolish questions, &c are # 1Ti 1:6,7 6:20 2Ti 2:14,16 Tit 3:9
  25. The conduct of the ungodly is # 1Pe 1:18
  26. The religion of hypocrites is # Jas 1:26
  27. The worship of the wicked is # Isa 1:13 Mt 6:7
  28. Lying words are # Jer 7:8
  29. False teaching is but # Jer 23:32
  30. Mere external religion is # 1Ti 4:8 Heb 13:9
  31. Alms giving without charity is # 1Co 13:3
  32. Faith without works is # Jas 2:14
  33. Idolatry is # 2Ki 17:15 Ps 31:6 Isa 44:9,10 Jer 10:8 18:15
  34. Wealth gotten by, diminishes # Pr 13:11
  35. SAINTS 35a) Hate the thoughts of

    # Ps 119:113

35b) Pray to be kept from # Ps 119:37 Pr 30:8 35c) Avoid # Ps 24:4 35d) Avoid those given to # Ps 26:4 36) THE WICKED 36a) Especially characterised by # Job 11:11 36b) Though full of, affect to be wise # Job 11:12 36c) Love # Ps 4:2 36d) Imagine # Ps 2:1 Ac 4:25 Ro 1:21 36e) Devise # Ps 36:4 36f) Speak # Ps 10:7 12:2 41:6 36g) Count God’s service as # Job 21:15 Mal 3:14 36h) Allure others by words of # 2Pe 2:18 36i) Walk after # Jer 2:5 36j) Walk in # Ps 39:6 Eph 4:17 36k) Inherit # Jer 16:19 36l) Reap # Pr 22:8 Jer 12:13 36m) Judicially given up to # Ps 78:33 Isa 57:13 37) Fools follow those given to # Pr 12:11 38) Following those given to, leads to poverty # Pr 28:19 39) They who trust in, rewarded with # Job 15:31

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