Sermons About Condemn
Declaration of (in) Dependence Part 22
What lengths does God go to assure His children that He loves them?
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1 John 3--Assurance through Love and Obedience
Even after establishing three ways a Christian can KNOW with Assurance that they are truly a child of God, John reiterates himself again to drive his point home. He raises the issue of keeping God's commandments and showing Christ-like love for one another as two JEY ways to know that a Christian is truly saved. And even if a believer still feels condemned in their heart or conscious, they can still approach God in prayer with confidence; because God already knows their heart and knows all things.
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Blind to Mercy
The religious leaders in Jesus’ day loved to enforce their own extensive lists of rules and regulations and hammer anyone who didn’t live up to their standards. Jesus said that these people were blind and were leading other blind people into a ditch. They were blind to that fact that God is God of mercy and compassion and they were blind to their own failing and need for grace. We often take up the same judgmental attitude as the Pharisees, vilifying our opponents and painting ourselves as the good guys. Jesus commands us to stop judging and condemning people and instead by merciful and forgiving like our Father in heaven because we are all sinners and in desperate need of His mercy, grace, and forgiveness.
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Prayers And Our Narcissism
Jesus teaches that our prayers are too often about our vanity or self-absorption.
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