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Love requires the ability to choose. The reason we’re free to disobey God is that we need to be free to love if we are to be human, and made in the image of a God who loves. Love can only be love if it’s a free choice. A husband forced up the aisle at gunpoint can’t be trusted when he swears undying love!
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"What is reformed theology?" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com
R.C. Sproul
Reformed theology indeed insists that a real measure of freedom has been assigned to man by the Creator. But that freedom is not absolute and man is not autonomous. Our freedom is always and everywhere limited by God's sovereignty. God is free and we are free. But God is more free than we are. When our freedom bumps against God's sovereignty, our freedom must yield.
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"What is reformed theology?" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com
R.C. Sproul
God does not owe grace to anyone. Grace that is owed is not grace. Justice imposes obligation, but grace in its essence is voluntary and free.
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Rick Warren
Then at the proper time when you're talking with someone who wants a purpose for living and the hope of Heaven – but hasn’t a clue how to get either one – you can ask, "Have you ever established a spiritual base for your life? These are the four things you need to do to get into Heaven." B - Believe You must believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you and showed he was God by coming back to life. Do you believe that? If yes, then you're one fourth of the way there already. A George Gallup poll said that 87 percent of Americans believe this. That's why Christians celebrate Easter. Do you believe? Then say, "I believe Jesus was who he said he was - God - and he proved it by coming back to life." A - Accept You need to accept God's free forgiveness for your sin. Would you like to accept that? I don't know anyone who'd reject it. Why would you? If you've got this one, you're half way there. Do you agree, "I have sinned, and I need to accept God's free forgiveness for my sin"? S - Switch Switch to God's plan for your life. That means you're going to say, "I'm no longer going to do what I want to do. I'm going to live the plan God made me for. I want to know God's purpose for life and from now on God's going to call the shots, not me." When you become a Christian, you put a sign on your life that says, "Under New Management!" Now you're doing God's plan for your life. After all, your plan hasn’t worked out too well. If you're willing to do this, you're three quarters of the way there. E - Express Express your desire for Christ to be the director of your life – the manager. The word in the Bible is Lord. Are you ready to express that? After explaining the four steps, ask the person if he or she is willing to take them. If he or she is, and if he or she has never invited Christ into his or her life, lead in this simple prayer: "Dear God, I believe you sent your Son, Jesus, to die for my sins so I could be forgiven. I'm sorry for my sins, and I want to live the rest of my life the way you want me to. Please put your Spirit in my life to direct me. Amen."
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"Let the nations be glad" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com
John Piper
John Dawson: "Don't wait for a feeling of love in order to share Christ with a stranger. You already love your Heavenly Father, and you know that this stranger is created by Him, but separated from Hium, so take those first steps of evangelism because you love God. It is not primarily out of compassion for humanity that we share our faith or pray for the lost; it is first of all, love for God. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:7-8: "With good will doing service, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free"
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You’ve been given a free ticket to a football game. A snowstorm the night before makes the drive to the stadium risky. Would you go? Okay: same game, same snowstorm—except this time you paid $100 for the ticket. Now would you go? According to University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler, people are more likely to take a risk if they paid for the ticket. But, as Thaler points out, “The fact that you spent $100 shouldn’t matter when you decide between the reward of seeing the game and the risk of getting killed.” Two all-too human tendencies come into play here. the first is the “sunk-cost fallacy”—the idea that having paid for something, you had better not waste it, no matter what the consequences. The second is “loss aversion”—the fact that people place about twice as much significance on a loss as on a gain. In other words, they are twice as unhappy about losing $100 as they are pleased about making $100.
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John Piper
The physical force of gravity pulls everything to the center of the earth. In order to break free from earth-centered life, thousands and thousands of pounds of energy have to push the space shuttle away from the center. There is also a psychological force of gravity that constantly pulls our thoughts and affections and physical actions inward toward the center of our own selves and our own homes. Therefore the most natural thing in the world is to neglect hospitality. It is the path of least resistance. All we have to do is yield to the natural gravity of our self-centered life, and the result will be a life so full of self that there is no room for hospitality. We will forget about it. And we will neglect it. So the Bible bluntly says. Stop that! Build a launching pad. Fill up your boosters. And blast out of your self-oriented routine. Stop neglecting hospitality. Practice hospitality.
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John Piper
The physical force of gravity pulls everything to the center of the earth. In order to break free from earth-centered life, thousands and thousands of pounds of energy have to push the space shuttle away from the center. There is also a psychological force of gravity that constantly pulls our thoughts and affections and physical actions inward toward the center of our own selves and our own homes. Therefore the most natural thing in the world is to neglect hospitality. It is the path of least resistance. All we have to do is yield to the natural gravity of our self-centered life, and the result will be a life so full of self that there is no room for hospitality. We will forget about it. And we will neglect it. So the Bible bluntly says. Stop that! Build a launching pad. Fill up your boosters. And blast out of your self-oriented routine. Stop neglecting hospitality. Practice hospitality.
http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermon.asp?SermonID=47001&page=2
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