Grasslands of the Badlands
May
25, 2011
Why Would Anyone
No Longer Want to Continue in the Goodness of God?
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Part VI
Romans 11:22
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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness:
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Romans
2:4b - ...not knowing that the goodness
of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans
1:21-23 - Because that, when they knew
God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the
uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds,
and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
II Thessalonians
1:11 - Wherefore also we pray always
for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil
all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with
power:
More possible reasons for folks to depart from the
Goodness of God:
9. Bewitched
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Galatians 3:1-3
- O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched
you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ
hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn
of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing
of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made
perfect by the flesh?
10. Philosophy / Vain Deceit
/ tradition of men / rudiments of the world..
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Colossians
2:8 - Beware lest any man spoil
you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after
the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
11. They turn away their ears
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II Timothy
4:1-4 - I charge thee therefore
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the
dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season,
out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after
their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching
ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables.
12. They allow themselves to
be deceived
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II Timothy
3:13 - But evil men and seducers
shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
13. They think they are mad
at the person but they really Despising God instead of religion!
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I Thessalonians
4:8 - 8: He therefore that despiseth,
despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
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Acts 19:27
- So that not only this our craft
is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great
goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed,
whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
14. They Don't See
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II Corinthians
5:7 - (For we walk by faith, not
by sight:)
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II Corinthians
4:18 - For the love of Christ constraineth
us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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Matthew 24:24
- And his fame went throughout all Syria:
and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases
and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which
were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
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Mark 13:22
- For false Christs and false prophets
shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible,
even the elect.
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Mark 16:17-20
- And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up
into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and
preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word
with signs following. Amen.
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John 4:48 -
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see
signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
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Acts 2:43 -
And fear came upon every soul: and many
wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
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Acts 5:12 -
And by the hands of the apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one
accord in Solomon's porch.
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II Thessalonians
2:9 - Even him, whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
15. Not hearing of Paul's WAYS
in their own church
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I Corinthians
4:17 - For this cause have I sent
unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who
shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach
every where in every church.
M Paulson
Kadoka,
South Dakota
Trying
to do the work of an evangelist by teaching Paul's gospel of the Risen
Saviour!
www.scatteredchristians.org
The
entire King James Bible is written FOR us, but it is not all written TO
us!
We
learn from the "For" and we learn to apply the 'TO!"