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Isaiah 3-4; Proverbs 23; 2 Timothy 2
Christ had no interest in gathering vast crowds of professed adherents who would melt away as soon as they found out what following Him actually demanded of them. In our own presentation of Christ’s gospel, therefore, we need to lay a similar stress on the cost of following Christ and make sinners face it soberly before we urge them to respond to the message of free forgiveness. In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything. J. I. Packer
Lord you have said that whoever believes in You will do greater works than these. And that whatever we ask in Your name, that You will do, so that the Father may be glorified. So Lord empower us, more than anything to show our love for you by keeping your commandments. May your Holy Spirit be our helper and may we be aware that he lives inside us and will be in us forever. This we know is the truth, because we know Him. Thank you for making us part of your family, because once we were orphans, but now that you live in us, we live also.
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