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Preach the Gospel to Yourself
Which aspects of the gospel do you need to grow in so that you can preach the gospel to yourself? Did you take any helpful notes from Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices or The Discipline of Grace that you would like to reflect on publically?
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Excellent! find a verse or two that boost your faith and “preach” those to yourself regularly in this area.
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I think an aspect of the gospel that I need to grow in so I can preach the gospel to myself is the element of faith. I liked this quote from the book; "Faith itself has no merit; in fact, by its nature it is self-emptying. It involves our complete renunciation of any confidence in our own righteousness and a relying entirely on the perfect righteousness and death of Jesus Christ. " (pg. 56, The Discipline of Grace). Faith truly is a full reliance and trust in God and I need to examine that more for myself.
Some notes from the books that I took away are:
– Sometimes Christians can fall into the trap of not thinking different then non believers in that we cannot be good enough to get Gods love. We can think that God’s love is dependent on our actions and if we were “good enough” that day, but that is not the case.
-Righteousness is available to everyone on the same basis. It is not based on what we can do or what we have done, but instead is simply based on God’s sacrificial love for us.
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