Accentuate the Positive

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Accentuate the Positive

• 1 Peter 21-3

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Therefore because of these

• v.3- born again v.4- reserved in heaven
• v.8- because you love, believe, glorify
• v.13- hope coming at revelation of Jesus
• v.17- address God as your Father
• v.19- redeemed with precious blood
• v.22- purified your souls in obedience

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PUTTING ASIDEcast off, lay apart, put away

• ALL malice - ill will, desire to injure
• ALL guile - lit. decoy, deceit, trick
• hypocrisy - acting a feigned part
• Envy - ill will from jealousy, spite
• ALL slander - evil speaking, backbiting

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But, This is not Enough

• James 121 Galatians 519-21 1
  Corinthians 69-10

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James 121

• Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all
  that remains of wickedness, in humility receive
  the word implanted, which is able to save your
  souls.

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Galatians 519-21

• Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which
  are immorality, impurity, sensuality,20. idolatry
  , sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts
  of anger, disputes, dissensions,
  factions,21. envying, drunkenness, carousing, and
  things like these, of which I forewarn you, just
  as I have forewarned you, that those who practice
  such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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1 Corinthians 69-10

• Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not
  inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived
  neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
  adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
  homosexuals,10. nor thieves, nor the covetous,
  nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will
  inherit the kingdom of God.

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Luke 1124-26

• "When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it
  passes through waterless places seeking rest, and
  not finding any, it says, I will return to my
  house from which I came.'25. "And when it comes,
  it finds it swept and put in order.26. "Then it
  goes and takes along seven other spirits more
  evil than itself, and they go in and live there
  and the last state of that man becomes worse than
  the first."

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But, This is not Enough

• James 121 Galatians 519-21 1
  Corinthians 69-10

Luke 1124-26- nothing lives in a vacuum
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Ephesians 422-24

• lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted
  in accordance with the lusts of deceit,23. and
  that you be renewed in the spirit of your
  mind,24. and put on the new self, which in the
  likeness of God has been created in righteousness
  and holiness of the truth.

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But, This is not Enough

• James 121 Galatians 519-21 1
  Corinthians 69-10

Luke 1124-26- nothing lives in a vacuum
Ephesians 422-24- put off put on principle
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LONG FORintensely crave, dote upon

• What? The milk of the word
• What kind? The pure milk
• Why? So that we can GROW

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If You Have Tasted the Kindness of the Lord

• Are you filling up on what the Lord has to
  offer you?
• Are you accentuating the positive?
• Where Are You Today?