'The Result Of Long Term Disobedience.'
Jeremiah 3:25.
a) We lie down in our shame.
b) Our Disgrace covers us like a blanket.
c) Because we have sinned against the Lord.
d) We and our ancestors.
e) From our youth until now.
f) We have not obeyed the Lord our God.
(This QT reveals to me The Result Of Long Term Disobedience)
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'Necessary Strong Discipline.'
1 Corinthians 5:3-5.
a) Apostle Paul was not with the Corinthian Church in person at the time of writing.
b) He was with them in spirit.
c) He had already judged the man who sinned as if he were there, present with them.
d) When the Church was to meet together in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
e) Apostle Paul would meet with them in Spirit and in the Power of the Lord Jesus.
f) Hand the guilty man over to Satan.
g) His sinful self will be destroyed.
h) His spirit will be saved on the Day of the Lord.
(This Second one teaches me about Necessary Strong Discipline)
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Chris.
When we have been living in disobedience and that disobedience has in some way been exposed by the Lord, we should respond by lying down in our shame. What has taken place is shameful so we need to respond to the exposure of it in the correct way and not try to hide it. When we respond in the correct way, we can experience an abundance of God's Grace.
