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Changing Lives Ministry
Daily Devotional
"grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity."
2 Peter 3:18

Holiness, Godliness, Usefulness
11/06/2014, by John Kincaid


Lesson 412: God's Heart, Pt.3

God’s heart also endured suffering for us.

Heb.12:2  looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross

It hurts God when we sin, and it hurts Him to discipline us. He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. He wants them to turn away from evil and toward Him. Ezek.33:11
 
God allowed our punishment to fall on His beloved Son. To save us, He took our punishment.

The heart that disciplines us is the same heart that sacrificed His Son in our place.  This assures us that His love endures forever.

Isa.53:10 it was the will of the Lord to crush him (God the Father killed Jesus)

Acts 2:23 Jesus delivered up according to the definite plan & foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Psa.100:5 the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations


About This Series

The goal of this series is to become more useful in serving the Lord Jesus Christ, as an instrument in the Redeemer's hand. The theme verses for the series are Ephesians 4:22-24, Philemon 11, 2 Timothy 2:21

- to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
- and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.
- Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work
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Changing Lives Ministries
Asheville, NC 28803

ministrychanginglives@gmail.com

Phone: (828) 318-9825
 

For Further Reading

These authors and books were
helpful in preparing this series:

Bryan Chapell:
   "Holiness by Grace"
Kris Lundgaard:
   "The Enemy Within"
Jerry Bridges:
   "The Pursuit of Holiness",
   "The Practice of Godliness",
   "Respectable Sins",
   "Trusting God",
   "The Discipline of Grace",
   "Transforming Grace"
Warren Wiersbe:
   "Bible Exposition Commentary"
A.W. Tozer:
   "The Pursuit of God", 
   "The Knowledge of the Holy"
J.I. Packer:
   "Rediscovering Holiness"
Russell D. Moore:
   "Tempted and Tried"
Paul Tripp: "Instruments
   in the Redeemer's Hands"
Timothy Lane & Paul Tripp:
   "How People Change"

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Unless otherwise noted, all Scriptures are from: The Holy Bible: English
Standard Version. 2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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