Implacable, Rom 1:31

According to Rom 1:28, 31, a person with a reprobate mind is, among other things, implacable.  Implacable means, “incapable of being significantly changed or modified.”  It also means inexorable, “not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer: unyielding.”  So, when a person is implacable, you can’t change him...

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Four Imperatives for Life, 1 Cor 16:13

In 1 Cor 16:13, Paul gave the Corinthians four imperatives to follow.  These four orders are particularly important to us in these last days.  You know how you keep Phil 4:8 before you to guide your thoughts.  It’s an easy verse to remember.  Your thoughts must be true, honest, just,...

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Many Adversaries, 1 Cor 16:9

THERE IS NO SEPARATE AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In 1 Cor 16:9 Paul wrote, “For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.”  Paul had a great door opened to him; it was an effectual door, that is, a door through which he...

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Paul’s Closing Remarks 1 Cor 16:1-24

Paul’s Closing Remarks 1 Cor 16:1-24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the final chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul deals with the following: The collection for the saints – 1 Cor 16:1-4 – many saints in Jerusalem were poor.  Gal 2:10 remember them.  Rom 15:25-28 Paul took the gift.  2 he gave...

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