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Eccl. 3:11 ~ He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

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1:4 ~ And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.2:1 ~ My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin,

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We think prayer is us getting our will done in heaven

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Jam. 4:3 ~ You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Instead, it is God getting His will done on earth

• Pleasures ~ hēdonē

5:11-21Confidence ~ parrēsia – freedom in speaking; unreservedness in speech; openly, frankly, without ambiguity or circumlocution

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1 Cor. 5:5 ~ … deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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RSV ~ If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal.

Physical Death:

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• Murder, suicide, adultery, etc.

• Unworthily at the Lord’s Table (1 Cor. 11)

Spiritual Death:• Unforgivable sin (Matt.

12:22ff)

Heinous Sin:

• Several Old Testament examples• Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5)

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• kakos ~ opposite of good• ponēros ~ evil deeds

Evil one ~ ponēros, not kakos

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Ray Stedman ~ “‘ Well,’ someone says, ‘what smug presumption. Imagine! That's the trouble with you Christians. You think you're so much better than everybody else. You think you're so superior!’ No, not superior; just separated! Not better; just blessed—with a blessing that is open to anyone who wants to receive it. This is what makes Christians talk this way. ”

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Curtis Vaughan ~ “The imagery may be that of a child on a parent's lap”

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True ~ alēthinos – genuine, real

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Col. 3:5 ~ Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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