Love your wife as Christ loves the church Ephesians 5:25, and be not bitter against her Colossians 3:19, that your prayers be not hindered 1 Peter 3:7.
There are a number of ways you can measure where you’re at with God …. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by David Cousins on August 5, 2011 in Pride
Tags: authority, demonic, envy, headship, husband, judgement, marriage, position, repentance, right, submission, superiority, surrender, wife, wrong
The cause of spiritual blindness is pride, and the irony is, pride doesn’t think it’s proud nor blind, it thinks you are.
Our society today runs on the fuel of “be your own person; don’t let anyone tell you what to do.” A saved Christian already knows they have that right; but an unsaved Christian demands it as their right. It’s rationalised as “surely I have the right to figure it out for myself.” The difference between an unsaved Christian and a saved Christian is Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by David Cousins on July 17, 2011 in Pride
Tags: authority, blindness, inferiority, pride, superiority
Q. Is there such a thing as a Christian who isn’t saved?
The church teaches ‘once saved always saved’, but is that true? It’s true if you’re saved; but what if you’re not really saved?
The parable of the 5 foolish virgins in Matthew 25 strongly suggests that it’s possible to lose the Holy Spirit, and confirms that you can’t get the Spirit from someone else. You alone are responsible for the Spirit to stay in you.
Think about the … Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by David Cousins on July 14, 2011 in Love, Mind, Pride
Tags: Abraham, authority, Christian, commandment, controversial, envy, false church, guilt, heart, Micaiah, Pharisee, prodigal, saved, unconventional
A humanist in the church started a concept that’s not endorsed by the Word of God. Unconditional love sounds right but it’s not. Unconditional love means that God will love me no matter what I do. That’s a lie! God’s love is conditional. His ten commandments are conditions for His love (Exodus 20). Repentance with the right attitude is a condition for His love; Peter was forgiven, but Judas was cursed; David was forgiven, but King Saul was cursed; Jacob was forgiven, but Esau was hated, Romans 9:13. If you sin, knowingly or unknowingly, there is a consequential punishment; and if you resist correction you can lose your Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by David Cousins on June 24, 2011 in Love
Tags: agape, authority, Christ, Christian, commandment, conscience, controversial, false church, heart, love, prodigal, repentance, rich young ruler, submission, surrender, unconditional love, unconventional
SERMON 2. Don’t call me STUPID!
How do you react when someone calls you ‘stupid’? Most people bite back. In Matthew 5:22, Jesus challenges people who call others ‘stupid’ to think before they accuse, because the act equates to killing the person’s character and earns hell punishment. Therefore, the person who brands others as ‘stupid’ is actually passing judgment on themselves because it’s the height of hardness to have experienced the pain of being called ‘stupid’ and then to turn on others with the same hurtful brand. Jesus doesn’t judge them; they’ve judged themselves. Everyone has said in their heart, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by David Cousins on June 21, 2011 in Pride
Tags: authority, Christ, Christian, commandment, conscience, controversial, envy, heart, insane, Pharisee, pride, prodigal, rich young ruler, right mind, stupid, unconventional
In Mark 5, Jesus heals the man with 2000 demons and the people come and find him in his right mind.
In Romans 8, the Word says that the carnal mind is against God’s mind. Any time you won’t do what God says, you harden your mind. Like arteriosclerosis, if you persist long enough in resistance to the mind of God, you’ll end up with a hard-heart and thus have a spiritual heart attack.
You say, “I love God and do everything He says, to the best of my ability”. Most Christians love Jesus for Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by David Cousins on June 11, 2011 in Mind
Tags: arteriosclerosis, authority, Christ, Christian, commandment, controversial, envy, heart, insane, Pharisee, prodigal, rich young ruler, right mind, unconventional
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