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This devotional explores how the Word of God enables believers to persevere in faith by acting as a living and active force that penetrates the human heart. It contrasts the Bible with mere informational media, emphasizing its unique ability to expose sin and discern the intentions of the soul through the Holy Spirit. The preacher illustrates this penetrating work using medical metaphors, describing how divine truth convicts and cuts away spiritual disease to bring about sanctification. Despite the discomfort of conviction, this process serves as evidence of God's love and confirms one's identity as a child of God. Ultimately, the Word both judges and heals, guiding believers toward eternal rest in God's presence.

The doctrine of the Trinity is central to the Christian faith. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit reveal the true God and shape believers' understanding of salvation, worship, prayer, and the Christian life. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

If it be so, that sin doth thus always abide in us, and will upon occasions work to all its fruit, to all manner of concupiscence, then the mortification of sin is a continual duty, that we ought to be exercised in all our days. Col. 3:3, "Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." A blessed state and condition! I desire no better attainment in this world than this holds out. But what duty does the apostle infer from thence? "Therefore," saith he, "mortify your members which are upon the earth." What, I pray? "Fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." The mortification of sin is a duty incumbent upon the best of saints.

The lost and saved will die and will leave their body on this earth while their soul and spirit will go into eternity. Scriptures plainly tell us that the spirit and soul of believers will go to their heavenly father while the spirit and soul of unbelievers will go to hell. This message gives many Biblical proofs of this fact. DO NOT DISREGARD THIS TRUTH! Your eternity begins right after death!

The Law and its perfect requirements drives us to the Gospel of grace and the redemption found only in Christ. The Gospel, once applied by the Holy Spirit, then sends us back to the Law to obey its commands as a rule of life, as children who delight in the God who gave it.

Sermon Notes "Let the Will of the Lord Be Done" Acts 21:1-16 I. Loving the church of Christ is both necessary and difficult (1-7) II. The Holy Spirit prepares Christ's servants for suffering (8-11) III. Love for Christ must become supreme (12-13) IV. Faith rests in the will of the Lord (14-16)