Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly;4 so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without His providence;5 yet by the same providence He ordered them to fall out according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.6

4 Acts 2:23
5 Prov. 16:33
6 Gen. 8:22

True greatness in the kingdom of heaven comes from humbling ourselves and serving others rather than our self interests. Chiefly we are to serve the interest of Christ

1. By avoiding sin and not being a source of temptation.

2. By pursuing those in sin

3. By church discipline

4. By shining the gospel message through forgiving our fellow believers.

Isiah 53 : 7-9

1.Sin is a legal issue

2.Sin is a personal issue.

3.Sin is a universal issue

1.The duty of mortification.

2.The means of mortification.

3.The promise to mortify sin.

4.The necessity to mortify sin.

God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,1 from the greatest even to the least,2 by His most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will; to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness, and mercy.3

1 Heb. 1:3; Job 38:11; Isa. 46:10–11; Ps. 135:6
2 Matt. 10:29–31
3 Eph. 1; 11

1. God spoke (v.3a)

2. And there was light (v.3b)

3. The light was good (v.4)

4. God names the Day and Night (v.5)

1. The glorious future of God's children (v.2)

2. The attainment of Christlike perfection (v.3

1.The work of the Triune God in the process of sanctification.

i)God the Father

ii)God the Son

iii)God the Holy Spirit

2.The Work of the believer in the process of sanctification.

i) Direct commands to the believer.

ii) Clear illustration of synergism.

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Besides the law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,9 which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.10

9 Gen. 2:17
10 Gen. 1:26,28