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Seven words on the cross (7)       [Luke 23:44-46]     This is the seventh word Jesus said on the cross: “Father into your hands I commend my spirt” (Lk. 23:46).   A scholar named Arthur Pink called this seventh word of Jesus ‘the word of satisfaction.  ‘It was an act of satisfaction, an act of faith, an act of trust, an act of love,’ he said.  Arthur Pink divided this word of satisfaction into seven parts and explained them in detail: (1) Here we see the Savior restored to fellowship with the Father.  (2) Here we see a deliberate contrast.  (3) Here we see Christ's perfect submission to God.  (4) Here we see the absolute uniqueness of the Savior.  (5) Here we see a perfect refuge forever.  (6) Here we see how blessed fellowship with God is.  (7) Here we see the true resting place of the heart.  Today I would like to consider the first of these seven, “Here we see the Savior restored to fellowsh...

Those who are being led by the Holy Spirit (3)           [Romans 8:14-17]                      Third, let us think about the Holy Spirit who Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.   Look at Romans 8:16 – “The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.”   The Apostle Paul speaks of the Holy Spirit (v. 16).   Who is the Holy Spirit?   The Holy Spirit is God.   And the Holy Spirit has attributes/dispositions that only God has.   Those attributes/dispositions can be thought of in three ways: (1) God the Holy Spirit is eternal.   Look at Hebrews 9:14 – “ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”   The Bible refers to the Holy Spirit as the ...

Am I serious about my sin? "If God was so serious about sin that he sacrificed his own Son and filled us with his own Spirit, how can we be any less serious about our sins of heart and behavior?"   [Paul David Tripp, "INSTRUMENTS IN THE REDEEMER'S HANDS"]