The Good News of Universal Restoration. “God was pleased that all His divine fullness should forever dwell permanently in the Son, who as predetermined by God, bled peace into the world by His death on the Cross as God’s means of reconciling to Himself the whole creation – all things in heaven and all things on earth. …
The Good News of Reconciliation – Defining Our Terms. “Therefore, anyone who is united with the Messiah is a new creature; anyone who is in Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone, a new life has begun, and that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone …
On the Holy Spirit of Jesus. The Holy Spirit: “The Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.” The eternal life-giving Third Person of the Holy Trinity; the intimate bond of divine love and truth shared by God the Father and God the Son; the dynamic power of God offered …
On the Spirit of Elohim, Creator God. THE HOLY SPIRIT: The eternal life-giving Third Person of the Holy Trinity; the intimate bond of divine love and truth shared by God the Father and God the Son; the dynamic power of God offered to every human being on earth; the supernatural Presence in the Community of God …
10. Summing Up the Spiritual Sloth. The Alternative to Spiritual Laziness: “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep seeking and you will find. Keep knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who continues to ask receives, and the one who continues to seek finds, and to the one …
9. A Spiritual Sloth is Unable to Fight the Good Fight. Shirley Caesar – Satan We’re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For this struggle is not against flesh …
8. A Spiritual Sloth Neglects Heavenly Rewards. “This is what the Scriptures say, ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.’” (1 Corinthians 2:9). Spiritual Sloth: (Greek, “Acedia”); spiritual laziness; indifference and apathy at the deeper levels; lack of spiritual ambition; joyless in sacred pleasures; spiritual ennui; …
7. A Spiritual Sloth Ignores the Greatest Commandment. “Just then a religious scholar stood before Jesus in order to test His doctrines. He posed this question: ‘Teacher, rabbi, what requirement must I fulfill if I want to live forever in heaven?’ Jesus replied, ‘What does Moses teach us? What do you read in the Law?’ The …
6. A Spiritual Sloth Will Never Become a True Saint. “If you consult your own soul with complete honesty, you will see that there is one and only one reason why you are not even now a saint. You do not wholly want to be.” (William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life). Spiritual …
5. A Spiritual Sloth is an Unfruitful Garden. ‘You must think of yourself as of one setting out to make a garden in which the Lord is to take His delight.” (St. Teresa of Avila). Spiritual Sloth: (Greek, “Acedia”); spiritual laziness; indifference and apathy at the deeper levels; lack of spiritual ambition; joyless in sacred pleasures; spiritual …
4. A Spiritual Sloth Refuses to Explore God. “Seek first and foremost the Kingdom of God and His righteousness… For everyone who continues to seek will find. Be a seeker!” (Matthew 6:33, 7:7-8). Spiritual Sloth: (Greek, “Acedia”); spiritual laziness; indifference and apathy at the deeper levels; lack of spiritual ambition; joyless in sacred pleasures; spiritual ennui; careless …
3. A Spiritual Sloth is Lukewarm and Turns God’s Stomach. Spiritual Sloth: (Greek, “Acedia”); spiritual laziness; indifference and apathy at the deeper levels; lack of spiritual ambition; joyless in sacred pleasures; spiritual ennui; careless attitude toward spiritual matters; a dispassionate lack of mindfulness and soul-care; a listless ignorance of what is eternally important; empty of the …