August 31 & September 1, 2024 - Pastor Marc Gauthier
Joseph: Seeing the Bigger Picture
God Has Found Out
The Hound of Heaven
Bachan: to test, to prove by trial, to examine, investigate, prove, scrutinize.
“Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.” (Proverbs 17:3 NLT)
“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.”
(Job 23:10)
The Hound of Heaven
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10)
“If God crushes us in godly sorrow, it is an act of sheer grace. It’s His act of mercy to bring us to faith and conversion.” -R.C. Sproul
“When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” -Martin Luther
The Hound of Heaven
“Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.” (Matthew 3:8)
“If the man does not live differently from what he did before, both at home and abroad, his repentance needs to be repented of, and his conversion is a fiction. Not only action and language, but spirit and temper must be changed.” -Charles Spurgeon
“True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people.” -George Whitefield
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