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THE FORGOTTEN VIRTUE
Pastor Mike Hendon
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Virtue: a commendable quality or trait
In Bible the word virtue has to do with moral
excellence. The need for moral excellence has never been
so important as today. It is the bedrock of
fruitfulness and fulfillment. Much of our
weakness and ineffectiveness is not as much a
faith issue but is a moral excellence issue.
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Grace and peace be multiplied to you in theknowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as
His divine power has given to us all things that
pertain to life and godliness, through theknowledge of Him who called us by glory andvirtue, by which have been given to usexceedingly great and precious promises, that
through these you may be partakers of thedivine nature, having escaped the corruptionthat is in the world through lust. 2 Pet.1:2-5
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Gods NATURE is His glory and virtue.
He is excellent in All He is and does and this
excellence in its totality makes up Hischaracter.
We have been called to be a partaker of His
Divine Nature!
There is only ONE way to partake: you must
come to know Him=experience.
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But also for this very reason, giving all diligence,add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, toknowledge self-control, to self-controlperseverance, to perseverance godliness, togodliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherlykindness love. For if these things are yours andabound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitfulin the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he
who lacks these things is shortsighted, even toblindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansedfrom his old sins. 2 Pet.1:5-9
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Faith alone is not enough. It takes virtue, and
then there is a natural ordered progression that
creates a foundation upon which the whole
building sits. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to
make your call and election sure, for if you do
these things you will never stumble; for so an
entrance will be supplied to you abundantly intothe everlasting kingdom of our Lord and SaviorJesus Christ. 2 Pet.1:10-11
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If you DO these things.what you do is born
out of what you ARE.
..never fall. Is this your testimony?
We need to find out why so many failures,
why chronic defeat.
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The reason for so much of our trouble?
The devil? Our spouse? Our children? Our
church? Our job?.... My flesh?
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PRIDE
Pride goes before destruction, And a
haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of ahumble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide
the spoil with the proud. He who heeds the
word wisely will find good, And whoever
trusts in the LORD, happy is he. Pr.16:18-20
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The reason for so much of our trouble is we
have an:
UNTEACHABLE SPIRIT Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
But he who hates correction is stupid.
Pro.12:1
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5 traits of an un teachable spirit
1.Chronic Failure
2.Argumentative or defensive spirit 3.Isolation or withdrawal from others
4.Blame transfer
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Do you love to be corrected?
What is it about us that despises correction?
The man Solomon said much about thisweakness in man.
Remember that he asked for wisdom
The greatest attribute in your life is having ateachable spirit.
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But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
God resists the proud, But gives grace to the
humble. James 4:6