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Eph 2:1-5
2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that
now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we
all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature
the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead
in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;) KJV.
Eph 6:4
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your
children to wrath: but bring them up in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
KJV
The CHARACTER Test
Wednesday Night in the Word
The Messiah Center
Description: The character test is when you are surrounded by
ungodliness that attempts to pull you in its direction. When you are
tempted in the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
Purpose: To show us the different areas of weakness in our own
personality. God’s purpose and desire is for you to have strong,
Godly character qualities in your life. In order to develop this
Godly character, God puts you in fiery places so that you will learn
to stand strong in Him. When God allows us in situations that
require us to have patience, we realize that we MUST call on and
depend on God’s grace in order to meet that need. God allows us to
see the area of weakness that we have so that we can allow Him to
work on it. This test exposes our TRUE INWARD SELF to us.
Wednesday Night in the Word
The Messiah Center
Character
The stable and distinctive qualities built into
an individual's life which determine his
response regardless of circumstances.
American Dictionary of the English Language
Example: Character can have positive or negative associations. For instance, when someone
is called a man of character, the unsaid adjective is a positive one. It means that he is
ethically and morally upright and can be trusted.
NATURE
Ps 51:5
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me. KJV
Gal 4:29
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted
him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. KJV
NATURE
The law of the natural or moral world (Rom 11:24)
Birth, origin, natural descent (Gal 2:15)
Genus, "kind": "for every species of beasts," etc. (James 3:7)
Men of the same nature as you (Acts 14:15)
(James 5:17; "a man just like us," NIV)
(from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago,
Illinois. Copyright © 1988.)
NATURE
John 3:3
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
KJV
1 Peter 1:22-23
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one
another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever. KJV
Antidote: The Spirit & the Word
NURTURE
Eph 6:4
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord. KJV
NURTURE
The whole training and education of children that relates
to the cultivation of mind and morals. For this purpose
commands and admonitions are sometimes used and at
other times, reproofs and punishments.
It includes also the care and training of the body. It also is a
term describing God's dealing with His children under
grace.
(from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago,
Illinois. Copyright © 1988.)
NURTURE
2 Tim 3:16-17
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction , for instruction in righteousness: 17
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
furnished unto all good works. KJV
NURTURE
Prov 9:8-9
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give
instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase
in learning. KJV
Prov 22:6
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. KJV
Prov 15:10
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall
die. KJV
Prov 3:11-12
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction : 12
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
KJV
NURTURE
Obedience to Instruction
Humility in Correction
To the Word
To Authority