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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.      

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.    a:  new  birth  defined.        

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Regenera7on  is  that  miracle  of  Divine  grace  wrought  in  the  soul  which  enlists  the  affec7ons  Godward,  which  brings  the  human  will  into  subjec7on  to  the  Divine,  and  which  produces  a  real  and  radical  change  in  life...  from  worldliness  to  godliness,  from  disobedience  to  obedience.          

 A.W.  Pink  

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.    a:  new  birth  defined.    

   Regenera7on  is  the  radical  act  of  God  that  reshapes,  remakes,  and  reorients  the  inside  of  a  person.        

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.    a:  new  birth  defined.      b:  new  birth  displayed.        

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.    a:  new  birth  defined.      b:  new  birth  displayed.      c:  new  birth  is  the  work  of  God.            

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.    a:  new  birth  defined.      b:  new  birth  displayed.      c:  new  birth  is  the  work  of  God.    d:  the  mo7ve  of  new  birth  is  the  mercy  of  God.            

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.    a:  new  birth  defined.      b:  new  birth  displayed.      c:  new  birth  is  the  work  of  God.    d:  the  mo7ve  of  new  birth  is  the  mercy  of  God.    e:  new  birth  always  causes  new  life.            

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.  2:  We  are  born  again  to  a  living  hope.        

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.  2:  We  are  born  to  a  living  hope.    3:  Our  hope  lives  because  God’s  guarding  our  inheritance.        

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.  2:  We  are  born  to  a  living  hope.    3:  Our  hope  lives  because  God’s  guarding  our  inheritance.      a:  Its  par7culars.        

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.  2:  We  are  born  to  a  living  hope.    3:  Our  hope  lives  because  God’s  guarding  our  inheritance.      a:  Its  par7culars.      b:  Its  place.      

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When  we  get  to  heaven  there  will  be  nothing  that  is  abrasive,  irrita7ng,  agita7ng,  or  hurKul.  Nothing  harmful,  hateful,  upseMng  or  unkind.  Nothing  sad,  bad,  or  mad.  Nothing  harsh,  impa7ent,  ungrateful  or  unworthy.  Nothing  weak,  or  sick,  or  broken  or  foolish.  Nothing  deformed,  degenerate,  depraved  or  disgus7ng.  Nothing  polluted,  pathe7c,  poor  or  putrid.  Nothing  dark,  dismal,  dismaying  or  degrading.  Nothing  blameworthy,  blemished,  blasphemous  or  blighted.  Nothing  faulty,  faithless,  frail  or  fading.    

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Nothing  grotesque  or  grievous,  hideous  or  insidious.  Nothing  illicit  or  illegal,  lascivious  or  lusKul.  Nothing  marred  or  mu7lated,  misaligned  or  misinformed.  Nothing  nasty  or  naughty,  offensive  or  odious.  Nothing  rancid  or  rude,  soiled  or  spoiled.  Nothing  vile  or  vicious,  wasteful  or  wanton!  Wherever  you  turn  your  eyes  you  will  see  nothing  but  glory  and  grandeur  and  beauty  and  brightness  and  purity  and  perfec7on  and  splendor  and  sa7sfac7on  and  sweetness  and  salva7on  and  majesty  and  marvel  and  holiness  and  happiness.    

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We  will  see  only  and  all  that  is  adorable  and  affec7onate,  beau7ful  and  bright,  brilliant  and  boun7ful,  delighKul  and  delicious,  delectable  and  dazzling,  elegant  and  exci7ng,  fascina7ng  and  fruiKul,  glorious  and  grand,  gracious  and  good,  happy  and  holy,  healthy  and  whole,  joyful  and  jubilant,  lovely  and  luscious,  majes7c  and  marvelous,  opulent  and  overwhelming,  radiant  and  resplendent,  splendid  and  sublime,  sweet  and  savoring,  tender  and  tasteful,  euphoric  and  unified!          

Sam  Storms  

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.  2:  We  are  born  to  a  living  hope.    3:  Our  hope  lives  because  God’s  guarding  our  inheritance.      a:  Its  par7culars.      b:  Its  place.    c:  It  is  personal.        

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Labor  to  get  a  sense  of  the  vanity  of  this  world,  on  account  of  the  liTle  sa7sfac7on  that  is  to  be  enjoyed  here,  its  short  span,  and  unserviceableness  when  we  most  stand  in  need  of  help.  All  men,  that  live  any  considerable  7me  in  the  world,  might  see  enough  to  convince  them  of  its  vanity,  if  they  would  but  consider…Labor  to  turn  your  thoughts  this  way….Labor  to  be  much  acquainted  with  heaven.  If  you  are  not  acquainted  with  it,  you  will  not  likely  be  able  to  spend  your  life  as  on  a  journey  to  it.  You  will  not  be  sensible  of  its  worth,  nor  will  you  long  for  it.    

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Unless  you  are  much  conversant  in  your  mind  with  a  beTer  good,  it  will  be  exceeding  difficult  to  loosen  your  hearts  from  worldly  things,  to  use  them  only  in  subordina7on  to  something  else,  and  be  ready  to  part  with  them  for  the  sake  of  that  beTer  good.  Labor  therefore  to  obtain  a  realizing  sense  of  a  heavenly  world,  to  get  a  firm  belief  of  its  reality…and  let  Chris7ans  help  one  another  in  this  journey…let  them  be  exhorted  to  go  this  journey  as  it  were  in  company:  conversing  together,  and  assis7ng  one  another...using  all  means  they  can  to  help  each  other  up  the  hill.    

Jonathan  Edwards  

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THIS  PASSAGE  IS  PRAISE.    1:  God  caused  us  to  be  born  again.  2:  We  are  born  to  a  living  hope.    3:  Our  hope  lives  because  God’s  guarding  our  inheritance.    

4:    Our  hope  lives  because  God’s  guarding  us.    

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God  reserves  the  best  for  the  last.  God’s  last  works  are  His  best  works.  The  new  heaven  and  the  new  earth  are  the  best.  The  second  wine  that  Christ  created  Himself  was  the  best.  Spiritual  things  are  beTer  than  natural  things.  A  Chris7an’s  last  is  his  best.  God  will  have  it  so,  for  the  comfort  of  Chris7ans,  that  every  day  they  live,  they  may  think,  my  best  is  not  yet  ,  my  best  is  to  come,  that  every  day  they  rise,  they  may  think,  I  am  nearer  to  heaven  one  day  than  I  was  before,  I  am  nearer  death,  and  therefore  nearer  to  Christ..    

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What  a  solace  is  this  to  a  gracious  heart!  A  Chris7an  is  a  happy  man  in  his  life,  but  happier  in  his  death,  because  then  he  goes  to  Christ,  but  happiest  of  all  in  heaven,  for  then  He  is  with  Christ.    

     Richard  Sibbes  

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