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Entitlement (2)

Ryan Barnhill·2020-07-01
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This article addresses the sin of entitlement and prescribes four Spirit-worked spiritual opposites—humility, gratitude, selflessness, and contentment—as remedies grounded in Scripture. Through practical spiritual instruction, Barnhill guides believers toward sanctification by replacing the attitudes of pride, ingratitude, selfishness, and covetousness with their Christian virtues.

Previous article in this series: March 15, 2020, p. 285. There you are, sitting straight up on the bed. The diagnosis was hard to hear. It is difficult even to focus as the doctor looks earnestly into your eyes. He is an honest man: your health condition, he says, is serious. But he will not dismiss you just yet. There's a prescription! As the doctor opens his mouth to tell you about it, you hang on his every word. Last time, we, as it were, sat on the doctor's bed and listened to the...

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Author
Ryan Barnhill
Date

2020-07-01

Source
Standard Bearer
Scripture References
Matthew 7:12Hebrews 13:52 Corinthians 2
Topics
Christian LivingSanctificationPneumatology
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