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“WEi. RD is Better” WEi. R D Two thoughts: • IF YOU WANT WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE, DO WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE DO.
“WEi. RD is Better” WEi. R D Two thoughts: • IF YOU WANT WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE, DO WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE DO. • IF YOU WANT WHAT FEW PEOPLE HAVE, DO WHAT FEW PEOPLE DO.
“WEi. RD is Better” WEi. R D 1 Peter 1: 16 “…Be holy, because I am holy. ”
“WEi. RD is Better” WEi. R D 1 Peter 1: 16 “…Be holy, because I am holy. ” Holy: to be pure, to set apart, to be different.
“WEi. RD is Better” WEi. R D Psalm 69: 9 -10 For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. 10 When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. . .
“WEi. RD is Better” WEi. R D Psalm 69: 11 -12 … 11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. 12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
WEi. R “WEi. RD is Better” D Pressure to Conform to the Norm: 1. The Inward Pressure: THE NEED TO PLEASE. Proverbs 29: 25 The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.
WEi. R “WEi. RD is Better” Pressure to Conform to the Norm: D 2. The Outward Pressure: CRITICISM. John 15: 18 -19 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, …
WEi. R “WEi. RD is Better” D Pressure to Conform to the Norm: 2. The Outward Pressure: CRITICISM. John 15: 19 “…but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. …
WEi. R “WEi. RD is Better” D Pressure to Conform to the Norm: 2. The Outward Pressure: CRITICISM. John 15: 20 “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master. ’. . .
WEi. R “WEi. RD is Better” D Pressure to Conform to the Norm: 2. The Outward Pressure: CRITICISM. John 15: 20 “…If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. ”
WEi. R “WEi. RD is Better” D Pressure to Conform to the Norm: 2. The Outward Pressure: CRITICISM. Matthew 5: 10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“WEi. RD is Better” I Can’t Please Everyone, But I Can Please GOD. WEi. R D 1 Thessalonians 2: 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God…
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