Every Man Has His Breaking Point

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• Every Christian has an all-knowing God that will
  not allow him to reach that point!(1 Cor
  1012-13)

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• 1 Corinthians 1012-13 (NKJV) - Therefore let him
  who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13
  No temptation has overtaken you except such as is
  common to man but God is faithful, who will not
  allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able,
  but with the temptation will also make the way of
  escape, that you may be able to bear it.

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• One writer said when God permits his children
  to go through the furnace, he keeps his eye on
  the clock and his hand on the thermostat.

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• Rest assured that our God will test us, but it is
  always for our good.

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• Rest assured that our God will test us, but it is
  always for our good.
• Why then do Christians quit?

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• In contrast to a living faith that looks to God
  for escape and help, a Christian may choose to
  cast off his faith. (Heb 1035-39)

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• Hebrews 1035-36 (NKJV) - Therefore do not cast
  away your confidence, which has great reward. 36
  For you have need of endurance, so that after you
  have done the will of God, you may receive the
  promise

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• I believe that this happens because of a neglect
  in the building of ones faith. (2 Pt 110-11)

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• 2 Peter 110-11 (NKJV) - Therefore, brethren, be
  even more diligent to make your call and election
  sure, for if you do these things you will never
  stumble 11 for so an entrance will be supplied
  to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of
  our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• I have seen knowledgeable Christians who were
  commonly bored to death with the assemblies of
  Christians. Over time most of these fell away.

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• Over time our faith will be tested! How will your
  faith come out? (1 Pt 16-7)

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Every Man Has His Breaking Point

• 1 Peter 16-7 (NKJV) - In this you greatly
  rejoice, though now for a little while, if need
  be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7
  that the genuineness of your faith, being much
  more precious than gold that perishes, though it
  is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor,
  and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• One must build a faith that has roots. (Mt
  1321)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Matthew 1321 (NKJV) - yet he has no root in
  himself, but endures only for a while. For when
  tribulation or persecution arises because of the
  word, immediately he stumbles.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Notice the time element between the challenge and
  the fall immediately.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• One must build a faith on reason, reason that can
  look back and know!

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• One must build a faith on reason, reason that can
  look back and know!
• Far too many people become Christians because of
  relationships and not because of the power of
  the gospel. That faith cannot stand. (Rom 116)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Romans 116 (NKJV) - For I am not ashamed of the
  gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to
  salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew
  first and also for the Greek.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• One must build a faith that can overcome alleged
  contradictions. (Jn 145-46)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• John 145-46 (NKJV) - Philip found Nathanael and
  said to him, We have found Him of whom Moses in
  the law, and also the prophets, wroteJesus of
  Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael
  said to him, Can anything good come out of
  Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• How could Jesus be from Nazareth and still be the
  Messiah? (Micah 52)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Did Jesus fulfill the prophecy? How would one
  come to know this?

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Those who are quick to turn away will never find
  Gods truth!

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• One must build a faith that can overcome ones own
  prejudices. (Rom 930-33)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Romans 930-33 (NKJV) - What shall we say then?
  That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness,
  have attained to righteousness, even the
  righteousness of faith 31 but Israel, pursuing
  the law of righteousness, has not attained to the
  law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did
  not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the
  works of the law. For they stumbled at that
  stumbling stone.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• 33 As it is written Behold, I lay in Zion a
  stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever
  believes on Him will not be put to shame.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• The Jews had as a people accepted many wrong
  concepts, among which was an attempt to be
  justified by law keeping.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• The Jews had as a people accepted many wrong
  concepts, among which was an attempt to be
  justified by law keeping.
• A genuine faith is teachable! A tender heart can
  fight though ones prejudices and erase them from
  their heart.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Why were the Gentiles more ready to believe?
  Their prejudices and pride did not stand in the
  way.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• One must build a faith that can see the
  difference between what men do and what God does.
  (Rom 31-4)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Romans 34 (NKJV) - Certainly not! Indeed, let
  God be true but every man a liar. As it is
  written That You may be justified in Your
  words, And may overcome when You are judged.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Consider the struggle of those who have been hurt
  by brethren they deeply trusted. (Boston Movement)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• The Gentiles were wrong to reject God because of
  the hypocrisy of the Jews. (Rom 224)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Romans 224 (NKJV) - For the name of God is
  blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as
  it is written.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Jesus wanted His disciples to know this in
  advance so that the rejection of men would not
  destroy their faith. (Jn 161)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• John 161 (NKJV) - These things I have spoken to
  you, that you should not be made to stumble.

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Death and sorrow will be the companions of our
  journey hardship our garment constancy and
  valor our only shield. We must be united, we
  must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.-- Sir
  Winston Churchill, 1940

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• Jesus willing tested these men in His ministry so
  that they could reason correctly! (Jn 661, 66-69)

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• John 661 (NKJV) - When Jesus knew in Himself
  that His disciples complained about this, He said
  to them, Does this offend you?

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There are many snares that can cause you to
stumble.

• John 666-69 (NKJV) - From that time many of His
  disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
  67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, Do you also
  want to go away? 68 But Simon Peter answered
  Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
  words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to
  believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son
  of the living God.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus faced a woman that had great faith. He
  knew this in advance, but he wanted to
  demonstrate this to His disciples.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus faced a woman that had great faith. He
  knew this in advance, but he wanted to
  demonstrate this to His disciples.
• Consider 4 tests Jesus gave her.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus refused to answer her in a time of great
  need. (Matt 1521-23a)

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Matthew 1521-23 (NKJV) - Then Jesus went out
  from there and departed to the region of Tyre and
  Sidon. 22And behold, a woman of Canaan came from
  that region and cried out to Him, saying, Have
  mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is
  severely demon-possessed. 23 But He answered her
  not a word.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Do you realize what it meant to be severely
  demon possessed?

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Do you realize what it meant to be severely
  demon possessed?
• Consider the anguish of the parent who had to
  witness this!

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Do you realize what it meant to be severely
  demon possessed?
• Consider the anguish of the parent who had to
  witness this!
• She only asked for mercy, how does He answer?
  Jesus ignored her!

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus disciples asked that Jesus send her away.
  (Matt 1523)

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Matthew 1523 (NKJV) - But He answered her not a
  word. And His disciples came and urged Him,
  saying, Send her away, for she cries out after
  us.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus disciples were saying Get rid of her.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus disciples were saying Get rid of her.
• Did the actions of Jesus disciples reflect upon
  Jesus?

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus disciples were saying Get rid of her.
• Did the actions of Jesus disciples reflect upon
  Jesus?
• Satan can block us from the truth when we are
  hot-headed and sensitive.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus said that He was sent only to the Jews.
  (Matt 1524)

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Matthew 1524 (NKJV) - But He answered and said,
  I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the
  house of Israel.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Would she think that Jesus was a racist? These
  tests are getting harder.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Would she think that Jesus was a racist? These
  tests are getting harder.
• The womans response Help me. Did she
  understand why all of this was happening? I doubt
  it.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Did she know who Jesus was? Yes! She did not quit.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Jesus said that is was not good to take the
  childrens bread and feed it to the dogs.
  (Matt 1526)

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Matthew 1526 (NKJV) - But He answered and said,
  It is not good to take the childrens bread and
  throw it to the little dogs.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• A dog at this time would be like a rat or a
  buzzard in our times.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• A dog at this time would be like a rat or a
  buzzard in our times.
• If the daughter were a dog, what did that make
  the mother?

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• A dog at this time would be like a rat or a
  buzzard in our times.
• If the daughter were a dog, what did that make
  the mother?
• Most would be angry if you said something about
  their sick child.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• How would the average person respond? I though
  you were the Lord, I guess I was wrong.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• How would the average person respond? I though
  you were the Lord, I guess I was wrong.
• How would you have responded?

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Listen to her reply Yes, Lord, yet even the
  little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
  masters table.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Listen to her reply Yes, Lord, yet even the
  little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
  masters table.
• This woman knew something about God.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Listen to her reply Yes, Lord, yet even the
  little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
  masters table.
• This woman knew something about God.
• This woman had humility. Do not give me a dish,
  just the crumbs.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Those Jews who got the dish by in large rejected
  it! (1 Pt 28)

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 1 Peter 28 (NKJV) - and A stone of stumbling
  And a rock of offense. They stumble, being
  disobedient to the word, to which they also were
  appointed.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Arent you glad this daughter had this kind of
  mother?

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Arent you glad this daughter had this kind of
  mother?
• Jesus blessed this woman and proclaimed that she
  had a great faith. (Mt 1528)

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Matthew 1528 (NKJV) - Then Jesus answered and
  said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Let
  it be to you as you desire. And her daughter was
  healed from that very hour.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• Harold Sherman wrote a book entitled, How To Turn
  Failure Into Success. In it he gives a code of
  persistence. He says

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 1) I will never give up so long as I know I am
  right.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 1) I will never give up so long as I know I am
  right.
• 2) I will believe that all things will work out
  for me if I hang on to the end.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 1) I will never give up so long as I know I am
  right.
• 2) I will believe that all things will work out
  for me if I hang on to the end.
• 3) I will be courageous and undismayed in the
  face of odds.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 4) I will not permit anyone to intimidate or
  deter me from my goals.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 4) I will not permit anyone to intimidate or
  deter me from my goals.
• 5) I will fight to overcome all physical
  handicaps and setbacks.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 4) I will not permit anyone to intimidate or
  deter me from my goals.
• 5) I will fight to overcome all physical
  handicaps and setbacks.
• 6) I will try again and again and yet again to
  accomplish what I desire.

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One example in the ministry of Christ

• 7) I will take new faith and resolution from the
  knowledge that all successful men and women have
  had to fight defeat and adversity.

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Lessons for us

• When we quit, we cheat ourselves. (Heb 1038-39)

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Lessons for us

• Hebrews 1038-39 (NKJV) - Now the just shall live
  by faith But if anyone draws back, My soul has
  no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those
  who draw back to perdition, but of those who
  believe to the saving of the soul.

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Lessons for us

• What if this woman had become angry and quit? Her
  daughter would have been cursed for a lifetime.

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Lessons for us

• Some parents today are teaching their children
  how to quit.

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Lessons for us

• Some parents today are teaching their children
  how to quit.
• Let every test draw you closer to God. (Lk
  181-8)

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Lessons for us

• Luke 181-8 (NKJV) - Then He spoke a parable to
  them, that men always ought to pray and not lose
  heart, 6 Then the Lord said, Hear what the
  unjust judge said. 7And shall God not avenge His
  own elect who cry out day and night to Him,
  though He bears long with them? 8 I tell you that
  He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when
  the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith
  on the earth?

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Lessons for us

• How does God view quitters? (Lk 1428-30, 33)

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Lessons for us

• Luke 1428-30 (NKJV) - For which of you,
  intending to build a tower, does not sit down
  first and count the cost, whether he has enough
  to finish it29 lest, after he has laid the
  foundation, and is not able to finish, all who
  see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, This man
  began to build and was not able to finish.

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Lessons for us

• Luke 1433 (NKJV) - So likewise, whoever of you
  does not forsake all that he has cannot be My
  disciple.

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Lessons for us

• Why did Jesus never quit? (Heb 122-3)

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Lessons for us

• Hebrews 122-3 (NKJV) - looking unto Jesus, the
  author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy
  that was set before Him endured the cross,
  despising the shame, and has sat down at the
  right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider
  Him who endured such hostility from sinners
  against Himself, lest you become weary and
  discouraged in your souls.

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Lessons for us

• Let us not be the source of stumbling to another.
  (Mk 942 1 Cor 89, 13)

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Lessons for us

• Mark 942 (NKJV) - But whoever causes one of
  these little ones who believe in Me to stumble,
  it would be better for him if a millstone were
  hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the
  sea.

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Lessons for us

• 1 Corinthians 89 (NKJV) - But beware lest
  somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling
  block to those who are weak.

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Lessons for us

• 1 Corinthians 813 (NKJV) - Therefore, if food
  makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat
  meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

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Lessons for us

• Our God will provide for us if we would let Him.
  (Jude 24)

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Lessons for us

• Jude 124 (NKJV) - Now to Him who is able to keep
  you from stumbling, And to present you faultless
  Before the presence of His glory with exceeding
  joy,

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Lessons for us

• Hell will be full of sensitive people. (Matt
  116)

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Lessons for us

• Matthew 116 (NKJV) - And blessed is he who is
  not offended because of Me.

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Lessons for us

• Heaven will be full of hurt people who never quit
  following the Lord. (Rev 213-4)

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Lessons for us

• Revelation 213-4 (NKJV) - And I heard a loud
  voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
  of God is with men, and He will dwell with them,
  and they shall be His people. God Himself will be
  with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe
  away every tear from their eyes there shall be
  no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There
  shall be no more pain, for the former things have
  passed away.

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Lessons for us

• Don't quit when the tide is the lowest, for it's
  just about to turn, don't quit over doubts and
  questions, for there's something you may learn.
  Don't quit when the night is darkest, for it's
  just a while till dawn don't quit when you've
  run the farthest, for the race is almost won.
  Don't quit when the hill is steepest for your
  goal is almost nigh don't quit, for you're not a
  failure until you fail to try."