Thematic Bible: Self-will
Thematic Bible
Saul, king of israel » The man who lost a crown characteristics of » Self-will
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to listen to the messengers of God
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to receive correction
Self-will » Exemplified » The israelites
Self-will » Illustrated
Self-will » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
Self-will » Characteristic of wicked people
and especially those who are abandoned to sensuality--craving, as they do, for polluted things, and scorning control. Fool-hardy and self-willed, they do not tremble when speaking evil of glorious beings;
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Self-will » Punishment for
Self-will » Forbidden
Self-will » Servants should » Pray that the people may be forgiven for
Self-will » Exemplified » King saul
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to listen to (obey) parents
Self-will » Servants should » Warn the people against
For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the provocation on the day of the temptation in the Desert, where your forefathers so sorely tried My patience and saw all that I did during forty years. read more.
Therefore I was greatly grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are ever going astray in heart, and have not learnt to know My paths.' As I swore in My anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest" -- see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God.
Therefore I was greatly grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are ever going astray in heart, and have not learnt to know My paths.' As I swore in My anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest" -- see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God.
Self-will » Proceeds from » Pride
Self-will » Proceeds from » Unbelief
Self-will » Exhibited in » Hardening the heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Heinousness of
Self-will » Exemplified » Zedekiah
Self-will » Exemplified » Josiah
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will » Exemplified » David
Self-will » God knows
Self-will » Servants should » Be without
For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,
Verse Concepts
Self-will » Exhibited in » Hardening the neck (metaphorically)
Self-will » Exhibited in » Resisting the holy spirit
"O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit--just as your forefathers were.
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