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instance

Said 39 times, in 29 of 378 sermons, across 14 Sundays. Spoken as 2 forms: instance 29, instances 10.

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Romans 24 18
Let Us 3 2

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e look at the reality of standing firm, yes, we stand firm in instance after instance after instance after instance, but the reality
eality of standing firm, yes, we stand firm in instance after instance after instance after instance, but the reality of doing that
ing firm, yes, we stand firm in instance after instance after instance after instance, but the reality of doing that over the long t
we stand firm in instance after instance after instance after instance , but the reality of doing that over the long term is this pic
imilar phrases all throughout in the same verse, okay? So for instance , in Psalm 111, verse 4, it says, He, talking about God, has c
Jerusalem that one day we are forever home with God. In both instances , there is ample need not only for help along the way, but als
part of that is faith in the character of God. So both in the instances of doubt and of temptation, we look and we say, I trust that
read through scripture, I probably read 30, 40, 50 different. instances of people when they were saved from their calamities. One of
pian church and he tries to amp them up. He says, even in the instances where the world, where the enemy tries to halt the gospel, he
uel, in chapters 22 and 24, we have two examples. We have two instances where David is hiding in a cave while he's being pursued by S
rship, that's when it becomes a problem. Like in a hobby, for instance , and I said golf, but any hobby, right? I'm not a golfer and
y of Christ. And then we look and there are so many different instances where, beyond the gospel, we can point to him in our lives. T

let-us

adow to substance of substances. You need a Savior. Moses for instance , right? He in their mind was the deliverer. He was, you know,
t? Is he better than the sacrifice? Is in the answer in every instance is yes. Jesus is better than all of those things. His sacrifi
r of God anymore. But this isn't a necessary, I mean, in this instance , yeah, it'd be quaking. And there's times, I mean, yeah, we n

romans

1:18-32 The NEED
hen put all the parts in your drawer. Like a junk drawer, for instance . Your keys are in there, gum, whatever you want in the junk d
never be able to say that someone shouldn't do something, for instance , right? If there was no actual truth, no actual right and wro
equirement is 157,000 miles? It makes no difference. In every instance , you fall short. And so what we saw last week and this week,
gness to consistently do what God says. And there are tons of instances throughout his journey, like specifically from when he was ca
reator. But that is not the reality by which we're saved. For instance , look at James chapter two. Keep your Romans because we're go
bondage of having to be perfect to follow every letter, every instance of the law. Now, the question becomes, how does Christ's deat
nder the law has to be perfect. It has to follow every single instance in order to be accepted by God. But the life that's under gra
aven't seen it moving. Well, so like I said, we have this one instance where we know the Holy Spirit has moved, right, through our s
rse. When the Bible speaks of knowing people, when we read at instances of God knowing people, or even the interactions of other peop
lking, knowing the correct password saying master master, for instance , isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is
mber that I fed 5,000 people with five loaves? And in another instance , Jesus fed 4,000 people with seven loaves of bread. He's sayi
ses three, three through seven. Here we see this is the first instance of sacrificial worship to God, which is what we're talking ab
ey stop and they offer sacrificial worship to the Lord. First instance in scripture. And so it says this, Genesis four, three throug
o deny. This is astonishing to me. Uh, let me give you a, for instance , people will use their God given faith to deny God as a creat
essary. They are not held. No one holds on to it. So as a for instance , right, one of the gifts that's mentioned in 1 Corinthians ch
right, you should not need to fear. So let me give you a for instance , if on the way here today, you are going in excess of the spe
ds jesus and as we look at this text we see that even in that instance right even in that instance the people who god had appointed
his text we see that even in that instance right even in that instance the people who god had appointed in authority for that time w
of our world, our Heavenly Father. And so these are just two instances , right, where we see Christians call, the follower of Christ
do? What we know from other places in the scripture, in those instances , we obey God rather than men, right? Just go to the book of D
happens today. If you came to Christ out of Catholicism, for instance , you might have either confusion, uh, over why we don't do ce
that God says are evil or sinful. So someone cannot say, for instance , well, I'm living with my girlfriend and I'm not married to h
bout things God has not given us clear instruction on. So for instance , you do not need to pray and ask God if he wants you to stop

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