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Imagine Receiving News Of A Dread Disease… Five Stages Of Grief: Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Faced With One’s Mortality: Life Expectancy Is Reduced To Months Or Perhaps Only Weeks, Days… Luke 4:23 The Great Physician Isaiah 9:6 Wonderful Counselor We All Have Been Given A Dire Diagnosis… (Romans 3:23, 6:23) A Spiritual Application…
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DENIAL or ISOLATION There Must Be Acknowledgement On The Part Of The Individual That He/She Is Guilty Of Sin: SPIRITUAL DISEASE Denial Doesn’t Make It Go Away… Ecclesiastes 7:20 Rationalize Morality Deny Direct Teaching Of The Scriptures 1Samuel 15:13 1Samuel 15:14-19 Deflect Blame 2Kings 5:11 Deny Benefit
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Many, When Confronted With Truth Will Lash Out In Anger 2Kings 5:11-12 2Kings 5:13 Mark 6:18-19 Herodias Fed Into Emotion Of Anger Anger Clouds & Confuses The Issue Proverbs 14:15 Galatians 5:19-21 People Get Angry Because They Have No Logical Response To Truth
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BACKED INTO A CORNER & WANTING TO MAKE A DEAL “Bargaining” With God… “God is too loving, He would never…” “What If”? Foxhole Conversions, “Mental Baptism”, etc. Acts 10:34 God Does Not Show Partiality Romans 11:22 Does Anyone REALLY Expect God To Make An Exception For Them?
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DEPRESSION then hopefully ACCEPTANCE Anger & Denial May Build To DEPRESSION 2CORNITHIANS 7:6-11 Made Sorrowful REPENT: To be sorry for; to change one’s mind; to turn away from ACCEPTANCE Acts 4:12; Acts 8:29-38 1Peter 3:21; Acts 22:16 Only When There Is Acceptance Can There Be Healing…
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