{"id":157,"date":"2011-07-08T09:37:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T14:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:22:03","slug":"pushed-or-pulled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"Pushed or Pulled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romans 7:14-25,        Galatians 5:13-26,    Mark 7:15-22<\/p>\n<p><strong>I: Man&#8217;s Heart a Battle Ground.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Out of the heart comes that which defiles a man.<br \/>\n2. Jesus knew that man was pushed by forces from within.<br \/>\n3. A demon possessed person was one that had been pushed too hard.<br \/>\n4. Man&#8217;s least advancement is found in this field.<br \/>\nOliver Wendell Holmes said: &#8220;When two people are talking, there are in reality, six person&#8217;s involved. First there is you as I think you are, and I as you think I am, then there is you, you think you are and I as I think I am; Finally there are two more each of us as we really are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>II: Pushed by Fleshy Desires.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. The Alcoholic pushed by his desire.<br \/>\n2. The Libertine his lust.<br \/>\n3. The pleasure seeker that must have excitement.<br \/>\n4. The urge to control others.<br \/>\n5. The push to keep up with the Jones.<br \/>\n6. The urge to gamble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III: The Results of a Flesh-controlled Life.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Pushed by hate, love dies.<br \/>\n2. Pushed by lust, you become dirty and cheap.<br \/>\n3. The dominating push soon meets firm opposition. &#8220;Assert yourself and you soon have no self to assert.&#8221;<br \/>\n4. Sin when it is full-grown brings death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV: Pulled by the Holy Spirit.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. This is the greatest source of successful living.<br \/>\n2. Jesus likened this kind to a branch and the vine.<br \/>\n3. God always pulls, never pushes.<br \/>\n4. Love is the greatest pulling force of this life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;And if I shall be lifted up, it will draw all men unto me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romans 7:14-25, Galatians 5:13-26, Mark 7:15-22 I: Man&#8217;s Heart a Battle Ground. 1. Out of the heart comes that which defiles a man. 2. Jesus knew that man was pushed by forces from within. 3. A demon possessed person was one that had been pushed too hard. 4. Man&#8217;s least advancement is found in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}