Coercion conquers men outwardly but leaves them inwardly unsubdued. A wise leader uses a minimum of compulsion and a maximum of persuasion (2 Corinthians 5:11; cf. Acts 18:1-4; Acts 19:8).<\/p>\n
Most people resent and resist doing things they have to do, just because somebody else wants them to do them, yet nothing will keep a person from doing the things he wants to do and that which he believes ought to be done (Matthew 6:21).<\/p>\n
This is why it is important that we see the purpose in what is demanded of us (Isaiah 43:7; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20) and why that purpose must be worthy enough to command our best (Matthew 5:13-16).<\/p>\n
Power and authority may compel, but such things as honesty, goodness, purity, truth, and love invite (Philippians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13).<\/p>\n
The issues of life are invitations which we may accept or reject. These invitations, when accepted, can save us from ourselves and fulfill our destiny.<\/p>\n
Let’s think about it!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coercion conquers men outwardly but leaves them inwardly unsubdued. A wise leader uses a minimum of compulsion and a maximum of persuasion (2 Corinthians 5:11; cf. Acts 18:1-4; Acts 19:8). Most people resent and resist doing things they have to do, just because somebody else wants them to do them, yet nothing will keep a … Continue reading “Because We May Or Because We Must? – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}