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Teach me to praise You with my whole heart.

Psalm 138:2

"You have magnified Your word above all Your name."

Psalm 138:3

"In the day when I cried out, You answered me."

John MacArthur, Daily Study Bible

4 effective reasons true Christians cannot habitually practice sin:

1. "...because sin is incompatible with the law of God, which they love.... habitual sin [portrays] the ultimate sense of rebellion....
2. "...because sin is incompatible with the work of Christ....Habitual sin contradicts Christ's work of breaking the dominion of sin in the believer's life.
3. "...because Christ came to destroy the words of ... Satan."
4. "... because sin is incompatible with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, who has imparted a new nature to the believer" (1233)

"The only demonstration of God's love in this age is the church" (1235).

Ingram on "spewers": "their explosions are actually used as a means of control..." (51). They become void of intimate relationships because they have alienated those around them" (53).