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  LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP
  by A.B. Simpson
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Summary: We should act with the best light we have and trust in God's
guidance, rather than waiting for clarity and getting bogged down in
speculations.

Topics: "Faith in Action", "Overcoming Doubt"
Scripture References: Isaiah 43:18

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A.B. Simpson emphasizes the importance of decisively moving forward in
our Christian lives despite uncertainties and challenges. He encourages
believers to act boldly with the light they have, trusting that as they
step into their present duties and obedience, many questions will be
resolved. Simpson suggests that the distractions and doubts we face are
often traps set by Satan to hinder our progress. By launching out into
the deep, we can experience the vastness of God's mercy and fullness,
leaving behind the limitations of our fears and hesitations.

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Many difficulties and perplexities in connection with our Christian
lives might best be settled by a simple and bold decision of our will to
go forward with the light we have, leaving the speculations and theories
that we cannot decide for further settlement. What we need is to act,
and to act with the best light we have. As we step out into the present
duty and full obedience, many things will be made plain which it is no
use waiting to decide. Launch out into the deep with a bold plunge, and
Christ will settle for you all the questions that you are now debating.
More probably, He will show you their insignificance and let you see
that the only way to settle them is to leap over them.

They are Satan's petty snares to waste your time and keep you halting
when you should be marching on.

The mercy of God is an ocean divine, A boundless and fathomless flood;
Launch out in the deep, cut away the shoreline, And be lost in the
fullness of God.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ab-simpson/launch-out-into-the-deep/
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