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  OUT OF PIOUS DUTIES!
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon highlights the contrast between being engaged in
pious duties and being out of them, emphasizing the importance of
spiritual vitality and holiness.

Topics: "True Holiness", "Spiritual Consistency"
Scripture References: Matthew 15:8, James 1:22

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the stark contrast between the fervor displayed
in pious duties and the coldness that often follows when individuals
step away from these practices. He points out that many appear vibrant
and spiritual while engaged in religious activities, yet become lifeless
and worldly outside of them. This inconsistency suggests a lack of true
holiness or only a minimal attainment of it. Brooks calls for a deeper,
more genuine spirituality that transcends mere duty and reflects a true
relationship with God.

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Ah, how lively, how warm, how enlarged, how holy, how humble, how
heavenly, how spiritual, how serious, how zealous, how pious, how
gracious are many--in pious duties; but ah! how dead, how cold, how
straitened, how unholy, how proud, how worldly, how carnal, how slight,
and how irreligious are they out of pious duties! Now, certainly, these
have either no holiness at all--or else they have attained to but a very
little measure of holiness.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/out-of-pious-duties/
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