Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Here are some excerpts from 2 Timothy. Take some time today to read 2 Timothy, its a short book! May God bless you.
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.
No on serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs-he wants to please his commanding officer.
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument fro noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
. . . I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage-with great patience and careful instruction.
hallelujah Brothers and Sisters!
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.
No on serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs-he wants to please his commanding officer.
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument fro noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
. . . I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage-with great patience and careful instruction.
hallelujah Brothers and Sisters!
Friday, November 19, 2004
Yes, well, I'm back. I was ambushed by Greek tests, mid-terms, and my Theology term paper. They all ganged up against me and held me down over my books.
I've decided that I need to quit writing my own opinion on the things of God, and instead simply copy scripture passages. As I've discovered during my term paper on Karl Barth, God is only known through his Spirit-revealed-Word; God's salvation cannot be found through the study of nature, philosophy, history, science, or any other form of man's discernment. Much of our apologetic efforts presuppose that man can know God through man's own thinking processes. Barth says NO! Knowledge of the True God is only revealed in Jesus Christ by Him through His Holy Scriptures. Any attempt to find God outside of the scriptures will be a manmade, stripped-down, idolatrous god. It will be a reduced image of god that man has created with his infantile understanding.
I'm sure that I'll keep on writing my garble; but, at least for now, here's some God Breathed Scripture . . .
Epesians 2:1-10
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Hallelujah Brothers and Sisters!
I've decided that I need to quit writing my own opinion on the things of God, and instead simply copy scripture passages. As I've discovered during my term paper on Karl Barth, God is only known through his Spirit-revealed-Word; God's salvation cannot be found through the study of nature, philosophy, history, science, or any other form of man's discernment. Much of our apologetic efforts presuppose that man can know God through man's own thinking processes. Barth says NO! Knowledge of the True God is only revealed in Jesus Christ by Him through His Holy Scriptures. Any attempt to find God outside of the scriptures will be a manmade, stripped-down, idolatrous god. It will be a reduced image of god that man has created with his infantile understanding.
I'm sure that I'll keep on writing my garble; but, at least for now, here's some God Breathed Scripture . . .
Epesians 2:1-10
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Hallelujah Brothers and Sisters!
