Romans 8: Christ is Our Life
We cannot lose our salvation and we cannot lose the presence of the Holy Spirit. To have the Spirit dwell within you means to have Christ forever!
Though our outer-self is wasting away, our bodies decaying and dying, nonetheless in Christ we have true life, life everlasting, and unending spiritual life. God has not left us for dead but has sent his Son to enter into death on our behalf, and in his resurrection, pull each of those for whom he has... Continue Reading
Letters to the Seven Churches: To the Church in Ephesus
Yes, remain faithful to the truth, but don’t lose the depth of your first love for Jesus.
When someone loses a loved one, do they get calls and cards of sympathy? Are meals prepared and baby-sitting provided when someone gets sick? When someone loses a job, do people in the church help them find a new one? When someone stops attending church, do they get calls from concerned members who miss them?... Continue Reading
Conservatism and the Reformed Doctrine of Covenant
Broad Conservatism, at the human level, encapsulates the attitude of one who believes he has something, deeply tied to his identity, that is worth defending and holding fast to.
The best of Conservatism has a place for the family and of the families’ education as a principle mechanism of the conservation of the good and the transmission of knowledge. Reformed Theology, likewise, maintains that the children are a vital part of the covenant life who are members being trained up for the conservation of the... Continue Reading
I Remember Your Name in the Night, O Lord | Psalm 119:55
We ought to have God’s name in mind whenever we are most alone.
We ought also to remember God’s name whenever night falls upon the soul, whenever sorrows or trials seem to have obscured the very light of God’s face. In such moments, we are to remember God’s character as expressed by His holy name. Today, we are to remember particularly that we now call God our Father because of... Continue Reading
Shepherding with Hospitality
3 benefits come to the congregation when its pastors and elders open their homes to the flock.
Hospitality furnishes family. In this broken world of ours, the poor, the stranger, and the widow often live in isolation. When elders provide hospitality to folks such as these, they learn that they are truly regarded as brothers and sisters in God’s house. All Christians are to practice hospitality (Heb. 13:2). But elders are... Continue Reading
Be Gone gods of Wood and Stone!
Seeing Rest and Peace in the One and Only Living LORD
We desire power. Authority. The right to determine that which is good and holy. Problem is that this belongs to One, the One. Try as we may to rest it from Him it’s like a short man trying to punch a tall man. As long as the reach factor exists the vertically challenged individual will... Continue Reading
Salt
Words seasoned with salt never compromise the truth because they preserve and reflect the purity of the gospel, but they need not be harsh, strident, or unkind.
In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus urged His disciples to have salt in themselves (Mark 9:50). This exhortation occurs at the end of various warnings about sin and temptation that conclude with the solemn reminder that a day of judgment lies in the future when “everyone will be salted with fire” (v. 49). Christ’s followers... Continue Reading
For Believers Who Find Themselves in Darkness
When we are in this dark, benighted state, we want light.
We want the clouds to part and the light of God’s countenance to shine into our souls to show us where we are, and what we are, and make it clear that we are still interested in the love of the Father, the blood of the Son, and the teachings of the Holy Ghost. It is... Continue Reading
Eagles’ Wings
The eagle is portrayed in Scripture as a source of heavenly deliverance, an image of youth, vitality, and freedom, and a picture of heavenly glory and triumph.
He comes in judgment against His enemies, none can withstand Him. He swoops in against His prey, swift, fierce, and strong, and none can deliver. When He secures an eternal home for His people and covers them with His protection, we are safe indeed. None can harm us there. When He elevates and upholds our... Continue Reading
The Filthy Will Be Filthy Still
His word remains true. The time will come for every living person when they will not be able to ignore their impurity.
In scripture, the idea of gnashing teeth does not only mean anguish but also hatred. They will continue to hate God for all eternity, but because they are separated from their creator, they will hate themselves too. Their self-deception will have come to an end. To paraphrase Albert Barnes, nothing more awful can be imagined. Their polluted soul will be fixed as nothing... Continue Reading
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