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81 | Made Evident in Every Way | 2 Cor 11:6 | DocTrinsograce | 243871 | ||
"We must, therefore, lay it down as a settled principle, that knowledge is good in itself; but as piety is its only foundation, it becomes empty and useless in wicked men: as love is its true seasoning, where that is wanting it is tasteless. And truly, where there is not that thorough knowledge of God which humbles us, and teaches us to do good to the brethren, it is not so much knowledge, as an empty notion of it, even in those that are reckoned the most learned. At the same time, knowledge is not by any means to be blamed for this, any more than a sword, if it falls into the hands of a madman. Let this be considered as said [460] with a view to certain fanatics, who furiously declaim against all the liberal arts and sciences, as if their only use were to puff men up, and were not of the greatest advantage as helps in common life. Now those very persons, who defame them in this style, are ready to burst with pride, to such an extent as to verify the old proverb -- 'Nothing is so arrogant as ignorance.'" --John Calvin (1509-1564) |
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82 | smile.amazon.com | Acts 3:19 | DocTrinsograce | 243869 | ||
Dear Pastor Beja, That is a very good point! How might we live today, for example, if we refused to purchase anything manufactured in communist China? Or electronics whose source material comes from oppressed peoples in Africa. If such things stain one's moral character, I would truly love to meet an American who has managed to avoid such things. In Him, Doc |
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83 | smile.amazon.com | Acts 3:19 | DocTrinsograce | 243867 | ||
You probably should communicate this directly to Lockman -- since the only way to get onto Amazon Smile is to request it and apply for it. |
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84 | Our Primary Business | Prov 4:23 | DocTrinsograce | 243862 | ||
"The call to keep your heart is a call to work on your life internally, not merely externally. ...God is first and foremost concerned with your heart, for when you are keeping your heart, the rest of life follows. "To keep your heart means that your focus and work is on maintaining communion with God and pursuing the transformation that only God can accomplish in you. It is not performance-based religion, nor the moral improvement of your life, but the ongoing work of cultivating love for God and hatred for sin. It is the unending effort of guarding ourselves against idols while resting in the promises of the gospel. "To keep your heart is your primary business as a Christian, and it cannot be done with passing interest or any small amount of energy. It requires the consistent use of all the means of grace. You must make the most of worship, Scripture, prayer, and the church gathered in all its forms with an aim at keeping your heart and growing in grace. If you are doing anything less than this, you are keeping up appearances, but not your heart. And you know that the heart is what God is primarily interested in (Ps.51:16-17) - hearts that are broken over sin, healed by God's forgiving grace, and consequently filled with love for our Redeemer God." --Joe Thorn (2011) |
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85 | All will be Revealed | Matt 10:26 | DocTrinsograce | 243861 | ||
"As we live in the conscious faith that God is the Lord, a second practical implication of his lordship is that we will be without fear and terror in the world, because we will live the tranquil assurance that all things must 'work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose' (Rom.8:28). "The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who manifested his love toward us in the death of his Son and who surely will give us all things with him, is the Lord of all. He holds the reins. Whatever happens, he will surely save his church. As the church makes her voyage across the seas of the centuries, tempests may rage furiously, and the waves may rise mountain high, but we know that our God is Lord of the tempest and that the waves must do his bidding. In the world we may have to suffer tribulation, but God is the Lord of the tribulation, and we may even glory in it. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us." --H. Hoeksema (2006) |
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86 | The Battleground of the Church | 2 Tim 4:7 | DocTrinsograce | 243860 | ||
"First, if through the grace of the Lord Jesus we have been called out of darkness into his marvelous light, so that we again confess this lordship of the Most High, we will acknowledge him as our Lord in every department of life and have our delight in doing his will. Always and everywhere we will ask, 'Lord, what will thou have us do?' "Thus by faith we will fight the good fight of faith so that we may be doers of the word. We will acknowledge him as Lord in our personal lives and ask for grace that we may walk as children of light, crucify our old natures, and walk in new and holy paths. We will ask for his will and for grace to do that will in our home life in the relationship of man and wife, of parent and child. We will insist that he be Lord in the schools where our children are instructed, so that they may be thoroughly furnished for every good work. We will confess that God is Lord in the spheres of industry and commerce, over the relationship of employer and employee. "In the church and in society, in the shop and in the office, in the home and on the street, in the city and in the state, always and everywhere, it shall be our earnest desire and endeavor to walk according to the confession that God is the Lord." --H. Hoeksema (2006) |
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87 | The Law Wounds and the Gospel Heals | Rom 2:18 | DocTrinsograce | 243856 | ||
"The law is the Word in which God teaches and tells us what we are to do and not to do, as in the Ten commandments. "The other word of God is not Law or commandment, nor does it require anything of us; but after the first Word, that of the Law, has done this work and distressful misery and poverty have been produced in the heart, God comes and offers His lovely, living Word, and promises, pledges, and obligates Himself to give grace and help, that we may get out of this misery and that all sins not only be forgiven but also blotted out and that love and delight to fulfill the law may be given besides. See, this divine promise of His grace and of the forgiveness of His is properly called Gospel. And I say again and yet again that you should never understand Gospel to mean anything but the divine promise of His grace and of the forgiveness of sin. For this is why hitherto St. Paul's epistles were not understood and cannot be understood by our adversaries even now; they do not know what Law and Gospel really are. For they consider Christ a Legislator and the Gospel nothing but the teaching of new laws. This is nothing else but locking up the gospel and obscuring everything. For 'Gospel' is Greek and means 'good news,' because in it is proclaimed the saving doctrine of life, of the divine promise, and grace and the forgiveness of sins are offered. Therefore works do not belong to the gospel; for it is not laws but faith alone, because it is nothing whatever but the promise and offer of divine grace. He, then, who believes the Gospel receives grace and the Holy Spirit. Thereby the heart becomes glad and joyful in God and then keeps the Law gladly and freely, without the fear of punishment and without the expectation of reward; for [he] is sated and satisfied with that grace of God by which the law has been satisfied." --Martin Luther (1483-1546) |
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88 | Post tenebras lux... | Ps 18:28 | DocTrinsograce | 243854 | ||
Few events have shaped the course of history like Martin Luther’s nailing the ninety-five theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. But after nearly five hundred years, is the Reformation still important? In this session, Dr. Mohler reflects upon the most significant contributions of the Protestant Reformation. http://www.ligonier.org/learn/conferences/dawn-reformation-2016-regional-conference/reflections-499th-anniversary-reformation/ |
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89 | Commanded by Jesus | Matt 19:18 | DocTrinsograce | 243853 | ||
I wonder what would happen if a person worked as hard to bring peace and truth and love, as to justify himself, his own denomination, his own beliefs. |
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90 | Speaking badly of another Christian | Mark 9:40 | DocTrinsograce | 243852 | ||
Sound like you feel persecuted. We are also commanded to forgive and forebear, not label any and every difference as a lie. | ||||||
91 | Unity to the body of Christ | Eph 4:4 | DocTrinsograce | 243851 | ||
Which is why we read the chapter in its entirety. Context is king if interpretation is to be sound, and not just a matter of pushing one's own perspective. God gave us truth, not a lever. | ||||||
92 | Commanded by Jesus | Matt 19:18 | DocTrinsograce | 243850 | ||
Yeah... just go through the history... all hear to read... and people are known by what they have said. The Holy Spirit or some other spirit is so clear. Fruit of the Spirit or fruit of flesh. | ||||||
93 | As we vote today... | 1 Pet 2:13 | DocTrinsograce | 243845 | ||
Principles to keep in mind as we vote: 1. The Christian must trust in God, not in man. Psalm 118:8-9 says, “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.†Armed with this faith, there is no reason for Christians to support ungodly men or women as a “necessary means†to our survival and success. We have a sovereign, almighty, covenant-keeping God who cares for us. Why would we disgrace that faith by selling our support to political candidates of either party who behave in a morally contemptuous manner? Here is the question the world wants to know about us: Who do we trust, in God or in princes? 2. The Christian must aim for faithfulness, leaving the outcome to the Lord. This is not to say that Christians remain uninvolved in political or other public affairs. But being a Christian surely limits us from endorsing blatant sin and giving public support to grossly ungodly candidates. As Psalm 97:10 says, “O you who love the Lord, hate evil!†To this the pragmatists answer, “But the Supreme Court!†But the psalmist continues: “[The Lord] preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.†3. The Christian must prize the name and reputation of Jesus and think first about the spread of his gospel message of salvation. From this perspective, government persecution is not the greatest evil we should fear. The church often flourishes spiritually when under oppression. But the church is always crippled by hypocrisy and betrayals of our message. Far above any fear we should have of secularist oppression, Christians should dread a compromise to the public integrity of our witness to Christ and his kingdom. --Richard D. Phillips (2016) |
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94 | Answering Queen Elizabeth I | Heb 7:28 | DocTrinsograce | 243844 | ||
Petrus Dathenus answers Queen Beth: To set the context, Elizabeth confesses faith in Christ but finds herself with heaviness of heart due to her failures. “First of all, I feel that I am one of those who knows Gods will but does not do it (Luke 12:47). Therefore I can only expect to be afflicted with many stripes. After all, the Bible says plainly that all those who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law; for not those who hear the law but those who do the law will be justified (Rom. 2:12-13).†Dathenus on Law: The law is a declaration of the unchangeable will of God. By the threat of eternal damnation it binds everyone to complete and perpetual obedience, to fulfill all that God has commanded in His commandments (Deut. 5:6; 27:26). Wherever either the Old or New Testament teaches that this perfect obedience is required of us, there the law is emphasized and taught (James 2:10; Gal. 3:12). p. 8 All precepts that admonish us and exhort us to perform all that we owe to God and to our neighbor are law. For example, the entire fifth chapter of Matthew, where Jesus says to us, “But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause;…whosoever shall say, Thou fool†(Mat. 5:22); “whosoever looketh on a woman to lust†(Mat. 5:28); and all similar statements they are all the law, which demands of us that which we are not able to keep and requires what we are not able to perform. Just to cite another example, where Jesus says, “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.†(Mat. 19:17). There He speaks of and prods us with the law; also wherever He requires something similar of us. So also for various reasons Paul, Peter, John, and other apostles have done, in their writings and exhortations. p. 8 While it may seem unfair that the law commands perfect obedience, Dathenus in his counsel wisely directs Elizabeth to consider Adam, being created upright in the Garden. He writes, “The law had its beginning when God created Adam in His image and implanted His law in Adams heart. The law of God was there then, as the image of God in which Adam was created, made as Paul says, in true righteousness and holiness.†Elizabeth acknowledges “…Adam was created to rightly know and love his Creator, to obey Him and to do good to his neighbor in love.†Both here are echoing Heidelberg Catechism Q/A 6. From a blogger simply known as Brad. |
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95 | ... | Ex 20:16 | DocTrinsograce | 243835 | ||
Something about a Kettle? | ||||||
96 | Law and Gospel | Gal 3:23 | DocTrinsograce | 243833 | ||
"This difference between the Law and the Gospel is the height of knowledge in Christendom. Every person and all persons who assume or glory in the name of Christian should know and be able to state this difference. If this ability is lacking, one cannot tell a Christian from a heathen or a Jew; of such supreme importance is this differentiation. This is why St. Paul so strongly insists on a clean-cut and proper differentiating of these two doctrines." --Martin Luther on Galatians 3:23-24 |
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97 | Love Good and Hate Evil | Amos 5:15 | DocTrinsograce | 243831 | ||
"In all your longing to love as Christ loved, you sometimes forget that true love for one thing will, or at least should, produce a hatred for whatever stands against it. Do not neglect cultivating hatred, an intense hatred, for the right things. Authentic love and zeal for God will produce abhorrence for all that stands opposed to Him and His purposes. Genuine love for your neighbor will produce within you antipathy toward all that robs him of his dignity or leads her away from God. "Do you hate pride and arrogance? Injustice and the way of evil? Hurtful speech? Do false gospels and false teachers create a holy hostility in you? Do you hate works-righteousness and the false promise of peace with God through performance? I hope you do. "And what about your own sin? Do you see it? Is it ever before your eyes? Do you really hate it for what it is, or do you simply dislike its unpleasant consequences? If you hate your sin only because of the pain it has caused you in this life, then your hatred stems from self-love and does not come from a burning love for God. "At times you have wondered why you are so complacent, unmoved. You have grown frustrated with your lack of progress in the faith. It may be because you lack true and balanced passion – love and hatred. One will move you to recoil from sin, and the other will move you to hold on to Jesus." --Joe Thorn (2011) |
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98 | God Providing His Word to the People | Ex 24:3 | DocTrinsograce | 243829 | ||
"Wycliffe certainly was a pioneer in Bible translation, one of the greatest, but others had gone before him, even as far back as Patrick in Ireland who was translating parts of the Bible into Old Irish so he could communicate the gospel of Jesus to the tribes in Ireland, and the Venerable Bede in eight-century England was translating parts of Scripture into Anglo-Saxon even on his deathbed (see Hand of Vengeance). So there is a long history of God raising up scholars, evangelists, pastors, missionaries who were passionate about getting the Word of God in the language of the people. "But there is a great irony here. The established (Roman Catholic) church had created Latin into a sacred language and used it as a barrier to keep the people from hearing the Word of God in their own language. The constructed doctrine of papal supremacy–that the pope interprets what the Bible says and tells you what it means—made it heretical and unnecessary for you to read the Bible in your own language. But here’s the Spirit’s ironic touché: Latin actually served to unite scholars and students from all over Europe. A student could go from Bohemia or any other language group in Europe to study in Oxford and you didn’t have to sit in a cubicle for months with headphones on doing language training. No need to learn Middle English for the Bohemian student or any other. You showed up day one for lectures and tutorials delivered all in Latin. Wycliffe exploited this and created a conduit for vernacular Bible translation all over Europe, really, all over the world. That’s my kind of hero." --Douglas Bond (2016) |
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99 | Happy 499th Reformation Day! | Hos 14:4 | DocTrinsograce | 243827 | ||
"Reformation Day is the day the light of the gospel broke forth out of darkness." --Dr. Stephen J. Nichols (2016) http://www.ligonier.org/blog/what-is-reformation-day/ |
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100 | A Helpful Ambiguity | Ps 110:1 | DocTrinsograce | 243826 | ||
"Frequently in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, the covenant name of God, Yahweh (Exod. 6:3) is translated with the Greek word Kyrios. For example, in Psalm 110:1, the Hebrew text says, 'YAHWEH says to Adon, sit at my right hand...' The two characters in the dialogue are distinguished by two different titles. The Greek translation of Psalm 110:1, however, from which Peter quoted in Acts 2:34 reads: 'the Lord says to my Lord….' Our English versions reflect the fact that the same noun is used for both persons. The distinction that was clear in the Hebrew text became ambiguous in the Greek text and the apostles capitalized on this ambiguity. They did so because what distinguishes the Father and the Son is not a difference in divine essence, but a difference in their persons and it belongs to the person of the Son to become incarnate, but the incarnate Son is and remains consubstantial with the Father. Thus, to call Jesus Lord and Messiah is to say, 'When you see the LORD speaking or acting in Scripture, think of Jesus.'" --R. John Scott (2016) |
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