Why share the gospel? For the sake of the unbelieving? Or For Christ’s Sake?
Philippians 2:8-11
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
10 so [...]
Entries Categorized as 'God'
For The Sake Of The Lord’s Name
June 28, 2009
Jesus’ Friends and Enemies – Which Are You?
June 26, 2009
Whom does Jesus call His Friends?
Jesus calls Lazarus His friend.
John 11:11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” ESV
Abraham was called God’s friend.
James 2:23 Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. [...]
Is God’s Love Unconditional? – Piper
June 25, 2009
Reading yesterday I found several references to God’s unconditional love and that we are to love others unconditionally. That is a concept that people say they believe but it really has no basis in Scripture the way they interpret it.
So I thought I’d see what really the Bible says about God’s Love and whether it [...]
Is It God Plus Man or God Alone?
June 7, 2009
John Murray
“The denial of unconditional election strikes at the heart of the doctrine of the grace of God. The grace of God is absolutely sovereign and every failure to recognize and appreciate the absolute sovereignty of God in His saving grace is an expression of the pride of the human heart. It rests upon the [...]
If It Weren’t For Grace …
June 2, 2009
We can argue and twist words all we want but Scripture is clear that if not for God’s Grace and Mercy you would not have…
salvation.
believed.
had ears to hear the gospel, truly hear and understand with faith granted by God.
believed the words that you heard from Scripture.
even been exposed to the Scripture.
lived in a country that [...]
Providence by Jay Adams
May 14, 2009
Providence
Simply this—God is not only up to something’ He’s up to something good!
“How do you know that?”
He told us so.
All things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
That truth is the believer’s warrant for saying that
1. God is in his problem
2. God is [...]
Our Fallen World
May 9, 2009
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ESV
Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made,
and behold, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. ESV
How did the earth go from
“it was very good”
to this?
Man’s SIN!!!
Genesis 3:14-15
14 The Lord [...]
God Does NOT Run an Entitlement Program
May 3, 2009
Just what are you entitled to from God?
Everyone deserves to die for all have sinned.
Romans 3:23 … for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ESV
Who does not fit in this description of sinners?
Romans 1:29-32
29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, [...]
God’s Timing is Perfect In All Things
April 27, 2009
Some days you get reminded that God’s timing is perfect. Not that it isn’t always perfect but that we as selfish, sinful creatures forget that God holds everything in His Hands. There is not one thing that occurs without the Lord being in total supervision.
Last night I got an comment from a relative that was [...]
Who Did the Changing?
April 26, 2009
Did we change, or did God change us? by Lee Roy Dutton, Pastor, Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, Odenville
I constantly hear or read where the lost person is told to make a change in their life in order to be saved.
Does man really make a change first?
Because of the rebellious nature of the natural man, would [...]
Have You Been Exposed To The Light?
April 19, 2009
Ephesians 5:11-14
11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,
14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, [...]
Do You Make Excuses For God’s Behavior?
April 18, 2009
Why do people have such a difficult time grasping the concept that God told His people the Israelites to destroy the Canaanite people?
Many people argue that the God they love wouldn’t do that.
“For example, I do not believe that God had a part, either directly or indirectly, in killing over two million people as the [...]
Whose Flag Are You Flying?
April 16, 2009
Lately piracy in the seas around Somalia has been in the news. Just this past weekend the Captain of the Maersk Alabama was rescued from pirates after being held captive for five days. The US military ships surrounded the lifeboat containing the four pirates and the American ship captain. After a standoff, the Navy Seals [...]
I’ve Been Accused … of sin!
April 15, 2009
What about you?
What is your response to being accused of sin?
RW wrote the following to Don as a comment to the post Universal Atonement – Don Fortner since RW worked so hard writing this out (comment boxes are tough) to get such an angry response from Don I decided to post it.
Don got mad because [...]
Your World View Affects How You View The Bible
April 15, 2009
When we come to Bible interpretation we see where the world view we bring to the Bible reading affects everything we read. Do we trust the Lord to protect His Word and give us His Truth or do we look for the things that we think are contradictions? This is dependent on our world view [...]
Were You Saved At The Cross?
April 14, 2009
If I didn’t know better I could claim that Dr. James White wrote this Friday April 10th just for me. On the 9th I had recommended to Don that he read some of Dr. White’s information on KJV onlyism in a comment about Universal Atonement – Don Fortner . See if you can get a [...]
What Is Your Motivation?
April 10, 2009
The Lord and serving Him should be our motivation for everything we do, not other people. Other people will always fail you, the Lord will not.
We all need to be reminded that we are to do all we do as unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever [...]
Our Sovereign God by John MacArthur
April 5, 2009
Our Sovereign God
No doctrine is more despised by the natural mind than the truth that God is absolutely sovereign. Human pride loathes the suggestion that God orders everything, controls everything, rules over everything. The carnal mind, burning with enmity against God, abhors the biblical teaching that nothing comes to pass except according to His [...]
The Great Day of Their Wrath
March 31, 2009
I found another verse that fits in the “The Day of The Lord.”
Revelation 6:17 – the Great Day of Their Wrath – judgment
Revelation 6:17 “…for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
The full context is in the opening of the seals:
Revelation 6
1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one [...]
The Day of the Lord
March 29, 2009
Do you know what the Day of the Lord refers to? I’m sure I missed some but this is a start.
Old Testament references
Amos 5:18 Day of the Lord – judgment by Assyrians
Amos 5:18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, [...]