The “acid” test of saving faith? I Jn 2:3-5***\see p146, ***, “Christ’s Call To Reform the Church”, by Jn Mac, 2018: I Jn 2:3-5: 3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: … Continue reading How Can I Know I’m Saved?
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A True Work of the Holy Spirit
Vegetation – God’s Glorious Creation
Creation – the wonder of God’s creation manifested in the amazing variety of plants & trees & all forms of vegetation that cover the earth – Gen 1:11-13(Ps 19:1-6; Roms 11:33-36): Genesis 1:11-13*** – 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their… Continue reading Vegetation – God’s Glorious Creation
Biblical Headship, Leadership: In the home; in the church
Biblical Headship/Leadership: In the Home/In the Church The following is a brief consideration of the Biblically factual reality of what constitutes the obedient practice of the God-ordained and commanded leadership role of a Christian man, first in marriage and the home and then in the governing of the church. By way of what was to… Continue reading Biblical Headship, Leadership: In the home; in the church
The Truth About Psychology & Psychiatry
The Truth About Psychology and Psychiatry Genesis 1:1-2:4; Psalm 19:7-11; Proverbs 3:1-6; Isaiah 55:8,9-11,6-7; 66:1-2; John 1:1-17; 17:17; Colossians 2:8 ; II Timothy 3:16-17; Isaiah 46:8-10 I have chosen, for clarification in this study, to capitalize the word truth (“Truth”) anytime it refers to God’s Holy Word as opposed to not doing so (“truth”) when… Continue reading The Truth About Psychology & Psychiatry
Christian Psychology – a modern oxymoron
Christian Psychology — A Modern Oxymoron No system can be Christian in the New Testament, new covenant, Biblical sense and be psychological in the modern, theoretical sense. The ancient Greek definition of Psychology: a discourse or treatise on the human soul; or the doctrine of the nature and properties of the soul. The modern definition… Continue reading Christian Psychology – a modern oxymoron
Divine Intervention – a questionable concept
Over the years, having read various Charismatic authors and listened to a wide variety of Charismatic as well as evangelical preachers and teachers, the wide-spread use of the phrase “Divine intervention” always had a “noisy gong, clanging cymbal” (I Corinthians 13:1) sound to me. The reason it did I believe is made evident by Paul’s… Continue reading Divine Intervention – a questionable concept
God’s Righteous Routiness
God’s Righteous Routineness The “Routineness” of God’s Sovereign Created Order On Tuesday morning, the ninth of October, 2012, as I went about the completing of a very “routine” daily, unchanging task — namely the making of our bed (one small thing I choose to do to slightly reduce my dear wife’s daily responsibilities),… Continue reading God’s Righteous Routiness
Incidental Human Emotions
Incidental human emotions Thoughts vs Emotions in the economy of God: Notice that in Roms 8:6-8 when Paul, in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, describes the spiritually dead, hostile toward God sinner, he describes him as one whose “mind is set on the flesh”. Paul didn’t even offer an acknowledgement of human emotions or… Continue reading Incidental Human Emotions
Preparing Children For Godliness
Preparing children for Godliness – Pro 22:6: Training Children in Preparation for Godliness Proverbs 22:6; Deuteronomy 11:18-21; Ephesians 6:1-4 It is eternally more significant that, as a parent, you teach and require your children to respect you and obey you (Ephesians 6:1; Exodus 20:12), than it is that you constantly be filling their heads with… Continue reading Preparing Children For Godliness