It is as Augustine says in his "City of God" that the only cause for the perishing of Rome was that she chose to have guardians that could also perish. Is this not the same for Jerusalem in the days of our Lord? She chose not the Lord to save her, and thus because she trusted in herself and her righteousness – she likewise perished (AD 70). In the same way, what is our country entrusting herself to? Do we not see the influence of pagan idolatry raising one again its ugly head? God has been banished like a naughty schoolboy, but He shall take His vengeance because He is a consuming fire. Great nations perish unless their people (like ancient Nineveh) repent. May we learn this lesson well as Augustine understood it.
What Profit in the World
To gain the world is loss. When we think of the devastation in Japan from this massive earthquake & tsunami – we are reminded of the fragility of life. Possessions are all swept away – lives are lost in a moment. Unless we repent we shall all likewise perish. Fear God. Kiss the Son. When you look afresh at what you have – thank God for it but do not rest in it at all. It can be lost in a breath. Seek God. Seek the Lord Jesus Christ. Life is short.
Grieving Over Sin
So long as we bewail sin, seek remission of sin, strive after perfection, and endeavor to keep close and sensitive to his commandments, though a naughty heart will carry us aside sometimes, we keep the testimony of the Lord in a gospel sense, and can be included in the compass of David’s blessed man.
Thomas Manton, Psalm 119, 1:14, 15
Creation – Genesis 1:1
3 facts:
1. The Time of Creation – “in the beginning”
2. The Agent & Action of Creation – “God created”
3. The Extent of Creation – “the heavens & the earth”
The Downgrade of the Supernatural
The moment you exchange the supernatural for the natural – all faiths become the same and therefore are the product of a particular culture or people or person. This in turn forces you to accept all since they are the same and not supernatural. This has always been in existence and idolatry is the clearest example of this. Idolatry therefore is not distinguishing God alone as he has revealed himself supernaturally in the Scriptures. If you can bring all faiths to the same level then there is no one true faith. Yet Jesus made it abundantly clear that he alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life and therefore all other faiths are not faiths at all – they are perversions of Satan and the sinful human heart and mind. They are not therefore true. They are rivals to God – they are idolatrous. To exalt God above all is only his due since he alone is God. All others are gods, and therefore not gods at all, since an idol in any form whatsoever is not true or real. So always magnify God as he is and never seek to reduce him to any contemporary model or thought. That would be to downgrade the supernatural and you would have created a new idol for yourself.
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