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What Profit in the World

March 11, 2011

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.

Filed Under: Catastrophe, Possessions

Grieving Over Sin

March 10, 2011

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

Filed Under: Forgiveness, Sin, Sorrow

Creation – Genesis 1:1

March 9, 2011

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”

Filed Under: Creation, Genesis, God

The Downgrade of the Supernatural

March 4, 2011

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.

Filed Under: Culture, Glory, God, Idolatry, Jesus Christ, Sovereignty

Living Out the Will of God

March 4, 2011

“In holiness we own God as our supreme Law-giver, and in patience we own him as our supreme Lord.”

Thomas Manton, Works, 1:120 -123

Filed Under: Holiness, Law, Lordship

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