“When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously. . . . that prophet shall die” (Deuteronomy 18:22,20).
Now, if God has a controversy with His own people, what of other nations? God will seek reconciliation with His own backslidden people, but the God-despising nations of the world face utter destruction. “A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. . . . And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other” (Jeremiah 25:31,33).
Christians are saved by the grace of God, not by works of righteousness. Therefore, in a sense, they are free to do whatever they please. “All things are lawful unto me.” The Christian, however, is under a higher law, the law of love and of seeking to please and honor his Savior and Lord.
We are “made nigh” and made “one.” The enemy has been “abolished,” with the “middle wall of partition” that was between us broken down (Ephesians 2:13–15), making us “one body,” with common “access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Ephesians 2:16–18).
November 16, 2009 - 4:41 pm
Tags: Christian, defiled, fatherless, Holy Spirit, james, pure, religion, widowed
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Christians have a propensity toward religiosity. God addresses this folly with his command to, “take care of the fatherless and widowed” in our midst. When coupled with the fact that the fatherless and widowed are in every facet of our culture already, the church is hard pressed to explain its own lack of response toward alleviating their pain and suffering.
Whatever all of these promises may ultimately involve, they assure us of permanent status as the chosen, holy ones of God (Romans 8:29–39), “that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:7).
But wisdom is also identified with the ability to make beautiful clothing (Exodus 28:3) and to engineer and invent complex equipment (Exodus 31:2–6). Daniel was said to have “an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts” (Daniel 5:12). We are even promised that our “adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist” (Luke 21:15).
The High Priest of Israel wore the inscription “Holiness to the LORD” to illustrate to all who obeyed God that they were “accepted before the LORD” (Exodus 28:36–38). Joshua, as a type of all believers, was granted “places to walk” in the courts of God (Zechariah 3:7). Christ’s disciples were commanded to “ask” the Father for “whatsoever,” since they were chosen and ordained to “bring forth fruit” (John 15:16). We have permission to “ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7).
These spiritual resources are available for every believer “to profit withal” (I Corinthians 12:7). We must pray that we do not waste these resources like the “wicked and slothful” servant in the parables of the talents and the pounds (Matthew 25:26; Luke 19:22).
October 27, 2009 - 5:36 am
Tags: character, Christian, christian purpose, colossian christians, God, grace, holiness, identity, Jesus Christ, living sacrifice, minds, purpose, reputation
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“Without blame” refers to our reputations. This character will only be fully realized in heaven (I Corinthians 1:8), but there is a present responsibility to “present your bodies a living sacrifice. . . . And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind . . .” (Romans 12:1,2).
January 6, 2010 - 5:04 pm
That is a very poor explanation of Covenant theology. To say it is not Biblical is absurd. I could understand you saying you do not agree with it, but saying it is un-Biblical shows your lack of understanding. Of course you know that dispensational theology is not even 200 years old, none of the church fathers or reformation hero's were held to dispoensational theology. Men like Augustine, Calvin, Luther, Wesley, J.I Packer, RC Sproll, N.T. Wright are un-Biblical? . You may disagree with the reading/interpretation of scripture, but to use the word un-biblical shows how arrogant and uninformed you are.
Editorial note: I wrote Mr. Beaty directly (he apparently is a Pastor at a reformed fellowship in souther California). The term “unbiblical” means what it says; “the teaching of a doctrine not found in scripture.” “Replacement Theology”, promoted by the reformers and much later, Sproll, Kennedy and Packer; relies heavily on “allegorical interpretation” of scripture versus a “literal interpretation.” This is the only way these “teachers” can wrongfully claim that the Book of Revelation was written and fulfilled BEFORE 70 A.D. Not only is this poor interpretation of God’s Word – it seeds doubt that the very promises God declares to both Israel and the believer – as being doubted! Even worse, it allows all sorts of unbiblical doctrine to be promoted based on the teacher’s “allegorical” view of, what otherwise to be, literal declarations of God.