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Dangerous Extremism of the Far Left Needs to Be Stopped
The truth seems to be that God allowed/placed Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. He has a purpose for that. While Christians should never place politics above the gospel, there is a very clear need to fight for what is right by resisting what is wrong. I’m not saying that we need to take to the streets and act like the far left anarchists and fascists. What I am saying is that all people opposed to the far left need to use every legal means at our disposal to push the far left back into submission and to resist their onslaught. Their time is over.
Worshiping God with Strange Fire…
I’ve heard more than one worship leader say that the music during the worship service is designed to prepare us for worship. I would strongly disagree with that assessment. The time spent with the Lord and in His Word each day is what prepares the child of God to worship Him when gathered with other believers each week, whether on Sunday morning, Sunday evening, Wednesday evening or some other time. In fact, spending time with Him is worship and should impact our lives in that way.
What Can We Expect During the Millennium, Part 10?
Following the peace and true prosperity of the 1,000-year Millennial Kingdom, there is more bad news in store for people like the ones described above (and for more about this, read Romans 1 where Paul explains the natural downward spiral of those who start out rejecting God and end up full-blown leftists). Once the Millennial Kingdom is over, the Great White Throne Judgment occurs.
Continue Reading January 30, 2017 at 10:12 AM Leave a comment
Yes, Things Are Changing Under Trump
While I do not believe Christians should be patriots above all things (we are Christians first), we should certainly value the rule of law. Unfortunately, during the Obama Administration, the rule of law was generally ignored in favor of the Marxists ideals that the left was busy foisting on America. Police had their hands tied behind their backs. Governors and mayors felt obligated (or emboldened, depending upon which side of the aisle they were on), to stand still and watch Marxist groups like Black Lives Matter (BLM), and other leftwing groups and organizations tear away at the fabric of American society.
What Can We Expect During the Millennium, Part 9?
Because God’s holiness and glory will be evident during the Millennial Kingdom, many born during this time will come to know Him through salvation they will ultimately receive. Remember, people born during the Millennium will still be born in corruption, or with a sin nature. They will need to come to terms with this and receive salvation during this time. Unfortunately, as we know, many will not and will side with Satan once he is released from the pit (Revelation 20:7-10). These individuals, along with Satan will be destroyed by God.
Continue Reading January 27, 2017 at 9:58 AM Leave a comment
Understanding Leftism’s Disconnect with Truth
A depraved mind is one that is incapable of correct thinking, is morally corrupt or perverted as a way of living. In other words, that individual is always living in a way that feeds self and felt needs, regardless of how that person’s actions might negatively impact other people. Lighting them on fire? No worries? A man punching a woman in the face? Nothing to see there. Bill Clinton’s sexual escapades? No reason to discontinue supporting the Clintons. Yet, if these same things were done by conservatives, hell would be unleashed on them by those on the left. A depraved mind results in tremendous hypocrisy because the only thing that matters is what that person believes. It doesn’t matter if they’re right or wrong either; it only matters what they believe and how they can go about bringing their agenda to fruition.
Continue Reading January 24, 2017 at 10:09 AM Leave a comment
Did God Really Say? Part 2
Unfortunately for Miller, the entirety of Galatians 3 deals with our salvation in Christ and our justification and sanctification because of that salvation. Anyone of either gender or from any station in life may receive salvation equally from God. He does not withhold part of that salvation because the recipient might be a women as opposed to a man. Salvation is freely available to all people, period. God is no respecter persons in that sense.
It’s All About Experiencing God Today, Not About Obedience
Our relationship with Jesus is based (or should be based) on how we act (think, speak, and live = love), because of what we know from His Word. Because we are grateful and because we love Him for what He accomplished on our behalf (not to mention the fact that we love Him only because He first loved us; 1 John 4:19), we should certainly want to live the way that pleases Him, whether we feel like it all the time or not. None of this depends on how we feel about our relationship with Him. The relationship exists (if we are truly saved), whether we feel it or not and we should not need to wait until we feel something before we are obedient. I’m married, whether I feel it or not so I act accordingly and it is based on my commitment to my wife. The same applies to our relationship with the Lord.
Did God Really Say? Part 1
However, when we see the context of what Paul is teaching in Galatians 3, we clearly realize (or should) that Paul is speaking in terms of salvation here and not the roles that men and women fulfill in the church itself. Galatians was written before 1 Timothy where Paul puts limits or boundaries on the roles women have in the church. If Paul meant in Galatians that women are allowed to do anything men can do, he would obviously be contradicting himself in 1 Timothy. Let me assure readers that Paul is not contradicting himself at all. He is speaking about two different issues entirely. The Galatians issue deals with matters of salvation while the 1 Timothy issue deals with roles that men and women can perform in the church and in the home.
What Can We Expect During the Millennium, Part 6?
If we understand the institution of the sacrificial system during the Millennial Kingdom as literal, then the question needs to be asked as to the purposes of those sacrifices. Dr. Randall Price posits that the reason for these renewed sacrifices during the Millennial Kingdom is ceremonial purification and substitution. It cannot be shown from Scripture that the Israelites viewed the sacrifices as pointing forward to the perfect atonement of Jesus. Certainly from God’s perspective, this was always the case, but it is not something He necessarily revealed to those living at the time the sacrificial system was first instituted.
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