Software Engineer | OPC RE โHe had the air of one into whose cup of joy an unfriendly hand has dropped a dead mouse.โ - P. G. Wodehouse in Bill the Conqueror
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Mark 2:27โ28 And he said to them, โThe Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.โ (ESV)
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From the final page of Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen:
"Thus the warfare of the world has entered even into the house of God. And sad indeed is the heart of the man who has come seeking peace.
Is there no refuge from strife? Is there no place of refreshing where a man can prepare for the battle of life? Is there no place where two or three can gather in Jesus' name, to forget for the moment all those things that divide nation from nation and race from race, to forget human pride, to forget the passions of war, to forget the puzzling problems of industrial strife, and to unite in overflowing gratitude at the foot of the Cross? If there be such a place, then that is the house of God and that the gate of heaven.
And from under the threshold of that house will go forth a river that will revive the weary world."
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From Fisher's Catechism: The Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism Explained (Dovetale Books), p. 192:
On WSC 35. What is sanctification?
"Q. 1. What is it for one to be SANCTIFIED?
A. It is to be made a saint, or a holy person set apart for a holy use; 1 Thess. 5:23.
Q. 2. Can any sinner sanctify himself?
A. No; we can defile, but we cannot purify ourselves; Job 14:4.
Q. 3. Whose work is it to sanctify?
A. It is the special work of the Spirit of God; 2 Thess. 2:13.
Q. 4. Do any of mankind-sinners deserve that God should sanctify them?
A. No; there are none of them that can deserve any thing from God, but to be left to perish eternally in their sin and pollution, because 'they are altogether become filthy; there is none of them that doeth good, no not one,' Psalm 14:3; Rom. 3:10-13.
Q. 5. What moves God to sanctify a sinner?
A. His own free grace and good pleasure, Phil. 2:13."
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God's justice indeed must be satisfied; and there is no way in the world to give satisfaction to God, but by believing in Christ.
- Ralph Erskine
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Why do you need a savior? Rev. Archibald Allison shares why we need the Holy Spirit as sinners.
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Home. Run. Hitter.
Hat trick for @0fficialmal20
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Make that 5/5 games with a touchdown for @DonovannO25
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Rev. Christopher Drew shares about a time a man facing spiritual crisis walked into his church, and how that shaped his mindset on the role of local churches in people's lives.
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Many years ago, a young man approached me to tell me he was leaving the church I pastored at the time. He beat his chest and said, "The Gospel, the gospel. I am so sick and tired of hearing about the gospel. I need more." Colossians 2:1โ23 is the apostle's response.
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God's law doesn't need a fence.
It's already unscalable.
The Gospel needs to be free.
It's often assumed, tainted, or withheld.
A fenced law creates crushing, man-made religion.
A free Gospel trains in righteousness.
The law drives to Christ and guides, but can't transform.
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"Jesus Christ, being now exalted far above all principality and power, has erected in this world a kingdom, which is his church." (OPC, BCO FG, II.1)
"How does Christ's mediatorial kingship come to bring change in a wicked world? Jesus said to Pilate in John 18:36, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.' It is a kingdom sovereignly initiated and controlled by God. It is not imposed by anything in this world. Jesus doesn't need Pilate's consent or affirmation for the establishment of His kingdom. Even a government hostile to Christ cannot keep Christ from establishing His kingdom, as hearts and families are turned one by one."
- ๐๐ฆ๐ท. ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐. ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ (๐๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐น ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฃ๐บ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ #2, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐๐ข๐บ-๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ 1991)
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The debates showed a poverty of preaching, prayer, and sacraments to you?
I see immense reliance and demonstration of the Spirit and power in NAPARC pulpits and assemblies.
The problem Iโm seeing is the exaltation of those who buck the third mark of the church.
Discipline being a means of grace also.