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Monday, January 12, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Message in Mt. Hope
Last Sunday's Message:
Romans 1
People who supress the Truth. want to worship a "god" of their own design, rather than The God who is.
Isaiah 6
Isaiah gets a glimpse of God and is "undone".
God - Isaiah sees God...Holy and Awesome.
Guilt - Isaiah is keenly aware of his own sinfulness up against God's holiness.
Grace - God gives grace to Isaiah: "your sins are atoned for". a glimpse of the atoning work (Isa 53).
Gratitude - Isaiah, motivated by gratitude for this Grace, and wanting to be used.
Growth - How does an accurate understanding of God's holiness impact us practically? We should be growing in our understanding of His holiness. We should be growing in ethical purity as we understand that all sin...even the "little" sins we allow ourselves...is an affront to God's Holy character.
1 Peter 1
Motivation to ethical purity.
The Gospel.
1Pe 1:14 Like obedient children, do not comply with32 the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,33
1Pe 1:15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,
1Pe 1:16 for it is written, "You shall be holy, because I am holy."34
1Pe 1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here35 in reverence.
1Pe 1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed — not by perishable things like silver or gold,
1Pe 1:19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
1Pe 1:20 He was foreknown36 before the foundation of the world but37 was manifested in these last times38 for your sake.
1Pe 1:21 Through him you now trust39 in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1Pe 1:22 You have purified40 your souls by obeying the truth41 in order to show sincere mutual love.42 So43 love one another earnestly from a pure heart.44
1Pe 1:23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
1Pe 1:24 For
all flesh45 is like grass:
and all its glory like the flower of the grass;46
the grass withers and the flower falls off,
1Pe 1:25 but the word of the Lord47 endures forever.48
And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
Romans 1
People who supress the Truth. want to worship a "god" of their own design, rather than The God who is.
Isaiah 6
Isaiah gets a glimpse of God and is "undone".
God - Isaiah sees God...Holy and Awesome.
Guilt - Isaiah is keenly aware of his own sinfulness up against God's holiness.
Grace - God gives grace to Isaiah: "your sins are atoned for". a glimpse of the atoning work (Isa 53).
Gratitude - Isaiah, motivated by gratitude for this Grace, and wanting to be used.
Growth - How does an accurate understanding of God's holiness impact us practically? We should be growing in our understanding of His holiness. We should be growing in ethical purity as we understand that all sin...even the "little" sins we allow ourselves...is an affront to God's Holy character.
1 Peter 1
Motivation to ethical purity.
The Gospel.
1Pe 1:14 Like obedient children, do not comply with32 the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,33
1Pe 1:15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,
1Pe 1:16 for it is written, "You shall be holy, because I am holy."34
1Pe 1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here35 in reverence.
1Pe 1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed — not by perishable things like silver or gold,
1Pe 1:19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
1Pe 1:20 He was foreknown36 before the foundation of the world but37 was manifested in these last times38 for your sake.
1Pe 1:21 Through him you now trust39 in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1Pe 1:22 You have purified40 your souls by obeying the truth41 in order to show sincere mutual love.42 So43 love one another earnestly from a pure heart.44
1Pe 1:23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
1Pe 1:24 For
all flesh45 is like grass:
and all its glory like the flower of the grass;46
the grass withers and the flower falls off,
1Pe 1:25 but the word of the Lord47 endures forever.48
And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
Reading "Up from Slavery"
Reading Booker T Washington's autobiography: "Up from Slavery". Strongly recommend it.
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Swords are for Killing...
(Author: John Piper)
In New Testament times swords were not for digging, shaving, or whittling. They were for killing. The only reason Peter cut off Malchus's ear was that he missed (John 18:10).
But Herod didn't miss: "He killed James the brother of John with the sword" (Acts 12:2).
Many saints have felt the full force of the sword: "They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword" (Hebrews 11:37). So it was and will be: "If anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain" (Revelation 13:10).
That's what swords are for. So when Paul calls the word of God the "sword of the Spirit" in Ephesians 6:17, he is serious—something must be put to death. And it is not people. Christians don't kill people to spread our faith; we die to spread our faith.
The link in Paul's mind is given in Romans 8:13.
If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
The word of God is the sword of the Spirit. The Sword is for putting to death. And by the Spirit we put to death our sinful deeds. So I conclude that the way we kill our sins is with the Spirit's sword, the word of God.
All temptations to sin have power by lying. The are "deceitful desires" (Ephesians 4:22). They tell us that the pleasure of the sin is worth it. The killing blow against these lies is the power of God's truth. Hence the sword of the Spirit, God's word, is the weapon to use.
As John Owen said, "Be killing sin, or it will be killing you." That is what swords are for, especially the Bible.
In New Testament times swords were not for digging, shaving, or whittling. They were for killing. The only reason Peter cut off Malchus's ear was that he missed (John 18:10).
But Herod didn't miss: "He killed James the brother of John with the sword" (Acts 12:2).
Many saints have felt the full force of the sword: "They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword" (Hebrews 11:37). So it was and will be: "If anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain" (Revelation 13:10).
That's what swords are for. So when Paul calls the word of God the "sword of the Spirit" in Ephesians 6:17, he is serious—something must be put to death. And it is not people. Christians don't kill people to spread our faith; we die to spread our faith.
The link in Paul's mind is given in Romans 8:13.
If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
The word of God is the sword of the Spirit. The Sword is for putting to death. And by the Spirit we put to death our sinful deeds. So I conclude that the way we kill our sins is with the Spirit's sword, the word of God.
All temptations to sin have power by lying. The are "deceitful desires" (Ephesians 4:22). They tell us that the pleasure of the sin is worth it. The killing blow against these lies is the power of God's truth. Hence the sword of the Spirit, God's word, is the weapon to use.
As John Owen said, "Be killing sin, or it will be killing you." That is what swords are for, especially the Bible.
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