Friday, January 27, 2012

The God of scripture

26 January 2012

Found this, it really sums up today.

The God of Scripture

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:7-8)
And we now declare that the God of Holy Scripture is a God of inflexible justice, He is not the God Whom some of you adore.
You adore a god who winks at great sins; you believe in a god who calls your crimes peccadillos and little faults. Some of you worship a god who does not punish sin but who is so weakly merciful, and mercilessly weak, that he passes by transgressions and iniquity and never enacts a punishment.
You believe in a god who, if man sins, does not demand punishment for his offense. You think that a few good works of your own will pacify him, that he is so weak a ruler that a few good words uttered before him in prayer will win sufficient merit to reverse the sentence, if indeed you think he ever passes a sentence at all.
Your god is no God; he is as much a false god of the Greeks or of ancient Nineveh. The God of Scripture is one who is inflexibly severe in justice and will by no means clear the guilty. “The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked” (Nahum 1:3).
The God of Scripture is a Ruler who, when His subjects rebel, marks their crime and never forgives them until He has punished it, either upon them or upon their Substitute.
Charles Spurgeon

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Time

Luke 10:39-42 YLT 39 and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word, 40 and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.' 41 And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things, 42 but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Church

Could today's church be compared to a Synagogue in the days of our Lord?  In those days the local house of prayer and study was just that, study the writings of the Law and Prophets, and have some rabbinical commentary. No lattes in the sanctuary please... today the church appears to be a place of social interaction not instruction and worship. To many church is just an alternative to a bad line-up of NFL games on TV...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Getting started

Here we go. I am untaking a blog, to share the things that my Lord and Savior has put on my heart, could be long could be short, but there are things that I just want to share in a way to encourage others to grow in faith, committment and fruit.