 "On Christ, and what he has done, my soul hangs for time and eternity. And if your soul also hangs there, it will be saved as surely as mine shall be. And if you are lost trusting in Christ, I will be lost with you and will go to hell with you. I must do so, for I have nothing else to rely upon but the fact that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, lived, died, was buried, rose again, went to heaven, and still lives and pleads for sinners at the right hand of God." (C. H. Spurgeon)May we all cling only to the cross of the Savior. |
Friday, June 16, 2006
Spurgeon Quote
Is this thing on?
I saw, on a post of Frank Turk's blog, this handy dandy script that finds scripture references in your posts and "scripturizes" them, turning the scripture references into links. I've chosen the ESV for my translation of choice because I so love it.
The question is...does it work?
Isaiah 6
John 6:35-44
1 Thess 4
Rev 21
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
An Unbalanced view of God
James Spurgeon has posted an article (God Desires to Show His Wrath) on a topic that should send every christian to his knees when it is prayerfully considered and understood.
So often we (christians) magnify God in His attributes of love and mercy and in the process give short shrift to His other attributes, holiness, justice, etc. I know I do this. It's easy to ponder our Heavenly Father loving us, pouring blessing upon us, scolding us at times, and of course showing immense patience with our meager plod toward holiness. I believe when we work to balance our understanding of God's entire nature (as best as sinful man is able to balance it), we magnify God in our hearts and better understand the nature of what it is that God has done for us, what He has saved us from.
God is Glorified in His Just Wrath
We all, every one of us, believer and unbeliever, will glorify God, believers by receiving mercy, unbelievers by receiving wrath. I don't want to glorify God as he pours his just wrath out on me. God's just wrath is too terrible to ponder for long. Though we may think upon it and believe we can plumb the depths of the terror of God's holy just wrath poured out on ourselves or another, we deceive ourselves. Our minds are too small, our knowledge of our condition is so warped by sin, that we are blind to a full appreciation of God's holy and just wrath. As awful as we can imagine it to be, it is more terrible still. Likewise we cannot appreciate the fullness of the glory and joy that a christian will be given in eternity. Maybe I'll plumb the "heights" of that topic in another post.
In prayer I often ask that God be glorified in all that I do. When I pray this I mean glorified in the positive sense, that I be a light to the world, showing myself grateful for the salvation given me and in being obedient to the commands of my Lord. But we see in the word of God that He is also glorified in the Wrath poured out on unrepentant sinners.
Lord, keep me on the straight and narrow, that I may glorify Your name in all my deeds. Amen.
James Spurgeon has posted an article (God Desires to Show His Wrath) on a topic that should send every christian to his knees when it is prayerfully considered and understood.
So often we (christians) magnify God in His attributes of love and mercy and in the process give short shrift to His other attributes, holiness, justice, etc. I know I do this. It's easy to ponder our Heavenly Father loving us, pouring blessing upon us, scolding us at times, and of course showing immense patience with our meager plod toward holiness. I believe when we work to balance our understanding of God's entire nature (as best as sinful man is able to balance it), we magnify God in our hearts and better understand the nature of what it is that God has done for us, what He has saved us from.
God is Glorified in His Just Wrath
We all, every one of us, believer and unbeliever, will glorify God, believers by receiving mercy, unbelievers by receiving wrath. I don't want to glorify God as he pours his just wrath out on me. God's just wrath is too terrible to ponder for long. Though we may think upon it and believe we can plumb the depths of the terror of God's holy just wrath poured out on ourselves or another, we deceive ourselves. Our minds are too small, our knowledge of our condition is so warped by sin, that we are blind to a full appreciation of God's holy and just wrath. As awful as we can imagine it to be, it is more terrible still. Likewise we cannot appreciate the fullness of the glory and joy that a christian will be given in eternity. Maybe I'll plumb the "heights" of that topic in another post.
In prayer I often ask that God be glorified in all that I do. When I pray this I mean glorified in the positive sense, that I be a light to the world, showing myself grateful for the salvation given me and in being obedient to the commands of my Lord. But we see in the word of God that He is also glorified in the Wrath poured out on unrepentant sinners.
Lord, keep me on the straight and narrow, that I may glorify Your name in all my deeds. Amen.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
What then, is life? What is living?
Have you thought about why you are living your life? Does the "how" of living your life define what it means to live? The comings and goings, the eatings and sleepings, the trips taken, the loves you've had, the work you do, the things you own, the place you live. Does the "how", the things you do, show the meaning of your life or does it define the meaning?
In this thought provoking essay by Steve Hayes at Triablogue, he looks at the various approaches to life. In these approaches he writes on a characteristic of these approaches in how we relate to our experiences of God, natural and spiritual. Even for the unbeliever for he writes "This is how the unbeliever can find as much satisfaction in life as he does. For the handiwork of God is, indeed, something good and something to be enjoyed."
If life means more to you than just existence, you should define that meaning, otherwise the "how" will define it for you by default.
A life unreflected upon is a life that is wasted.
Michael Herrmann
Have you thought about why you are living your life? Does the "how" of living your life define what it means to live? The comings and goings, the eatings and sleepings, the trips taken, the loves you've had, the work you do, the things you own, the place you live. Does the "how", the things you do, show the meaning of your life or does it define the meaning?
In this thought provoking essay by Steve Hayes at Triablogue, he looks at the various approaches to life. In these approaches he writes on a characteristic of these approaches in how we relate to our experiences of God, natural and spiritual. Even for the unbeliever for he writes "This is how the unbeliever can find as much satisfaction in life as he does. For the handiwork of God is, indeed, something good and something to be enjoyed."
If life means more to you than just existence, you should define that meaning, otherwise the "how" will define it for you by default.
A life unreflected upon is a life that is wasted.
Michael Herrmann
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