Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Spurgeon speaks on how sovereign God actually is...
"I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes—
that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit, as well as the sun in the heavens—
that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses.
The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence—
the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche."
that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit, as well as the sun in the heavens—
that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses.
The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence—
the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche."
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Psalm 67
"God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us -
That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for You will judge the peoples with uprightness
and guide the nations on the earth.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us.
God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him."
That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for You will judge the peoples with uprightness
and guide the nations on the earth.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us.
God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him."
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
There is a Fountain
"There is fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power
’Til all the ransomed church of God
Be saved to sin no more.
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save."
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."
John 3:16-21
"Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power
’Til all the ransomed church of God
Be saved to sin no more."
Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power
’Til all the ransomed church of God
Be saved to sin no more.
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save."
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."
John 3:16-21
"Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power
’Til all the ransomed church of God
Be saved to sin no more."
Friday, July 30, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Philippians 3:7-11
"But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead."
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead."
Monday, July 12, 2010
Resolved 2010 - Jesus
Recap on:
“So I Really Do Need a Priest”
Dr. Al Mohler
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Every Christian needs a priest. Every Christian needs someone to intercede for them. On our own and in our sinful state, we cannot be the one. How can we, in uncleanness, come before the perfect holy throne of the Father and seek the forgiveness of our sin?
The answer is we can’t. Not on our own.
“And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness...for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins...by this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all...therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promises is faithful.”
Hebrews 9:22; 10:4, 10, 19-23
This passage holds so much hope! Jesus Christ is our mediator; our intercessor. He alone, the perfect sacrifice, the perfect Son of God can stand blameless in the perfect presence of God and plead for sinners like you and like me.
He is eternally Prophet, Priest, and King.
His death was without fault and complete, once for all.
He did not shed the blood of an animal. He gave His own blood.
Blood is always required for atonement.
Blood is only necessary if you want to be saved.
Christ’s death was full atonement for all who were His. None of us could die to save ourselves. If we are to enter into His divine covenant of salvation, a blood sacrifice had to be given, and given it was in the Lamb of God.
And He has not left us here to merely know this covenant and obey it.
He is coming again for us.
Know His love:
He suffered for us – Hebrews 9:12 “And not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.”
God, in His love for the world, crushed His one and only Son. His suffering was for our salvation. Jesus gave Himself for us. He is the good Shepherd.
He lays down His life for the sheep.
He is our sacrificing High Priest – Jesus, being the great High Priest, did not offer up a sacrifice for us but became the final and only perfect sacrifice for us. Death was made dead in the death of Christ. He is our saving High Priest.
He is the substitutionary High Priest – Jesus’ death was the predetermined plan of God before the beginning of time. If His death was not full substitution, we are not saved. “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
He is the superior High Priest – He is Lord in all, through all, and over all.
Psalm 47:2, “For the LORD Most High is to be feared, a great King over all the earth.”
He is a supernatural High Priest – He does not have to offer sacrifices first for Himself and then for the people. Christ is sinless! He lives forever! He is the eternal Son of God!
He is the solitary High Priest – He is the only One! Isaiah 46:9 says, “For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me.”
He is our sufficient High Priest – Hebrews 10:18 clearly shows us that Christ’s sacrifice was all sufficient, “Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.” He is enough!
He is our sovereign High Priest – Hebrews 1:3 “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
He is the sympathetic High Priest – There is nothing He has not known. He is able and ready to sympathize with our weakness.
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:14-16
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea.
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in Heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
“So I Really Do Need a Priest”
Dr. Al Mohler
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Every Christian needs a priest. Every Christian needs someone to intercede for them. On our own and in our sinful state, we cannot be the one. How can we, in uncleanness, come before the perfect holy throne of the Father and seek the forgiveness of our sin?
The answer is we can’t. Not on our own.
“And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness...for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins...by this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all...therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promises is faithful.”
Hebrews 9:22; 10:4, 10, 19-23
This passage holds so much hope! Jesus Christ is our mediator; our intercessor. He alone, the perfect sacrifice, the perfect Son of God can stand blameless in the perfect presence of God and plead for sinners like you and like me.
He is eternally Prophet, Priest, and King.
His death was without fault and complete, once for all.
He did not shed the blood of an animal. He gave His own blood.
Blood is always required for atonement.
Blood is only necessary if you want to be saved.
Christ’s death was full atonement for all who were His. None of us could die to save ourselves. If we are to enter into His divine covenant of salvation, a blood sacrifice had to be given, and given it was in the Lamb of God.
And He has not left us here to merely know this covenant and obey it.
He is coming again for us.
Know His love:
He suffered for us – Hebrews 9:12 “And not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.”
God, in His love for the world, crushed His one and only Son. His suffering was for our salvation. Jesus gave Himself for us. He is the good Shepherd.
He lays down His life for the sheep.
He is our sacrificing High Priest – Jesus, being the great High Priest, did not offer up a sacrifice for us but became the final and only perfect sacrifice for us. Death was made dead in the death of Christ. He is our saving High Priest.
He is the substitutionary High Priest – Jesus’ death was the predetermined plan of God before the beginning of time. If His death was not full substitution, we are not saved. “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
He is the superior High Priest – He is Lord in all, through all, and over all.
Psalm 47:2, “For the LORD Most High is to be feared, a great King over all the earth.”
He is a supernatural High Priest – He does not have to offer sacrifices first for Himself and then for the people. Christ is sinless! He lives forever! He is the eternal Son of God!
He is the solitary High Priest – He is the only One! Isaiah 46:9 says, “For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me.”
He is our sufficient High Priest – Hebrews 10:18 clearly shows us that Christ’s sacrifice was all sufficient, “Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.” He is enough!
He is our sovereign High Priest – Hebrews 1:3 “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
He is the sympathetic High Priest – There is nothing He has not known. He is able and ready to sympathize with our weakness.
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:14-16
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea.
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in Heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free.
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me.
Behold Him there the risen Lamb,
My perfect spotless righteousness,
The great unchangeable I AM,
The King of glory and of grace,
One in Himself I cannot die.
My soul is purchased by His blood,
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ my Savior and my God!
Words by Charitie Bancroft
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