To all you having a bad day or whatever.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
The best version, I ever heard.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Last Days
I've posted this before, but it is worth doing so again. The end of God's patience is at hand, and it is time to repent.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Proverbs 26:4-5
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
(Proverbs 26:4-5)
Some different translations/ideas
Don't make a fool of yourself by answering a fool. But if you answer any fools, show how foolish they are, so they won't feel smart.
(Proverbs 26:4-5)
If you answer a silly [stupid--ed] question, you are just as silly [stupid--ed] as the person who asked it. Give a silly [stupid--ed] answer to a silly [stupid--ed] question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as smart as he thinks. (Proverbs 26:4-5)
Barnes writes:
Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Pro_26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to his level of coarse anger and vile abuse; in Pro_26:5 it is to say the right word at the right time, to expose his unwisdom and untruth to others and to himself, not by a teaching beyond his reach, but by words that he is just able to apprehend. The apparent contradiction between the two verses led some of the rabbis to question the canonical authority of this book. The Pythagoreans had maxims expressing a truth in precepts seemingly contradictory.
(Proverbs 26:4-5)
Some different translations/ideas
Don't make a fool of yourself by answering a fool. But if you answer any fools, show how foolish they are, so they won't feel smart.
(Proverbs 26:4-5)
If you answer a silly [stupid--ed] question, you are just as silly [stupid--ed] as the person who asked it. Give a silly [stupid--ed] answer to a silly [stupid--ed] question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as smart as he thinks. (Proverbs 26:4-5)
Barnes writes:
Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Pro_26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to his level of coarse anger and vile abuse; in Pro_26:5 it is to say the right word at the right time, to expose his unwisdom and untruth to others and to himself, not by a teaching beyond his reach, but by words that he is just able to apprehend. The apparent contradiction between the two verses led some of the rabbis to question the canonical authority of this book. The Pythagoreans had maxims expressing a truth in precepts seemingly contradictory.
He will be with us
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
(Matthew 28:19-20)
..Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.
No matter how difficult things have been, are, or will be, we can be sure that the Lord Jesus will be with us. We may have to suffer verbal, physical, financial, or other abuse, but he will surely be with us, just as he has been with the saints through out the ages.
(Matthew 28:19-20)
..Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.
No matter how difficult things have been, are, or will be, we can be sure that the Lord Jesus will be with us. We may have to suffer verbal, physical, financial, or other abuse, but he will surely be with us, just as he has been with the saints through out the ages.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Repent or else
America is collapsing not because we have failed to fight our enemies, but because we have forgotten God, and in doing so, have made Him our enemy. Sure, we vehemently claim Him as our own but live day to day like He’s not there or doesn’t care what we think or say or do – like America is God’s home and we have some divine right to reside here forever.
Read the rest of Paul Proctor's article.
Read the rest of Paul Proctor's article.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Revival--fasting
We want revival; we plead and fast for people to read their Bibles more, to worship more truly, to witness their faith regularly. But there is a wrong fast and a right fast.
The wrong fast: God speaks to Israel:
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?' "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, And exploit all your laborers. Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high. Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD?
(Isaiah 58:3-5)
The people were fasting, but there were no results, no blessings, no change. Why? It is because they would not obey the laws that God had given. Their mouths pled, their eyes shed tears, their bodies ached for revival, but there was none because they would not obey God.
The right fast: God speaks to Israel:
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, (Isaiah 58:6-9)
See the difference? This is a description of those who are LIVING a life according to God's rules. It is not just clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless. It IS those who are living God's way and this manifests itself by helping others.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3)
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. (John 15:10-14)
Some of His rules:
10 To do's—do
1. Good to them that hate you (Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27)
2. To others what you expect of them (Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31)
3. Violence to no man (Luke 3:14)
4. Good (Luke 6:35; Romans 13:3)
5. This (put God first) and live (Luke 10:28)
6. All to God's glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17, 23)
7. All things without murmuring and disputing (Philippians 2:14)
8. Those things seen and heard in me—Paul (Philippians 4:9)
9. Your own business (1 Thessalonians 4:11)
10. Work of an evangelist (2 Timothy 4:5)
The wrong fast: God speaks to Israel:
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?' "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, And exploit all your laborers. Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high. Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD?
(Isaiah 58:3-5)
The people were fasting, but there were no results, no blessings, no change. Why? It is because they would not obey the laws that God had given. Their mouths pled, their eyes shed tears, their bodies ached for revival, but there was none because they would not obey God.
The right fast: God speaks to Israel:
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, (Isaiah 58:6-9)
See the difference? This is a description of those who are LIVING a life according to God's rules. It is not just clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless. It IS those who are living God's way and this manifests itself by helping others.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3)
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. (John 15:10-14)
Some of His rules:
10 To do's—do
1. Good to them that hate you (Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27)
2. To others what you expect of them (Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31)
3. Violence to no man (Luke 3:14)
4. Good (Luke 6:35; Romans 13:3)
5. This (put God first) and live (Luke 10:28)
6. All to God's glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17, 23)
7. All things without murmuring and disputing (Philippians 2:14)
8. Those things seen and heard in me—Paul (Philippians 4:9)
9. Your own business (1 Thessalonians 4:11)
10. Work of an evangelist (2 Timothy 4:5)
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