-Gen.1:27-28 This is the first time God speaks to man(Adam & Eve) placing him in authority over every living thing that moves on the earth....
1 Cor. 15:45- Jesus Christ is the perfect model of biblical manhood....walk in humility, takes responsibility, strength in silence.....
Living out a balance of submission and authority looks like character built through suffering!!
Voice of Sovereignty
The God of Scripture is absolute Sovereign. Such is His own claim: "This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who shall disannul it? and His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?" (Isaiah 14:26, 27). The Sovereignty of God is absolute and irresistible: "All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?" (Daniel 4:35). The Sovereignty of God is true not only hypothetically, but in fact. That is to say, God exercises His sovereignty, exercises it both in the natural realm, and in the spiritual. One is born black, another white. One is born in wealth, another in poverty. One is born with a healthy body, another sickly and crippled. One is cut off in childhood, another lives to old age. One is endowed with five talents, another with but one. And in all these cases it is God the Creator who makes one to differ from another, and "none can stay His hand." So also is it in the spiritual realm. One is born in a pious home and is brought up in the fear and abomination of the Lord; another is born of criminal parents and is reared in vice. One is the object of many prayers, the other is not prayed for at all. One hears the Gospel from early childhood, another never hears it. One sits under a Scriptural ministry, another hears nothing but error and heresy. Of those who do hear the Gospel, one has his heart opened by the Lord to receive the truth, while another is left to himself. One is "ordained to eternal life" (Acts 13:48), while another is "ordained to condemnation" (Jude 4). To whom He will God shows mercy, and whom he wills He "hardens" (Romans 9:18).
—Godhood of God, The
Voice of the Scriptures
2Tim3:16 what's right, how to get right ,and stay right!!!
-God said it, that settles it!!!!!
The Bible alone is God's word- 2Peter1:16-21 exposition trumps experience
The Bible alone is God's word- 2Peter1:16-21 exposition trumps experience
2 comments:
God wills that NO man perish, & ALL men come to repentance (2 Pet 3:9). Amen!
Every man & woman born, has been created in God's Image, thus he/she is given the grace to repent & believe the Gospel! Now when the Holy Spirit convinces and convicts one's heart, its left up to that individual to either continue to rebel against God, or surrender!
Jude v 4, assures that these men who were condemned, were damned due to their turning the grace of God into lewdness, & denying the Lord Jesus Who bought them !
But the result, either damnation OR their glorious Salvation, is a result of the INDIVIDUAL'S response to the Gospel! Not God willing that they live & die in their fallen, sinful state!
Thank the Father, Christ, and Holy Ghost- for grace, mercy, and eternal life, as we abide! We were so unworthy, yet He drew us to Calvary's Cross! Praise Him for ever!
The Word of God Himself assures us:
"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me"... (Jn 15:21a)
"If anyone loves Me, he WILL KEEP My word"... (Jn 15:23 a)
He who does NOT love Me, does NOT keep My word"... (Jn 15:24a)
There will be NObody in heaven, who does NOT love the Lord Jesus Christ!
Scripture assures & warns us, that we must keep our garments white...and He (Christ) wont blot our name out of the Book of Life! we must abide in Christ. Jn ch 15, is one of the most, in depth fundamental chapters in the Holy Bible!
There are some, who try to convince themself (& others) that "oh that really dont mean that" (what He says).
Jn 3:16 means what He says, and says what He means, thus so does every word God spoke!
We MUST not take away from the complete Word of God, or judgement can await!
There's a huge difference between, when one doesnt understand (in ignorance), & when one knows the truth, and they try to twist the Scriptures, to fit their motives!
We MUST read & recieve the Word of the LORD, as He is!
The Lord has done such a gracious, merciful & miraculous work of revelation in my spirit lately!
Lets walk in the Holy Ghost, talk in the Spirit, and live in the Holy Spirit of Almighty God! But first, I believe scripture is clear, that we must be baptized in the Holy Spirit, by Christ Jesus; thus we will be filled with the Spirit, as Paul commands. Amen, blessed be the name of the LORD, bretheren.
With love,
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