Theology Matters!! Truth Matters!! Being Truly Born-Again Matters!! A lot!! 1 Thess 1:1-10 Romans 11:36 Grace and Peace to you in Him with love Lenny
Oh, what is all the grandeur, wealth, and honor of this fleeting world, compared with the glory that awaits the believer in Jesus? Kings and queens pass away, and leave their crowns; but the Christian goes to his, and wears it through eternity, ever bright, ever pure! (adapted from Mary Winslow’s, “Life in Jesus”) Romans 11:36 Grace and Peace to you in Him with love Lenny
(Thomas Watson, “The Beatitudes” 1660) To render evil for evil is brutish; to render evil for good is devilish; to render good for evil is Christian. “Blessed are the meek.” Matthew 5:5 Meekness is a grace whereby we are enabled by the Spirit of God, to moderate our angry passions. Meekness has a divine beauty and sweetness in it. This meekness consists in three things: the bearing of injuries, the forgiving of injuries, the…
You have all heard of American Idol, how about American Idols give a listen To Mark Driscoll. just click to listen or right click to download. “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3 The story of the rich young ruler comes to mind. (Click here to listen) Mark 10:17-22 It wasn’t the fact that he was rich that stopped him from following Jesus Christ. It was that his money and riches…
Truth is ancient; it’s grey hairs may make it venerable; it comes from Him who is the ancient of days. Thomas Watson “Stand by the roads and look and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” –Jeremiah 6:16 Romans 11:36 Grace and Peace to you in Him with love Lenny
(Thomas Watson, “The Lord’s Prayer“) “You were sanctified, you were justified.” 1 Corinthians 6:11 Justification and sanctification are not the same. Justification is without us–sanctification is within us. The one is by righteousness imputed–the other is by righteousness imparted. Justification is once and for all–sanctification is gradual. One person is sanctified more than another–but one cannot be more justified than another. One has more grace than another–but he is not more justified than another.…
From Spurgeon’s sermon, “APART” True repentance is always accompanied by sorrow. Repentance is a deep, radical, fundamental, lasting change; and you will find that, whenever you meet with it in Scripture, it is always accompanied with sorrow for past sin. And rest assured of this fact– that the repentance which has no tear in its eye, and no mourning for sin in its heart, is a repentance which needs to be repented of. In…
We need to be like the bereans in - Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. - Jesus said this in Matthew 7:13-14 14 “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. 15 “Beware of the false prophets,…
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