“ As I study these passages I see that we are to become more and more separate from the world, not more and more like the world. If you are so in love with your video game or books series or tv series that you become resentful if your participation in it is questioned as… Continue reading Believers are Heirs with Christ
Category: New Testament & Psalms 2019
John 2 – Not Just any Wine..
Of course we all know of Jesus' first miracle in the Gospel of John. Joh 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, Joh 2:10 And saith unto… Continue reading John 2 – Not Just any Wine..
Glory Praise and Worship
Mike, as always you provide good food for thought.
As the WSC Q1 states it…Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.There is no better way to glorify God than to reflect back some of the radiance of Christ’s glory which shines on us.
by Mike Ratliff
28 Some eight days after these sayings, He took along Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. 30 And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah, 31 who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him. Luke 9:28-32 (NASB)
As we continue in our discussion and deeper look at the makeup of the dividing line between genuine Christianity, that which is God centered, and counterfeit Christianity, that which is man centered, let us look the vast difference in how…
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What is religious externalism?
Quite a few figs on this tree!
If you have never read it Old John Bunyan has a little book on the subject.T H E
Barren Fig Tree;
O R,
The Doom and Downfall of the Fruitless Professor:
Showing, that the day of grace may be past with him long before
his life is ended.
The signs also by which such miserable mortals may be known.‘Who being dead, yet speaketh.’–Hebrews 11:4
By J O H N.B U N Y A N.L O N D O N,
Printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion,
in St. Paul’s Churchyard, 1688.
Online at: https://acacia.pairsite.com/Acacia.John.Bunyan/Sermons.Allegories/Barren.Fig.Tree/To.the.Reader.html
by Mike Ratliff
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Matthew 23:25-28 (NASB)
Because of our old church going Purpose Driven in 2006, my wife and I left. The journey to find a new local church fellowship was a long and difficult one. One of the churches along the way was just a…
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