“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei
Tag Archives: morals
God Must of Necessity
In a moral universe God must of necessity oppose evil. Robert Mounce
Flee From Those That
[We must] pray constantly for His enabling grace to say no to temptation, of choosing to take all practical steps to avoid known areas of temptation and flee from those that surprise us.
Jerry Bridges
Just Another Word For
Liberalism is just another word for dictatorship of the masses by the few politically correct. Joseph a son of Jehovah
Is Not at All The
“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”- G. K. Chesterton
Biblical Authority and Jesus
The apostle Paul accepted the fact that the Word of God was inspired, incorruptible, indestructible and indispensable.
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Since “all Scripture is inspired by God,” then no scripture is uninspired.
It is God-breathed, breathed into by God, or inspired.
The Jewish rabbis taught that the Spirit of God rested on and in the prophets and spoke through them so that their words did not come from themselves, but from the mouth of God. These men spoke and wrote in the Holy Spirit. The New Testament church was in full agreement with this view of inspiration.
Literally, the apostle Paul says, “All Scripture, or every Scripture, is God-breathed.” It is God inspired. The Bible is the authoritative Word of God because it is divinely authorized. God inspired it. The whole Old Testament is divinely inspired. Extensions of the same claim to the New Testament is not expressly stated, however it is more than merely implied. The New Testament is no less authoritative than the Old Testament. The apostles expressly declared their inspired proclamation to be the Word of God (1 Cor. 4:1; 2 Cor. 5:20; 1 Thess. 2:13).
When you accept the plenary, or full, inspiration of the Scripture God’s superintendence of the whole implies inerrancy of the content.
The inerrancy of the Scriptures is consistent with what the Bible says about itself. The whole Bible is “the seat of authority.” The historical evangelical position is the divine inspiration, complete trustworthiness, and full authority of the Bible. Scripture is authoritative and fully trustworthy because it is inspired by God.
The divine authority of the Scriptures rests eventually and solely on it’s being God-breathed. The Scriptures are God-breathed in all its parts.
We believe in biblical inerrancy and infallibility. With confidence we confess faith in the divine origin of the Bible. It is completely truthful and trustworthy.
The New Testament is no less authoritative because it is the fulfillment of the Old. Jesus, the apostles, the early church, all clearly agreed that the Old Testament was absolutely trustworthy. They are authoritative because they are God’s fully inspired Word. The authority of the Bible is divine authority. God is the author.
The doctrine of plenary, verbal inspiration stresses that the Holy Spirit acted in relationship with the biblical writers so as to render them infallible revealers of God’s truth. We can therefore have complete confidence in God’s infallible Word. The New English Bible says, “It was not through any human whim that men prophesied of old; men they were, but, impelled by the Holy Spirit they spoke the words of God.”
Why the importance of the doctrine of inerrancy in a day when most people detest moral authority? This great doctrine of Christianity avoids instability in expounding authoritative doctrine and morals.
In our day it is in vogue to who claim to honor the authority of Jesus Christ rather than the authority of Scripture. This is to contradict Jesus’ teaching, since Jesus held a high view of Scripture. It is illogical to pick and choose from the teaching of Jesus during His earthly ministry only those elements that serve one’s own presuppositions. To do so would be to reject the full trustworthiness of Scriptures. How would you know the Jesus you worship is the same as the one the Scriptures declares to be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world? Without His resurrection we are still in our sins.
Remove the doctrine of full divine inspiration and inerrancy of the Scriptures in whole and in part and you effectively remove any reason why a person’s life ought to be transformed by Jesus Christ. You can then live any life-style you so desire. The great tragedy in our day in that is exactly what many in the church are doing. You cannot tell the difference between the Christian and non-Christian in today’s society.
SELAH! Pause – reflect- just think of that!
Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006 Anyone is free to use this material and distribute it, but it may not be sold under any circumstances whatsoever without the author’s written consent.
Because They Are
Only tyrants attempt to force someone to do their will because they are selfish, immature and weak. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah
There is no Distinction Between
For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds. He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings. He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride. Job 33:14–17 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament
Do you notice that there is no distinction between children of Jehovah and the unsaved?
Jehovah speaks to us all.
Only the arrogant refuse to listen and always pay the price for it. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah
You Could See it in Their Eyes.
There are things about him that people cannot see—his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do. Romans 1:20 The Holy Bible The New Century Version
I believe there is some point in everyone’s life where Jehovah reveals Himself through creation.
I personally witnessed it every year when a tree planter. You could see it in their eyes. But it was only for a few fleeting moments.
The wicked choose to believe in the theory of evolution, even that they evolved from monkeys, rather than give glory to Jehovah. That is the ultimate act of stupidity. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Bore (Isaiah 40:28 The LORD Creator ) for blessing me with revealing Yourself to me in Your wonderful creation. It showed how awesome, magnificent, creative and all powerful You are. I praise You in the name of He who created giants of disciples who were timid little mice, Jesus Christ. Amen
Seleh- stop and think about it.
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To Find Out If
The Bereans were eager to hear what Paul and Silas said and studied the Scriptures every day to find out if these things were true. Acts 17:11 The Holy Bible The New Life Version
If everybody behaved like the Bereans did, do you think we would have suffered through two years of the covid scam?
How many other scams and suffering could be prevented if men and women would stop being so lazy and take the time and energy to listen to the opposing side of a debate?
And of course if we all searched the scriptures every day and obeyed what The Holy Spirit is speaking to us how many of us would not fall for scams because Jehovah was warning us about them?
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Immeka (Judges 6:12 The LORD Is with You ) for blessing me with the best tutor, The Holy Spirit to guide me to verses in Your Book of wisdom ( the Bible ) and explaining them to me in a easy manner for me to understand how to live by Gods Law which affects every aspect f my mental, physical, financial, and spiritual welfare. I praise You in the name of the best Rabbi, Jesus Christ. Amen
Seleh- stop and think about it.
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