In wrath…

“A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise.” – Habukkuk 3:1-3 Trust Jesus over whatever it may be that you are trusting over Him! God bless… Continue reading In wrath…

Justification by faith in the O.T.

“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in … Continue reading Justification by faith in the O.T.

Not even all the water of the sea

Justin Martyr, a 2nd century Christian apologist, making an argument for Christ in context of a hypothetical like discussion with a non-believing Jew named Trypho! “Chap. xiii.—isaiah teaches that sins are forgiven through christ’s blood. “For Isaiah did not send you to a bath, there to wash away murder and other sins, which not even all the water of the sea were sufficient to purge; but, as might have been expected, this was that saving bath of the olden time which followed those who repented, and who no longer were purified by the blood of goats and of sheep, or … Continue reading Not even all the water of the sea

They who are called devils

A very small portion from a 2nd century AD Christian apologist named Justin who is arguing that Christians should not be persecuted: And, as we said before, the devils put forward Marcion of Pontus, who is even now teaching men to deny that God is the maker of all things in heaven and on earth, and that the Christ predicted by the prophets is His Son, and preaches another god besides the Creator of all, and likewise another son. And this man many have believed, as if he alone knew the truth, and laugh at us, though they have no … Continue reading They who are called devils