There is only one who saves and his light and salvation has gone out to all the world as predicted in Isaiah 49:6 and as He predicted in Acts 1:6-8! This is no small prediction to make nor accomplish! It has been done in Jesus! He is to be trusted for your salvation like no other! God bless… “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many” – Hebrews 9:27 Continue reading He is to be trusted
Her heart ensnares those who pass her; and if she but join hand to hand, she holds one as securely as though she dragged him on bound with chains. And from her you can secure your deliverance only by finding a propitious and watchful superintendent in God; for he who is enslaved by sin cannot (otherwise) escape its grasp. Moreover, among all women I sought for the chastity proper to them, and I found it in none. Gregory Thaumaturgus. 1886. “A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes.” In Fathers of the Third Century: Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, … Continue reading Enslaved by sin
It is the greatest of all good to take hold of God, and by abiding in Him to sin in nothing. Gregory Thaumaturgus. 1886. “A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes.” In Fathers of the Third Century: Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius, edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, translated by S. D. F. Salmond, 6:14. The Ante-Nicene Fathers. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company. Continue reading The greatest of all good
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” – Jesus Matthew 5:10 Continue reading The evil man
From Gregory’s paraphrased translation of Ecclesiastes for a Greco-Roman audience in 250AD. Continue reading Two different endings
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made…..And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” – John 1:1-3, 14 Inspired by Novatians break down on Jesus according to Scripture… Continue reading Man of Man God of God
Nothing so delights the faithful soul as the healthy consciousness of an unstained modesty. To have vanquished pleasure is the greatest pleasure; nor is there any greater victory than that which is gained over one’s desires. He who has conquered an enemy has been stronger, but it was stronger than another; he who has subdued lust has been stronger than himself. He who has overthrown an enemy has beaten a foreign foe; he who has cast down desire has vanquished a domestic adversary. Every evil is more easily conquered than pleasure; because, whatever it is, the former is repulsive, the … Continue reading The greatest pleasure
Forsake the idols which human error has invented. Be turned to God, whom if you implore He will aid you. Believe in Christ, whom the Father has sent to quicken and restore us. Cease to hurt the servants of God and of Christ with your persecutions, since when they are injured the divine vengeance defends them. For this reason it is that none of us, when he is apprehended, makes resistance, nor avenges himself against your unrighteous violence, although our people are numerous and plentiful. Cyprian of Carthage. 1886. “An Adress to Demetrianus.” In Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, … Continue reading Be turned to God
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