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God matters

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Celsus supposes that men “discharge the duties of life until they are loosened from its bonds,” when, in accordance with commonly received customs, they offer sacrifices to each of the gods recognised in the state; and he fails to perceive the true duty which is fulfilled by an earnest piety. For we say that he truly discharges the duties of life who is ever mindful who is his Creator, and what things are agreeable to Him, and who acts in all things so that he may please God. Again, Celsus wishes us to be thankful to these demons, imagining that … Continue reading God matters

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The Pastor that loves everybody but his own family

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The reason why somebody does the same good act seems to matter. Is a person a good person if that person’s reason for the good he/she is doing is not good? It seems that a person can be declared good before God if they are doing good in harmony with their Creator, rather than in opposition to Him. If one’s deeds are done out of love for God and not in rebellion against Him, then that person may be considered good in God’s eyes. Maybe this is one reason why God says that all our righteousness is as filthy rags … Continue reading The Pastor that loves everybody but his own family

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All souls are mine

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“The soul that sinneth it shall die” – Ezekiel 18:20 “He shall die in his iniquity” – Ezekiel 18:18 “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways and live?” – Ezekiel 18:23 “Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” – Luke 15:10 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord … Continue reading All souls are mine

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It doesn’t have to be

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“Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel. Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and … Continue reading It doesn’t have to be

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I know the things that come into your mind

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“Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. Then said he unto me, Son of man, THESE ARE THE MEN that devise mischief, AND GIVE WICKED COUNSEL IN THIS CITY: which say, It is not near: let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. Therefore PROPHESY AGAINST THEM, prophesy, O son … Continue reading I know the things that come into your mind

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To the soul that seeketh Him

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“Most scholars also agree that the Book of Lamentations was composed shortly after Jerusalem’s fall in 586 BCE.” – wikipedia Intense, mixed bag of emotions! Wow! “Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.” (Lamentations 3:39–42) The pardon is in Jesus Christ! Seek the pardon by faith in Jesus! Trust Him with your salvation and your salvation … Continue reading To the soul that seeketh Him

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She remembereth not her last end

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Lamentations 1:9 lamenting the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon 587 or 586 BC depending of the view of the scholar. Chapter 1 of Lamentations is written as an acrostic poem. This means that in the original Hebrew, each of the 22 verses begins with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet, going in order from the first letter (aleph) to the last (tav). Reminded me of Psalms 73 (apparently a chiastic poem) where the Psalmist discoveres the answer to his dilemma in God’s house concerning the pain of evil men flourishing: “When I thought how to understand this, It was … Continue reading She remembereth not her last end

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To the saving of the soul

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“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” – Hebrews 10:31 “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; BUT OF THEM THAT BELIEVE TO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL.” – Hebrews 10:38–39 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” – John 3:14–15 Trust Jesus … Continue reading To the saving of the soul

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We boldly assert and persistently maintain

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As for our own views, indeed, we know what was man’s origin, and we boldly assert and persistently maintain that death happens not by way of natural consequence to man, but owing to a fault and defect which is not itself natural; although it is easy enough, no doubt, to apply the term natural to faults and circumstances which seem to have been (though from the emergence of an external cause) inseparable to us from our very birth. If man had been directly appointed to die as the condition of his creation, then of course death must be imputed to … Continue reading We boldly assert and persistently maintain