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Upon reading an excellent article recently, I was reminded of how there are many times that verses of Scripture are ripped out of context to back up wrong teaching within the church. This was especially hammered home to me when I heard the familiar phrase “where there is no vision the people perish” quoted from Proverbs 29:18, for this had been an old favourite of the pastor of a church I used to belong to, and according to a message put online on 20th June 2010, remains to be so.
August 29th. SUBLIME INTIMACY Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” John 11:40 Every time you venture out in the life of faith, you will find something in your common-sense circumstances that flatly contradicts your faith. Common sense is not faith, and faith is not common sense; they stand in the relation of the natural and the spiritual. Can you trust Jesus Christ where your common sense cannot trust Him? Can you venture heroically on Jesus Christ’s statements when the facts of your common-sense life shout – “It’s a lie?” On the mount it is easy to say – ‘Oh, yes, I believe God can do it’; but you have to come down into the demon-possessed valley and meet with facts that laugh ironically at the whole of your mount-of-transfiguration belief. Every time my programme of belief is clear to my own mind, I come across something that contradicts it. Let me say I believe God will supply all my need, and then let me run dry, with no outlook, and see whether I will go through the trial of faith, or whether I will sink back to something lower. Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict. What is your faith up against just now? The test will either prove that your faith is right, or it will kill it. “Blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Me.” The final thing is confidence in Jesus. Believe steadfastly on Him and all you come up against will develop your faith. There is continual testing in the life of faith, and the last great test is death. May God keep us in fighting trim! Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us. Originally posted 2009-08-29 05:46:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; Those in Christ are blessed with eternal life according to the promise of God’s Word, by faith in the completed work of Christ [..more..] And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which [..more..] Joshua 3:8-17 8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall stand in the Jordan.’ ” 9 So Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD [..more..] Philippians 1:18-21 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 according [..more..] Here is an excellent summary of some of the most commonly twisted verses of Scripture, and a correct interpretation of each. Well worth looking at, and if you’re anything like me, hundreds of other verses will begin flooding into your mind too! http://founderandperfecter.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/5-classic-bible-twists-and-how-to-correct-them/ 08.15.10 J.A. Matteson “…I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” Philippians 3:12 διώκω δὲ εἰ καὶ καταλάβω, ἐφ’ ᾧ καὶ κατελήμφθην ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ [Ἰησοῦ]. With certainty the pilgrim advances in sanctification, eagerly anticipating the promise fully realized. During the intervening times and seasons of wanderings [..more..] Yesterday evening my wife and I were watching an episode of “Pacific” together, which is a series of films that follows the lives of some American soldiers in Japan during World War II. As we were watching, we talked briefly about what it must be like to be in a situation where every day [..more..]
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