Proverbs Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,
And so find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
The Word “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
Matthew 7:13-14
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Beatitudes “ Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Enemies of the Cross
06.20.09
J.A. Matteson
“And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.” Revelation [..more..]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
His Providential Care
03.02.10
J.A. Matteson
“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Mark 8:34
Self-determination constitutes the foundational bitter fruit of the Adamic nature and left unbridled it is the ruin of men. Here in the Lord’s injunction lies the central issue by [..more..]
The Following excerpt is from “The Church of God and the Truth of God,” a sermon preached at the New Park Street Chapel on Sunday morning 14 September 1856, when Spurgeon was barely 23 years old.
emember how your fathers, in times gone by, defended God’s truth, and blush, ye cowards, who are afraid to maintain [..more..]
PERILOUS PATTERNS
04.10.09
J.A. Matteson
But we know that the Law is good if one uses it lawfully….1Timothy 1:8-10
Unlike the ceremonial and dietary laws the moral Law of God is permanent and will be the plumb line by which the sons of Adam will be judged. The Apostle briefly outlines representative behavior patterns that typify the fallen depraved [..more..]
Consider Him who has endured such hostility…that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:3
The Lord Jesus Christ is the quintessential example of perfect single-minded devotion to God. The Lord began and concluded His earthly ministry displaying an unshakable resolve to faithfully discharge His Father’s will, irrespective of how men [..more..]
“Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 20:7
As a pilgrim you are an ordinary individual, but one who has been miraculously translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light, a soul that by grace has been regenerated and converted to life in the Beloved. [..more..]
For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
God’s sovereign purposes and means with regard to salvation are problematic to human inclinations and reasoning. The sons of Adam by nature establish errant particulars on how things ought to be with regard to the [..more..]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Counsel of the Lord
01.14.10
J.A. Matteson
“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “who take counsel, but not of Me, who devise plans, but not of My Spirit that they may add sin to sin.”
Isaiah 30:1
As the people of God we are spiritually distracted in our day and the consequence of our [..more..]
Contentment "Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition."
Psalms 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;
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
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