LINE OF GLORY

The focus is not on the object of grace, but the Author of Grace, and if the Author has reflected His Glory from Himself, to an object, and back to Himself, then it is fitting to follow that line of glory from beginning to finish;

IRRELEVANT

6900 languages spoken on planet Earth; 2393 languages have no Bible translated into their language;;

Question for those rejecting Calvinism: Overall is it not irrelevant since Man's free-will cannot be hampered by the fact, since God is ensuring to try equally to each individual to save them and make them an offer?

God is Free

God is free to kill and not be a sinner, for it is righteous judgment. Man is not free to kill and be declared not a sinner, for man does not know righteous judgment. If man had a free-will he could kill and not be a sinner, just as God has a free-will and can kill any time he wants.

CERTAIN

A person is upset that I am so certain about my theology, yet at the same time is himself so certain about theology being so uncertain. Is it not a double standard that he grants himself certainity in asserting everything is uncertain, but then certainly denies me the right to be certain that some things are certain.

HE IS HEARD

Everyone wants their voice heard, yet are not really interested in hearing what others are saying. The good news is, His sheep hear His voice, and they follow Him.

ABIDE SERIES #1

Abiding in Christ, at least means we don't abide in our emotions.

REJOICING OF GOD

The evangelist can get weary for after giving his message to man it is "forgotten, ignored, and without impact." but the solution for joy is to know God, "remembers, pays attention, and is pleased." Our joy is not based on the reaction of man, but the rejoicing of God.

ADJUSTMENT

Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of GOD.


-- from J.M. Vergara

HOW GREAT

How great is that strength you have, if that strength is Jesus Himself?

How great is that joy you have, if that joy is Jesus Himself?

How great is that shield you have, if that shield is Jesus Himself?

How great is that hope you have, if that hope is Jesus Himself?

How great is that reward you have, if that reward is Jesus Himself?

How great is that boasting you have, if that boasting is Jesus Himself?

HOLY

"God is Holy, and is angry with the unholy, but in love has provided a Holy Sacrifice to make unholy people holy"

CONVINCED

I am convinced that we have nothing but what He gives us; we can do nothing but what He does through us; we can be nothing other than who He is in us;

-- [I forget the source]

GIVEN POWER

"God is so powerful that He gives His enemies the power that they need to oppose Him"

The very soldiers who nailed Jesus to the Cross where having their own heart beat, lungs, and brain signal provided by the second-by-second provision of Jesus' merciful upholding hand.

Heb 1:3 ...he upholds the universe by the word of his power..

Act 17:28 for "'In him we live and move and have our being;

John 19:11 Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin."

COMMUNION

Daily Ministry is Wonderful, but it must not be a substitute for Daily Communion.

INFINITE SACRIFICE

Any sin, is infinitely sinful. Therefore any sin deserves infinite punishment because we have sinned against an infinite God. The only way out of our deserved infinite punishment is through an infinite sacrifice. An infinite God is the only one who can make that infinite sacrifice. Jesus was that infinite sacrifice; A sacrifice sufficient for all but effecient only for those who believe.

TIME WITH

"some of us need to spend less time with the work of the Lord and more time with the Lord of the work."

EVERY SECOND

Every second we are desiring something, is it Christ and Him glorified. Every second we are honoring something, is it Christ and Him enthroned. Every second we are serving someone, is it Christ, or self. Every moment we are pleasing to someone, is it Christ and your new heart in Christ, or the old nature of sin.

ONLY MATERIAL

Writing Christian materials and studies is wonderfully rewarding, yet looking back at the paper and ink, it can NEVER satisfy or fulfill the Christian, which only comes through knowing and praising King Jesus, full of Glory, Honor, Majesty, Holiness, and Grace.

MOTIVE

If we have a wrong motive for an action, the solution is not to just scrap the action, but rather change the motive and thereafter provide the action.

DEBASED MIND

To host a formal debate with an atheist is akin to hosting a formal debate with a serial rapist or serial killer, the mind is debased, and rational thought cannot be shared.

MAGNIFY GOD

"Do not Magnify your problems, Magnify your God"