tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68558736153405292172024-03-05T15:03:10.713-06:00Taste-That-Which-is-GoodScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-57556034904794543592013-03-30T17:51:00.001-05:002013-03-30T18:21:27.382-05:00Heaven and Back Again<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I met a man who went to heaven whether in body or in
vision, I do not know. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2Cor 12:2</span></sup></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He went to heaven and there
he saw the four and twenty elders worshipping at the throne, worshipping one
who looked to be a lamb slain from the foundation of the world. He saw the nail prints in his hands. He heard them worship, “Worthy, worthy is the
lamb who was slain for the sins of his people.
Worthy is the lamb, the recipient of the Fathers gift. All that the Father had given him, came to
him, and he was able, and willing to receive them.” </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 4:10, Rev 13:8, Luk 24:39, John 20:25-28, John
6:37, John 17:1</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw there 1000’s upon
1000’s of men, women and children from every tribe, tongue and nation and he
heard them all sing together, “ Worthy
is he who is from everlasting and to everlasting, who is without beginning of
days and without end of life. Worthy is
the high priest who has passed into the heavens. “ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 5:9, Heb 7:3, Heb 4:14<o:p></o:p></span></sup></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Lamb who is the
Lion of the Tribe of Judah. He sits at
the right hand of his Father, reigning over all his enemies, waiting until they
are made his footstool. “The Lamb
Reigns, as the great king,” He heard them continue to sing, “Glory and
power and honor to the King of All Kings and Lord of all Lords.” </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Psa 110:1</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He looked and saw the
throne of the most high, and under the throne he saw the souls of the
martyrs. He saw them who overcame by the
blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. He saw the martyrs who joyfully died for the
sake of the name of their King. He heard
them cry out, “How long O’ Lord, How Long.” </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 6:9</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He told me, there is no
night there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">There is no cryin’ there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">There is no dyin’ there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For the Lamb is the light
of the heaven, his glory shines and illuminates the heaven always. And there is no night there. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 21:23</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">There is no more crying
there, the lamb has wiped away all their tears.
</span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev
21:4</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">No colds, no flu, no
crippling malady, no pain, no sickness at all, there is no dying there. For the lamb, who is the Lion of the Tribe of
Judah, Jesus the eternally begotten son of God, has defeated death, removed the
sting and overcome for all his, those beloved of his loving choice. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 16:33, Rev 17:14, Rev 20:14, 1Cor 15:56</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the souls of just
men made perfect, made perfect in the Lord who stood in their place, wounded
for their transgressions, bruised for their iniquities, who was tempted in all
points like as they were and yet without sin;
Who offered himself through the eternal Spirit unto God and obtained for
them eternal redemption, blessing and righteousness. He is the Lord their righteousness. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 12:23, Isa 53:5, Heb
4:15, Heb 9:14, Jer 23:6, Jer 33:16</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw that which eye hath
not seen, he heard that which ear hath not heard, he saw that which the heart
of man has never imagined but yet has known for the Spirit has revealed to them
heaven in their hearts. He saw that
which God hath prepared for them that love him. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Cor 12:9</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He heard things not lawful
to utter. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2Cor 12:4</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All this he saw in
Heaven. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He did not see in heaven,
darkness. He did not see in heaven
thieves and liars, murderers, nor any who were enemies of the most high
God. He saw no sin there. He saw no cheating, no adultery, no killing,
no hating, no slander, no evil word, no discord, no pride, no abomination, no
love of money, no wickedness and no wicked men, no tyrant, no bully, no lovers
of self. He saw countless thousands
upon thousands and ten thousands of ten thousands who were dead in trespasses
and sins but were made alive by the Faith of the Son of the Living God, who were
dead but partook of the first resurrection when HE said with power “let there
be light and there was” and had worked in them a new heart and a new creation,
opening heaven’s gates unto them at the conclusion of their earthly sojourn. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1John 1:5, Rev 21:8, 1Cor 6:10, 1Th 4:6, Mat 23:14,
Mat 23:33, Rev 5:11, 1Pe 2:9, Col 1:13, Eph 5:8, 2Pe 1:19, Gal 2:20, Rev 20:6,
Eph 2:1</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In Heaven, he saw the land
of the living. He saw the water of life. He saw the elect of God, clothed in robes
washed white by the blood of the Lamb. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 21:6, Rev 22:1, Rev 22:17, Rev 7:14</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Lord Jesus
Christ. He saw him in all his
glory. He saw him whiter than the fuller’s
soap. He saw him clothed in
majesty. He saw him who is the Light of
Heaven and the Life of Men. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Mal 3:2, Mark 9:3, Psa 93:1, Psa 104:1, John 1:4</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All this he saw in Heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Great High
Priest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Mediator. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Ti 2:5</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the seed of the
woman. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen 3:15, Gal 4:4</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the serpent’s head
bruiser. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen
3:15, Rom 16:20, Heb 2:14-15, 1John 3:8</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the covering of
nakedness. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen
3:21</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the first
sacrifice. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen
3:21</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the greater than
Judah who substituted himself for his Benjamins for whom he pledged surety. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen 43:9, Gen 44:32</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the greater than
Joseph loved by his Father, who suffered what men intended for evil but God
meant for good. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen 50:20</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the ram caught in
the bush. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen
22:13, Heb 11:17-19</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the promised
prophet like Moses but greater. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Deuteronomy 18:15</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the serpent on the
bronze staff that could heal the lookers upon. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Num 21:9, John 6:40, John
3:14</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Priest who was
King. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Zec
6:13, Psa 24</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw what Job saw, his
redeemer in the flesh. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Job 19:25</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the God who was
manifest in the flesh. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Ti 3:16</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw Mordecai’s courage.
</span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Est 3:15</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw Esther’s scepter of
acceptance. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Est
5:2</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the fourth man in
the fiery furnace. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dan 3:25</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one in whom
Abraham rejoiced. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 8:56</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Passover lamb. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Co 5:7</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the deliverer. <sup>Rom
11:26<o:p></o:p></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the cloudy pillar
by day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the fiery pillar by
night. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Neh
9:12, Psa 78:14</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the rock that
followed them in the wilderness, the rock that Moses struck. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Co 10:14, Exo 17:6</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Angel of The
Lord. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Exo
3:2, Jdg 2:1, Jdg 6:24</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Greater than
Samson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who slayed even
greater than Goliath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the goat that
carried away the sins. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lev 16:10</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who suffered
outside the camp. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 13:12</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Surety of the
better testament. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 7:22</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Son of David
who is the Lord of David. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mat 22:35</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Greater than
Solomon who is Shalom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Prince of
Peace. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Isa
9:6</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Wonderful
Counselor </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Isa
9:6</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the virgin-born
promised son. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Isa
7:14</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Messiah, the
Hamashiyah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the root of Jesse.
Isa 11:10, </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom
15:12</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Greater than
John the Baptist. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:30</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the “in fire and in
Holy Ghost” baptizer. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mat 3:11</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who was
pierced. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Zec
12:10</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the true vine. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 15:1</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the door. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 10:9</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the good Shepherd. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 10:13</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the true Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw Israel’s plenteous
redemption. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Psa
130:7</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the great and mighty
Judge of the quick and the dead. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Acts 10:42, 2Ti 4:1</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who came on
the great and dreadful day of the Lord. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mal 4:5</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the soon returning
king. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the conqueror. “Nay we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us.” </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rom 8:37</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who was worthy
to ascend the Hill of the Lord. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Psa 24:3</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who
ascended upon High. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Psa 24:7-10</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who led
captivity captive. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Eph 4:8</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Triumphant one
who spoiled and made an open shew of all his enemies. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Col 2:15</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the born in
Bethlehem and yet from Everlasting and to Everlasting. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mic 5:2</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who raised the
dead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the eternal life
giving one who has power over all flesh. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 17:2</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Son of God and
the Son of Man. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who opens
blind eyes. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John
9:25, John 9:32</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who made
the lame to walk and the deaf to hear. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mat 11:5, Luk 7:22</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw THE HUSBAND who
loves his Bride and who laid down his life for her. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Eph 5:25, Song 4:9-11</span></sup></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the head of the
body. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Col
1:18</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one in whom all
the members are joined together. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Col 2:19</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw Abraham’s seed. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gal 3:16</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Blessing of the
nations. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gen
22:18</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one who spoke
through the prophets. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Pe 1:11</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the brightness of
the Glory of God. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 1:3</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the express image. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 1:3</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the word of power,
the upholder of all things. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 1:3</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him by whom all things
consist. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Col
1:17</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the creator. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Col 1:16</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Word, who was
in the beginning, who was with God, and who was God. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:1</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Word made
flesh, who dwelt among us. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:14</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the only-begotten
of his Father. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:18</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him by whom came
grace and truth. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:17</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one person in
whom the fullness of the godhead dwelt. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Col 2:9</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one person in
whom resides the fullness of humanity and the fullness of deity, two distinct
and separate natures inseparably joined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who was made a
little lower than the angels, that he by the grace of God would taste death for
all that the Father has given him. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb 2:9</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the I AM at whose
word soldiers fell to the ground as dead, before whom Peter fell prostrate and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">prayed “depart from me for
I am a sinful man,” and him whom John on the isle of Patmos fell down before as
one dead, and before whom Isaiah cried, “woe is me, I am a man of unclean lips
and I dwell amongst a people of unclean lips.” </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 18:6, Luk 5:8, Rev 1:17,
Isa 6:5</span></sup></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him whom Isaiah
saw, whose train filled the whole temple and before whom Seraphim worshipped
saying HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Isa 6:1-4, John 12:41</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the beloved of the
Father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the beloved in who
they were made accepted. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Eph 1:6</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the one in whom we
can do all things and without whom we are NOTHING. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Philippians 4:13, John 15:5</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the man, cursed for
his people. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gal
3:13</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the redeemer from
the curse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the atonement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the propitiation. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1John 2:2</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the high priest
forever after the order of Melchizedek. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Psa 110:4, Heb 7:17</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who was lifted
up. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John
12:32</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who died and
lives forever. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 1:18</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the everlasting
interceder, echoing eternally the priestly prayer of the 17<sup>th</sup> of
John. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Heb
7:25, John 17:1-26</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Advocate of the
elect that sinneth. <sup>1John 2:1</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw our wisdom,
righteousness, sanctification and redemption. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1Co 1:30<o:p></o:p></span></sup></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who was rich
but became poor that we could be rich in his grace. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2Co 8:9</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Lord most high.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the despised of
men. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Isa
54:3</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the loved by his
own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw him who is, who
was, and who is to come. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev 1:18</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
He saw him who purged us from our sins with his own blood. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rev :5</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the way. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">John 14:6</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All this he saw in Heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To this heaven seeing man,
I exclaimed, “O’ that I too, could see.”
To which he replied, “Believe and thou shalt be saved.” He anointed my eyes with salve, and I
saw. </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">He placed a book in my hands<b> a</b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">nd
an Earnest was given to me, a foretaste of my future home, through which, I
commune with HIM whom he saw. Heaven is
for real, My Jesus is there. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Acts 16:31, Rev 3:18, Eph 1:14</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I laid down and slept, my
mind, my belly, my heart full of this celestial paradise. And when I awoke in the morning almost in
disbelief for the glory and goodness of my present condition, I began to sing,
with Bunyan’s Pilgrim:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Where am I now, Is this the love and care,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Of Jesus, for men that Pilgrims ‘re.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thus to provide, that I should be forgiven,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And dwell already, the next door to Heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And this word was
whispered to me in a still small voice: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Set
your affections on things above….” </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span>And this also I heard<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">, “Fear not little flock, it is your Father’s good
pleasure to give you the kingdom.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And I worshipped the Altogether
Lovely, he is my beloved, and he is my friend, my Lord and my God. </span><sup><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Song 5:16</span></sup><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And I opened my book and <b><span style="font-size: large;">saw heaven.</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The End.</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it
doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Php 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from
whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: <o:p></o:p></div>
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Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast
given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast
given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Psa 45:1 A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good
matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is
the pen of a ready writer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-21325692523046226402012-12-25T10:27:00.000-06:002012-12-27T17:53:23.716-06:00The Mystery of the Redeemer's incarnation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxURP6NezJBXtXOgt8PEez7mEqXggh33nE3_l_TVjy6XrJ72RDFXJMa-RNoAhwUofMjytzT8je1ZllVmhOJbWy1c-jn9YiMncstvjgLkYbEQk3hQFxyNJ5dDJfJaaZiSXvsL3U006Jg8nG/s640/Christmas+Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxURP6NezJBXtXOgt8PEez7mEqXggh33nE3_l_TVjy6XrJ72RDFXJMa-RNoAhwUofMjytzT8je1ZllVmhOJbWy1c-jn9YiMncstvjgLkYbEQk3hQFxyNJ5dDJfJaaZiSXvsL3U006Jg8nG/s640/Christmas+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />
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***UPDATED ****<br />
Thought I'd add a prelude to the poem below, now that I've been reflecting on what I read, it seems appropriate to add a few thoughts that if you read it again or for the first time you may think deeper about what was written.<br />
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***THOUGHTS***<br />
First stanza lists some amazing things, biblical events, and biblical descriptions. Things you might think odd such as living souls arising from withered bones which reminds me of Ezekiel's vison but could also apply to the widows son raised to life by Elijah and again by Elisha. Or the body returning to life after touching the bones of Elisha or Jairus's daughter raised by Jesus and Dorcas raised by Peter. <br />
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But as incredible as those first stanza things may be, the second stanza describes that which is most incredible, God manifest in the flesh.<br />
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The Fifth Stanza describes the hypostatic union, that is two distinct natures in the Person of Christ.<br />
Consider:<br />
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1) The two natures are not mingled, confused or mixed but distinct.<br />
2) The two natures, human and divine are separate but in separably joined.<br />
3) Two separate but inseparably natures joined in the one person Jesus Christ our Lord. <br />
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I think I best like from this poem the personification of "nothing." Or maybe better stated, when Erskine describes man as "nothing." I thought about that and thought of four ways we could apply this concept.<br />
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1) From Nothing God made all things.<br />
2) Apart from Christ we can do nothing and are nothing. <br />
3) Man himself is as nothing, and more so when compared to the God who is all.<br />
4) The eternal Son of God took upon himself our nature, nothings that we are.<br />
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Also note, in the 8th stanza, Arian refers to an ancient but still present heresy that denys the full deity of Jesus Christ.<br />
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The Last two stanza's make for beautiful contrast. What Man did in rebellion, what God has graciously done and for his own glory.<br />
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SO update complete, read again, or read for the first time, may it work to your spiritual profit.<br />
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Here is sweet heart music this Christmas Morning. Read it yourself, read it again, then read it once more to a friend.<br />
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I borrowed my sweet Poem-Girl's header as fitting in our lowly state to commemorate the glorious incarnation of the most high God - how most dramatic the mystery from before creations dawn until the eternal living forever sing his song.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Mystery of the Redeemer's incarnation,</span></b> or God manifested in the flesh, 1Ti 3:16, John 1:14<br />
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WHAT though the waters, struck with dread,<br />
Rise up and form a pyramid?<br />
Though floods should gush from rocks and stones,<br />
Or living souls from wither'd bones?<br />
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To hear of an incarnate God,<br />
Is yet more wonderful and odd;<br />
Or to behold how God most high<br />
Could in our nature breathe and die.<br />
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What though the bright angelic forms<br />
Degraded were to crawling worms?<br />
These creatures were but creatures still,<br />
Transform'd at their Creators will.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Though creatures change a thousand ways,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">It cannot such amazement raise,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Nor such a scene as this display,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Th' eternal Word a Piece of Clay. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">God-man a strange contexture fix'd,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Yet nor confused nor commix'd;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Yet still a myst'ry great and fresh,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">A Spirit infinite made flesh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">What though, when nothing heard his call,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Nothing obey'd and brought forth all?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">What though he nothing's brood maintain,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Or all annihilate again?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Let nothing into being pass,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Or back again to what it was?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">But lo! The God of beings here,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">As turn'd to nothing doth appear.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">All Heavn''s astonish'd at his form,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">The mighty God became a worm.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Down Arian pride to him shall bow,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">He's Jesus and JEHOVAH too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b>The Sum of Redemption</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">With haughty mind to Godhead man aspir'd,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">With loving mind our manhood God desir'd:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Man was by pride from place of pleasure chas'd,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">God man by love in greater pleasure plac'd.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Man seeking to ascend procur'd our fall,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">God yielding to descend remov'd our thrall:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Judge was cast, the guilty to acquit,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Sun defac'd, to lend the shades the light.</span></span><br />
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Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. <br />
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One of the best gifts I've ever received from heaven is my Dad. He is the coolest guy you could ever hope to meet. He can do anything, make anything, fix anything, and he surely loves a great adventure. He loves me, and when we are together - look out adventure for sure, maybe even a little danger. If it's not exciting enough, he's likely to go off road, two-wheel drive, don't matter.<br />
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<a href="http://www.6x6world.com/images/brochures/terra-tiger-aatv-price-sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.6x6world.com/images/brochures/terra-tiger-aatv-price-sheet.jpg" width="254" /></a>When I was maybe barely eight, we donned our winter clothes, and pulled our terra-tiger out to the river. I had no idea what was in store. The river was low, mostly ice covered. No way to reach our duck blind by boat. So we hopped in the ATV and drove right into the river. ATV used to mean exactly that. Drive on land, drive in the water. The thing could float, and its six wheels served as our propulsion. I don't remember much except that after a nice time heading up stream the six wheels paddling along and our ATV kind of like a little bobber we reached a point where it was time to drive up out of the water and onto the sand. Only problem, the ice extended out from the sand over the water. We thought would could simply drive the terra-tiger up onto the ice and out of the river but as we attempted the little bobber with six paddling wheels kept breaking through the ice. UP we would climb at a precarious angle and then FWOOSH the ice would break and we would crash down into the water. Seems like water was coming over the side and it was cold. We tried and we tried maybe five or six times. But discerning that this would never work my lowly status in life suddenly was elevated from passenger in an ATV to driver. Never, had I squeezed the accelerator on the handle bars of the craft, nor revv'd the engine, nor spun the wheels. But the time had arrived, stranded in the river unable to climb out I was now the driver. My Dad leaped from the ATV onto the ice which extended out from the sand bar and over the river. He stood on this ice which could not quite support our craft and grabbed hold of the front of the Terri Tiger. He pulled on the machine to help it up onto the ice while commanding me to gun it. The whole thing is a blur to me now. I can see him above me as the trajectory of the atv changed. Front up in the air back down in the water. I think I was getting wet. It seems that things were happening fast. I was squeezing on the gas for the first time - loving it. Oh how I loved the power. But I think I saw some fear in my Dad's eyes at some point in the whole ordeal. I don't remember getting out of that river. But I'm sure we did. We must have visited that duck blind. We must have checked our decoys. That's all gone from my memory now. But I can see him pulling that craft up and out of the water. Pulling me to safety. Saving us both. Hey, if it's boring you can always make it a little more exciting.<a href="http://www.cushmantrackster.com/images/terratiger2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.cushmantrackster.com/images/terratiger2.jpg" width="141" /></a></div>
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Below is one of my favorite pictures of my Dad. It was created quite by accident. I think it actually exists as a "slide" and I have this from taking a pic of that slide. Appears that the film in his camera failed to advance and at least three pictures were super imposed over each other. It shows my Dad having returned from one of his great and extremely successful adventures, reclined at home, enjoying a hot a cup of black coffee. While at the same time, memories from that adventure are on display demonstrating a hunt successfully completed<br />
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My Mom titles this pic, "Coffee-Lope" and by that name I have long remembered this picture.<br />
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A couple of years back, we were elk hunting and decided that we would set up a spike camp 12 or so miles deep into the national forest following the Wyoming Trail right on top of the Continental Divide. Though, I'm 21 years younger than my Dad - he's tougher and he knows it. My cousin Alex was along with us. We had one horse set up to pack all our gear and two others to ride. The plan was to take turns leading the pack horse so we could equally and evenly spend our strength. The air was thin, we weren't quite acclimated yet, and it's just plain hard going. A couple of times along that long trail, my Dad traded off with my cousin, but when it came my turn to lead the pack horse. My Dad would say "No, not yet. Just keep riding, I wanna walk a little longer." The whole day went along like that. And except for a couple of spells my cousin gave him, he walked the whole way in. 10,500 feet elevation, up and down mountains as we followed along the continental divide. Tough Man. He said later, he wanted to see if he could do it. But I think actually he wanted to spare me so that I would have a little energy left to hunt during our spike camp soiree. <br />
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That spike camp proved to be an incredible several nights. Camping almost at 11,000 ft just off the Continental divide next to a beautiful lake. We were raided by some crazy horse terrifying animal in the middle night. We weren't sure what - a pack of something. the Pake woke us with the running padding of their feet. We saw the tracks in the morning next to our tent. The horses were sure spooked and very relieved when seeing us exit our tents and come to their aid, soothing them. We hunted in a very heavy snowfall one day. It was beautiful, it was wet, amazing. One night as we slept, a thunderstorm rolled over the mountains. We heard the burst of thunder and we felt the mighty power of it all rolling over us. We weren't just experiencing thunder we were in the very center of it, with it, not below it, but right there a part of it, one with it, the sound waves crushing down and around our chests. Amazing and never to be forgotten.<br />
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Please take special notice of the lean-to just behind my Dad and back a ways. In this picture it's keeping our saddles and gear dry. The lean-to was my Dad's invention and proved a boon to us. This was a very wet camp. The next day we sat huddled under that lean to rain coming down using those two buckets at my Dad's feet as our chairs. There we cooked our meal over a mini-backpacker stove. We were very close that day for sure. Wasn't much room under there. But enough to sit, to cook and to eat and to enjoy and to remember.<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Praising God this day, thanking him for every good and perfect gift that comes from heaven and especially this Dec 8th, for my Dad.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Happy Birthday Dad and many more amazing adventures:</b></span><br />
<br />Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-34677447339632598342012-12-05T18:47:00.001-06:002012-12-05T18:47:14.093-06:00Too Busy Living to see that I'm Enjoying it.Kevin deYoung has started a three part article on the sin or danger of busy-ness. But I've been too busy to read it. <a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2012/12/05/three-dangers-of-being-crazy-busy-2-of-3/" target="_blank"> Click here</a><br />
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I try every day to leave work and have lunch with my family. But I've been too busy to appreciate it.<br />
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Today, at lunch, though the busy-ness and stress of work was perhaps at the top of 1 to 10- scale, I was blessed to at least caution myself while admitting, "I've allowed myself to be too busy to note the enjoyment God has given me."<br />
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So as a way of counting my blessings, I want to enumerate the numerous enjoyments my lunchtime this noon provided.<br />
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1) The meal was delicious. My soon-to-be-17-daughter and my 14-yr-old-daughter both prepared me a nice luncheon and took good care of me as we dined together.<br />
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2) Resulting from her enjoyment of, and appreciation for the Preface to <i>Robin Hood</i>, My 17 yr old asked: "Dad, have you read the preface to Robin Hood? It's so well written, so expressive, and so much fun too read." And so my 14-yr-old retrieved said book and my 17-yr-old proceeded to read the same. And this reminded me of a recent blog article I had read, written by Doug Wilson, in which he mentioned <i>Robin Hood</i>. This made for good discussion as we compared modern sentiment, the book, the article and what we think of all that. <a href="http://www.dougwils.com/The-Good-of-Affluence/our-little-piggy-hearts.html" target="_blank"> click here for D. Wilson's article.</a><br />
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3) I then proceed to read to my girls from Ralph Erskine's <i>Large Explicatory Poem on the Song of Solomon</i>. Oh, how we enjoyed those poetic words. Some of which were from Song 1:7-8. See below at the bottom of the post to read for yourself those joyful words we also read.<br />
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Reading those words we then went on to discuss poetry, as my 14yr old explained from her reading that very day how beat and metre and even "thump" is built into certain styles of the poetry. "Do you hear the thump, Dad? You have to listen for the beat?" she exulted. <br />
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We then proceed to discuss Song 2:1 "I am the Rose of Sharon..." and who is the person of that verse. Is it Christ? Is it the bride? Both Poole and Gill mention both possibilities, but they both proceed with large explanation why the received understanding is the correct. Christ himself is the Rose of Sharon. We saw good cause for both sentiments but the words "I AM" struck us in the verse. So then we searched the Song using MySword and discovered all the "I am's." "I am Black," "I am the Rose of Sharon," "I am come into my Garden," "I am sick of love," "I am his," "I am a wall." Others escape me, but we did enjoy the commentators explanation of how this assertion is not unbecoming of Christ, not in this poetical language of love. <br />
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I then made note to my girls how Erskine also has a preface to his poem. In fact he has two. He as a preface <i>To the Curious Reader</i>, and a second <i>To the Serious Reader</i>. And so we read a little from the second.<br />
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"But if you are exercised unto
godliness, and acquainted with the sweet life of fellowship and communion with our
Lord Jesus Christ, I hope you shall see here a picture and representation both of his
heart towards you, and of your heart towards him : and a portraiture of the sweetest
experience of intimacy with heaven, that the bride of Christ can have upon earth.
And I judge, that a song upon this subject is not unseasonable amidst these evil
days, wherein the songs of the temple are like to be turned into bowlings, and
wherein the bride, the Lamb's wife, is ready to hang her harp upon the willows.
How desirable were it, if this little book might prove a mean for helping her to sing
away her sorrows, and to harmonize with the design of that precious promise, Hos.
ii. 15. " I will give her the Valley of Achor for a door of hope, and she shall sing
there !" To drive away the night of trouble with songs of praise, would be a work
and exercise most suitable to that gracious name our Lord takes to himself, Job
xxxv. 10. " God our Maker, who gives songs in the night." </div>
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Oh, and how those words gave us cheer and warmed our hearts in hope!<br />
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We then ruminated together, who could enjoy this Song, and who could appreciate this poem. Would this not make such a gift to a brother, a sister, suffering trials? Someone, who perhaps themselves, also, to busy living to take note how they enjoy life. And so we really did have much enjoyment. Thus beware the busy life, how good it is stop and praise God, who gives such precious gifts from above.<br />
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<b>Ralph Erskine - The Song explained in poetic form</b>. <a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=HIsUAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&authuser=0&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA53" target="_blank">Click here.</a> On Song 1:7-8<br />
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<b>THE CHURCHES WORDS:</b></div>
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For why should I that am thy bride </div>
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Be left to starve and stray, </div>
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Or seem as one that turns aside </div>
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To any crooked way ? </div>
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All other loves my soul abhors, </div>
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Thy rivals I disdain ; </div>
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With flocks of thy competitors </div>
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Why should I wander then ?</div>
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I all thy feign'd companions hate,
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They are a bane to me ; </div>
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My soul affects no other mate, </div>
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No other Lord but thee. </div>
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O if I knew thy fix'd abode, </div>
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I'd lodge for ever there ; </div>
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Where may I then enjoy my God ? </div>
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O tell me, tell me where ! </div>
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<b>CHRIST'S WORDS:</b></div>
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O thou my bride, whom I esteem </div>
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The fairest of thy race, </div>
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However black thy form may seem </div>
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While griefs do veil thy grace ; </div>
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Dost thou not know, my lovely bride, </div>
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The shadow of the rock ? </div>
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Nor pastures green where I abide </div>
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And feed my little flock ? </div>
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Come follow my directing grace, </div>
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Which I afford to thee ;</div>
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I'll lead thee to the sweetest place </div>
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Of fellowship with me : </div>
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That hence thy feet may never swerve, </div>
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Nor fall in snares and wrack, </div>
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The footsteps of the flock observe, </div>
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And follow thou the track. </div>
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See how they climb the rock in droves,</div>
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To social worship prone, </div>
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And forthwith haunt retiring groves, </div>
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To meet with me alone. </div>
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Keep thou the beaten good old path, </div>
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Yet new and living way, </div>
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Which all my saints have trod by faith </div>
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And prayer night and day. </div>
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Though none of their dislik'd escapes</div>
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Must be a rule to thee ; </div>
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Yet follow them in all the steps </div>
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Wherein they follow me. </div>
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And, while my under shepherds tents</div>
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Are kept in good repair, </div>
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Attend them still ; for heav'n presents </div>
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My choicest dainties there. </div>
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These holy ordinances are </div>
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The pastures of my grace : </div>
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There feast thyself, nor thence debar </div>
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Thy little tender race. </div>
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Bring children, servants, all thy kids </div>
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Along to feed with thee ; </div>
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Thy Lord all comers welcome bids </div>
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In offers full and free. </div>
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Make all within thy charge to haunt </div>
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These goodly tents of mine ; </div>
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For there my feasts of love I grant </div>
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To nourish thee and thine. </div>
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Thus, that thy feet no more appear </div>
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With other flocks to roam, </div>
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In these my best inclosures here </div>
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Stay till I bring thee home. </div>
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<b>Matthew Henry on Song 2:1</b></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">What Christ is pleased to compare himself to; and he condescends very
much in the comparison. He that is the Son of the Highest, the bright
and morning star, calls and owns himself the rose of Sharon, and the
lily of the valleys, to express his presence with his people in this
world, the easiness of their access to him, and the beauty and sweetness
which they find in him, and to teach them to adorn themselves with him,
as shepherds and shepherdesses, when they appeared gay, were decked
with roses and lilies, garlands and chaplets of flowers. The rose, for
beauty and fragrance, is the chief of flowers, and our Saviour prefers
the clothing of the lily before that of Solomon in all his glory. Christ
is the rose of Sharon, where probably the best roses grew and in most
plenty, the rose of the field (so some), denoting that the gospel
salvation is a common salvation; it lies open to all; whoever will may
come and gather the rose-buds of privileges and comforts that grow in
the covenant of grace. He is not a rose locked up in a garden, but all
may come and receive benefit by him and comfort in him. He is a lily for
whiteness, a lily of the valleys for sweetness, for those which we call
so yield a strong perfume. He is a lily of the valleys, or low places,
in his humiliation, exposed to injury. Humble souls see most beauty in
him. Whatever he is to others, to those that are in the valleys he is a
lily. He is the rose, the lily; there is none besides. Whatever
excellence is in Christ, it is in him singularly and in the highest
degree. </span></div>
Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-44770456870045008702012-12-03T18:22:00.000-06:002012-12-03T18:22:35.047-06:00Gospel Sonnets - Chapter 1 - The Fall of Adam<div class="style1">
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The following is the first of Ralph Erskine's sonnet following the preface. I could not go past it for days. Reading and reading again the following words. So much he says in so little space. And so beautifully he says it. And the imagination is engaged, the heart, the mind - O' God may such sublime truth possess me!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Please bear with me, my own ryhme, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Then Erskine below, Read him once, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Read him a second time,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Do you his words and his sense divine?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">What truths in these lines can your heart see? </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Federal Headship, Covenant of works, Man in his purity?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And original ability?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The Fall, Depravity, resultant inability?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i style="color: #351c75;">Read along below and with me do you see?</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6855873615340529217" name="SECTION_I">SECTION I</a></span></b></div>
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The FALL of ADAM.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">OLD Adam once
a heav’n of pleasure found, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While he with
perfect innocence was crown’d;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His wing’d
affections to his God could move</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In raptures of
desire, and strains of love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Man standing
spotless, pure, and innocent,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Could well the
law of works with works content;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Though then,
(nor since), it could demand no less</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Than personal
and perfect righteousness:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">These unto
sinless man were easy terms,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Though now
beyond the reach of wither’d arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The legal
cov’nant then upon the field,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Perfection
sought, man could perfection yield</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rich had he,
and his progeny remain’d,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Had he
primeval innocence maintain’d:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His life had
been a rest without annoy, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A scene of
bliss, a paradise of joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But subtle
Satan, in the serpent hid,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Proposing fair
the fruit that God forbid,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Man soon
seduc’d by hell’s alluring art,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Did,
disobedient, from the rule depart,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Devour’d the
bait, and by his bold offence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Fell from his
blissful state of innocence<a href="http://pbministries.org/Theology/R%20Erskine/part1_chap1.htm#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="style8"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></span></span></a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gen 3:1-6</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prostrate, he
lost his God, his life, his crown,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From all his
glory tumbled headlong down;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Plung’d in a
deep abyss of sin and woe,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Where, void of
heart to will, or hand to do;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For’s own
relief he can’t command a thought,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The total sum
of what he can is nought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He’s able only
now t’ increase his thrall;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He can destroy
himself, and this is all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But can the
hellish brat Heav’n’s law fulfill,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Whose precepts
high surmount his strength and skill?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Can filthy
dross produce a golden beam?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Or poison’d
springs a salutif’rous <a href="http://pbministries.org/Theology/R%20Erskine/part1_chap1.htm#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="style8"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></span></span></a>
stream? <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(life giving/health giving)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Can carnal
minds, fierce enmity’s wide maw,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Be duly
subject to the divine law?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nay, now its
direfull <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">threat’nings</i> must take place</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On all the
disobedient human race,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Who do by
guilt Omnipotence provoke,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Obnoxious
stand to his uplifted stroke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">They must
engulf themselves in endless woes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Who to the
living God are deadly foes;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Who natively
his holy will gainsay,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Must to his
awful justice fall a prey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In vain do
mankind now expect, in vain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">By legal deeds
immortal life to gain:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nay, death is
threaten’d, threats must have their due</span></div>
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Or souls that sin must di<b>e</b><a href="http://pbministries.org/Theology/R%20Erskine/part1_chap1.htm#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="style8"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></b></span></span></a>,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">
as God is true. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Eze 18.4</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://pbministries.org/Theology/R%20Erskine/index_gospel_sonnet.htm" target="_blank">For more click here</a></span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-61682860653664757612012-12-01T23:24:00.001-06:002012-12-01T23:40:25.590-06:00A New Look, and Erskine's Gospel SonnetsIn honor of my <a href="http://poetic-meditations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">poem-writing daughter</a> who has just given "Taste-That-Which-Is-Good" a nice new look, I'm posting a preface from what has been a very encouraging book of poem. I began my year with this book in hand, and I hope, now, by the grace of God to end the year once again looking deep into Ralph Erskines, <i>Gospel Sonnets</i>.<br />
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So below the Preface:<br />
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PART I. <br />
The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Believer's </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Espousals: </span><br />
A POEM </div>
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Upon <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isaiah </span><span style="font-style: italic;">liv. </span>5. <span style="font-style: italic;">Thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Maker </span><span style="font-style: italic;">is </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">husband. </span></div>
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<b>PREFACE.</b></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">HARK, </span>dying mortal, <span style="font-style: italic;">if </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Sonnet </span><span style="font-style: italic;">prove </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"> A </span><span style="font-style: italic;">song </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of </span>living <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>immortal <span style="font-style: italic;">love, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">'Tis </span><span style="font-style: italic;">then </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">grand </span><span style="font-style: italic;">concern </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">theme </span><span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">know., </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">If </span>life <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>immortality <span style="font-style: italic;">be </span><span style="font-style: italic;">so. </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Are </span>eyes <span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">read, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">or </span>ears <span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">hear </span><span style="font-style: italic;">a </span><span style="font-style: italic;">trust </span><span style="font-style: italic;">? </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Shall </span><span style="font-style: italic;">both </span><span style="font-style: italic;">in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">death </span><span style="font-style: italic;">be </span><span style="font-style: italic;">cramn'd </span><span style="font-style: italic;">anon </span><span style="font-style: italic;">with </span><span style="font-style: italic;">dust </span><span style="font-style: italic;">? </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Then </span><span style="font-style: italic;">trifle </span><span style="font-style: italic;">not </span><span style="font-style: italic;">to.</span><span style="font-style: italic;">please </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thine </span><span style="font-style: italic;">ear </span><span style="font-style: italic;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">eye, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">But </span><span style="font-style: italic;">read </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thou, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">hear </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thou, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">for </span><span style="font-style: italic;">eternity.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Pursue </span><span style="font-style: italic;">not </span><span style="font-style: italic;">shadows </span><span style="font-style: italic;">wing'd, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">but </span><span style="font-style: italic;">be </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">chase, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The </span><span style="font-style: italic;">God </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">glory </span><span style="font-style: italic;">on </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">field </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">grace</span><span style="font-style: italic;">: </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The </span>mighty hunter's <span style="font-style: italic;">name </span><span style="font-style: italic;">is </span><span style="font-style: italic;">lost </span><span style="font-style: italic;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">vain, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">That </span><span style="font-style: italic;">runs </span><span style="font-style: italic;">not </span><span style="font-style: italic;">this </span><span style="font-style: italic;">substantial </span><span style="font-style: italic;">prize </span><span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">gain. </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">These </span><span style="font-style: italic;">humble </span><span style="font-style: italic;">lines </span><span style="font-style: italic;">assume </span><span style="font-style: italic;">no </span><span style="font-style: italic;">high </span><span style="font-style: italic;">pretence, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">To </span><span style="font-style: italic;">please </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">fancy, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">or </span><span style="font-style: italic;">allure </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sense</span><span style="font-style: italic;">: </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">But </span><span style="font-style: italic;">aim, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">if </span><span style="font-style: italic;">everlasting </span><span style="font-style: italic;">life's </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">chase, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">To </span><span style="font-style: italic;">clear </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">mind, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">warm </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thy </span><span style="font-style: italic;">heart </span><span style="font-style: italic;">through </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"> <b>A </b></span><b><span style="font-style: italic;">marriage </span><span style="font-style: italic;">so </span><span style="font-style: italic;">mysterious </span><span style="font-style: italic;">I </span><span style="font-style: italic;">proclaim, </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Betwixt </span><span style="font-style: italic;">two </span><span style="font-style: italic;">parties </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">such </span><span style="font-style: italic;">diff</span><span style="font-style: italic;">'rent </span><span style="font-style: italic;">fame, </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> That </span><span style="font-style: italic;">human </span><span style="font-style: italic;">tongues </span><span style="font-style: italic;">may </span><span style="font-style: italic;">blush </span><span style="font-style: italic;">their </span><span style="font-style: italic;">names </span><span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">tell, </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> To </span><span style="font-style: italic;">wit, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Prince </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps;">Of heav'n, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span>heir <span style="font-style: italic;">of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">hell</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></b><span style="font-style: italic;"><b> </b> </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">But, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">on </span><span style="font-style: italic;">so </span><span style="font-style: italic;">vast </span><span style="font-style: italic;">a s</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ubject, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">who </span><span style="font-style: italic;">can </span><span style="font-style: italic;">find </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"> Words </span><span style="font-style: italic;">fitting </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">conceptions </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">his </span><span style="font-style: italic;">mind </span><span style="font-style: italic;">? </span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Or, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">if </span><span style="font-style: italic;">our </span><span style="font-style: italic;">language </span><span style="font-style: italic;">with </span><span style="font-style: italic;">our </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thought </span><span style="font-style: italic;">could </span><span style="font-style: italic;">vie, </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">What </span><span style="font-style: italic;">mortal </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thought </span><span style="font-style: italic;">can </span><span style="font-style: italic;">raise </span><span style="font-style: italic;">itself </span><span style="font-style: italic;">so </span><span style="font-style: italic;">high </span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">When </span><span style="font-style: italic;">words </span><span style="font-style: italic;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">thoughts </span><span style="font-style: italic;">both </span><span style="font-style: italic;">fail, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">may </span><span style="font-style: italic;">faith </span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Ascend, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">by </span><span style="font-style: italic;">climbing </span><span style="font-style: italic;">up </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">scripture-stair</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">From </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sacred </span><span style="font-style: italic;">writ </span><span style="font-style: italic;">these</span><span style="font-style: italic;">s strange </span><span style="font-style: italic;">espousals </span><span style="font-style: italic;">may </span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Be </span><span style="font-style: italic;">explicated </span><span style="font-style: italic;">in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">foll'</span><span style="font-style: italic;">wing </span><span style="font-style: italic;">way. ............</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b>And so I add (with apology): </b></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Now <span style="font-family: inherit;">find yourself a copy of Erskine's Gospel Song,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It may you by grace aid in pursuit of the home called Long.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ahh - follow the link I place right <a href="http://www.heritagebooks.org/products/Gospel-Sonnets-or-Spiritual-Song.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Soon the Sonnets may in yourself enter to your own good cheer.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not sure if you wish to buy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A partial copy online reposes <a href="http://pbministries.org/Theology/R%20Erskine/index_gospel_sonnet.htm" target="_blank">HERE </a>free to your eye. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-1367501195257693362012-06-15T05:30:00.000-05:002012-06-15T17:37:34.282-05:00Called to Serve with Reckless Abandon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I really love, enjoy, and admire Dale and Lynn Lynam for their friendship, their life and their passion for Jesus Christ. Last fall, it was a great privilege to spend the weekend with Dale and a few others at the 2011 Desiring God Conference, FINISH THE MISSION. At one point during that conference Dale looked at me and with all seriousness and in the most sober, holy, intonation said, "I'm gone." He had to repeat for me and then explain. He was gone for the sake of the name of Jesus. He intended to pursue the foreign field whatever and however he could. It was a life moment one never forgets.<br />
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Pursuing this goal, Dale has been accepted by the Center For Pioneer Church Planting, the training school associated with "<a href="http://www.toeverytribe.com/" target="_blank">To Every Tribe.</a>" And so now with Dale and Lynn and family we are waiting on the Lord for the support they need. <br />
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It is my privilege to share below, the following letter, written by the Lynam's which gives glory to God, tells God's Gospel and the providential arm of God in delivering them from the Kingdom of Darkness to HIS Glorious light.<br />
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If after reading Dale's story below and sensing perhaps God leading you to join with Dale in making much of JESUS before those who have <b>never heard</b> feel free to contact him at the following email address: <a href="mailto:ejnjh1308@yahoo.com">ejnjh1308@yahoo.com</a><br />
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Please let me introduce you to my good friends, Dale and Lynn Lynam. <br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Dear Friends and Family,</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"> Our family has some exciting and life changing news! We will be moving to Los Fresnos, TX this August, as Dale has been accepted to go to school at The Center for Pioneer Church Planting (CPCP) with To Every Tribe ministries. In this letter we hope to tell you about this journey. Please read to see why we would even consider going on this journey.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> Bound in chains, slave to sin, in love with darkness and so afraid of the light. My days full of iniquities and I drown them out with the bottle, drugs, or through many other sinful ways. Who can rescue me from this life of sinful destruction? There is only one answer to the question, that answer is Jesus the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">So, why Jesus? Why do we need forgiveness from sins? Let's take a quick journey back to the beginning. See, there is this great God, who created everything through His word. This God created the heavens, the earth, all the animals, and mankind. When God created everything he said it was very good. Then God gave dominion to Adam and Eve to tend the garden, to be over all the animals, creatures and everything that was created by God. God gave them a command to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, if they do they will be cursed and surely die. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">See, God is so good, He wants us to love him freely, and not by making us love Him. I think that is why He tested Adam and Eve. Meanwhile Adam and Eve were chillin', naming the animals, tending the garden,and living in the presence of God. So everything is good, right? Then came the serpent who was cunning and evil, he tempted Eve by twisting Gods words saying, "Did God really say?" Eve ate and gave to her husband, Adam, who was with her. Their eyes being opened, they saw they were naked and tried clothing themselves and hiding from God. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">There is some things about God you should know, first is that He is holy and righteous, there is only perfectness in God and no sin. God hates sin and just can't overlook it, God is not like humans in character and His thoughts are unattainable. Adam and Eve fell and Adam being our representative brought the curse on all of mankind. Now we continue to live against God until this day. One day God is going to come back and judge the earth. We also will be judged for our wickedness and damned to hell. Sounds pretty bad right? But God who is rich in grace and mercy, sent His only begotten Son Jesus , who came down from the heavens, took on human flesh, and lived a perfect sinless life. Jesus was hung on a cross. While on that cross God the Father crushed him for our sins and Jesus took those sins and absorbed the wrath of God due us by suffering for our sin, for His people, those the Father had given Him, from every tribe, tongue and nation. Jesus died on that cross and was buried, but He didn't stay dead. On the third day He defeated death and rose from the grave. He was seen by over 500 hundred eyewitnesses. So now Jesus is alive and is seated at the right hand of the Father! He is there to make intercession for us. So by repenting and turning from our sins through faith in Jesus, we can be freed from the darkness and be in His marvelous light and have eternal life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">There is much more that could be said, so God has given us the Bible. You don't have to take my word for it, you can read it for yourself. If you have any questions please contact us. As you can see we need forgiveness from sins and that only comes through Jesus the Savior of the world. God who is so kind has allowed us the privilege to be a part of his plan to reach and save the lost by sharing the Gospel of Christ. He uses broken vessels to plant and water seeds. God has given us a command in the Bible to go and share this message. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. There are many other verses in the Bible that tell us to share the gospel and to support those that go out to advance His kingdom. We are writing this today because the Lord of glory has laid it upon our hearts to go to people that are held in the darkness by Satan and need the gospel of Jesus to set them free. In this letter, we hope to communicate to you what our plans are, why we are going, and our need to partner with others to share in the advancement of the Gospel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">HOW DID WE GET HERE?</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"> How did all of this happen and what will happen? The Lord transformed my life and my family's a little over 3 years ago. When He saved me, He took out my heart of stone and gave me a heart of flesh. Shortly after getting saved the Lord started putting a burden on my heart for the nations. He continued to use means to pour gas on the fire, such as having a missionary spend little over a year at our church, His commands in the Bible,and reading books. Then in September of 2011, I attended (along with some peeps of mine) the Desiring God National Conference Finish the Mission. It was pretty much over from there. I was pumped up and ready to go. While at that conference, there was a speaker there named David Sitton, who is the founder of To Every Tribe, and he had a little bit of a passion, or a lot of passion to see the Gospel spread . After the conference, man, I was on fire and didn't want to just come home and return to the normal life of working, being a husband, a dad,(which are all great things) and leave that fire to simmer. From there I started contacting different mission organizations. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">WHO IS "TO EVERY TRIBE?"</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"> We were invited to an open house for the To Every Tribes school program, The Center for Pioneer Church Planting (CPCP). You can learn more about both by visiting the web sites <a href="http://toeverytribe.com/">http://toeverytribe.com/</a> and <a href="http://www.centerforpioneerchurchplanting.com/">http://www.centerforpioneerchurchplanting.com</a>. We enjoyed the open house and the people at the school. We came home, applied and were accepted to join the CPCP this fall starting in August. In early August we will be leaving our home and family in Sioux City, IA and moving to Los Fresnos, TX. What a sad and joyous day that will be. I (Dale) will be in the 2 year training program at CPCP. Where I will spend time in the class learning theology, cross-cultural issues, team building, dental training, first aid and learning to share the biblical account in story telling in order to share with other cultures. Around 40% of the time will be training in the field with experienced church planters in Mexico also there will be a trip or two to Papua New Guinea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">HOW CAN YOU PARTNER WITH US?</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"> There are several ways that you could come alongside us in this journey. First and most importantly, our family will need prayer. We need prayer for the packing up and moving ourselves and 5 kids from our friends and family and the only area Lynn and the kids have ever known, but Jesus is worth it! We need Prayer for the emotional, physical, and spiritual battles of moving, attending school, short term trips and growing in our walk with the Lord. This is not something we can do without prayer. Also very important is the cost. The tuition for 2 years is $13,750 or $12,375 if paid in full prior to arrival . We will have monthly rent of $625 and anywhere from about $90-$130 for electric. Also we will have to pay for insurance, food and other standard living expenses for the 7 of us. Our prayer and desire is to do this in partnership with you and from our end we will send out newsletters, prayer requests as well as praying for you, and sharing in the joy of the advancement of the Gospel. We would like to ask you to prayerfully consider being part of our support team in bringing the Gospel of peace to the lost. Please contact us to learn more about To Every Tribe and how you can support us monthly or give a one time gift. Also you can donate online monthly or one-time at http://www.toeverytribe.com/ select donate on top and from the drop down you can select Dale and Lynn Lynam. All donations are tax deductible and all gifts are a blessing to us no matter how big or small. Thank you for your prayers, time and resources. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> By His grace, for His glory</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> May the Love of Christ shine upon you, </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"> Dale and Lynn Lynam </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"> </span> Our Email address: <a href="mailto:ejnjh1308@yahoo.com">ejnjh1308@yahoo.com</a>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-86867797506873924692012-06-09T22:03:00.002-05:002012-11-23T09:50:01.384-06:00The Most Terrifying TruthWhile having breakfast with my brother in Christ, Dale, the Tuesday before last, he described a sermon he had listened preached by Paul Washer, missionary and founder of Heart Cry ministries. Dale's words in quoting Paul Washer went deep, and returned frequently to my thoughts, in fact several fruitfull conversations came of them. So thus encouraged I found the excerpt linked below, and transcribed the words. As you read them, I might point out that it was the use of the word "good" instead of the expected "holy" that was most instrumental in impressing me with the truth described: <br />
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“Let me put it this way,…. just to cut straight to the chase, …let me tell you the most terrifying thing… that I can possibly tell you,… THE most terrifying truth that I can speak to you…. Are you ready? …Here it is. … The most terrifying thing that I can tell you,… a man,… a woman,… a child, is this: God …is good. I said that a few years ago over in Europe when I was preaching at a secular university,… I said, IF you want to get down to it, the most terrifying news for man is this, God is good. And someone kind of laughed and said basically, ‘And what’s the problem with that?’ The problem with that.. is you’re not good. Now… what does a good God do with someone like you. ….That is the greatest theological and philosophical problem in all the Scripture. God is good and that is terrifying.” </div>
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Transcript taken from: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeIIl44hi8Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeIIl44hi8Y</a>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-19611154589646075082012-06-02T14:27:00.001-05:002012-11-23T09:53:42.642-06:00Preaching the Gospel to Yourself Everyday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bunyan gives an excellent example of "Preaching the Gospel to oursevles everyday" as he finds liberty and joy in the IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS of our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none;"><span><span style="text-decoration: none;">"One
day, as I was passing in the field, and that too with some dashes of my
conscience, fearing lest yet all was not right, suddenly this sentence
fell upon my soul, Thy righteousness is in heaven; and methought withal,
I saw, with the eyes of my soul, Jesus Christ at God's right hand;
there, I say, as my righteousness; so that wherever I was, or whatever I
was adoing, God could not say of me, He wants my righteousness, for
that was just before Him. I also saw, moreover, that it was not my good
frame of heart that made my righteousness better, nor yet my bad frame
that made my righteousness worse; for my righteousness was Jesus Christ
Himself, the same yesterday, to-day and for ever. Now did my chains fall
off my legs indeed, I was loosened from my afflictions and irons . .
. now went I also home rejoicing, for the grace and love of God."</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none;"><span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"> ht: <a href="http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/06/blessed-by-bunyan.php" target="_blank">Reformation21, Rob Ventura</a></span> </span></span></span></span></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-42565464666153458872012-05-17T18:03:00.001-05:002012-11-23T09:55:52.015-06:00Thinking about your Dying DayPSALM 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it <i>is; that</i> I may know how frail I <i>am</i>. <br />
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Click here for previous study I prepared in my youth on<a href="http://litsixdays.tripod.com/safedeath.htm"><i> Preparing for a Safe and Happy Death: </i></a> <br />
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For Drivers-Ed my daughter was required to write a letter to her parents expressing her sorrow for recklessly driving the car and involving herself in accident which brought about her demise. The instructor hoped it would add a necessary soberness to the young soon-to-be-drivers-ed graduate. My daughter thought it would be a good opportunity to rejoice in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Below is the letter she submitted to the instructor. There is a necessary degree of license as she fulfills the requirements of the assignment. She writes as if she could speak from the casket, which of course is not possible - nor are there any tears on the other side. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Note: I removed the names and replaced the name of the eating establishment to protect the innocent and her privacy.</span><br />
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It is evident that I am now experiencing the Apostle Paul’s words, “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” 1Cor. 5:3</div>
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I am so sorry. The tears as I write this are heavy on my cheeks because of my actions. All the pain, hurt, and grief I have caused you and others. I didn’t just hurt myself on the corner of 39th St. but everyone else I love. </div>
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Why, oh why must it be this way? Why can’t I just rewind time and erase all the hurt I have caused? Why couldn’t I have just, turned my head, looked, and slowed down?! That’s all it would have taken to save all the pain and sadness.</div>
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I can imagine R___ and K____, crying together with you, praying that you, S____, A____, J___, K___, and themselves can go through the day, with rejoicing, confident that all things, work together for good to those who love God, so that God will be praised even through this. </div>
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J___ and K___, giving themselves so selflessly to help with anything you might need while they, themselves, cry out to God for mercy on their grieving hearts.</div>
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S____ and A____, each night, crying themselves to sleep. Trying to remember all the times I made them laugh. Forgetting all the times I’ve bossed them around like an annoying selfish big sister. Thinking, “Oh why did L___ have to be so careless? Why couldn’t I have been there to warn her?” and asking, “God, oh God, help me, Lord, calm me, use this as an opportunity to be closer to you, to know you more.” and “Please keep me alert and attentive when it’s my turn to drive.”</div>
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Each sister, taking turns waking up in the morning to make Dad breakfast, throwing pillows on each other's head to get the other one out of bed for breakfast, eventually the one still in bed yelling, in a groggy, angry, tired voice, “I’m coming, I’m coming, leave my room and shut my door!” I can see it just like it was yesterday. Then at breakfast opening the Bible and reviewing Jude, the first book we girls studied with you, Dad, at the start of our weekly Bible studies at the local grocery-store-with-dining-facilites. </div>
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Oh! Please forgive me for all that pain! It’s like a disease spreading to all my friends, family, brothers and sisters in Christ. </div>
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Mom and Dad, I know that you loved me and that your sorrows are exceeding. </div>
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But, do not trouble yourselves, take comfort. God is in control of all things. Like saving you both on the same day. I praise God that He saved both of you. He gave me the greatest parents I could have ever asked for. Parents who love each other so much, but only because you love God more. </div>
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Mom, I was really noticing how wise God has made you. I remember thinking most of my life that you were smart, but I was so sure I was much smarter in most areas. Looking back at my life and all the things you’ve shown me through your actions, and words, I see how much God has used you to change the way I say, think and do things in a way that’s more like Christ. Like how I should be a hard worker and not complain, as you, yourself, do every day. You’re definitely not complaint-free, but if I was doing all that you do for us, I’m sure I would complain lots more than you ever would. I complain about just the little things I do. I have no reason to complain, God’s given me Christian parents, wonderful brothers and sisters, work which is part of living and to be done joyfully for God’s glory, and God gave me a changed heart, so I might know the joy of serving my creator. </div>
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I love the way you discern how to do things and why. I see that your wisdom comes from God. When you don’t know if something is right or not, you go to the Bible, and not to your own wisdom, knowing our hearts are desperately wicked and deceitful above all things. Jer. 17:9 </div>
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I love how you randomly start telling us something you’ve been thinking about or reading about. Often times when I was thinking about something serious, I thought back on those talks and God used them to help me understand himself more.</div>
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What a great God to make you such a mother!</div>
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Dad, that which was the start of the biggest part of my life, began the day you took me to "the local-grocery-store-with-dining-facilities" for breakfast, which became our, “Weekly breakfast and Bible study”. It was the start of our weekly “Breakfast and Bible study at the-local-grocery-with-dining-facilites”, at first, attended only by you and I. God used those studies in the scripture to show me so many unfathomable things about Himself. He used them to open my eyes enabling me to understand: why you and mom love each other so much, why Christians love God and actually want to know more about Him, why everything works together for good to those who love God, why Christians go to other countries to spread God’s name. </div>
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Dad, God opened my eyes through our Bible studies to what happened when 9 years ago, I was up late at night crying. It was God’s grace showing me how sinful I was, that I did not love Him, and so I came to you the next morning to pray that God would change my heart and come into it. </div>
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And through our Bible studies, God showed me that we are all sinners, and we can’t save ourselves because of this fact. Only someone without sin can pay for our sins. But no one is without sin because we are all counted sinful through Adam and have fallen in him. But Jesus, God’s only begotten son, came to earth to die for us. And He was the only one who could do it. Because He is one hundred percent God and one hundred percent Man. He had to be fully man to pay for our sins because man brought sin into the world, and he had to be fully God because all men are counted sinful. Only a sinless man can pay for sin. But He not only paid for sin, he also lived a perfectly righteous life on earth, in our place, so that this righteousness was counted to us as ours, God treating us as if we had done what He did. He bore the cup of God’s wrath. Because we are at war with God, Jesus bore the wrath God would have had upon us sinners. So now our sin is paid for, Jesus paid for it. We don’t have to bear God’s wrath, because Jesus did it in our place. And then He rose again on the third day! He is alive! And reigning, right now!</div>
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“What!?” Oh Dad, I thought, “How can this be, why would God do this for me?” He didn’t do it because I had something special in me. The only reason why I wasn’t as bad as I could be was because of his grace. I didn’t even want to know God before I became a Christian. In my heart I was disappointed every time you would talk about God or the Bible. I only wanted to be a Christian because I wanted a perfect, care free, pain free life in heaven or on earth. </div>
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I didn’t want to be with Jesus, I didn’t love him. I loved myself and I was good with it. But God changed my heart!! A heart of hate and evil. Jesus made me his. It was a gift! I can boast in nothing but the cross. </div>
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When we were going through that in our Bible studies God opened my eyes to see Him fuller. To really want to rejoice and praise Him in a new way, more than before. I got a taste of heaven, being with Jesus our Savior every day, and totally undeserving of it. I wanted to go out to the nations to share this good news. So others might come to Christ and know the joy of being His. Knowing who He is. </div>
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Thank you so much Dad for teaching us who Jesus is, and training us to be more like Jesus. I thank God that he made you my Dad. I remember as soon as we three younger girls could speak you had us start memorizing Bible verses. You were so patient with me. I remember that first day you took me on that special breakfast, you were teaching me what being “Born again means”. And you asked, “Does that mean we go back into our mothers stomach and then be born again?” Hehehe! I was so confused. Being born again is God changing our hearts and now we have a new life. Different from our life of sin and hate, but a life that is new in Christ. One of my favorite studies was in Jude when you were teaching us about “Justification” and “Sanctification”. When God gives us a new life he’s justifying us, (counting us righteous) then he sanctifies us, (is at work in our hearts to make us more and more like himself everyday). Thank you Dad for teaching me right out of the Bible so that I could hear the Gospel just the way Jesus tells us. </div>
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I love you so much Mom and Dad. God used you greatly in my life. And what happened on 39th St. was my fault. I wish it never had to happen that way. But God’s in control of everything, even the bad things that happen. And God will use it for good. Rejoice! Rejoice that we have a God who cares for the helpless. Like me. </div>
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Please, when my family, friends, niece’s, nephew’s, strangers ask about me or what I was like; tell them how ugly and corrupt my heart was. How God changed it. And how I couldn’t be perfect until I got to heaven and God gives me a new body. That Jesus counted me perfect when He changed my heart, so that I can be with Him in heaven. Show them the sin that was still in me, that I could still mess up, like on 39th St., but that God was at work in my heart and making me more like Him every day. Show them how messed up my heart was so that they can see what a great God we serve to save such a wretch like me.</div>
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Set your eyes on things above and not on things below.</div>
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See you soon. </div>
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Please <a href="http://lauriemo.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-which-i-speak-frankly-about-abortion.html">click here</a> and read Beauty for Ashes - wherein she speaks frankly about Abortion. <br />
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my own reading I will never regret what this article taught me both
about abortion, pro-life and the centrality of the Gospel as touching
both these subjects.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-64966684525141429602012-01-19T19:14:00.000-06:002012-01-19T19:19:41.045-06:00Earth despicable, Heaven desirable..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's nothing round the spacious earth<br />
To suit my vast desires;<br />
To more refin'd and solid mirth<br />
My boundless thought aspires.<br />
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Fain would I leave this mournful place,<br />
This music dull, where none <br />
But heavy notes have any grace,<br />
And mirth accents the moan.<br />
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Where trouble tread upon reliefs,<br />
New woes with older blend ;<br />
Where rolling storms and circling griefs<br />
Run round without an end:<br />
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Where waters wrestling with the stones,<br />
Do fight themselves to foam, <br />
And hollow clouds with thund'ring groans<br />
Discharge their pregnant womb: <br />
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Where eagles mounting meet with rubs<br />
That dash them from the sky:<br />
And cedars, shrinking into shrubs,<br />
In ruin prostrate lie:<br />
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Where, sin the author of turmoils,<br />
The cause of death and hell,<br />
The one thing foul that all things soils,<br />
Does most befriended dwell.<br />
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The purchaser of night and woe,<br />
The forfeiture of day,<br />
The debt that ev'ry man did owe,<br />
But only God could pay.<br />
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Bewitching ill, indors'd with hope,<br />
Subscribed with despair:<br />
Ugly in death when eyes are ope,<br />
Though life may paint it fair.<br />
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Small wonder that I droop alone<br />
In such a doleful place:<br />
When lo, my dearest friend is gone,<br />
My father hides his face.<br />
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And though in words I seem to show<br />
The fawning poet's stile,<br />
Yet is my plaint no feigned woe;<br />
I languish in exile.<br />
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I long to share the happiness<br />
Of that triumphant throng,<br />
That swim in seas of boundless bliss<br />
Eternity along.<br />
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When but in drops here by the way<br />
Free love distils itself,<br />
I pour contempt on hills of prey,<br />
And heaps of wordly pelf. <br />
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To be amidst my little joys,<br />
Thrones,sceptres, crowns, and kings, <br />
Are nothing else but little toys,<br />
And despicable things. <br />
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Down witH disdain earth's pomp I thrust,<br />
Bid tempting wealth away:<br />
Heav'n is not made of yellow dust,<br />
Nor bliss of glitt'ring clay.<br />
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Sweet was the hour I freedom felt<br />
To call my Jesus mine ;<br />
To see his smiling face, and melt<br />
In pleasures all divine.<br />
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Let fools after heav'n of shades pursue<br />
But I for substance am:<br />
The heart I seek is likeness to,<br />
And vision of the Lamb:<br />
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The wothy lamb with glory crown'd<br />
In his august abode;<br />
Inthron'd sublime, and deck'd around<br />
With all the pomp of God. <br />
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I long to join the saints above,<br />
Who, crown'd with glorious bays, <br />
Through radiant files of angels move,<br />
And rival them in praise:<br />
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In praise to JAH, the God of love,<br />
The fair incarnate Son,<br />
The holy co-eternal Dove,<br />
The good, the great Three-one<br />
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In hope to sing without a sob,<br />
The anthem ever new,<br />
I gladly bid the dusty globe,<br />
And vain delights, Adieu.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-66231282960343743372012-01-06T06:20:00.000-06:002012-01-06T06:20:00.406-06:00Ephesians Chapter Five Verse Twelve"Would it make any difference to you—any difference at all to the
way you talk, to what you watch, to the way you ‘engage culture’—if <a href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Eph.%205.12" target="_blank">Eph. 5:12</a> had never been written?” -- Carl Trueman <br />
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Ok, I totally ripped this off from Carl Trueman. Actually from Justin Taylor. Or was it Tim Challies? Challies linked to Trueman. I read Trueman. Trueman's question probed me. But then I jumped over to Justin Taylor and he also picked up on Trueman and so once again- the question. <br />
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Would it really make any difference in how I talk, how I express myself, and what I do had Ephesians 5:12 <u><b>never</b></u> been written? Hmmmmm - I really really hope not, but O' God that I would take this verse more to heart. My Grandfather epitomized Eph 5:12. When my mind goes to his example his purity of speech is one of the very first things I remember. And I do not attain to his example much less than to Christ to whose image I am hoping to be conformed.<br />
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Times are bad. People are evil. The government is corrupt. Hopelessness abounds. The world is falling apart. People will always fail you. But on the other hand, won't they somehow do what's right? Isn't there a spark of goodness in every man? Can't we hope that good men will prevail eventually over evil? Should we place our hope in man?<br />
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My brother in Christ and friend, John, is writing to counter some of this very thinking. I've come to respect John's words, and appreciate the insight God is granting him for the good of the body of Christ. And because of this, I'm very excited to become a new follower of his blog, "<a href="http://www.christianoptimists.blogspot.com/">Surprised by Optimism.</a>" John openly and honestly writes:<br />
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that I know the crippling power of cynicism, and I want to help others
avoid it. Now, it’s not that I always walk around with a scowl on my
face, as the song “He’s a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” plays ominously in the
background. Instead, as Paul Miller explains in his book <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Praying-Life-Connecting-Distracting-World/dp/1600063004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325037071&sr=1-1" target="_blank">A Praying Life</a>,</u>
my cynicism begins with my false assurance that “anything is possible”.
However, optimism rooted in the goodness of people collapses when it
confronts the darker side of life, such as disappointed expectations or
downright evil in people (including myself). From the signs I see in our
culture, I think that this type of cynicism is becoming a widespread
problem." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After reading John's words, I was made to reflect on my own cynicism. Am I secretly and unwares cynical? Admittedly this sin can blindside me unawares. Is there hope for us to overcome this kind of cyncism? John, again, writes in words meant to bring hope:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Calibri;">However, there is a way out of this
quiet cynicism. Rather than withdrawing into this negative spirit, we
need an optimism that is founded on something more dependable than the
goodness of people. We all know deep down that people, including
ourselves, aren’t good. Nevertheless, the famous words of Psalm 23 hold
the key: God is willing to be our Good Shepherd who won’t disappoint.
Jesus proved this willingness when he came to earth to pay the penalty
of our corrupted goodness by dying on the cross. Now we have the
opportunity to have hope, and even the kind of fun that lasts! There is
so much hope and joy to be found in God, and I’d love if you would join
me in this journey of learning to be optimistic through Him!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Calibri;">ht: <a href="http://untohimwelive.blogspot.com/2011/12/joes-new-blog-surprised-by-optimism.html">Unto-Him-We-Live </a></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Calibri;">ps: Please be sure to read the comments on John's new blog seeing especially that from Father to Son and learn from grace. </span>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-75568927748466126002012-01-02T16:22:00.000-06:002012-01-04T08:04:41.879-06:00Guest Post: A Few Thoughts on Free Will<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good friend and brother, Richard, sent me "A Few Thoughts on Free
Will." What a great way to begin the new year by thinking deeply
concerning the things of God. So with permission and to honor my own
friends meditations below are "A Few Thoughts on Free Will" by Richard.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">First what is the will? (link to the</span><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/will" target="_blank"> dictionary.com definition of will.)</a><br />
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I am going to define it as our ability to make a decision, and then carry it out to fruition. </div>
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So we when make a decision about anything how do we do this? Lets look
at something that seems trivial like what socks to wear. It seems that a
decision about sock choice would be made freely. Or is it? When we make
decisions we always do so based on some intellectual or emotional
factor (or both). In picking socks most people consider style, matching
outfits and so on. Someone that would flippantly say, "I don't care
about what the socks look like, I just wear whatever have," at the very
least have some thought concerning comfort. They would not wear socks that would hurt
their feet. The point is that even the most trivial decisions we make
are influenced by something. So then how "free" are these choices? I
would say no choice we make is free in this sense. </div>
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Does it seem likely that the most important decision we
make, that of our eternal destiny would not be influenced by some
factor. We most likely agree that the Holy Spirit plays some role in our
salvation. Most of us have prayed for the soul of a lost loved one. Are
we not asking God to influence their will? Does it not seem true that
He would influence our decision to follow Christ. If the Holy Spirit
does influence the heart in this decision how can it be called "free." </div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The truth is, the part of our salvation that is "free"
is the Grace that is given to us and the Faith to accept this free
Grace. Grace must be given to us freely for our salvation. If we could
be saved based solely on our decision or in other words something we do.
Would not the glory of our salvation be ours and not Gods? The
"freedom" of our will is not really what is at issue here. The ability
of our will is what needs to be considered. Do we have the ability to
come to Christ on our own terms? NO! This ability is given to us by the
Holy Spirit. We have the freedom to choose salvation only after we have
been given the ability. The Holy Spirit makes our will willing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;">So after reading Richard, have you any thoughts of your own concerning the freedom of the will?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;">For more information I suggest you check out the following article: (please click on title for link)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/four-fold.html">Human Nature in it's four-fold state.</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://1689commentary.org/2011/08/31/the-1689-confession-chapter-9-of-free-will-section-1-of-5/">LBCF commentary on Fair will</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/freefree.html">Free Will vs. Free Will</a> I found this article especially helpful. </span></span><br />
<a href="http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=4O0pAAAAYAAJ&num=11&printsec=frontcover&output=reader"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;">Freedom of the Will by Jonathon Edwards</span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OQwsI-q9bkwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bondage+of+the+will+martin+luther&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lywCT5L6JY_HsQK23MzQDg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Bondage%20of%20the%20will%20martin%20luther&f=false"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;">Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther</span></span></a><br />
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/></a>Can you picture the father of good ol' John Paton, missionary to New Hebrides, sitting under the tree reading Erkine's <i>Gospel Sonnets</i>, his future wife secretly observing him, he reading until he can bear no more and must get low and pray? <br />
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As I read them I think and think and think some more<br />
Methinks I see the senior Paton, Christ to adore.<br />
But really with faith's keen eye it's not that fatherly man I see<br />
For these Poems, gospel rich, have awakened prayer in me.<br />
(with apologies)<br />
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I was captivated by these two lines from <i>Gospel Sonnets</i>:<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">The law can crave no more, yet craves no less,</span><br />
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Than active, passive, perfect righteousness. </span><br />
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So searching through Erskine's book I found the whole in context as follows:<br />
<i> <span style="color: #274e13;"> The believer, being married to Christ, is both justified and sanctified</span></i> <br />
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Proud nature may reject this gospel-theme,<br />
And curse it as an Antinomian scheme.<br />
Let slander bark, let envy grin and fight,<br />
The curse that is so causeless shall not light.<br />
If they that fain would make by holy force<br />
‘Twixt sinners and the law a clean divorce,<br />
And court the Lamb a virgin chaste to wife,<br />
Be charg’d as foes to holiness of life,<br />
Well may they suffer gladly on this score,<br />
Apostles great were so malign’d before. </blockquote>
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When as a cov’nant stern the law commands,<br />
Faith puts her Lamb’s obedience in its hands:<br />
And when its threats gush out a fiery flood,<br />
Faith stops the current with her victim’s blood.<br />
The law can crave no more, yet craves no less,<br />
Than active, passive, perfect righteousness.<br />
Yet here is all, yea, more than its demand,<br />
All render’d to it by a divine hand.<br />
Mankind is bound law-service still to pay,<br />
Yea, angel-kind is also bound t’ obey.<br />
It may by human and angelic blaze<br />
Have honour, but in finite partial ways. </blockquote>
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Thus doth the Husband by his Father’s will<br />
Both for and in his bride the law fulfill:<br />
For her, as ’tis a covenant; and then<br />
In her, as ’tis a rule of life to men.<br />
First all law-debt he most completely pays;<br />
Then of law-duties all the charge defrays.<br />
Does first assume her guilt, and loose her chains;<br />
And then with living water wash her stains:<br />
Her fund restore, and then her form repair,<br />
And make his filthy bride a beauty fair;<br />
His perfect righteousness most freely grant,<br />
And then his holy image deep implant;<br />
Into her heart his precious seed indrop,<br />
Which, in his time, will yield a glorious crop.<br />
But by alternate turns his plant he brings<br />
Through robbing winters and repairing springs.<br />
Hence, pining oft, they suffer sad decays,<br />
By dint of shady nights and stormy days.<br />
But blest with sap, and influence from above<br />
They live and grow anew in faith and love;<br />
Until transplanted to the higher soil,<br />
Where furies tread no more, nor foxes spoil. </blockquote>
This book available for purchase<a href="http://www.solid-ground-books.com/detail_1540.asp"> here.</a><br />
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To read online click <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=5tQ0AAAAMAAJ&ots=S90-LooGa9&dq=gospel%20sonnets&pg=PA26-IA1#v=onepage&q&f=false">here.</a> <br />
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White Horse Inn blog discusses <a href="http://www.whitehorseinn.org/blog/2011/01/28/the-gospel-sonnets-of-ralph-erskine/">here.</a><br />
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<br />Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-21796380962077095552011-11-29T09:24:00.000-06:002011-11-29T17:44:36.364-06:00ROMANS NINE - FLOW WORDSBeginning with Romans Chapter nine, when originally studying this book with my girls, we came up with a concept called "flow words." It's like the keywords we previously employed to give us a handle on each chapter. Now, though, we wanted a handle to IMPRINT an outline of each thought in chapter nine - thoughts that flow from one to the next building an overwhelming case for the sovereignty of God in Salvation, that is his election. <br />
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Here are the "flow words" we have identified for Chapter Nine:<br />
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ROMANS NINE<br />
<b>Keyword:</b> Election<br />
<b>Memory Verse:</b> Rom 9:11<br />
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Flow Words – Outlining the flow of thought through Romans Chapter Nine<br />
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<b>Verses</b> <b>Flow Word</b><br />
Rom 9:1-5 Sorrow over Israel’s unbelief.<br />
Rom 9:6 What is wrong with the Word of God? – NOTHING.<br />
Rom 9:6 They are not all Israel which are of Israel.<br />
Rom 9:7-9 Consider Isaac and Ishmael<br />
Rom 9:8 Children of the flesh are not the children of God<br />
Rom 9:10-13 Consider Jacob and Esau<br />
Rom 9:11 Why? That the purpose of God according to Election might stand.<br />
Rom 9:14 Is there unrighteousness with God?<br />
Rom 9:15-29 God shows mercy as he wills.<br />
Rom 9:17 Pharoh.<br />
Rom 9:18-23 Potter and the Clay.<br />
Rom 9:25 Prophecy fulfilled: I will call them my people which were not my people.<br />
Rom 9:33 Believe on the Stumbling Stone.<br />
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Free Bible Software, many commentaries, versions, maps, dictionaries: <a href="http://e-sword.net/">http://e-sword.net/</a>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-55568743163107508132011-11-26T20:51:00.000-06:002011-11-26T20:51:00.496-06:00ROMANS NINE-INTRO BY REVIEW<span style="font-size: large;">ROMANS CHAPTER NINE</span><br />
INTRO BY REVIEW<br />
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<b>Keywords:</b><br />
Chap 1: Without Excuse<br />
Chap 2: The Law Condemns<br />
Chap 3: There is none righteous <br />
Chap 4: Imputation/Logizomai <br />
Chap 5: Headship/Representation <br />
Chap 6: Mortification/Vivification <br />
Chap 7: Who Shall Deliver <br />
Chap 8: Spirit of Life <br />
Chap 9: Election <br />
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<b>Alternate Keywords:</b><br />
Chap 1: The Indictment Begins (Rom 1:18)<br />
Chap 2: The law instructs but provides no promise/enablement<br />
Chap 3: All have sinned, Total Depravity<br />
Chap 4: Counted Righteous<br />
Chap 5: Two Adams, First Adam/Second Adam<br />
Chap 6: Dying to Sin and Living to God<br />
Chap 7: O’ Wretched Man that I am<br />
Chap 8: No Condemnation/ No Separation<br />
Chap 9: (there are 13 “flow words” )<br />
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<b>Memory Verses - Extended Memory Verses</b><br />
Rom 1:20 - Chap 1: Rom 1:20, Rom 1:1, Rom 1:8, Rom 1:16-20<br />
Rom 2:13 - Chap 2: Rom 2:13, Rom 2:12-16<br />
Rom 3:10 - Chap 3: Rom 3:10, Rom 3:10-12, 3:18, 3:21, 23 3:28-29<br />
Rom 4:3 - Chap 4: Rom 4:3, Rom 4:23-25<br />
Rom 5:19 - Chap 5: Rom 5:19, Rom 5:8, Rom 5:14<br />
Rom 6:11 - Chap 6: Rom 6:11, Rom 6:1-3, Rom 6:22, Rom 6:23<br />
Rom 7:24 - Chap 7: Rom 7:24, Rom 7:18, Rom 7:25<br />
Rom 8:2 - Chap 8: Rom 8:2, Rom 8:1, 8:8-9, 8:28, or whole chapter<br />
Rom 9:11 - Chap 9: Rom 9:11-16, Rom 9:6, 9:8, 9:20, 9:25<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>REVIEW:</b></span><br />
<b>Chapter One</b> showing us that we were all <b>WITHOUT EXCUSE</b>. That what can be known of God has been made MANFEST IN us and shown to us by GOD. Even the invisible things of God being clearly understood ever since the creation of the world, from the things that are made, even his eternal power and GODHEAD. God is. Who can deny? No one! All are without excuse. As my little girl almost 10 years old at the time said, “There had to be someone that wasn’t made to make all that was made.”<br />
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<b>Moving on to Chapter Two</b>, we find that the there is no law to empower us unto the making of our own righteousness. No standard we can erect will ever serve to justify us in the end before a holy God. Having the standard is never enough we must from the first breath uphold all things perfectly and at all times, for it is not the hearers of the law that are just before God but the doers of the law that shall be justified. Again from the mouth of my little girls: “The law tells you what to do, but it doesn’t give you the power to do it.” And if we might assert “We had no standard to guide us, we had no law written on stone to show us the way, how can we then be judged?” We also learned that we evidence all the time the work of the law written on our hearts, we have a conscience, we look at the actions of one another and say approvingly ‘that was good’ or ‘that was bad.’ We have law enough, which if we sin without law we shall also PERISH without law. So then the Law cannot save us, but only condemn. <b>The Law Condemns,</b> either that law which the Jews were under or even which standard is a “work of the law written in our hearts.”<br />
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<b>Then in Chapter Three</b>, the case against us having already been made , yet there is more. We hear an argument from Holy Scriptures written long before the book of Romans. “As it is written, <b>There is none righteous</b>, no, not one.” A number of scriptures are cited, humbling us, showing us our hopeless state without remedy in ourselves. Some of which are: Psa 14:1-3, Psa 53-13, Psa 5:9, Psa 140:3, Psa 10:7, Isa 59:7-8, Psa 36:1<br />
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The charges are numerous, our own inability plainly stated: “None that understands,” “none that seeks after God,” Everyone unprofitable, no one doing GOOD. My Throat like an open grave is a man-eater. <i>(note: I said “my” not “their” for the difficulty for me is to see my own place in this dreadful list, to see these holy charges falling upon me, but they do if I attempt to stand on my own person, ability and goodness.</i>) My tongue has used deceit, and the deadly poison of an asp is under my lips. Mouth full of cursing - <i>(too well do I know that truth.)</i> Destruction and misery in my way. Not knowing the way of peace with my wife, my fellow, my friend, and especially MY GOD. The one true cause of all the previously mentioned is summed all up in the greatest of all sins, “There is no fear of God before my eyes.” Had I feared God aright, my entire passion would be for him, my thoughts always running to him, I would have diligently read His book, prayed without ceasing, this Holy Fear would have flavored my every action. Fear that doesn’t cower but cries out “who do I have in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.” Not the fear of cowardice but the Holy fear that COMES to God.<br />
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So the testimony being clear that there is <b>NONE RIGHTEOUS</b>, and we know also that the UNRIGHTEOUS shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. 1Co 6:9-11 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?<br />
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But if the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God, and there is <b>None righteous</b>, not even me, where can I go? To whom should I flee, for I, having no righteousness of my own, am at a loss, a great and terrible loss, I with no goodness of my own by which I can enter heaven and stand before GOD. My heart cries out in earnest despair <b>“What righteousness is there then by which I can stand in the day of Judgment?” </b><br />
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<b>IMPUTED RIGHTOUSNESS - GLORIOUS AND EXCEEDINGLY GREAT GOOD NEWS</b> - for what does the scriptures say: Rom 4:3 - Abraham believed God, and it was COUNTED unto him for righteousness. Surely the scriptures included Abraham when they said<b> there is NONE RIGHTEOUS</b>, and yet Abraham by God was COUNTED righteous. This gives me some hope. This is good news. Can I hope also like Abraham to believe God and by faith to be counted righteous?<br />
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<b>Romans Chapter Four assures us that this is the very case:</b><br />
Rom 4:23-25 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.<br />
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Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross in our place and for our sins. Jesus Christ having completed and satisfied in his LIFE and Death all that he set out to do, sin having no more hold on him, HE was raised again, having completed that work which was necessary for our justification.<br />
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TO US it shall be<b> IMPUTED</b>, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. Nothing meritorious in our own faith, but faith the means or instrument which joins us to Christ who did what he did in our place.<br />
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WE NEED IN ORDER TO STAND IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT IS BY GOD IMPUTED TO US BY FAITH. So our keyword for Romans chapter four is <b>IMPUTATION </b>or the Greek word <b>LOGIZOMAI</b>.<br />
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But how can this work? How can the righteousness of another be reckoned or counted as being mine? The answer, <b>REPRESENTATION </b>or <b>HEADSHIP </b>being illustrated in <b>Chapter Five</b> with a comparison between the <b>First Adam and the Second ADAM, Jesus Christ</b>. Adam was a figure of him that was to come, he representing all that were in him. Because of the representative office of ADAM, when he sinned all that were in him were made sinners, he brought death upon all because he represented all. Jesus Christ also is the HEAD of his people and represented them in all he did both in his living perfectly for us as our head and in his dying in our place upon the cross. Through the obedience of our representative, Jesus Christ, many shall be made righteous.<br />
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<b>CHAPTER SIX:</b> So in imputation and headship we have VERY GOOD NEWS, so good in fact that some may bring the abuse either complaining about the gospel being too good and scornfully saying “Shall we continue to sin that Grace may abound?” Or rather finding grace so good thinking they see an allowance for sin - “Let’s sin that grace will abound.” But the answer is a horrified negation, “THIS CANNOT EVER BE.” We should think along these lines - that we are dead to sin and alive to God. We should be <b>dying daily to sin</b> and <b>living unto God</b>, free from sin to serve righteousness, <b>Mortification </b>and <b>Vivification</b>.<br />
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<b>CHAPTER SEVEN</b> describes how we find this dying to sin and living to God difficult. In us, that is in our own flesh there is no strength. Looking in ourselves we do not find the ability to do good. Sin yet remains. We still have flesh remaining within to contend with, and yet being born of God we have new desires, we cry out “<b>O Wretched man that I am </b>who shall deliver me from this body of death - thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”<br />
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<b>CHAPTER EIGHT </b>showing us that we are not left as orphans in this world to RUN in our own strength. The <b>law of the Spirit of Life</b> in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. The description is given - believers walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. But when we, as described in chapter seven, find ourselves with flesh still remaining, an enemy that beats hard upon us this chapter shows that believers, all of them, are not in the FLESH but in the Spirit. The Spirit is life and peace, we are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if it is true that the Spirit of God dwells in us. And if we do not have the Spirit of Christ then we are not Christians at all and we do not belong to Jesus. <b>But being believers, we know that the Spirit of God dwells in us and knowing this let us who live in the Spirit also WALK in the Spirit</b>. These fruits will follow, we can pray to this end, live for this goal, we will be mortifying the deeds of the flesh by the same Spirit who dwells in us. This Spirit will give us the nature of Children. We will cry out to God in the Spirit of Adoption, Abba Father. The chapter begins with “<b>No Condemnation</b> for those who are IN Christ.” And ends with <b>NOTHING Can separate us</b> FROM Christ. Contained within this chapter we found one of the sweetest of all verses for believers, declaring that GOD causes all things to work together for good. We found the Golden Chain that cannot be broken, and we concluded then that of course nothing can separate us - we cannot be condemned for God justifies and Christ died, and all the calamities and enemies that confront us cannot destroy us or separate us from Jesus Christ. His glory is at stake and he will lose none of his own. We are secure because we are IN him.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-20902641436409603062011-11-24T23:10:00.001-06:002011-11-25T08:43:31.495-06:00Wings to Fly: The law and the Gospel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My son, sent me this poem by Ralph Erskine. He tells me it is from a much larger book by Erskine full of poems/sonnets. Or perhaps it is one long Sonnet, I'm not sure. If I ever find the book I hope to either own it or download to my tablet. Read carefully, Erskine has such insight. And think, doesn't this remind you so much of that other short snippet usually ascribed to John Bunyan but most likely by another John or perhaps even by Erskine. I'm speaking of "<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Run John Run The law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands, far better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.</span></b>" If you find the book by Erskine please let me know - I'll be grateful for sure. Happy Thanksgiving, I am confident you will read the following with thankful heart overflowing .<br />
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The law can crave no more, yet craves no less,<br />
Than active, passive, perfect righteousness.<br />
The legal path proud nature loves so well,<br />
(Though yet 'tis but the cleanest road to hell)<br />
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Free grace by promises effects:<br />
To what the law by fear may move,<br />
To that the gospel leads by love<br />
To run to work, the law commands;<br />
The gospel gives me feet and hands:<br />
The one requires that I obey;<br />
The other does the pow'r convey.<br />
What in the law has duty's place,<br />
The gospel changes to a grace:<br />
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Law-threats and precepts both, I see<br />
With Gospel-promises agree;<br />
They to the gospel are a fence,<br />
And it to them a maintenance<br />
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The righteous law condemns each man<br />
That dare reject the gospel-plan;<br />
The holy gospel none will save<br />
On whom it won't the law engrave.<br />
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Observe, pray; for if here we err,<br />
And do not Christ alone prefer,<br />
But think the promise partly stands<br />
On our obeying new commands;<br />
Th' old cov'nant-place to works we give,<br />
Or mingle grace with do and live<br />
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The gospel is the promise fair<br />
Of grace all ruins to repair,<br />
And leaves no sinner room to say,<br />
Alas! this debt I cannot pay;<br />
This grievous yoke I cannot bear,<br />
This high demand I cannot clear.<br />
The glorious gospel is (in brief)<br />
A sovereign word of sweet relief;<br />
Not clogg'd with cumbersome commands,<br />
To bind the soul's receiving hands.<br />
'Tis joyful news of sovereign grace<br />
That reigns in state through righteousness<br />
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The law makes grace's pasture sweet,<br />
Grace makes the law my sav'ry meat;<br />
Yea, sweeter than the honey-comb,<br />
When grace and mercy brings it home.<br />
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The precepts of the law me show<br />
What fruits of gratitude I owe;<br />
But gospel grace-begets the brood,<br />
and moves me to the gratitude.<br />
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A rigid manner was the law,<br />
demanding brick, denying straw;<br />
But when with gospel tongue it sings,<br />
<b>It bids me fly, and gives me wings</b>."<br />
by Ralph Erskine<br />
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<span style="color: black;">The above may have been collected from various parts of the book, "Gospel Sonnets" by Ralph Erskine. I added the breaks between verses as I saw most fitting - you may have done better. </span></div>
</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-38075885217122511352011-11-01T18:20:00.001-05:002011-11-01T18:30:44.813-05:00Joyful Application of the Sovereignity of God<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRK6Jc8_VjEYamrdM56KWZHu4_N5lKI-vjcEqnEOTdOx7PjmCensdqZU8G7Sp_qvSHtl4R9msTb30FGHLvAc_x7oINrE7js5e0gbC3f9o7NWCwDFhmREzY737AIF9B3Shv9CI3AfAyj4/s1600/CastleRock.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRK6Jc8_VjEYamrdM56KWZHu4_N5lKI-vjcEqnEOTdOx7PjmCensdqZU8G7Sp_qvSHtl4R9msTb30FGHLvAc_x7oINrE7js5e0gbC3f9o7NWCwDFhmREzY737AIF9B3Shv9CI3AfAyj4/s320/CastleRock.JPG" width="320" /></a>At the beginning of last summer my fifteen year old daughter went on a short term missions trip to New Orleans with several other youth from our church. They worked with Urban Impact Ministries and Nola Fusion. <a href="http://www.urbanimpact.org/index.html">click here to learn more</a> about Urban Impact and Nola Fusion.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Upon return those who went gave an excellent report to the church body. My daughter put her experience in writing. Below is her words explaining her experience in New Orleans, some of the fears and unknowing she experienced, and how an understanding of the Sovereignty of God and how realizing all thing are for God's Glory worked to bring her joy and success during her time in New Orleans. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (Note: on the night before my daughter left for New Orleans we learned from the Corps of Engineers that the Missouri River would rise and swell way beyond its banks rising three feet above the floor of our basement. The night before she left we evacuated our basement and two days later built a three foot levy guarding our walk in basement. While in New Orleans these things weighed on her mind and worked greater patient endurance than otherwise may have occurred. Although the flooding of the Missouri River lasted for over three months and the river rose over 21 feet beyond normal the levees built by the Corp, the County and the City all worked to hold the water at bay sparing our home and many others in our community though some dear neighbors lost home and land being on the wrong side of the levee.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>By the Grace of God my Fifteen Year Old's Joyful Application of the Sovereignty of God:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYo3e68j6Up2tc9mIkkvtC0YhqLRoWKRwDR_gIRG_92mpKS_zFOMdOilQc9a_wv3r4DtB4_dzC2JP9pnFhcg68hDaEGHZeACKSJJLD7tbwKwC0AyG6xxbh2ldnIvH1iF7Ne0bKF5YCZKX/s1600/P6070435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYo3e68j6Up2tc9mIkkvtC0YhqLRoWKRwDR_gIRG_92mpKS_zFOMdOilQc9a_wv3r4DtB4_dzC2JP9pnFhcg68hDaEGHZeACKSJJLD7tbwKwC0AyG6xxbh2ldnIvH1iF7Ne0bKF5YCZKX/s320/P6070435.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;">One verse that helped me throughout my trip to New Orleans was my favorite verse from Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Knowing that God had a purpose for me on this trip and that it would lead to God’s glory was a great comfort to me since I didn’t really know how the week was going to go. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"> I was a little overwhelmed when I saw all the poverty within five minutes of our drive to the yellow house. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/01/20/us/21orleans.xlarge1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/01/20/us/21orleans.xlarge1.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.firstbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/car_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://blog.firstbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/car_large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We saw abandoned houses, broken windows, graffiti everywhere, gangs hanging around the city streets, and homeless people wandering around. I didn’t think I was going to see all that in only a couple of minutes. Then, just before we pulled into the yellow house I saw what I thought was a huge gang of kids hanging on the street just before we entered the yellow house, I quickly realized that it was just the other group of kids that came from NE. ;) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSP2vxQz66pXC9cr69_okDax4o3qYBjBzWqOd_YQjAWnS9j0q9Psm0d5NSWwNndme7Kh72RLYeAYN2ea358Je7NKHwTVcLXraOYeDjbPSUAncCIiiwCGMsuuOq8gZtmzif8Eq2Occ3qU/s1600/YellowHouse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSP2vxQz66pXC9cr69_okDax4o3qYBjBzWqOd_YQjAWnS9j0q9Psm0d5NSWwNndme7Kh72RLYeAYN2ea358Je7NKHwTVcLXraOYeDjbPSUAncCIiiwCGMsuuOq8gZtmzif8Eq2Occ3qU/s320/YellowHouse.JPG" width="240" /></a> I had so many worries the first couple of days while I was in New Orleans. I didn’t know how the week was going to lay out, or how I was going to make friends and make my conversations glorifying to God, I was missing my family, and worried about our house, I wasn’t really sure how God was going to work in me during our stay, and I’ve never even done something like this before or even been away from my family for this long, so I didn’t have them to tell me what to think of everything that I was experiencing. Then we found out that we couldn’t call our families every night and I had to be separated into a group away from our church group and with a whole bunch of strangers for parts of the day. In my heart I was angry and frustrated about leaving our church group and having to be with this other group for a whole week!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIysAcbrNle_oQXKttNKB791VmbPyELagg4h6BIHckt0bZTwF_tdFPRS3MP0ndTONizw8tXm6VcAn_scpS9tEMtp21reSkCG12R2u2WjMRX6XywTDrz1_2T8c582LI-Wy2xsjehNqheKo/s1600/P6100654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIysAcbrNle_oQXKttNKB791VmbPyELagg4h6BIHckt0bZTwF_tdFPRS3MP0ndTONizw8tXm6VcAn_scpS9tEMtp21reSkCG12R2u2WjMRX6XywTDrz1_2T8c582LI-Wy2xsjehNqheKo/s320/P6100654.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"> When we got back to our room that night I took time to lay down and think over everything that was going on. And talk to God about how I should take all this in. He reminded me that God put me here in New Orleans and in the purple group, and that it was wrong of me to be angry at where he has put me. I was put in the purple group to glorify God and that I should be glad and thankful for where God has put me. After that I was rejoicing knowing that he planned for me to be in that group and here in New Orleans and it gave me a sense of relief and a desire to take everything that came my way with joyfulness and thanksgiving because God is in control. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
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<div class="entry-body" style="color: #20124d;"><div><div class="item-body"><div>One of the reasons we struggle with imperatives, is because they are not always handled wisely. For example, the Bible tells us plainly that we must pray (Col. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:17). Prayer is a requirement for the Christian and preachers are right to insist upon the practice. And yet, there is a way to make this command sink and a way to make it swim. Or perhaps I should say, there’s a way this command can make <i>us</i> sink or swim.<br />
Consider two different exhortations to prayer. The first is from William Law (1686-1781) in <i>A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life</i>:<br />
<blockquote>I take it for granted, that ever Christian, that is in health, is up early in the morning; for it is much more reasonable to suppose a person up early, because he is a Christian, than because he is a labourer, or a tradesman, or a servant, or has business that wants him. . . .<br />
Let this therefore teach us to conceive how odious we must appear in the sight of Heaven, if we are in bed, shut up in sleep and darkness, when we should be praising God; and are such slaves to drowsiness, as to neglect our devotions for it.<br />
For if he is to be blamed as a slothful drone, that rather chooses the lazy indulgence of sleep, than to perform his proper share of worldly business; how much more is he to be reproached, that would rather lie folded up in bed, than be raising up his heart to God in acts of praise and adoration! . . .<br />
Sleep is such a dull, stupid state of existence, that even amongst mere animals, we despise them most which are most drowsy.<br />
He, therefore, that chooses to enlarge the slothful indulgence of sleep, rather than be early at his devotions to God, chooses the dullest refreshment of the body; before the highest, noblest employment of the soul; he chooses that state which is a reproach to mere animals, rather than exercise which is the glory of Angels.</blockquote>That’s one way to entice the believer to pray. Here’s another, this time from the Puritan Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680):<br />
<blockquote>Mutual communion is the soul all true friendship; and a familiar converse with a friend hath the greatest sweetness in it . . . (so) besides the common tribute of daily worship you owe to (God), take occasion to come into his presence on purpose to have communion with him. This is truly friendly, for friendship is most maintained and kept up by visits; and these, the more free and less occasioned by urgent business, or solemnity . . . the more friendly they are . . . We use to check our friends with this upbraiding. “You still (always) come when you have some business, but when will you come to <i>see me</i>?” . . . When thou comest into his presence, be telling him still how well thou lovest him; labour to abound in expressions of that kind, that which . . . there is nothing more taking with the heart of any friend.</blockquote>Which approach will serve you better over the long haul? I think we’d all opt for the second. The problem with the first quote is twofold: One, Law (no pun intended) insists with all his might on something that cannot be proven from Scripture (i.e., that we must get up early to pray). Two, he does not connect the biblical command to pray to the other biblical realities that would make us <i>eager</i> to pray. William Law makes me deathly afraid of the snooze bar. Thomas Goodwin makes me excited about prayer. Who wouldn’t want the happiness of drawing near to God? Who doesn’t delight to tell secrets and converse with a friend? Prayer will always be hard and will always take discipline, but when I see it as a means to communion with God, it feels more like a “get to” than a “have to.” I still need to hear the imperatives about prayer–and even feel convicted when I disobey them–but the indicatives of the gospel make me happy to hear the commands and eager to obey.</div></div></div></div><div class="entry-actions"><wbr></wbr><wbr></wbr><wbr></wbr><span class="broadcast-with-note link"></span><wbr></wbr><span class="email"></span><wbr></wbr><wbr></wbr><wbr></wbr></div><br />
ht: <a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2011/08/30/how-to-make-a-command-sink-or-swim/">Kevin DeYoung</a>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-89200385935932977052011-05-25T19:54:00.004-05:002013-03-01T08:36:14.526-06:00John 1:1c Four Words, Perfectly ordered, perfectly chosen.<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THE WORD WAS GOD</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THEOS EN HO LOGOS</b></span><br />
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One of the motivations spurring me onwards in the study of Koine Greek was a friend and Co-Worker. Let's just call him JW for this post. (Jehovah Witness) Certainly not my main or only motivation but one of them was his challenge to me that the phrase found in John 1:1c is only correctly translated in the New World Translation as "and the word was a god." His contention is that the greek phrase: "kai theos en ho logos" lacks the definite article "ho" in front of the word theos. In other words without the "the" in front of "God" in the original language you must supply the indefinite article "a."<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImG6pdgJkYemRRfmtKcG3NNnaqSKkWsWRVVW03S_4k5EMj7k24S0lHY7OhKTYBHzTbaNN4HbIdAydQiOx54TaI_4YM_U-6p1V-vvie2jFCMWViJOofwDEwvCA8HOTJi4-hMobw2v-4Jk/s1600/DrawGreek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImG6pdgJkYemRRfmtKcG3NNnaqSKkWsWRVVW03S_4k5EMj7k24S0lHY7OhKTYBHzTbaNN4HbIdAydQiOx54TaI_4YM_U-6p1V-vvie2jFCMWViJOofwDEwvCA8HOTJi4-hMobw2v-4Jk/s1600/DrawGreek.jpg" /></a>Even without an understanding of the Greek New Testament JW could easily be answered. Jesus prayed that Father would restore the glory he had with him before the world was. Yet in the OT we read that God will not share his glory with another. Thomas fell down and worshipped the resurrected Jesus Christ crying my Lord and my GOD. God is the creator of all things, Jesus declared to be the creator. I and the Father are one. You have seen the Father you have seen me. Before Abraham was I AM. Jesus is the high priest in Hebrews who is without beginning of days or end of life. God calls him God in Hebrews chapter 1. Demons acknowledge his deity. The JW position is ridiculous. They do greatly err not knowing the scriptures nor the power of GOD.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In John 1:1 c, God has given us four words so precise and in such perfect order as to at the same time destroy both arianism and sabellianism, and then uphold and reveal Trinitarian truth and then finally to gloriously proclaim the deity of Jesus Christ. </span></div>
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Theos -GOD<br />
En - was<br />
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Ho - the<br />
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Logos - word<br />
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Literally in this order and word for word: "God was the word."<br />
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Had the word order been changed to "ho logos en theos" the JW could perhaps be justified in saying the best translation is "The word was a god." We learned this in first year Greek. Without the "ho" the beginning student would be required to supply the indefinite article "a or an." So as JW said "theos" should be "a god" unless there is more to the story, and there is. As with all serious studies, you don't learn everything you need to know in the first year. <br />
So the word order, "ho logos en theos" supports arianism, the denial of the deity of Jesus Christ. But that is not the word order we find in John 1:1c.<br />
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What if the "ho" would have been supplied as the JW insists is necessary in order to show the deity of Jesus Christ as follows:<br />
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"Ho theos en ho logos." Translated literally as "The God was the word." But this teaches sabellianism, the denial of the trinitarian doctrine of three distinct persons in the ONE Godhead. Sabellianism asserts that sometimes God is manifest as the Father and sometimes the Son and sometimes the Spirit. Maybe in progressive order but always asserting that The Father is the Son and the Son is the Spirit and the Spirit the Father. Sabellianism teaches that these are not three separate persons within the one Godhead but just different modes of appearing. "Ho theos en ho logos," teaches sabellianism because in Greek it says All that THE GOD is so also is THE SON. Everything about THE GOD is also about THE SON. THE GOD THE FATHER AND THE GOD THE WORD ARE ONE AND THE SAME no distinction of personhood allowed. But no "ho" in front of "theos" is found in John 1:1c for holy scriptures do not teach us Sabellianism.<br />
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<strong>Divinly Inspired and beautifully</strong> <strong>arranged</strong> these four words destroy arianism and sabellianism and declare plainly the full deity of the eternal Word, Jesus Christ.<br />
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Theos en ho logos, we identify the subject of the clause as logos because this word does have the definite article "ho" proceeding, so "ho logos", the word, is the subject of the clause. "Theos", God, without the article but coming first in the clause for emphasis and according to good greek grammar asserting something about the quality or essence of ho logos, the word. We have therefore plainly and correctly translated: "THE WORD WAS GOD." In very essence the word, Jesus Christ, was and is God. <br />
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FOUR WORDS perfectly chosen, perfectly arranged and ordered, and beautifully breathtaking, amazing divine verbal plenary inspiration!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-79658750418792990092011-05-17T21:41:00.000-05:002011-05-18T18:45:46.067-05:00Meet me at the Brook: Enjoy the Rap<div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJf2bYraep6AEaO-Lf7LYq3t_YpVJPIXHe57zBrrEh-63VSi5Ib3RJ5vKEgRLUV4ryCklxxFpg_CILKNNuuUQ8xqoOrmmzzK9DwUpjH4E6gsPtyyA3JtFq3hKbEEEzYVpFNZuX6XWuOA/s1600/MeetMeAtTheBrook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJf2bYraep6AEaO-Lf7LYq3t_YpVJPIXHe57zBrrEh-63VSi5Ib3RJ5vKEgRLUV4ryCklxxFpg_CILKNNuuUQ8xqoOrmmzzK9DwUpjH4E6gsPtyyA3JtFq3hKbEEEzYVpFNZuX6XWuOA/s320/MeetMeAtTheBrook.jpg" width="256" /></a><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoying the works of Thomas Brooks, and in view that he always reminds me to "meet me at the Brook"</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Mike sent me the following , Enjoy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Drop that base line homie. </span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">top of the morn to ya !</span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">meet me @ tha brook, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">scripture be given my flesh some left hooks, </span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I tried to fight my self, but the Spirit said go back to the book, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">grabbed my bible and took a look,</span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">opened up to isaiah 58, I was like yo, what a fresh stream, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">the word be cuttin like a lazer beam, (nah I mean) </span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Then a thought occured to me, what a fool I be, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I love toilet water over the livin stream - </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">that flows from tha King He be, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">man is there any help fo me, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">the flesh brings death ta me, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">drinkin from THA WELL brings life ya see. </span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">if I could just- </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">find discipleship help,(whats this?) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">swiped cat named Brooks off the shelf, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">he discussed things that I felt, </span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">his teachin be far reachin, steeped in holy writ, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">unlike false teachas who only give ya a tid bit,</span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">those wolfs who be thinkin they hot, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">when they really not, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">need stay away from the goats ,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I dont say this ta boast,</span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">But if you want a fresh drink , </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">somethin to make ya feel n think, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">somethin that a make ya say , </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">ooh false doctrine that stinks,</span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Caup a copy of the works of brooks , </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">open up n take a look :)</span></span></div></div><div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; 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</div></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-64144928317455797282011-05-09T18:10:00.011-05:002011-05-09T21:47:21.764-05:00Meet me at the Brook: Smooth Stones from Ancient Brooks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkGhIDRn_9C81FhTMj7-cB-EGL7cuk-IhcOZY-P_rIYb1YfM2749zPMv5bgO5QdNh-EzK8wunW-EP-3cr16Mw0Xqj6fT3kCx5_srZ8ymFs_FQqakznixrRihlkHOhotkY8_zs8URPTsE/s1600/SmoothSTones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkGhIDRn_9C81FhTMj7-cB-EGL7cuk-IhcOZY-P_rIYb1YfM2749zPMv5bgO5QdNh-EzK8wunW-EP-3cr16Mw0Xqj6fT3kCx5_srZ8ymFs_FQqakznixrRihlkHOhotkY8_zs8URPTsE/s1600/SmoothSTones.jpg" /></a>Meet me at the Brook! That is meet me in a book by Thomas Brooks. I picked up a copy of <i>Smooth Stones from Ancient Brooks</i>. This book is a collection of sentences penned by Thomas Brooks and collected by Charles Spurgeon. For an excellent review of this book c<a href="http://whilewesojourn.com/2011/04/20/2088/">lick here.</a><br />
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Consider Spurgeon's first choice:<br />
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<div style="color: #990000;">Christ often takes the crown off his own head, and puts it upon the head of faith ; witness such passages as these, which are frequent in Scripture: "Thy faith hath saved thee," Luke 7:50. " Thy faith hath made thee whole," (Matthew, ix. 22). And no wonder that Christ crowns faith, for of all graces, faith takes the crown off a man's own head, and puts it upon the head of Christ. </div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #20124d;"><span style="color: black;">Very helpful to me. Have you never wondered instead of ascribing to Faith, why didn't Jesus say, "<u><b>I</b></u> have made thee whole," or </span> "<span style="color: black;"><b><u>I</u></b> have saved thee?" Brooks answers for us pointing out that Faith will take the crown off my head and because my whole dependence relies on him - nothing on me - Faith crowns CHRIST. Christ the object of my faith. Faith removes the crown from my head and properly exalts Christ the supreme. Faith takes from me and falls upon JESUS.</span> <span style="color: black;">No Faith in faith here. Faith is set upon Jesus not upon self. Jesus be crowned.</span></div><pre style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </pre>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855873615340529217.post-51872992631622226052011-05-07T16:24:00.000-05:002011-05-18T18:46:12.342-05:00Meet me at the Brook...... Rom 8:28<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Thomas_Brooks.jpg/200px-Thomas_Brooks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Thomas_Brooks.jpg/200px-Thomas_Brooks.jpg" width="186" /></a>My good brother in Christ, Mike, quite often sings a little ditty as he meets me in the hallway of our work. He sings, "meet me at the Brook." That's all, the whole song. "Meet me at the Brook." Short, but I LOVE IT. Mike's words and tune sometimes continuously ring in my head so catchy is the tune and so wonderful the subject to which he refers. There is a kind of a RAP sound to it. Mike is referring not to some stream somewhere but actually to the puritan, Thomas Brooks. Mike owns the <i>Complete Works of Thomas Brooks</i>. Very cool. I have only <i>Precious Remedies</i> and now Spurgeon's, <i>Smooth Stones from Ancient Brooks</i>. Last I spent time with Mike we poured through the index and volumes of the <i>Complete Works</i>, and found the following on Romans 8:28. Having read this little excerpt several times now I commend it wholly for your consideration.<br />
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</div><span style="color: #20124d;">Twelfthly and lastly, If thou art a holy person, if thou art one that hast that real holiness without which there is no happiness, then know for thy comfort that all things shall work together for thy good: Rom. viii. 28, 'And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.' All the afflictions, and all the temptations, and all the desertions, and all the oppressions, and all the oppositions, and all the persecutions that befalls a godly man shall work for his good, Rev. ii. 10. Every cross, every loss, and every disease that befalls the holy man shall work for his good; every device, every snare, every method, every depth, every stratagem, and every enterprise of Satan against the holy man shall work for his good ; they shall all help to make him more humble, more holy, more heavenly, more spiritual, more faithful, more fruitful, and more watchful, 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10; every day of prosperity, and every night of adversity shall work for the holy man's good ; every storm and every calm, every bitter and every sweet, every cross and every comfort, shall work for his good that is holy, Hosea ii. 5-7. When God gives a mercy, that shall work for his good ; and when God takes away a mercy, that shall work for his good; when God gives him large commons, that shall work for his good; and when God cuts his commons short, that shall work for his good ; yea, and all the falls and all the sins of the saints shall work for their good. As I get hurt by my graces, so I get good by my sins, said famous Mr. Foxe. Oh the care, the fear, the watchfulness, the tenderness, the zeal, the revenge, that God raises in the souls of his saints by their very falls! 2 Cor. vii. 8-13. Oh the hatred, the indignation, and the detestation that God raises in the hearts of his children against sin, by their very falling into sin! Oh what love to Christ, what thankfulness for Christ, what admiration of Christ, what cleaving to Christ, what exalting of Christ, and what drawing from Christ, are saints led to by their very falls! Oh what exercise of grace, what increase of grace, what magnifying of grace, what liftings up of divine power, and what a high price are holy men led to set upon the precious blood of Christ, and all by their falls! It is the glory of God's holiness that he can turn spiritual diseases into holy remedies, and soul poisons into heavenly cordials; that he can prevent sin by sin, and cure falling by falling. One calls that 8th of the Romans and the 28th verse the blind man's promise; and I may call it the lame man's promise that is holy, and the deaf man's promise that is holy, and the dumb man's promise that is holy, and the needy man's promise that is holy, and the sick man's promise that is holy, and the languishing man's promise that is holy, and the dying man's promise that is holy. Oh the comfort, oh the sweet, oh the content, oh the satisfaction that this promise hath afforded to many a precious saint, when other promises have not been at hand! Christian, what though friends and relations frown upon thee, what though enemies are plotting and conspiring against thee, what though wants, like an armed man, are ready to break in upon thee, what though men rage and devils roar, what though sickness be in thy family, and death stands every day at thy elbow, yet there is no reason for thee to fear or faint, because all these things shall work for thy good. Yea, there is wonderful cause of joy and rejoicing in all the afflictions and tribulations that comes upon thee, considering that they shall all work for thy good. Christians! I am afraid, I am afraid, that you do not run so often as you should to the breasts of this promise, nor draw that sweetness and comfort from it that it would yield, and that your several cases may require. And thus I have done with this use of comfort and consolation to all God's holy ones. You see what comfort, what consolation, yea, what strong consolation, waits upon all God's sanctified ones. I have been the longer upon this use, because the times require it, and the condition of God's people calls for the strongest cordials, and the choicest and the sweetest comforts.</span> <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/completeworksoft04broo#page/427/mode/1up">click here to read online</a> - Note also the that I have added links to the complete Works of Thomas Brooks over on the right of this blog.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com0