"Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes."
(Proverbs 26:4-5 ESV)
Great for prompting thought about how you read the Bible. Rules for interpretation.
@7 hours ago
#proverbs #wisdom #fellowship #church
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@20 hours ago
#humor #cool #singapore
“I believe in the Holy Ghost…”
The great Spirit of God, the Helper, the Dove,
would descend when the Christ sent Him and ascended above,
to do greater works through His strong power and might,
and cause the glory of Jesus to be clear in our sight.
“…the holy catholic church…”
Diverse peoples as one- gospel unity-
was how the Triune God planned the purposed mystery
of the Church so the wisdom and glory of He
would be made known to all powers and authorities.
“…the forgiveness of sins…”
Forgiven, found favored and counted as free,
the full payment for debts owed was cancelled for me.
Not cheaply but at cost to God’s own precious Son,
the full payment for sin in His suffering was done.
“…the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting…”
Even when my flesh is sown, spent and sore,
from this husk He will raise me to so much more.
The resurrection hope, eternity of breath;
the empty tomb crushes, reverses death
“…Amen.”
Let it be, even so, let is be as we say
for our loud “Amens” in the way that we pray
through the mediating work of our faithful High Priest,
for whose sake the Almighty will hear the littlest and least.
@1 day ago with 3 notes
#Fellowship #creeds #history #writing #poetry #theology
This distinction came to me in the shower this morning. One sees the resurrection as the prototype for an individual, escapist, ‘Platonistic’, spiritual, relatively insignificant, ahistorical, heavenly event, whereas one sees the resurrection as an inauguration of a corporate, missional, ‘Actual’, massively significant (for human affairs), historical, earthly event - the beginnings of God’s kingdom here on earth.
I remember N T Wright wrote somewhere: “heaven is great but it isn’t the end of the world.”
@3 days ago with 1 note
#wright #resurrection #heaven
Where once we had:
“Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. 4 He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.” (Psalm 36:1-4)
“For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” (Psalm 10:3-4)
“For all that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.” (1 Jn 2:15)
“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Cor 2:14)
“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.” (Jas 3:14-16)
In our helplessness, we cried out,
“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Rom 7:24)
But in God’s mercy,
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” (Rom 1:16)
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,” (Tit 2:11-12)
“For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer qqlive for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” (2 Cor 5:14-15)
“For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” (Rom 14:7-8)
@6 days ago with 1 note
#Romans #Titus #2 cor #James #1 cor #psalms #1 john #Sanctification
If Eph 1:3 is true, and I really have been “blessed in Him with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before Him” then…
- I have a generous God who richly gives me gift upon gift in blessing
- I have a wonderfully loving God who wants, desires and plans good things, no, only the best for me
- I have a unselfish, unreserved God who has given me every spiritual blessing with holding anything back because He is so kind
- I have a holy God who favors me and includes me in His possessions in the heavenly places
- I have a precious treasure “in Him”, that is, Jesus Christ is the fountain from which all blessings flow
- I have a common destiny with others who share in this glorious election of God and am never alone
- I have a primary identity as one who has been chosen by Him
- I have a historical root that stretches before time itself, before the foundation of the world, there was a plan for me regardless of the confusion and lostness I feel right now
- I have an unchanging purpose - being holy and blameless is the endpoint of my life
- I have a final resting place, being before Him and counted as blameless, vindicated and free
@1 week ago
#ephesians #prayer