False Christian teachings, trends….
Thomas Smyth’s sermon identifies symptoms of spiritual backsliding; how to discern these and what to do about this state. He also looks at nominal professing Christians, clarifying this condition and its dangers. In the process, he states the characteristics of true believers. [I found it to be a great sermon to enable one to see his own backsliding, his cool affections for Christ; the sermon also offers encouragement and direction about how to return.]
The beauty of Jesus, the excellencies and wonderfulness of Jesus – Jesus is excellent because He is able to save: He is fully God and Man in the same person –
Since He is both divine and human, He is able to bridge the gap between us and God which sin created – An excellency of Jesus is that He has the power to endear Himself to us that we might turn from lesser things and pursue Him – We have many needs (genuine needs, not wants): His life, His strength and salvation – Go to Him now and pray that He might reveal Himself to you – if / when He does, you will mourn for having neglecting Him – He fully satisfies the souls who truly know Him – Pray for the grace to believe and to see His beauty: by grace through faith you can come to know satisfaction of soul that has previously eluded you
…five considerations with which a godly man finds contentment in what he has, though it is ever so little; 1. Because in what he has, he has the love of God to him; 2. What they have is sanctified to them for good; 3. …Grace shows a man that what he has, he has free of cost, from God as from a Father, and therefore it must needs be very sweet; 4. A godly man may very well be content, though he has only a little, for what he does have he has by right of Jesus Christ, by the purchase of Jesus Christ; 5. Every little that they have is but as an earnest penny for all the glory that is reserved for the. …Can I have the strength of Christ? Yes, it is made over to you by faith: the Scripture says that the Lord is our strength…
The video linked to this post discusses: Impeachment; CNN removed from airports; PBS anti-conservative talk caught on air; Human trafficking Florida; Kyrgyzstan president; Iran capturing a ship for possible sanction negotiations; China devising exploding helmets for some of their soldiers (possibly those with a high risk of going AWOL): the helmets also have a video cam for monitoring action and troop whereabouts – great for monitoring, tracking, controlling and disposing of soldiers. Times of each story are noted so one might advance to next story
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter have collectively seen $51.2 billion in combined market value wiped out over the last two trading sessions since they banned President Donald Trump from their platforms following the U.S. Capitol breach. As users attempted to flee to Parler and other social media websites, Amazon Web Services suspended its service with Parler on Jan. 11, triggering a lawsuit from the company hours later. …Most recently, Google’s YouTube removed new content from Trump’s account and suspended his channel for at least a week, saying that the channel violated its policies for “inciting violence.”
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said in the report released on Jan. 14 that the “Chinese Communist Party has taken unprecedented steps to extend their repressive policies through censorship, intimidation, and the detention of people in China for exercising their fundamental human rights.”…It said that new evidence emerged last year that “crimes against humanity—and possibly genocide—are occurring” in the region of Xinjiang, where Beijing has subjected Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities to a vast campaign of repression including detention, forced labor, forced sterilization, and mass surveillance. …The CECC also highlighted the regime’s expanding efforts to silence people in America critical of the CCP and pressuring U.S. companies to bow to Beijing’s demands.
This sermon is a perfect follow up to the last post, as it carefully explains the mercies of God in Christ – gospel repentance; God’s standard of righteousness, from the perspective of the cross; what it means to care about the things of God; and how ministers of the word err. …The aforementioned topics are the highlights; his minor points and related material were wonderful; that is, therein he expanded much and made those things very understandable, such that new Christians will get much from hearing him.
This post cites attributes of the wicked from Isaiah 1-6 and Psalms 10-12, indicating that these are things the Lord hates. Election 2020 was overflowing with the types of behavior described in the aforementioned scriptures; this may be happening because God has more fully given this nation over to its God-hating ways (manifested in the antiChrist ways of Marxism, which many embrace); there is still cause to repent and turn to God however
Joshua Phillip interviewed Dr. Jeff Meyer on cancel culture. Phillip’s questions were great, they brought out the following aspects of our culture war: the opposing worldviews were defined; the idea they have of truth was clarified; coping skills of each were discussed; the failure of each to establish dialogue was discussed; possible remedies were noted. A very important point was made about social media ideology: 55% of interpersonal communication depends upon posture and body language; 38%, depends upon tone of voice; and only 7% depends upon words. Therefore, medias that use only words to interact, are doing a miserable job conveying the messages one intends to give to another. [This interview is the best I have seen on describing the elements of the culture war and providing those who would have dialogue with much to consider and apply.]
This post provides a link to a 9 minute video of Dr. Sebastian Gorka assessing this current impeachment process in terms of a constitutional perspective and more. He is a voice of reason in these days of chaos and duplicity