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Written by William Dicks
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 05:46 |
The world we live in has no inkling of the glory of God. In fact, if God was to display His glory among the people of this world, the first thing that would enter their minds would be that of a UFO. Would the world even know that they should fear for their very lives? The moral state of the world has declined so much that they are willing to take God on in their court battles and through their very lives. One man actually (in his puny little God-forsaken mind) took God to court! Does this man not know that one day he will stand in the holy court room of God and he will be judged by God Himself? Apart from Christ, on that day, this man will have no clever, immoral, evil lawyer to represent him before the Judge of the ages! In that day his own sin, his own petulant, Godless mind will accuse him before God, and he is going to lose his case if he stands before God without Christ as his lawyer.
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Written by William Dicks
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 05:34 |
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One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
Romans 14:5 ESV
When we think of convictions, what do we normally have in mind? Is it not true, that when we think of convictions, we think of it in terms of something we hold to be true, but do not necessarily have to stick to them? The convictions I am writing about are those things that reside in the grey areas of life. These are those things which are not specifically commanded or forbidden in the Bible. This could include things like drinking alcohol, smoking, eating of certain foods, keeping of certain days, listening to certain styles of music, Christian music vs secular music, hymns vs contemporary worship music, and many more. None of them is expressly forbidden in the Bible making it sin to practice them and none of them is expressly commanded making it a sin if we refrain from practising them.
So, how do we deal with these convictions? Should we demand everyone to be bound by them, or should we be more lenient with those of different persuasions?
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Written by William Dicks
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 06:34 |
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What is Paul Saying here? This is a greatly misunderstood passage, especially by charismatics. Those who keep to the law don’t even see this passage. If they do, it is with their "law" spectacles on.
Paul starts off with a question in which he calls the Galatians fools. He wants to know who bewitched them? Who pulled the wool over their eyes? Who played this mean deluding trick on them? Our salvation hinges on the fact that Jesus was crucified, and now what? Are they hoping for their salvation through the Law?
In verse 2 Paul wants to know if they received "the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?" (NASB) To many charismatics this is a definite reference to the baptism in the Spirit, which is by faith. I am a charismatic and that is what I believed this passage said for years. Aren’t the charismatics notorious for their out of context hermeneutics? Nevertheless, Paul contrasts our salvation by faith in Christ to "salvation" through the works of the Law.
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