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Matthew 6:26,27 - "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable that they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
Jesus used an analogy from nature to help explain...
"Go...and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell are camps or strongholds, and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether...
Acts 8:12 - "But when they believed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ as Philip preached it, they were baptized, both men and women."
A popular belief among Christians is that God wants to use us to help people see their sins and give them the choice of whether...
Part 2.5
THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
OVERVIEW
Same layout as last chapters
THOUGHTS
Another great chapter by these well-educated authors. I really appreciate the time they took to put these chapters together. They are well informed and very to the point. You cannot truly appreciate it until...
Job 1:10 - "Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land."
As God built a hedge around Job, which limited Satan, so today He will do the same for any...
Part 2.4
EFFICACIOUS CALL OF THE SPIRIT OR IRRESISTIBLE GRACE
OVERVIEW
Not much to go over, quite the same as the past few chapters.
THOUGHTS
These authors really know how to answer the tough questions! They are clear, Concise, and to the point. I very much like they were approach to such a...
Matthew 16:19 - "Whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."
How do we know what is bound and loosed in heaven? Who tells us what heaven's reality looks like?
The only way to know these things and to function...
2.3 PARTICULAR REDEMPTION OR LIMITED ATONEMENT
OVERVIEW
This has always been a very tricky topic to deal with, and is not generally warmly accepted by the majoriy of the Christian community. Set up in the same fashion as the previous 2 'chapters', there is not much to discuss in the overview...
John 15:5 - "I am the vine; you are the branches......apart from Me you can do nothing."
We were born to consult God to find out His purpose for our lives so that we can discover our vision.
Revelation 1:8 - "I am the Alpha and the Omega."
God is not only the Author of our vision but also our...
Luke 9:62 - Jesus said to him. "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back (to the things behind) is fit for the kingdom of God.
We are what the past has made us. Yet, we are commanded to not look back and to "forget.....what lies behind". With God, this is not impossible, for...
Ephesians 1:3,4 - "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. According as he has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love."
Many...
2.2 UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
OVERVIEW
Much like the last chapter, it supplies Biblical support to this pillar, as well as a brief explanation of it. The verses [ in my copy ]
stretch 11 pages. Again, there are headings and subheadings for each verse, and each verse explains its heading. Very...
Before I begin, I would like to just say..... WOW! At first, I thought this would be a book where they just dance around the issues; I am overjoyed to say that this is not at ALL the case. Part 2 is SO heavy, Part 2 will be broken into 5 parts itself. That's right; it is THAT GOOD! This is the...
Part One: The Five Points Defined: Their Origin and Contents
OVERVIEW
A very concise chapter, I especially like the way the authors explain first the history of, and then the differences between the two sects of Theology. There is a very helpful side-by-side chart of the 5 points of both...
Matthew 16:18 - "On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Where precisely are the gates of hell? Where does the devil sit in power?
The mind is the gatekeeper of the Kingdom of God. It is the place of access, transition, and power. It follows...
Isaiah 9:7 - "Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end......"
How important is increase to God? Jesus once cursed a fig tree for not bearing fruit out of season (Mark 11:13-14)! A man in one of His parables was cast into outer darkness for burying his money and not...
Luke 9:23 - "If anyone wishes to come after Me; he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me."
When the Cross is alive, it burns up the flesh – dreams of the flesh, ambitions of the flesh – all of the flesh.
All of the flesh it consumes. It consumed man's flesh beyond...
Luke 10:38-40 - "As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to Him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what He said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She...
Psalm 50:11,14,23 - "Gather My godly ones to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is Mine. Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High; he who offers a sacrifice of...
Deuteronomy 30:19 - "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live."
Some people seem to enjoy being the victim. No matter what failure or disappointment they...