Former post from previous blog...Brief Thoughts.......... I have been mulling over the scriptures: mostly Romans 8:26-27 and the intercessory ministry of the Spirit to provide the things we "ought" to know. In so doing and learning the Spirit provides us knowledge through the word of God, I have compared much 1 Corinthians 2 with Romans... Continue Reading →
“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” {1 Corinthians 2:16} The mind of the Lord reaches back to its counsel and forward to its fulness with justifiable provision made by Himself. The mind of the Lord is the cause, reason, and... Continue Reading →
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that... Continue Reading →
“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:”{1 Corinthians 2:6} It pleased our Father to have all fulness dwell in Christ. Therefore, in Christ dwells the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Christ would bear and does bear in His body... Continue Reading →
The historic echo chamber of fleshly wisdom of the world has and continues to unveil man's utter foolishness to address the substantive conflicts of each subsequent day to provide everlasting results. Man's search for worldly salvation and peace always quickly turns into individual, partisan, or national self discovery. Moreover, religious groupthink is so malleable. Religion... Continue Reading →
“To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.”{Romans 16:27} God’s wisdom is expressed, manifest, revealed throughout the testimony of history. “The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath He established the heavens. By His knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew (Pro.... Continue Reading →
In 2020 the church at large was faced with an extremely difficult dilemma. COVID and the recommendation of the experts pressed us into our homes. For many Christians this wasn't so awful seeing they could attend church via livestream. In a survey completed just prior to the concerns of COVID one question asked, "Worshiping alone... Continue Reading →
Grace and Peace, “Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” {Philippians 4:9} It is a sheer post Cross provision to be sons and daughters of God. Having received the Spirit of adoption we are granted to... Continue Reading →
“Provide Things Honest in the Sight of All Men.” ~ Romans 12:17 ~ Our Father instructs us not to recompense evil for evil in the preceding proposition. Yet, now He instructs us what to “provide…in the sight of all men.” The simple thought that we are to “provide” something other than “evil” for the “evil”... Continue Reading →
“Recompense to no man evil for evil.” ~ Romans 12:17 ~ We are God’s children, His sons and daughters, taught by His very Spirit and taught His spirit. Thus, understanding the glory of our Father increases our esteem of Him, as well as, glorify His instruction to us. As our Father is holy, peculiar,... Continue Reading →
“Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.” {1 Corinthians 3:18} Arrogance and most ignorance is rooted in pride. Pride is natural to man and has power over us to hinder us when in comes... Continue Reading →
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17 So often we pronounce something as "new", yet it really isn't. A new year is just another year with one digit difference. In fact, a new year makes us... Continue Reading →
“Now to Him that is of power…to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.”{Rom 16:25-27} To conclude this extraordinary treatise the apostle Paul hearkens, one last time, to where the power and wisdom of the son and daughter of God comes from. The power and wisdom of the son and daughter... Continue Reading →
"Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."{Romans 15:33} Arrangement of words declare the glory of God. Words cannot be thrown in a blender for any sense to come of them. Although God's Word is likened to food, we are not to make word shakes and smoothies with holy writ. Childs play with... Continue Reading →
Being ‘sick to your stomach’ expresses one’s ailment, where it may be coming from, or where it may be effecting. Bowel issues produce a sickness that isn’t some other ailment. A headache, the cold, or the flu are just some sicknesses that can, but do not always involve the stomach. It isn’t until one of... Continue Reading →
Man has a burning desire to know and to make known. To be "in the loop" and keeping people "in the loop" can lead to much ungodliness. Whispering, backbiting, and gossiping are some sins of knowledge. These abuse wanting to know and make known. Yet, desiring to know and to make known isn't the issue.... Continue Reading →
The time for edification of Christian's has never been more important than now. The season we are entering demands all the more, a strong, resolute faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as well as, a profitable faith for all men to see. Now is not the time to cower and evade the call of our... Continue Reading →
The meanest estate wasn't in His fragility as a "babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger" (Luk. 2:16), but in the Son of God, made sin, wrapped in sins swaddling iniquity and deaths grip, hanging on the Cross of Calvary.
The judgment from the world concerning the church is oftentimes correct. Although denominationalism, by some, is an attempt to preserve doctrinal purity it commonly ends upholding errors. For the dishonest, divisions bolster distinction that satisfy the ego. With numerous schisms the world naturally sees the lack of love, unity, and godly joy. On the other... Continue Reading →
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. {Romans 15:27} Of course one thing is to not understand that we are partakers of Israel's spiritual things, but another thing... Continue Reading →
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