The Real Pastor B

Husband, Father, Grandfather, Christ Follower, Bible Teacher, Pastor, Military Veteran/USAF and a man in continual need of grace.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@KennedyNation What a shameful, vulger thing to say. You should be ashamed of yourself, assuming that you're still capable of feeling shame.

"Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions? Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!" ...
--Jeremiah 6:15

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@LivingGodsTruth God’s created order is understood to be the foundation for these three institutions. They are viewed as interconnected, sacred designs: marriage as the lifelong union of a man and a woman, sex as the physical expression reserved for that union, and family as the fruit of it.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@LifeNewsHQ Because she if of her father the devil. He is a liar and murderer.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@john316marshall Amazing!

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@LifeNewsHQ Church of Satan

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@TheView Then move to a country that you feel safe in. These ungrateful, race baiting agitators have all worn out their welcome here, as far as I'm concerned. She can pack up and take a hike! I'll bring her some boxes.

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

The verse quoted out-of-context the most in the New Testament, perhaps even the entire Bible, is Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through him who strengthens me." We read it today in Bible in One Year.

Often, people use it to mean, “With Jesus, I can achieve anything. Win the game. Get the promotion. Reach my dreams.” As the quip goes, “I can do all things through a verse taken out of context.”

What is Paul really talking about? Remember the #1 rule of biblical interpretation: Context. So, back up one verse: “I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need” (Phil. 4:12).

Then comes verse 13: “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

The Greek helps clarify Paul’s meaning. In verse 12, Paul uses forms of the Greek root πᾶς (pas/panta) twice in the phrase “in any and every circumstance” (ἐν παντὶ καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν). Then, in verse 13, he uses the same root again: “I can do all things” (πάντα).

The “all things” of verse 13 is defined by the “any and every circumstance” of verse 12.

Paul is not saying, “Christ gives me power to accomplish every dream imaginable.” He is saying, “In all these circumstances, hungry or well-fed, free or imprisoned, Christ gives me strength to endure.”

This fits the larger context of Philippians as well. Paul is writing as a suffering apostle who has endured beatings, imprisonments, hardship, and uncertainty. Yet he has learned “the secret” of contentment: resting in Christ, relying on his mercy and strength.

Can Christians apply this verse to their own lives? Of course! It is the verse to focus our contentment on Christ—not us, not our wishes, not our dreams—but on him alone. The verse reminds us that everything in this life, except Jesus, is subject to change, failure, and loss.

Jesus, however, will not lose us or abandon us. Finding contentment and stability in him keeps us going, whether our lives are smooth sailing or a dumpster fire.

As Paul says earlier in the letter, “For me to live is Christ” (1:21). Amen.

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

Reminder that on April 12th, Trump publicly gave the Islamic Republic 60 days to seriously come to the table on dismantling their nuclear program or face military consequences. Today was day 61….

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

The White House just posted this.

BRUTAL.

Democrats’ approval ratings are about to drop to single digits

[LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ]

Research Confirms 95.9% of Abortions are Killing Babies as Birth Control, Just .4% for Rape https://t.co/Gc0HCdLzjw

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[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@Ken_FiveSolas I’m so very sorry for the pain you are going through, brother. I thank God for the promise of Heaven. May your wife’s memory be a blessing to you until you are together again. ❤️

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@flameshod @JCRyle Hello Enoch. Exception, meet the rule.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@D_B_Harrison Get a bulldozer and move them (just kidding), sort of…OK, OK, I’m kidding. (Wink, wink, nudge nudge).

[The Disrespected Trucker @DisrespectedThe]

Powerful.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@Osint613 @OliveTreeMin @DavidJHarrisJr Biden’s open border.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@michaelstrahan I thought you had more class than this. I was wrong. Pathetic.

#VeteransDay2024
#NFL
#foxnflsunday

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

45 - 47 🇺🇸

#PresidentElectTrump

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@Prestonwood @conservmillen

Absolutely obscene!

Meanwhile, bi-vocational pastors have to struggle in order to take care of their families for the sake of their calling to preach the gospel and feed their flock.

[The Real Pastor B @LHBCPastor]

@MaggieDeMoss Indeed. Hope that you will pray for him and everyone else that I mentioned who have been affected by this very public and sorrowful news.