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O the amazing way in which He bears with our evil manners as He did with those of the children of Israel of old! There is nothing more amazing to me than the patience of God, and His longsuffering toward us.
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you call Islam anything bad, you’re not Islamophobic, because everything bad attributed to that religion is true.
He gave His own Son as a ransom for us,
the holy One for transgressors, the blameless One for the wicked, the righteous One for the unrighteous, the incorruptible One for the corruptible, the immortal One for those who are mortal. For what other thing was capable of covering our sins than His righteousness? By what other one was it possible that we, the wicked and ungodly, could be justified, than by the only Son of God? O sweet exchange! O unsearchable operation! O benefits surpassing all expectation! That the wickedness of many should be hid in a single righteous One, and that the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors!
“The Sweet Exchange” — Epistle to Diognetus, Chapter 9
Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere."
Farmer: "Where did they get it?"
Activist: "What?"
Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cow get it before it put it anywhere."
Activist: "From... eating?"
Farmer: "From eating grass. And where did the grass get it."
Activist: "The soil?"
Farmer: "The air. The grass pulled it out of the air last spring. The cow ate the grass. The cow breathed some of it back out. It went back into the air it came from."
Activist: "But it's still going into the atmosphere."
Farmer: "It's going back. There's a difference between a thing going somewhere and a thing going back. You've described a circle and you're frightened of it."
Activist: "Then just don't have the cow."
Farmer: "The grass still dies in autumn. It rots where it falls. The carbon goes back into the air either way, just without anyone getting fed in the middle."
Activist: "It's not that simple."
Farmer: "It's grass, cow, breath, grass. Or it's grass, rot, air, grass. Same circle, fewer dinners. If that's complicated for you I'd stay away from the water cycle. That one's got clouds in it."
Pensions, portfolios, privilege, and position cannot save us. Rescue from sorrow or sin comes only to saints who put their trust in Christ. —Andrew Kerr https://t.co/I7OD5MRQVC
Politicians seek the homosexual vote by campaigning for homosexual rights. They want us to accept the notion that homosexual behavior is really something that is natural for a legitimate minority, that it’s the same as being African American, or it’s the same as being Hispanic.
Thinking Biblically About Homosexuality. — John MacArthur // August 12, 2007
These people who are so driven to divest themselves of guilt, to release and free themselves from any assessment that they are sinning are promoting and selling their perversion as if it’s normal on every level in this nation, starting with elementary schools, TV sitcoms, films, and every other form of media.
The government has stepped up to help fund their efforts and accommodated them in all kinds of ways with nondiscriminatory laws. Politicians seek the homosexual vote by campaigning for homosexual rights. They want us to accept the notion that homosexual behavior is really something that is natural for a legitimate minority, that it’s the same as being African American, or it’s the same as being Hispanic. These people are a minority who have been unjustly discriminated against, and now are entitled a special treatment under the law to make up for this long, harsh discrimination.
The best statistics that I could find indicate that somewhere between one and two percent of the population in our country would classify themselves as engaging in homosexual sex acts. But this very small portion of our population is commanding the attention of the ninety-eight to ninety-nine percent of the rest of us. They’re endeavoring to make us accept the fact that this is some kind of normal behavior.
Not only that, they deserve special treatment because they’ve been so abused in the past. Their agenda is simple: they just want to desensitize us to the sinful character of this. They want to desensitize us. They don’t need us to become advocates, they just need us not to care, to roll over, if you will, to acknowledge them as just another minority who should enjoy same human rights that others enjoy.
“Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.” — 1 Corinthians 3:16-20
From other parts of the epistle, it appears that the false teachers among the Corinthians taught unholy doctrines. Such teaching tended to corrupt, to pollute, and destroy the building, which should be kept pure and holy for God. Those who spread loose principles, which render the church of God unholy, bring destruction upon themselves. Christ by his Spirit dwells in all true believers. Christians are holy by profession, and should be pure and clean, both in heart and conversation. He is deceived who deems himself the temple of the Holy Ghost, yet is unconcerned about personal holiness, or the peace and purity of the church. — Matthew Henry
I am a sinner saved by grace. I believe Christ died in my place. He rose again so I’d be free. Though I may sin, He’s justified me. None of my works could ever atone. None but the blood of Christ alone.