“He who neglects discipline despises his soul, But he who listens to reproof acquires a heart of wisdom. The fear of Yahweh is the discipline leading to wisdom, And before glory comes humility.”-(Proverbs 15:32-33 LSB)
“Do not let lovingkindness and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good insight In the eyes of God and man.”-(Proverbs 3:3-4 LSB)
"The eternal destiny of the entire human race depends upon its proper knowledge of the gospel, including the great judgment that is coming upon the world through its only Sovereign, the Lord Jesus Christ."-Paul Washer
“…we cannot be faithful preachers of the gospel if the proclamation of the Judgment of God through Christ is absent or infrequent in our preaching”-Paul Washer
Where do laws of nature come from?
At one conference, I explained that the laws of nature (law of biogenesis, laws of chemistry, laws of planetary motion, laws of physics, laws of mathematics, laws of logic, uniformity of nature, universal constants, etc.) were immaterial and could not be explained by natural processes within a purely materialistic approach to the universe. Such laws can only be explained within a biblical worldview, that God created them. They are the logical orderly way God upholds all things in the universe.
“And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17).
“Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth” (Jeremiah 33:25).
After I had spoken, a young man came to me and said something like, “Sir, I heard your talk, but I still think we all evolved by chance random processes. I can believe that, right?”
I responded, “Well, if we all evolved by chance, then our brains also evolved by chance random processes. That means our logic evolved by chance random processes. If our logic evolved by chance, then we don’t know it evolved the right way. Son, you don’t even know if you are asking me the right questions.”
His reply? “What was the name of that book you mentioned?”
It’s interesting that I’ve had some secularists claim that the laws of nature must be eternal. So I asked them if could there be an eternal God then. They immediately responded with, “No, not at all.”
Why wouldn’t they be prepared to consider an eternal God? Because that would mean God owned them as he created them, and God has a right to set the rules and determine right and wrong.
People are in rebellion against God. It is a spiritual issue.
At a church once, I had a high school student say something like, “Sir, I believe in evolution, and I believe we have a right to set our own rules.”
I responded with, “Well, do I have a right to set my own rules then?” He said, “Yes, everyone has a right to set their own rules.”
I then said, “Well, what if one of my rules is that types like you are dangerous, and I believe you should be eliminated.”
He said, “That’s not right.”
“Why is it not right?” I asked.
He said, “Well, it’s wrong.”
I said, “Why is it wrong?”
He said, “Well, it’s not right.”
Secularists cannot be consistent with their worldview of moral relativism.
Without an absolute authority, anything goes, and it would lead to the collapse of society. Sadly, more and more we see generations who mostly believe there is no God and that man is his own authority.
And when man is his own authority, anything goes except the absolutes of Christianity. Secularists become intolerant of Christianity as the Christian worldview is built on the absolute authority of God’s Word and thus God determines right and wrong!
“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.”-(Psalm 143:8 LSB)
It takes a church to raise a Christian, and believers who think they are sufficient in themselves to maintain spiritual health and growth without submitting to a church are dangerously naive.
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“On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.”-(Psalm 62:7-8 LSB)