Redeemed_K

*Post-Mil *OPC. *Read Rushdoony *Happily Married *Mother of 5

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

If we are unhappy about disasters and collapses of our time, we may be saying that we regret the failure of sin to prosper, and that we dislike the justice of God in it’s operation. RJR

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

The gospel will never sound like good news to a man who still believes the news about himself is good. As long as we think we are basically decent, spiritually capable, and only in need of a little improvement, Christ will appear useful perhaps, but never necessary. Scripture begins by stripping that illusion away. “There is none righteous, not even one” and “there is none who seeks for God” (Romans 3:10–11).

This is why the gospel first wounds our pride. The law does not flatter us or negotiate with our self image. “Through the Law comes the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). It brings us before a holy God and shows us that the problem is deeper than a few bad decisions. We have sinned against Him, fallen short of His glory, and possess no righteousness of our own that can survive His judgment.

Furthermore, Scripture does not describe fallen man as merely sick and needing assistance. Paul says we were “dead in your trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1). Jesus says men “loved the darkness rather than the Light” (John 3:19). That is the part we naturally resist. Our condition is so serious that salvation cannot finally rest upon something good hidden inside us waiting to be awakened.

Then the words “But God” become glorious (Ephesians 2:4). The gospel announces what God has done for people who could never rescue themselves. Christ bore sin, satisfied divine justice, rose from the dead, and gives His righteousness freely to those who believe. “Being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

And I must say, this is why a gospel that avoids speaking clearly about sin eventually becomes thin and sentimental. If we reduce the seriousness of our guilt, we inevitably reduce the wonder of the cross. Grace becomes truly amazing when the sinner finally understands what grace had to overcome.

So before the gospel becomes precious to us, God often has to destroy the flattering story we have told about ourselves. The bad news is devastating: we are guilty, helpless, and unable to make ourselves right with God. And precisely there the good news becomes breathtaking: Christ came to save sinners who had absolutely nothing with which to save themselves.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@omgsidewalks Amen! He sometimes graciously “makes us to lie in green pastures” between the harder Providences He sends for our good.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@farmingandJesus I say leave the family planning to God, and trust Him to send you as many children as He wishes. I did that and only received five.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@Elliesmommyy23 @phillovesdinos There’s probably some mental decline going on, which calls for compassion.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@DesmondStories If this is even real, I hope you don’t tell your wife what you told everyone here.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@KateriSeraphina They were probably very happy. What’s more precious than children?

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@SamuraiShibaJP I was 8 months pregnant when we moved to a homestead in West Virginia, where we didn’t know anyone. I had my baby and when neighbors saw diapers on the clothesline, baby gifts appeared on my porch, even a handmade quilt.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@AliAmongFlowers Darling

[Cameron Teich @TheCameronTeich]

This is a public service announcement:

“All of Christ for all of life” means that Jesus Christ is Lord over every area of human existence…not just private faith, church, or the afterlife.

There is no neutral or secular zone that stands outside His authority. Family, work, business, education, culture, government, art, and economics are all under His lordship and should be ordered according to His Word. Christians are therefore called to bring every sphere of life into obedience to Christ rather than compartmentalizing faith from the rest of life.

Because Christ is King and all authority in heaven and in earth has been given to Him.

Go and exercise dominion to and for the Glory of God.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@WhiteBabyFac There’s a war against blue eyes.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@SkiltonRay Thank you

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@TrailTimeJessie Any tips on the best places to see at Mt. Rainier?

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@PsalmWarfare Read Lorna Doone. Trust me.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@mandalynns23 Omelettes cut in small pieces

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@WhiteBabyFac I love mending clothes, it’s a peaceful pastime. My grands also like to bring me their stuffed animals to mend.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@snowyxq1 Blackberries, grapes, and hazelnuts

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@HannahWardEdu My kindergartners could read the older one within six or seven months. Teaching phonics makes it possible.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@DWMcAliley1791 @rustbeltkid1 Same. My eyes fill with tears whenever I hear bagpipes.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@ScottRoberts Absolutely. It’s our greatest comfort.

[Redeemed_K @mrsjeffberry]

@_CameronLane Melchizedek