Saturday, November 28, 2009

Beware of pride!!!!

Thanks to Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (NYC) for this insightful article.

Those of us who consider ourselves 'into' theology or 'reformed' in some sense would do very well to read it.

More Short Thoughts (aka Twitter updates)

  1. One reason 'losing your salvation' makes no sense: salvation is rescue from something that is future, namely, God's wrath on the last day.
  2. What do you love? "I was glad when they said to me, 'let us go up to the house of the LORD!'" - Ps. 122:1
  3. "Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool; but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered." Prov 28:26
  4. What you ARE supposed to do on the Sabbath, while resting: "You shall remember..." your slavery and redemption - Deut. 5:15; Eph. 2:11-22
  5. How do you feel about the Bible? "I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil" - Psalm 119:162
  6. @His_Beloved_One I read http://bit.ly/57Pd2N - love it. good stuff.
  7. An offer from God: "Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food" - Is. 55:2b - his word brings joy
  8. A question from God: 'why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?" - Is. 55:2a
  9. Why The Shack and any other unbiblical, man-made tradition about God is bad: http://bit.ly/4s2zxK
  10. Two tools in the witness of the Church to Christ - prayer and the righteousness of God's Law -http://bit.ly/4njEpT
  11. why the Bible is to be trusted over all things, even our individual thoughts: 'the sum of Your word is truth' - Psalm 119:160
  12. Nothing should rob us of our time in God's word -http://bit.ly/4DBwYP
  13. salvation is for obedience, not by it - 'save me that I may observe your testimonies' - Ps. 119:146
  14. GOOD NEWS! ...the Messiah died for our sins in agreement with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day...
  15. Who has free will here? The King of Sion did some stuff "FOR the LORD your God hardened his heart and made his spirit obstinate"
  16. but he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace... Is53:5
  17. I don't pray as much as I do because I'm godly. I pray because I'm ungodly - I need Jesus.
  18. O to speak thus: "The Law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces" (Psalm 119:72)
  19. the point of the garden, Adam, the tree, the temple, the priesthood, the kings, the sacrifices, the purity laws, the prophets is JESUS.