Subject: Can you answer your children's Christmas questions? 🎄
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Saturday, December 09, 2017
Question of the Week: Can you answer your children’s Christmas questions? 🎄
From: Answers in Genesis <www.answersingenesis.org>
Subject: Can you answer your children's Christmas questions? 🎄
Subject: Can you answer your children's Christmas questions? 🎄
Friday, December 08, 2017
John R. Rice Quotes of the Week
God have mercy on denominations which put into authority and leadership unconverted men who are not under the blood, these who are to perish, thinking only that the preaching of the cross is foolishness. They have a "social gospel" about which they are very concerned, but they do not believe the Gospel that Christ gave us. They preach another gospel and Paul says about them "let them be damned." He said, by divine inspiration. - John R. Rice
The integrity of the Bible and the integrity of Jesus Christ stand or fall together. Jesus is the Word of God in a man. The Bible is the Word of God in a book. - John R. Rice
If the movies are made by wicked, immoral, irresponsible people, then the movies themselves are wicked and immoral and the influence is hurtful and pernicious. And the fact that the moving pictures of America, in the main, are made by a group of immoral people, unfit to be the leaders, unfit to be teachers, unfit to be the examples, unfit to be the entertainers or even the associates of our children and of ourselves. There are some exceptions, but those exceptions are in terribly bad company. -
John R. Rice
The spiritual results of the movies are unmeasured. Only eternity can tell the intricate pattern of evils done to the mind and heart of those who attend the movies. Protestant preachers and churches are usually belittled. Preachers are pictured as sissies. Deacons are pictured as hypocrites. Religion is often subtly held up to scorn. "Science," so-called, is held up as superior to the Bible. The theories of evolution are taken for granted. Little by little New Testament religion is put in the background. The movies leave little taste for fundamental Christianity, little confidence in the churches, little interest in gospel preaching, and little time for church attendance. - John R. Rice
The movies, wherever it is permitted, run on Sundays and keep people, if they can, away from the house of God, away from Bible teaching, away from prayer. Movies destroy character. In the Christian they cause peace and joy to flee away. They grieve the Holy Spirit of God who dwells in each child of God. Movies cause Christians to lose influence. They steal the joy of the saints, they detract from soul-winning zeal and damn the influence of the Christian worker. - John R. Rice
Movies harden the hearts of sinners, encourage sin, make wickedness alluring, and teach that the warnings of the Bible are to be ignored, that sin is to be enjoyed. Doubtless in thousands, perhaps millions, of cases sinners become enamored of sin with the aid of the movies, and turn away from Christ, never to repent, never to be saved, but to spend eternity in Hell. - John R. Rice
The virgin birth fits the nature and the life of Jesus Christ, and it is easy for anybody to believe who accepts Jesus as what He claimed to be, the Son of God who came into the world to save sinners. - John R. Rice
The integrity of the Bible and the integrity of Jesus Christ stand or fall together. Jesus is the Word of God in a man. The Bible is the Word of God in a book. - John R. Rice
If the movies are made by wicked, immoral, irresponsible people, then the movies themselves are wicked and immoral and the influence is hurtful and pernicious. And the fact that the moving pictures of America, in the main, are made by a group of immoral people, unfit to be the leaders, unfit to be teachers, unfit to be the examples, unfit to be the entertainers or even the associates of our children and of ourselves. There are some exceptions, but those exceptions are in terribly bad company. -
John R. Rice
The spiritual results of the movies are unmeasured. Only eternity can tell the intricate pattern of evils done to the mind and heart of those who attend the movies. Protestant preachers and churches are usually belittled. Preachers are pictured as sissies. Deacons are pictured as hypocrites. Religion is often subtly held up to scorn. "Science," so-called, is held up as superior to the Bible. The theories of evolution are taken for granted. Little by little New Testament religion is put in the background. The movies leave little taste for fundamental Christianity, little confidence in the churches, little interest in gospel preaching, and little time for church attendance. - John R. Rice
The movies, wherever it is permitted, run on Sundays and keep people, if they can, away from the house of God, away from Bible teaching, away from prayer. Movies destroy character. In the Christian they cause peace and joy to flee away. They grieve the Holy Spirit of God who dwells in each child of God. Movies cause Christians to lose influence. They steal the joy of the saints, they detract from soul-winning zeal and damn the influence of the Christian worker. - John R. Rice
Movies harden the hearts of sinners, encourage sin, make wickedness alluring, and teach that the warnings of the Bible are to be ignored, that sin is to be enjoyed. Doubtless in thousands, perhaps millions, of cases sinners become enamored of sin with the aid of the movies, and turn away from Christ, never to repent, never to be saved, but to spend eternity in Hell. - John R. Rice
The virgin birth fits the nature and the life of Jesus Christ, and it is easy for anybody to believe who accepts Jesus as what He claimed to be, the Son of God who came into the world to save sinners. - John R. Rice
Wednesday, December 06, 2017
NEVER MAN LIKE THIS MAN
NEVER MAN LIKE THIS
MAN!
JOHN 7:1-7, 14-18,
30-46
Pastor Rick Jackson
These few verses from John 7 remind us of a truth we should
never forget, there was never a man like Jesus! Jesus is unique in almost every
respect. Yes, He took on flesh, but the flesh never took on Him. The officers
said it right, "Never man spake like this man." Think of it...
I. NEVER MAN
CONCEIVED LIKE THIS MAN! [Mt. 1:20-25]
II. NEVER MAN BORN
LIKE THIS MAN! [Lk. 2:6-20]
III. NEVER MAN YOUNG
LIKE THIS MAN! [Lk. 2:40-52]
IV. NEVER MAN
BAPTIZED LIKE THIS MAN! [Mt. 3:13-17]
V. NEVER MAN TEMPTED
LIKE THIS MAN! [Mt. 4:1-11]
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin.
VI. NEVER MAN SPAKE
LIKE THIS MAN! [Jn. 7:46]
VII. NEVER MAN SUFFERED
LIKE THIS MAN! [Is. 53:1-7]
VIII. NEVER MAN DIED
LIKE THIS MAN! [Mk. 15:37-39]
IX. NEVER MAN
RESURRECTED LIKE THIS MAN! [Mt. 28:1-9]
X. NEVER MAN ASCENDED
LIKE THIS MAN! [Acts 1:1-3, 9-11]
Monday, December 04, 2017
THE KING IS THE BLESSED MAN
MATTHEW 21
THAT’S MY KING
Pastor Rick Jackson
I. THE BLESSED MAN
WALKS NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY [v. 1-17, Ps. 1:1]
1. The Presentation of the King [v. 1-11, Zech. 9:9, Ps. 118:25]
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Save now, I beseech
thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. [Mt. 21:9 “hosanna”-
of Hebrew origin; oh save!]
2. The Proclamation of the King [v. 12-13]
3. The Praise of the King [v. 14-17, Ps. 8:2]
II. THE BLESSED MAN STANDS
NOT IN THE WAY OF SINNERS [v. 18-27, Ps. 1:1] “the way”- the course of
life]
1. The Way of Sinners is Without Fruit [v. 18-19]
2. The Way of Sinners is Without Faith [v. 20-22]
3. The Way of Sinners is Without Authority [v. 23-27]
III. THE BLESSED MAN
SITS NOT IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL [v. 28-46, Ps. 1:1]
1. The Scornful Do Not Do Will of the Father [v. 28-32]
2. The Scornful Do Not Honor the Son [v. 33-41]
3. The Scornful Reject the [v. 42-46, Ps. 118:22-23, Dan. 2]
Sunday, December 03, 2017
DIVINE APPOINTMENTS
HEBREWS 9:27
Pastor Rick Jackson
I. JESUS’S DIVINE
APPOINTMENTS
1. Jesus’ Incarnation was a Divine Appointment [Heb. 10:5,
Gal. 4:4]
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth
his Son, made of a woman, made under the law
2. Jesus’ Vicarious Death was a Divine Appointment [Heb.
10:6-10]
3. Jesus’ Victorious Return is a Divine Appointment [Heb. 9:23-28]
II. YOU HAVE A DIVINE
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH [Heb. 9:27]
1. By Virtue of Your Ancestry [Rm. 5:12]
2. By Virtue of Your Actions [Rm. 3:23, 6:23; Ezekiel 18:4,
20]
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so
also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear
the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the
son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness
of the wicked shall be upon him.
3. By Virtue of Your Arrogance [Isaiah 13:11, 14:11]
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked
for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and
will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy
viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
III. YOU HAVE A
DIVINE APPOINTMENT WITH JUDGMENT [Heb. 9:27]
1. For Unrepentant Sinners [Heb. 10:27, Rev. 20:11-15]
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.
2. For the Christian’s Behavior [1 Peter 4:14-19]
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye;
for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a
murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's
matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let
him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin
at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them
that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer
according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well
doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
3. For the Christian’s Service [2 Corinthians 5:10]
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ;
that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he
hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Saturday, December 02, 2017
Question of the Week: Why can't we fly like a bird? 🐦
From the highly recommended: Answers in Genesis <www.answersingenesis.org>
Subject: Why can't we fly like a bird? 🐦
Subject: Why can't we fly like a bird? 🐦
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Friday, December 01, 2017
John R. Rice Quotes of the Week
If someone today faces the crucified Saviour, realizing you have wounded Him, have grieved Him, perhaps have denied Him; if you have disgraced your profession of faith in Christ, have lost the joy of salvation, have even lost the assurance that your sins are forgiven, oh, poor backslider, come on back to Jesus! He loves you still. You belong to Him still! He will never let you go. You are bought with too great a price for God ever to lose you. - John R. Rice
One statement of faith says, "We believe in the perseverance of the saints." I do not! I am not trusting in my perseverance. Rather I believe in the preservation of the saints. Psalm 37:28 says, "For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever." Peter did not persevere very well, but he was preserved. - John R. Rice
Thank God, I have proven for myself, as millions of other sinning saints have, that "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." If you have drifted and lost your joy and your testimony, confess your sin and start over today, and He will give you joy and blessing again. - John R. Rice
I say, to go to Hell under any circumstances surely must be a horrible awakening. But, oh, what will it be when those who have sung in the choir, those who have passed the collection plates, those who have been members of the official board, or those who have preached in the pulpit or taught Sunday School classes - what will it mean when active church members wake up in Hell and find out that, though they were religious, they were lost; that they had never been born again. What grief, what embarrassment, what disappointment, what utter and eternal ruin, what dashing of all the hopes, when church members slide into Hell because they are not born again. - John R. Rice
A man came into the Elgin Bible Church as I held meetings there. As I met him at the door, I smelled beer on his breath. He told me he had come to hear me because he understood I was from Texas and he had just returned from taking a trainload of beer to Texas. I told him that I was sorry he was in such a business and offered him a little gospel booklet. He refused to take it and said, "No! What would my friends think of me, knowing I am in the beer business, if I had such things in my pockets?" He said that he had a good job, was making plenty of money; that if he ever decided to give up that job he would turn to the Bible and seek to be saved, but not now. He chose his job, but rejected the Gospel and rejected Christ. - John R. Rice
I beg you, dear friend, I wouldn't go to Hell for anybody in the world! Leave every friend you have if need be, but oh, make sure of salvation. - John R. Rice
Well, for my part I will take my stand by this same dying thief. You may claim the righteousness of the Pharisees, or the position and honor of Pilate, or the austere abstraction of the centurion, or make whatever claim you will for Heaven, but I will claim the same mercy the dying thief claimed. I too was a sinner, ruined and undone by sin until Jesus found me. - John R. Rice
One statement of faith says, "We believe in the perseverance of the saints." I do not! I am not trusting in my perseverance. Rather I believe in the preservation of the saints. Psalm 37:28 says, "For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever." Peter did not persevere very well, but he was preserved. - John R. Rice
Thank God, I have proven for myself, as millions of other sinning saints have, that "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." If you have drifted and lost your joy and your testimony, confess your sin and start over today, and He will give you joy and blessing again. - John R. Rice
I say, to go to Hell under any circumstances surely must be a horrible awakening. But, oh, what will it be when those who have sung in the choir, those who have passed the collection plates, those who have been members of the official board, or those who have preached in the pulpit or taught Sunday School classes - what will it mean when active church members wake up in Hell and find out that, though they were religious, they were lost; that they had never been born again. What grief, what embarrassment, what disappointment, what utter and eternal ruin, what dashing of all the hopes, when church members slide into Hell because they are not born again. - John R. Rice
A man came into the Elgin Bible Church as I held meetings there. As I met him at the door, I smelled beer on his breath. He told me he had come to hear me because he understood I was from Texas and he had just returned from taking a trainload of beer to Texas. I told him that I was sorry he was in such a business and offered him a little gospel booklet. He refused to take it and said, "No! What would my friends think of me, knowing I am in the beer business, if I had such things in my pockets?" He said that he had a good job, was making plenty of money; that if he ever decided to give up that job he would turn to the Bible and seek to be saved, but not now. He chose his job, but rejected the Gospel and rejected Christ. - John R. Rice
I beg you, dear friend, I wouldn't go to Hell for anybody in the world! Leave every friend you have if need be, but oh, make sure of salvation. - John R. Rice
Well, for my part I will take my stand by this same dying thief. You may claim the righteousness of the Pharisees, or the position and honor of Pilate, or the austere abstraction of the centurion, or make whatever claim you will for Heaven, but I will claim the same mercy the dying thief claimed. I too was a sinner, ruined and undone by sin until Jesus found me. - John R. Rice
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