Only the lingering echoes of promise from the lips of prophets anointed by the Spirit of GOD that prophesied of the Coming One – the Seed of the woman (GEN 3:15), the Son of Abraham, the Son of David (MATT 1:1), the Anointed One of Israel (MATT 16:16; JOHN 4:25-26), the coming King of the nation of Israel (ISA 9:6-17) were the testaments of truth soon revealed.
And then on that wondrous, glorious, mysterious, most awesome Day the greatest, the incredibly fantastic event took place: The Second Person of the Triune GOD, the Son of GOD stood up from the throne of His Father, strode across Heaven’s Halls in answer to the call of salvation of mankind. He stepped out of eternity and into time and space – as the Holy Spirit carried Him to the womb of the virgin Mary (ISA 7:14; LUKE 1:31-33).
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“GOD is serious about obedience from His creatures. Because of the fact that He is Creator GOD, He owns everything: the sun, moon and stars, the planet Earth and all the universe, right down to the subatomic structures and everything in between! The fact that He owns it all, makes Him the Sovereign – or LORD, having the authority to do with His creation whatever He desires, answerable to no one but Himself. Since He is the Sovereign KING, with jurisdiction over all His domain – that is to say His “Kingdom” He writes the Laws. As the Law Maker, He is uniquely qualified to be the Judge Who enforces that Holy and Pure Law.
“Because we are a race of sinners, GOD is righteous in condemning all that offends His Law, as spiritual criminals. HOWEVER – GOD is just as much love as He is holy. While He is justified in condemning sin (“spiritual criminality”), He desires to save souls from that terrible eternal fate of separation from the only source of life, that is, Himself. So He has come as Savior, taking on humanity, thus becoming a member of our human family, and on our behalf took all of our sin and guilt worthiness, along with all punitive action from GOD the Father, we who by faith believe the GOSPEL are delivered from sin, death, judgment and hellfire.”
Check out the following four-part series that examines the Four Primary Offices of the LORD GOD.
And just as GOD judges righteously among His people Israel, He also judges the nations, like those that once dwelled in Canaan, and the people that lived in Ai… And even as the LORD gave them more than four centuries to repent – and they refused – He brought down judgment, using Israel, led by Joshua to do so.
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Examining JOHN 16
INTRODUCTION: In the previous chapter, the LORD told His disciples (that includes all of His disciples, including us): “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.”
Even moderate Christians who aren’t very active in sharing the Gospel or witnessing to the truth – because the darkness in society is getting deeper and broader, what little light they do shine will be glaring, and offensive to the children of darkness.
Persecution hasn’t struck the USA the way it has in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, the Congo, North Korea and China – but as our society navigates further and deeper into spiritual darkness, it will surely arrive in this nation once founded upon Christ and the Bible. To what measure, who can say?
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CONSIDERING ISLAM – An Apologetic: Part Three
INTRODUCTION: Part One and Part Two of this series, in addition to being published here on The TRUTH Under FIRE (TTUF), was also recorded on audio (Pt. 1) and (Pt.2) at SHINE BRIGHT Church on their YouTube Channel. We’ll continue now with this series, exclusively on TTUF for the remainder of the series! And be sure to watch the accompanying YouTube videos by ONCE LOST ministries. I linked many of them in Parts One and Two in this series, with more in Part Three here and the upcoming Part Four!
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Going Through Paul’s epistles to Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, and Colossae
NOTE to TTUF Readers:
Anne Kisly is attending to many needful matters, including some well-deserved R & R as a result of some intense ministry to her family these last several years (finally completed!), leaving me to hold the fort, which I’ve been glad to do. Only, these days while my serious health issues involving cancer continue – things are not quite so intense. I have YOU saints to thank for petitioning our LORD, for He has heard! I am supremely thankful to Him for leading me and accompanying me in these fiery trials!
Your continued prayers are appreciated as the LORD faithfully leads me through these “troublesome waters”! Thank you and GOD bless you way too much!
INTRODUCTION: We often find ourselves worried, frustrated, perplexed regarding the issues of life, particularly when things go wrong, provisions aren’t forthcoming, when obstacles don’t budge and in it all we wonder, “Where are you GOD?”
Apostle Paul had all of that going on throughout his ministry, and yet as he learned to trust GOD, minute by minute, day by day, in the face of intense opposition and contention by those who abhorred the Gospel of Jesus Christ, he found himself contented and at peace. Does that sound attractive to you?
In this second half of Chapter Four, we continue in this vein of thought as apostle Paul wrote on such matters. May we follow his example, even as he follows Christ!
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