Relationship, pt. 12
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit never have to reconcile. Why? They never sin. Nothing separates them from one another. They always function within their nature and they never act insubordinate to their […]
Relationship, pt. 11
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Not reconciling, Jesus says is comparable to murder. Someone says he’s a Christian, so why wouldn’t he initiate reconciliation or welcome someone else doing so? If someone is saved, he would. He wouldn’t continue making excuses for […]
Preparation for the Lord’s Supper, part 4 of 6, from Wilhelmus a Brakel’s The Christian’s Reasonable Service
The Third Aspect of Preparation: Spiritual Adornment The third requisite for preparation is spiritual adornment. When someone is to attend a wedding, he adorns himself with the very best that he has. A bride will adorn herself in a most excellent manner so that she may be desirable to her husband and honor him. Much […]
Relationship, pt. 10
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine God provides massive amounts of direction in His Word on relationship. All of that material in the Bible needs to be consulted on every facet of relationship to guide what and how a relationship works or succeeds. Most people, […]
Relationship, pt. 9
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Reconciliation or restoration is a necessity for and in relationship, but how far does this responsibility extend? With whom are we required to reconcile? Everyone knows people with whom they will never have a relationship, because there are not at […]
Relationship, pt. 8
On late Saturday or early Sunday, I’ve been posting either an essay on a trip to Europe last May/June or the debate once appearing online between Frank Turk and me on the preservation of scripture. This week I decided to postpone either of those two instead for another post on relationship. I will return to […]
Preparation for the Lord’s Supper, part 3 of 6, from Wilhelmus a Brakel’s The Christian’s Reasonable Service
The Second Aspect of Preparation: An Examination of Self The second requisite for preparation is self-examination, that is, the determination as to whether one is permitted and able to come to the table in order to eat and drink spiritually. To that end we shall consider 1) that self-examination is necessary; 2) that the unconverted […]
Relationship, pt. 7
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six No Relationship Between Believers and Unbelievers Believers in Jesus Christ are in the world (Philippians 2:15), but they are not of the world (John 17:14). Scripture many times says that believers are “children of God” (Galatians 3:26, 1 John 5:2), also referred to […]
Relationship, pt. 6
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Since relationship proceeds from and is modeled after the relationship within the Trinity between the members of the Godhead, all relationship should be and will be according to the Word of God. Relationship is not just some arbitrary connection. God must approve. He doesn’t just […]
The Trip to Europe Continued (Twenty-Second Post In Total)
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-One The night before we left Rome, we worked at making our way back home on the bus, and we were stuck at the same place as a Roman young man, who informed us that bus […]