Judgment

If you have ever tried evangelizing to atheists/evolutionists, one particular argument that always comes up is “show me God then I’ll believe in Him”. When you tell them that the evidence of God is in His design of every mountain, tree, and living thing they see in nature they scoff at that, but when you point out that the building you are next to must have an architect who designed it they never disagree.

So, then, while these folks are ready to admit that a building that’s less complicated than living creatures has a designer, they believe that all living creatures which have millions of cells and are so very complicated in the ways each part works came by chance?!

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“People who don’t want scrutiny, people who don’t want to be held accountable for what they teach or what they believe, people who don’t want to be told they’re wrong, they always throw that verse ‘Judge not lest you be judged!’”

John MacArthur

HT: Real Christianity

Not many pastors that I know of, except perhaps for a handful like Paul Washer, preach like this anymore in this day and age.

Our generation has gone soft, preferring to be consoled by lies like “Jesus-shaped hole in your heart” or “God wants you rich”, instead of discovering for ourselves the true nature of God — the God who never changes, the God who calls Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

If you are a Christian who has never read this sermon before, I beseech you to please do so, and I hope it will turn your Christian life upside down for the better as it did mine at one time.

Their foot shall slide in due time

– Deuteronomy 32:35 KJV

Jonathan Edwards

In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God’s visible people, and who lived under the means of grace; but who, notwithstanding all God’s wonderful works towards them, remained (as ver. 28.) void of counsel, having no understanding in them. Under all the cultivations of heaven, they brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit; as in the two verses next preceding the text. The expression I have chosen for my text, Their foot shall slide in due time, seems to imply the following doings, relating to the punishment and destruction to which these wicked Israelites were exposed.

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Silencio...

Perhaps some of you are thinking that after starting the ball rolling on a rather loud debate on the prosperity gospel, judging, discernment, motives, etc, I’m really ’smart’ to keep away and just let things roll while  not saying a word.

The fact of the matter is that I didn’t want to respond to every comment because there’s no point in doing so — the final message gets fragmented into so many comments so much so that the crux of the matter is lost somewhere along the reply to a reply to a reply…

The other fact is that I’ve been doing quite a good amount of thinking, following several comments to the post and personal emails to me addressing the issue.

And I think I’ve come to the point where I think I’m ready to take this issue of why I am doing what I am doing forward to its next level. Initially, I had thought of closing the comments on the last post on the false teachers with a last comment from me (since its my prerogative as its my blog after all, right?), but I thought a post would be better.

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These folks are crazy!

Has the pastor and his congregation lost their minds?

Listen up, Mr. Fred Phelps, our Lord Jesus Christ came to save the lost, not condemn them! And you are there with your daughters and the congregation that you lead doing exactly the opposite — condemning those who actually needs His forgiveness, comfort, and love most.

Did you think that by doing this that you are the light and salt of the earth?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

I just took this personality test (props to Robert at Mulled Vine for sharing), and it seems that I’m an INFJ, or an “INtroverted Feeling Judging” person.

Some might not trust this kind of personality tests, but I personally feel it’s about 90% accurate about me.

Plus, looking at the names of the people who are also INFJs, it is no wonder that I’ve always thought I should adopt the name “Nathan” as my middle name (it’s true, as my wife will testify!).

Here’s what the test says about people like me who are “diagnosed” as INFJs (taken from the analysis page, which has a longer analysis as well if you wish to read more):
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Have you ever faced or imagined this scenario where you stand before a judge in court, and they read out all the charges to you and you stand in trepidation wondering what sort of punishment will be meted out against you?

I have.

Now I have never been to court to answer a charge prior to a few months’ back, but I was served summons to appear in court for non-payment of some fees I owe to the Town Council during the time when I was desperately unemployed for more than 6 months.

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