Showing posts with label blogging the institutes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging the institutes. Show all posts

Friday, January 30, 2009

Trial, Good, & Glory

If we were to play a game of " which one doesn't belong" the answer
would be trial. That is if you were just playing a game. But in life
all three words have an intimate and holy connection.

As I finish the last few verses of Genesis I also finish the story of
the life of Joseph. His life has been such an inspiration for me, and
it culminated at the end with these verses Gen 50: 19-21. Jacob,
Joseph's father, had just passed away and Joseph's brothers had great
fear that he would seek revenge on them for selling him into slavery
now that their father had passed, but Joseph said this, "do not fear,
for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should
be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; I will provide for
you and your little ones. Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to
them"

So now if I were to see those three words together, you would not have
Enough breath in your lungs to pursade me to pick one that does not
belong.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Blogging the Institues : Day 20 1.12.3 - 1.13.3

Many will strife over the terminology that we use to describe the Holy Trinity (rest assured that there is unshakable biblical truth that lays out the doctrine of the Holy Trinity) but can you imagine how difficult it is to put the essence of God into human words? Therefore do not be stumped by the use of words or complex descriptions we can create surrounding the Holy Trinity, simply rely on the power of the Word.

Deut 6:4
"Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one."
Gen 1:27
"Let us make man in our image"
2 Cor 13:14
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and teh fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."
1 Cor 12:4-6
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varietites of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone."
Matt 28:29-20
"baptizing them in [or unto] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

What a masterful design.

Blogging the Institues : Day 19 1.11.3 - 1.12.2

The bottom line when it comes to false gods, idols, and man made deities is this:

"that unless everything peculiar to divinity is confined to God alone, he is robbed of his honor, and his worship is violated."