New Standards and Teachings
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New
Standards
Let me name a few practices,
popular in our times and often found in the church, which are directly
forbidden by the Scriptures:
1.
Strong drink…
Proverbs 23:31 “Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and
goes down smoothly, In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an
adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things.
You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies
on the top of a mast.” They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they
beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.”
Godly wisdom describes here intoxicating wine, the hangover, delirium,
confusion, sickness, numbness to pain, and lack of good sense experienced by
the drinker, which ends by the onset of addiction. One of the most
misunderstood issues concerns what the Bible teaches about wine, claiming that
it gives license to moderate drinking. It doesn’t. An interpretation to any
portion claimed by those who imbibe, contradicts this clear commandment to not
even look at wine, when it is in an intoxicating state. The Bible doesn’t
contradict itself. The word juice is
only used once in the whole Bible, and most of the time, wine, especially new wine,
means nothing more than grape juice. I understand, by those who have
investigated, that processed wine in Bible times was so lightly fermented, that
one could not hold enough in his stomach to become intoxicated.
Our
son-in-law, daughter, and granddaughter were in an accident, in which the
driver, who hit their car and was killed, had well below the legal limits of
alcohol in his blood, but he had had just enough to sway his judgment. His wife
and parents claimed that he was a good and cautious driver. A man told me of a
friend of his, with whom he played chess. His friend would always beat him,
unless he could persuade him to have a couple beers before the match. That would be enough to dull his competitor’s mind
and give him the edge.
Pictorial of Our Trip to the USA
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personal testimonies
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Traveling
with Dan’s family to the Midwest via Canada, Upper Michigan Peninsula, across Wisconsin and into Elk River, Minnesota to visit Mike, Rachel and kids. Mike
co-pastors in St. Michael at Connect Church. (St. Michael is not named after
Mike). A great bunch met for a mid-week service and on Sunday morning the
church was backed through the foyer to the back door. Our visit really wore
Mike out… 
The Lord’s Day
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“I was in the
Spirit on the Lord’s Day” Rev. 1:10
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| Early the first day of the week |
Let me begin this study by
sharing with you the observations of some that I consider the best
commentators. I refer continually to their material. I want you to see the
unanimity of their views on John’s statement on the Lord’s Day, which is quoted
above. I provide this without an application or challenge. I prefer to leave it
in your hands and to leave you in God’s hands concerning this subject.
Barnes:
On the Lord’s day - The word rendered here as “Lord’s” (κυριακῇ kuriakē), occurs only in this place and in 1Co_11:20, where it
is applied to the Lord’s supper. It properly means “pertaining to the Lord”;
and, so far as this word is concerned, it might mean a day “pertaining to the
Lord,” in any sense, or for any reason; either because he claimed it as his
own, and had set it apart for his own service, or because it was designed to
commemorate some important event pertaining to him, or because it was observed
in honor of him. It is clear:
(1)
That this refers to some day which was distinguished from all
other days of the week, and which would be sufficiently designated by the use
of this term.
(2)
that it was a day which was for some
reason regarded as especially a day of the Lord, or especially devoted to him.
(3)
it would further appear that this was a
day particularly devoted to the Lord
Jesus; for: (a) that
is the natural meaning of the word “Lord” as used in the New Testament; and
(b) if the Jewish Sabbath were
intended to be designated, the word “Sabbath” would have been used.
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