A Ministry to Fallen Nature
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Please indulge me, people, for dabbing a little into politics; My record will prove that I have not made a habit of it; in fact, I cannot remember anything political in my articles. Perhaps I took a stab at Romney's Mormonism, during the last presidential campaign. If I did, I don't remember. This article is not so much an attack on Donald Trump's candidacy, as it is, a result of my frustration against "Christians" who are supporting him. Please take a look at this man's record:
Then, if you still have time, read what the son of Ronald Reagan has to say about Trump:
Finally, what is most appalling, is what you will see in this video:
Over 100 Charismatic
leaders, including Kenneth Copeland, here are encouraging the candidacy of Donald Trump, an
immoral man, married three times, unfaithful to his first wife, divorced his second and whose present wife has posed in the nude. Sarah Palin has pledged her support to Trump, as has Jerry Falwell Jr. He is a man, who owns casinos and strip bars. He is a totally immoral man, who does not know how to ask for forgiveness. I personally heard him say that he does not practice that before men or before God. And they are doing this for him
over the present 2nd and 3rd-ranking Republican candidates, who give clear and solid testimony
to their understanding of the biblical gospel (I am not making any claims for them as to their personal walk with God. They alone can answer for that). I have heard them, especially Rubio, explain it.
Present Darkness and Coming Light
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11. An expository study of Isaiah,
chapter 9
Do they offer a verse by verse Bible
study in the church, where you attend? So few do these days, yet it is so
important for believers to receive help one from another in something that is
as vast as the Word of God. Have you been with us in this Bible study from the
beginning? If not, I invite you to go back to the introduction to get a good
background on the history and events. This book is full of messianic prophecy,
as well as solid spiritual principle, pertinent for all times.
http://calltocommitment.blogspot.com.es/2015/10/introduction-to-isaiah.html
http://calltocommitment.blogspot.com.es/2015/10/introduction-to-isaiah.html
If you have studied with us up to
this point in Isaiah, let me inform you of last year’s study. Hopefully, you
have some reading time on your hands and, if so, you may want to include the
book of Zechariah in your study. Zechariah was a prophet, informed of the
coming Messiah, as was Isaiah, but perhaps Zechariah received more, concerning
the second coming of Christ. This is a day in which we must be informed,
because the signs of His coming are all around us and it would be tragic to
miss them.
http://calltocommitment.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/the-introduction-to-zechariah.html
http://calltocommitment.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/the-introduction-to-zechariah.html
Now it’s time to see some more of
Isaiah prophecies of the coming Messiah…
Light at the end of the tunnel
Our main purpose in studying the
Bible is to receive illumination on the person and nature of God Himself. We
are about to learn some vital lessons from the Holy Spirit about the ways of
God, as we launch chapter 9. Chapter 8 left us in a dark tunnel of gloom of
which, if you remember, Barnes said. “We almost feel that we are enveloped
by the gloom, and see objects of terror and alarm on every side.”
But now look, “There will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier
times He treated the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali with contempt,
but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other
side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.” We see there is light at the end
of God’s tunnel! Remember this always, child of God. There is no guarantee for
any believer that he will be kept from the most severe trials, or that his sins
will not bring on painful discipline. No good Bible scholar will tell you
anything different. However, the ones who let God write their biographies on
the fleshly tables of their heart will always, without exception, find glorious
light in the end! |That is what distinguishes God’s stories from the
unpredictable tales of this world.
The young cancer patient, after weakly
uttering tearful goodbyes to the dear ones around his bed, suddenly bursts into
unspeakable joy in the presence of his Savior and God. The one bound to a
wheelchair throughout life by cerebral palsy, in a flash explodes into laughter,
leaping down the main boulevard of Glory straight to his Father’s throne. A
scream, an awful sound of impact, the crunching of metal and shattering of
glass, is followed by unbearable pain that the accident victim never knew could
exist, and then, in the next moment, it disappears before wholeness and
tranquility in the arms of Jesus.
Barnevernet: Anti-Family Terrorism in Norway
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This article came from "Delight in Truth" published on Dec. 4, 2015
http://delightintruth.com/2015/12/04/barnevernet-anti-family-terrorism-in-norway/
Imagine sending your two oldest children to school only to never see them again. Imagine law enforcement showing up to your home and removing three more young children, one of whom is only 3 months old and brutally snatched off his mother’s breast.
Is this a scene taking place at the hands of the brutal Islamic State in Syria or Iraq?
To the Law and the Testimony
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Isaiah
10. An expository study of Isaiah,
chapter 8
I hope that there are some serious
Bible students following me in these studies. We are studying together and I am
trying to hear the Author, the Holy Spirit, as He speaks through Isaiah. His
voice echoes through the ages and we must capture the original intent, which continues
to live for us. When we are dealing with eternal truth, it is outside of time
and, therefore, we cannot relegate it to any particular era. What is the truth
is always true. Jesus said, “I am the truth” (Jn.14:6) and the writer of
Hebrews declared, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever” (Heb.13:8).
Please open you Bibles to Isaiah 8 and follow verse by verse through its context.
Make speed to the spoil; hasten the prey
In the last chapter, we studied Isaiah’s
son, Shear-jashub, and now we learn of his other son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Imagine
Isaiah outside his house calling him, “Mahershalalhashbaz, come to dinner! I
don’t want to have to call you twice!” I hope not… perhaps he had a shorter
nickname. There is a lesson for us concerning a prophet as we open this
chapter. A prophet does not simply sit in his office, waiting for a word from
heaven. A true prophet lives his prophecy; that is, his ministry is his life.
This is one major instance that
proves the point, and I will not take the time and space to point to more texts
throughout the Bible that confirm this affirmation. When he wakes in the
morning, he is a prophet, and when he goes to bed at night, he is still a
prophet. His life is wrapped around his ministry and his wife and children
enter into it (v.1-3). Isaiah was a prophet, his wife was a prophetess and his
two sons were prophecies. I think this is a healthier way to view the
ministry/family relationship, rather than separating them into two categories
and pitting one against the other, as we often are taught to do these days (see
v.18).
Maher-shalal-hash-baz means make speed to the spoil; hasten the prey.
The use of synonyms, actually makes the same statement with different words,
and accents the prediction (speed = hasten; spoil = prey). This was written on
a large tablet or plate of wood, metal or stone and engraved with an iron
stylus. It seems to be the title of a permanent, easy-to-read record, written
for the benefit of the common populace, as in Habacuc 2:2; “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads
it may run.” The message would be found in the name of Isaiah’s future son
and the event to which it is applied is to the Assyrian’s rapid conquest of
Samaria and Syria. The prophecy endured to become part of the Old Testament
canon and remains today in modern print. Who, then, can deny its relevance?
The Forest of Shaking Hearts
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A little personal
counsel
I have been trying to encourage the
reader in every lesson that, because we will not be writing the whole portion
of Scripture in the article, you will have to have your Bible open and follow
along, as I attempt an expository lesson. I hope that I’m not being naïve, when I imagine someone sitting at
a desk or table with the Bible on the right, open to Isaiah, and articles like
this one on the left.
Everyone
who knows me will tell you that I am a proponent of the reading of good
Christian books, as a complement to consistent Bible reading and study. Read as
much as your time will allow from time-proven authors! I don’t know of any
reputable Christian, now or in church history, who would advise you
differently. However, the trend today of sitting in a circle to study together
the latest book, in general is not advisable. I’m not saying that in the case
of some books, especially classics in church history, it might be profitable to
do so, but I shudder to think of how many Christians have been misled by some
of the most popular literature of our day. Much is simply garbage!
Christians
today really need to study the Bible in expository form and if you are not
doing so in some other Bible class, well here is a good opportunity for you. By
expository teaching, we hear best what God has to say, rather than to consider
the opinions of men. We often do hear their
opinions, because preachers and teachers have certain thoughts, which they have
developed on their own, and look for Bible texts to give authority to their
thinking. This method is not only unwise, it is dangerous. I hope that you will
join me, as I attempt to hear the voice of God through the book of Isaiah, as
we study verse by verse.
Christmas 2015
Cartagena, Alicante and Barcelona
I’m back from Barcelona
since Tuesday night, December 29. With
Margaret helping Sarah in Cass Lake Minnesota, USA, it was really nice to be
able to spend the Christmas season with friends. I drove so that I would have
freedom to move about from place to place, without being restricted by an
airplane ticket.
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| Logo for Spanish radio station |
I left home on
Sunday, December 20, and arrived in Cartagena at about 10:30 P.M. I stayed
with my friend, Paco, and his son. On
the 21 and 22, I was kept busy at the radio station with a lot of live
programs, including Light in the Morning,
from 10 to 12 A.M, a 4 P.M. program Amazing
Grace, and a program with another friend Rodolfo. They also asked me to do
a spot with Christmas greetings to the listeners and redo the opening for my
program, Building upon the Rock, which
covers essential Christian doctrines. The introductory music is now supplied by
a beautiful Spanish rendition of Ancient
Words.
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| Heriberto Ledesma |
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| Norma, husband and mother |
On Wednesday,
the 23, I arrived in Alicante about noon and I was with the entire family of
Heriberto Ledesma. Please pray for Heriberto’s daughter, Norma, and her husband
and son. Norma is very ill with cancer and asked her dad to cancel the ticket for
his return to Mexico on December 28, along with her mother, sister, brother,
sister-in-law, and their son. Heriberto worked with us in Mexico and his wife
worked with the Pollnows before they were married. Margaret used to visit
Heriberto’s mother, still alive at 91, when he was only 13. It was good the
whole family could be together for Christmas. Another sister and her husband
and two daughters were also there from Lisbon, Portugal. We prayed together and
I sang a verse of one of my favorite songs, Sheltered
in the Arms of God, which has been translated into Spanish. Then I was
asked to sing, The God of the Mountain.
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