Well, the latest Rapture has come and gone. Some people are disapointed, others are not surprised and yet others are already calculating the next return of Jesus. Besides the fact that this is the third time I have found myself left behind, the main reason why I was not surprised to find the world just as it had been before 6:00 is that I can read the Bible.
Jesus tells us to discern the signs of the times. He never told us to lift a bunch of texts and create complicated mathematical equations. He does tell us no man knows the day or hour. He does tell us of many things that must happen first (just read Matt 24). Revelation gives us yet more details of the time leading to the end of time and the return of our Lord. The only way the rapture could accure in the very immediate future ( as in the next few months) is if Jesus was lieing to us in those passages in Scripture.
Honestly folks, when the end does come it will not be reported in the news but rather, proclaimed by the voice of the Archangel. Being prepared has nothing to do with stocking up on water, food or anything els. The only way to be prepared is to repent and believe in your heart the beautiful salvation of Jesus. When asked "what must we do?", Peter did not say work out an unreliable prophecy calender. He told them "Repent and be baptised everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." This is the only way to prepare for when Jesus really does come back for his people.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Worth Reading
Before I go any further, let me say that I am a believer in Sola Scriptura. I agree that the Scriptures as preserved through the centuries is the final and only authority concerning God's revolation to man. That being said I think it to be a good idea to read the time tested works of other great leaders of the church.
We listen to our pasters and teachers and compare them to the Word. I think it very profitable to do the same with pastors who have gone to be with the Lord. Men like Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, Jon Calvin, John Knox, Loyd Jones and others who devoted thier lives to the study and expotition of Scripture. How arrogant are we if we think we have nothing to learn from these great men of faith.
Herisies and error in understanding the Word of God come from a failure to heed the warnnings of the preaching and teaching of those who combatted the same errors generations before. Is it any wonder that the Church is under constant attack from false teachings when we willfuly ignore the foundation of sound doctrine laid for us by learned and faithful preachers and teachers of old? We become easily arrested by "new" teachings. We entertain "new" ideas as if somehow this "newly discovered" truth was somehow missed by 2000 + years of Biblical scholars.
Like any teaching, even these time tested works by men of old must be held to the microscope of Scripture. No matter how well respected they may be, even these teachings, many of which entire denomonations are built on, must hold up against the light of Gods word. Over the centuries, the works of God's men throughout the church age have been shown to stand as valuable to us today as when they were "new".
We listen to our pasters and teachers and compare them to the Word. I think it very profitable to do the same with pastors who have gone to be with the Lord. Men like Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, Jon Calvin, John Knox, Loyd Jones and others who devoted thier lives to the study and expotition of Scripture. How arrogant are we if we think we have nothing to learn from these great men of faith.
Herisies and error in understanding the Word of God come from a failure to heed the warnnings of the preaching and teaching of those who combatted the same errors generations before. Is it any wonder that the Church is under constant attack from false teachings when we willfuly ignore the foundation of sound doctrine laid for us by learned and faithful preachers and teachers of old? We become easily arrested by "new" teachings. We entertain "new" ideas as if somehow this "newly discovered" truth was somehow missed by 2000 + years of Biblical scholars.
Like any teaching, even these time tested works by men of old must be held to the microscope of Scripture. No matter how well respected they may be, even these teachings, many of which entire denomonations are built on, must hold up against the light of Gods word. Over the centuries, the works of God's men throughout the church age have been shown to stand as valuable to us today as when they were "new".
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