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Missionary Baptist > Out of Our Control: Thoughts
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on 20 January 2012 - 03:23 AM
Am I accountable for my thoughts? Maybe the question draws up images from 1984 about thought-crime and the like, but that is not the kind of accountability I am describing. I am not concerned with whether a human government may prosecute us for our thoughts - that is a different question altogether. To rephrase the question slightly: Will God to judg...
Missionary Baptist > Thoughts on 1 John 2:17
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on 12 July 2011 - 02:13 PM
Commentary writing is slow work, but very rewarding. This verse was a real encouragement to me. I hope it will be for you also. Take heart! This enemy of God - this world in which we presently live which actively opposes the interests of God - is passing away, even now. Even as it seems to us that our enemy is waxing ever stronger, as it proclaims the...
Missionary Baptist > The Magi
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on 06 July 2011 - 09:58 PM
I have never seen this explored. Probably someone will be able to quickly dismiss it out of hand, but I will mention it anyway. The magi who come to Christ are astrologers, a sin (Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Jeremiah 10:2, others). They are led by a star to Jesus, but stop on their way to speak to Herod (a political gesture, I have heard). Because of their conv...
Missionary Baptist > Thoughts on 1 John 2:2
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on 02 July 2011 - 02:34 PM
I am currently working on an E-sword commentary on the writings of John (Gospel According to John, I-III John and Revelation) and thought I would share my thoughts on this verse. It is substantially longer than the commentary on most verses, but I think this verse is full of powerful thoughts:In this verse, we stumble upon one of the big church words whic...
Missionary Baptist > Thoughts on 2 Chronicles 7:1-3
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on 29 June 2011 - 01:09 AM
Something remarkable and beautiful is recorded for us in this verse. When the glory of the Almighty is so bright in the temple that His priests cannot even enter, they cry out about God's infinite goodness and bow low to the ground. Why? Why does this display of power provoke words about mercy?When we see who God is - how marvelous and powerful - it b...
