tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post113130261670904960..comments2023-09-20T04:42:34.757-07:00Comments on presbyterian thoughts: On Hating Sin and Hating SinnersNPEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05876228480961585856noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1132178123157749132005-11-16T13:55:00.000-08:002005-11-16T13:55:00.000-08:00We all have the tendency to love man more than God...We all have the tendency to love man more than God. Beyond homosexuality and drunkenness, we're usually far more concerned about someone cutting us off in traffic, getting in our way, or not complimenting us when we do well than we are in the worship of God.Wes Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699630324814112298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1132044198564964802005-11-15T00:43:00.000-08:002005-11-15T00:43:00.000-08:00Nate, speaking of sin.Lets not forget the sin of b...Nate, speaking of sin.Lets not forget the sin of bestiality. I have been made aware of three cases recently and I had no idea it was so prevalent.Where is this addressed in the Bible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131508657222377512005-11-08T19:57:00.000-08:002005-11-08T19:57:00.000-08:00Furthermore...Once you leave the simplicity of the...Furthermore...<BR/><BR/>Once you leave the simplicity of the Word read and preached, the singing of the 150 Psalms, prayer and the proper administration of the sacraments of the New Covenant (Baptism and the Lord's Supper) all sorts of heresy find a fertile ground in the hearts of God's people. <BR/><BR/>This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me, but in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matt 15:8,9<BR/><BR/>As for the people who so insist that the Psalms are insufficient for New Testament worship, they seem to miss the point of Matt 15:8,9. They like to say their hearts are right. <I>Really</I>, Matt 15:8,9 says something different. Farbeit from God to know the hearts and minds of men.<BR/><BR/>Finally, consider what God says in Isaiah 1:13-15. Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new mooons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with: <I>it is</I> iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your apointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear <I>them</I>. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. <BR/><BR/>God will bear with corrupt, false and <I><B>vain</B></I> worship, but only for a while and then no more. He is weary to bear it. People may say church is boring, but for most churches the terrible fact is, God hates it. <BR/><BR/>People are so busy writing and performing their own music and song, they cannot hear Christ's call to come into the marriage, so he sends out the the highways and byways for people to come in, and they will be his people, and He will be their God.<BR/><BR/>So all the troubled Reformed and Presbyterian Churches, might just try repenting of their will worship, and let go of their commandments of men in God's worshp, and <I>really</I> honor Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131504327160059252005-11-08T18:45:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:45:00.000-08:00What are some biblical examples of God's punishmen...What are some biblical examples of God's punishment for false worship?<BR/><BR/>Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <I>am</I> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <I>generation</I> of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thounsands of them that love me, and keep my my commandments. <BR/>Exodus 20:5,6.<BR/><BR/>There is the most serious consequence of worshiping God in ways he has not commanded. People who corrupt the worship of God only have until the third or fourth generation to figure it out. Their corrupt/false worship leads to the wholesale corruption of the Christian religion. <BR/><BR/>Take an honest look at Church history, and its obvious. Look at recent presbyterian church history in America. <BR/>The PCUSA once they rejected God's appointed worship became apostate in 4 generations. The OPC failed to repent of the corrupt worship practice of the PCUSA and is looking like they won't survive as a <I>Christian</I> church much longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131421217064973562005-11-07T19:40:00.000-08:002005-11-07T19:40:00.000-08:00...oh and Adam and Eve......oh and Adam and Eve...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131345625293707152005-11-06T22:40:00.000-08:002005-11-06T22:40:00.000-08:00Simple hermeneutic really..."What Christ has not c...Simple hermeneutic really...<BR/><BR/>"What Christ has not changed by way of New Testament, remains from the Old, and remains the same."<BR/><BR/>Notice both Homosexuality and worshipping false gods are punishable by death, oh and my wife is reminding me that so is Sabbath breaking!<BR/><BR/>To quote a favorite ska band, "No! No! No! You can't handle this!"<BR/>-Five Iron Frenzyshawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022908066527714437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131322637796808672005-11-06T16:17:00.000-08:002005-11-06T16:17:00.000-08:00the nun-pig is disturbing, but i do think i get it...the nun-pig is disturbing, but i do think i get it. eww<BR/><BR/>By what standard do "New Testament" Christians worship? What does worship look like and contain?<BR/><BR/>The NT worship is so good, so easy, so free and liberating. Free from numerous signs and sacrifices, free to do what they signified, enjoying free access to the throne of Grace by our Saviour, and are enabled to worship perfectly in the sight of God through Christ's mediation. We now by the commandment of Jesus, sing Psalms, read the Word, Pray, use the Sacraments, and hear the Preaching of the Word.tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272185423568883851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131309111963519872005-11-06T12:31:00.000-08:002005-11-06T12:31:00.000-08:00Due to my wife being creeped out by the nun-pig I ...Due to my wife being creeped out by the nun-pig I would like to add this disclaimer:<BR/><BR/>Heironymous Bosch <BR/>(c. 1450-1516) was a Roman Catholic painter who painted images in hell. This is a detail from the painting "Garden of Earthly Delights (c.1504)" and is a disturbing visual representation of the effects of sin (and the affects of sin as well.)<BR/><BR/>Back to the discussion....NPEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05876228480961585856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603359.post-1131306544762707232005-11-06T11:49:00.000-08:002005-11-06T11:49:00.000-08:00"-If Dispensationalists were right on the negation..."-If Dispensationalists were right on the negation of the law, then by what standard are we to judge the lawfulness of an act?"<BR/>-What is it that they specifically believe concerning the negation of the law?<BR/>-If it's the negation of the first table of the law:<BR/> Logically it could not be God's word (i.e. the old and n.t.)? How could it be that a negation of the source of God's law (1st command) be allowing of the 2nd table?<BR/><BR/>"-What are some biblical examples of God's punishment for false worship?"<BR/>-Nadab and Abihu, the Corinthian communion problem, Israelites and the making of golden calfs, the book of JudgesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com