Monday, May 2, 2022

Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) Q&A #23-26 (1646,1647)

 #23 Question: What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?

        Answer: Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the office of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exultation.

 

#24 Question: How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?

        Answer: Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.

 

#25 Question: How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?

        Answer: Christ executeth the office of a priest in his once offering up a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God; and in making continual intercession for us.

 #26 Question: How Doth Christ Execute the Office of a King?

         Answer: Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.

 Recommended Sermons

 WSC #23 & 24: How is Christ our Prophet? By Paul J. Wallace [Text: Isaiah 61 (Audio); Luke 4 (Audio)]

WSC #25: Christ Our Great High Priest, by JJ Lim [Text: Hebrews 4:14-16 (Audio)]

WSC #26: How Christ Executes the Office of a Priest, by Pastor J. D. ‘Skip’ Dusenbury  [Text: Titus 3:3 (Audio)]

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Answers News: Our Early Ancestors Made This Art


 

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Daily Bible Verses for Tuesday, May 3,, 2022

   "For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me." -  Hebrews 10:4 & 5 (Audio)

The following sermons are on Hebrews 10:4 & 5:

Bull's Blood, No Thanks, by Rev. Kyle Paisley
A Prepared Body, by Dr. Michael Barrett
Christ's Prepared Body, by Dr. David P. Murray
Christ's Prepared Body, by Dr. Mark Kelderman
God Incarnate, by Rev. Ian Goligher
A Body Hast Thou Prepared for Me, by Rev. Brian McClung
A Body Prepared for the Son, by Rev. Malcolm Macleod
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Ron Paul: Escalation! Rep. Kinzinger Drops 'War With Russia' Bill In The US House


 

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Daily Bible Reading for Tuesday, May 3, 2022

           If you follow the Bible reading program on this daily post you will read through the entire Bible in one year. I'm borrowing this Bible reading plan from oneyearbibleonline.com , kingjamesbibleonline.org, and biblegateway.com/]

 For today, read:


Recommended sermons:

When Apostasy Holds Sway in a Nation, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: Judges 17]
The Apostasy of Dan, by Rev. Gordon Dane [Text: Judges 17 & 18]


Recommended sermons:

Immeasurable Love, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Text: John 3:16]


Recommended sermons:

God's Providence in 2020, by Rev. Jan Neels [Text: Psalm 104]

Recommended hymn based on Psalm 104:



Recommended sermons:

Witnessing to the Backslider, by Rev. William McCrea [Text: Proverbs 14]
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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Compel Them to Come In, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

                                                                                                                                                                        


This sermon was preached in 1858, but it is just as relevant for today as if it were preached this morning! The text for Pastor Spurgeon's sermon is Luke 14:23 (Audio):

"And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled."

Spurgeon once said, 'Wherever the gospel is preached, the most wicked of men and women are made to sit at the Savior's feet, clothed and in their right minds." 
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How Should Christians Respond in a Culture Where Gender and Sexuality Mean Nothing

How Should Christians Respond in a Culture Where Gender and Sexuality Mean Nothing, by Michael Mang

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Modern Identity and Sexuality

 Modern Identity and Sexuality, by Conor Aubry

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The Importance of Christian Worship

 The Importance of Christian Worship, by Rev. Colin Mercer [Text: Matthew 15:1-9]

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10 Hr Acapella Hymn Compilation

 10  Hr Acapella Hymn Compilation

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Speaking of the Human Genome...

 Scopes Trial II - How the Human Genome Proves Evolution, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

The Human Genome, by Dr. James White
Ethics and the Human Genome, by Mr. Bill Pinkston
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Daily Quote for Monday, May 2, 2022

   "Look! Look! Look with solemn eye through the shades that part from the world of spirits and see that house of misery which men call hell! Ye cannot endure that spectacle. Remember that in that place there are spirits forever paying their debt to divine justice for theses 4,000 years sweltering in the flames. They are no nearer a discharge than when they begin. And when ten thousand times ten thousand years shall have rolled away, they will have no more made satisfaction for their guilt than they have done up till now. And how can you [???] the thought of the greatness of your Savior's mediation when he paid your debt and paid it all at once?" - Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

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More Proof That Public Schools Are Sexually Grooming Kids

 

More Proof That Public Schools Are Sexually Grooming Kids - americanthinker.com

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Awesome: Serial Groper Joe Biden to Talk About Mythical Campus Sexual Assault 'Epidemic' at Oscars - jammiewf.com

Study: Sexual Assault Prevention Program Decreased Rapes By 50% - campusreform.org
Joe Biden: "Domestic Violence Is Never, Never, Never, Never, Never The Victim's Fault" 

What To  Do if You Suspect a Child is Being Physically or Sexually Abused? 

Madonna: Reporting Rape Wasn't Worth It
Don't Blame Me Daddy - False Accusations of Child Sexual 
How Long Does It Hurt? by Cynthia L. Mather
Women Want Real Love, Not Fifty Shades Of Counterfeit

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Today in the News - May 2, 2022

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Today in History - May 2

 1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft (Source)


Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The English New Testament and the Court of Rome, by Matthew McMahon
While Henry VIII Reigned, by Rev. Malcolm Watts
Henry VIII and Puritanism, by Joe Morecraft III

1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City 

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Queen Elizabeth Ignores God in COVID Address, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke (2013)

The text for this sermon is Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio):

"Shall not I visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The English New Testament and the Court of Rome, by Matthew McMahon
While Henry VIII Reigned, by Rev. Malcolm Watts
Henry VIII and Puritanism, by Joe Morecraft III

1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City 

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Queen Elizabeth Ignores God in COVID Address, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke (2013)

The text for this sermon is Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio):

"Shall not I visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
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Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: You Will Know I Am the Lord

You Will Know I Am the Lord, by Joe W. Allen

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21 (Audio)]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much more!


 "Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:13

"My friend I stand in Judgment now
And feel that you're to blame somehow.
While on this earth I walked with you day by day
And never did you point the way.

"You knew the Lord in truth and glory,
But never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was very dim,
You could have led me safe to him.

"Though we lived together here on earth
You never told me of the second birth.
And now I stand this day condemned,
Because you failed to mention him.

 "You taught me many things, that's true,
I called you friend and trusted you.
But now I learned, now it's too late,
You could have kept me from this fate.

"We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the light.
You let me live, love and die,
And all the while you knew I'd never live on high.

 "Yes, I called you friend in life,
And trusted you in joy and strife.
Yet in coming to this end,
I see you really weren't my friend!"
-My Friend, by D.J. Higgins

Recommended sermon:

The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed

  1. Here is an excerpt from this sermon: "The deaf world does feel isolated. I've heard a statistic that only 1 to 2% of people who are deaf have had the gospel signed to them in American Sign Language. Only 1 to 2%"Dail
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Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) Q & A #20-22 (1646,1647)

 #20 Question: Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?

         Answer: God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.

 #21 Question: Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?

         Answer: The only Redeemer of God’s elect is The Lord Jesus Christ, who,  being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person forever.

 #22 Question: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

        Answer: Christ, the Son of God, became man by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.

 Recommended Sermon: WSC #20-22: The Promised Redeemer, by Rev. Sam Perez [Text: Genesis 3:15 (Audio)]

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Daily Bible Verses for Monday, May 2, 2022

 Today's Bible verses are John 16 (Audio):

1“These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”


Here are some sermons based on John 16:1-15:

The Power of the Holy Spirit, by J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) [Text: John 16; Acts 2]
The Personality of the Holy Spirit, by Rev. Roger Higginson [Text: John 16:1-14]
The Comforter and His Ministry, by Rev. John Greer [Text: John 16:1-15]
I Believe in the Holy Spirit, by Rev. Pieter VanderMeyden [Text: John 16:1-15]
The Holy Spirit it True and Eternal God, by Rev. Henk Bergsma [Text: John 16: 1-15]
The Spirit's Work in Glorifying Christ, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: John 16:1-15]
I Believe in the Holy Spirit, by Rev. L. W. Bilkes [Text: John 16:1-15]
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Daily Bible Reading for Monday, May 2, 2022

          If you follow the Bible reading program on this daily post you will read through the entire Bible in one year. I'm borrowing this Bible reading plan from oneyearbibleonline.com , kingjamesbibleonline.org, and biblegateway.com/]

 For today, read:


Recommended sermons:

Samson in the Bible, by Rev. Gordon Dane [Text: Judges 15]
Samson, A Backslider Restored, by Rev. Colin Mercer [Text: Judges 16]


Recommended sermons:

The Rebuilding of the Temple, by Dr. David P. Murray [Text John 2:19]


Recommended sermons:

The 9 Alls, by Dr. Ian RK Paisley (1926-2014) [Text: Psalm 103]

Recommended hymn based on Psalm 103:



Recommended sermons:

Witnessing to the Backslider, by Rev. William McCrea [Text: Proverbs 14]
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Demonology

 Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter [Text:  Colossians 2:1-15]

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Demon Possession on the Rise in the West - Exorcism: Is It Valid? by Pastor Kevin Swanson (Podcast)
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Recommended sermon:

Satan Considering the Saints, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Recommended novels by Frank Peretti:

This Present Darkness
Piercing the Darkness

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Dr. Stephen Meyer: The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science

 

 The Ark of Noah and the Technology of the Ancient World, by Dr. Peter Hammond

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 "It's like another pastor who came to me once and he said, 'But the word day can mean something other than an ordinary day.' And I said, 'Well, that's true. But it can also mean an ordinary day.' He said, 'But it can mean something other than an ordinary day.' I said, 'Of course it can. 'But it can also can an ordinary day.' He said, 'But it can mean something other than an ordinary...' This went on for millions of years, it was incredible!" - Ken Ham, Six Days and the Eisegesis Problem

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How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)