Archive for March, 2012
GOD POINTS OUT CONSTELLATIONS TO US
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
When God commanded the stars to give their light, he wanted them to communicate a story. There are a couple of constellations that God specifically mentions to us. All of the constellations tell us about Jesus and our story. There are some interesting insights we can gain from looking at what God says about the stars and constellations. Something we should consider is that the Magi had a working knowledge of the stars which they learned from Daniel. The Eastern Magi held true to the knowledge they learned but the Western Magi distorted the knowledge of the stars into fortunetelling.
If we remember when Jesus was born, the Eastern Magi and their huge entourage came to see the King who was born, but by that time the Western Magi lost their knowledge of God’s Word written in the stars. What we have to remember is that distortion and fortunetelling started before the birth of Jesus. The world does not have the knowledge of God’s Word written in the stars, they have fortunetelling that, as we have seen, has some major flaws. But God Specifically declares three constellations to us from His word, what is He trying to tell us.
WRITTEN BY LORI CLAYTON
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EITHER JESUS IS LORD….OR YOU ARE!
Sunday, March 4th, 2012
Not a day goes by when I don’t give thanks, from the very depths of my being, in which I don’t KNOW that CHRIST THE KING is MY LORD, period! I am His bond slave (doulos) and He is my Master!
A few years ago, I was standing feet away from popular Christian singer Natalie Grant when she practically yelled “I am sick and tired of people who say ‘YOU’RE GOING TO HELL IF YOU DON’T REPENT'”!!
Those were the saddest words I ever heard. Yet, this is not only the pervasive view of most evangelical churches, but the limp-wristed Emerging church of Rob Bell, Brian MacLaren, Doug Kimball and Solomon’s Porch Paggett, at the other extreme as well. This is the doctrine of “Easy Believism”….the belief that costs you nothing.
“BUT WAIT – isn’t SALVATION a FREE GIFT, you pinhead Bernie”? Er…YES!! But it cost my Lord Jesus everything! AND even a proud Seminary dropout like me knows what Mark 1:15c ESV means!!! It says “…Repent and believe in the Gospel“!!! I didn’t say that, JESUS DID, Natalie! Before that, in the same verse He said “The Kingdom of God is at hand”!
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND
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