“The final triumph of the gospel is seen in this, that whatever our circumstances, we ourselves can be put right and maintained.” – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Monthly Archives: April 2016
IDENTITY
I find that lately I am increasingly reading about our identity.
Who are we? That is the question. We must understand our identity, I am told. What does it mean to understand who we are? That is also a question we must consider.
But I find also that I have no problems with my identity. I know who I am. I know also what I am.
I believe also that I would not write this post, if I would not have read the following this morning in the book of ROMANS by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. (Exposition of chapter 1, The Gospel of God)
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes that right at the beginning of his letter to the Romans the Apostle says WHO HE IS and WHAT HE IS:
HE IS A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST.
That is how he describes himself. That is the most important thing about him. The Lord Jesus Christ is the centre of his life.
He gives us also the complete doctrine about this person.
JESUS
The babe of Bethlehem, the boy, the man, the carpenter.
CHRIST
The meaning of “the Christ” is the anointed one. God anointed the Lord Jesus Christ to do a particular work.
The Apostle is the apostle Paul of course.
At the beginning I said that I know who I am and what I am. I know that I am a sinner saved by the grace of God. In Paul’s letter to the Romans we read, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Read also what it says in Ephesians 2:8.
ANZAC DAY APRIL 25, 2016
Kaitaia’s War Memorial
KAITAIA’S WAR MEMORIAL
Erected 1916 and recently refurbished and re-dedicated.
Something to think about:
“Behind every good kid is a great dad”
“Behind every good kid is a great mum.”
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“Viele Kriege gingen verloren, weil sich die Feldherren mehr fuer Vormarsch als fuer Nachschub interessierten.” – Ernst Reinhardt
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“Wir koennen nicht hindern, dass die Voegel ueber unser Haupt fliegen. Aber wir koennen verhindern, dass sie Nester darauf bauen.” – Ein erfahrener Christ
Your Neighbor’s Donkey
THE CROSS
“‘YOU SHALL NOT
Exodus 20:17
Intr.:
covet
a. your neighbor’s house.'”
b. “‘… you neighbor’s wife, or
c. his manservant or
d. maidservant,
e. his ox or
Your neighbor’s donkey
f. donkey, or
End:
anything that belongs to your neighbor.'”
ROADS
On the road to Te Aroha in New Zealand
“On the road to nowhere,” is the heading of the article in THE NATIONAL FARMING REVIEW, April 2016.
Reading that I cannot help thinking …
I am thinking that I am on the road to somewhere, I am rejoicing that I am on the way to Heaven.
What about the inhabitants of heaven?
Matthew 6:9: God the Father lives there.
Acts 3:21: The Lord Jesus Christ went there after His ascension
Matthew 18:10: Angels are in heaven.
First Thessalonians 4:14: All those who have died trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ will be in heaven.
According to Revelation 20:10 the devil will never enter heaven. And Luke 12:33 tells us that thieves will not be in heaven.
The fact is that all of us are on the road to somewhere. Those of us who are not on the road to heaven are on the road to hell.
The BIBLE says so.