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Life is a Predicament?

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werner-150x150-e1367980712224Yesterday I came across the quote “Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament,” by George Santayana.

“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”

Today is Tuesday, November 5, 2013 and I am reading again about “predicament”. In the “Daily Readings from the Works of Martyn Lloyd-Jones” selected by Frank Cumbers. Lloyd-Jones writes on November 5 that we are not only in a predicament, but that we are in a “terrible predicament”.

He points out that we are “victims of sin and of Satan,” and that we “must run to Christ.”

The Lord Jesus Christ is our Savior. We are saved “from” and “to”.

We are saved:

From the wrath to come – Romans 5:9.

From the curse of a broken law – Galatians 3:10.

We are saved:

To a relationship with God – John 1:12.

To eternal life – John 3:36.

“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”

Yes, life is a predicament!

Quote

Quote

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The politician who is confused  about God will be confused about God’s world, which leads inevitable to a confused world view and inadequate political solutions.”

– D. Stuart Brisco

in his book on Romans

Running out of Everything

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“…; there is nothing new under the sun,” says the Teacher in Ecclesiastes 1:9.

The quote “‘You run out of people to blame, places to run, places to hide,'” in the booklet called “Take a look …” about Family Violence reminds me of what the Teacher says.

FAMILY VIOLENCE

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Running out of people to blame.

Running out of places to run.

Running out of places to hide.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?

Adam blamed Eve. And Eve blamed the serpent.

Adam and Eve ran away from the LORD God.

Adam and Eve hid among the trees of the Garden of Eden.

(We read that on the first pages of the Bible.)

The Bible is true, “…; there is nothing new under the sun.”

Sermon Outline – NT – NIV

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THE CROSS

THE CROSS

“But mark this:

Second Timothy 3:1-5

Intr.:

There will be terrible times in the last days.

People will be

1.  lovers of themselves,

2.  lovers of money,

3.  boastful,

4.  proud,

5.  abusive,

6.  disobedient to their parents,

7.  ungrateful,

8.  unholy,

9.  without love,

10.  unforgiving,

11.  slanderous,

12.  without self-control,

13.  brutal,

14.  not lovers of the good,

15.  treacherous,

16.  conceited,

17.  lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God –

18.  having a form of godliness but denying its power.

End:

Have nothing to do with them.”