You’ll probably think that I’m a heretic when I say that I have a
problem with the “imputed righteousness of Christ”. See those quotes?
I’m referring to the terminology—not the (partial) idea behind it. And
it’s not like I’m picking on
Doug for using the term because just a few
days ago I was reading an interesting paper, which
Sozo recommended,
that made ample use of the term. So yeah, I have a problem with with the term.
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TJ asks for prayer in the midst of an extremely difficult situation.
Her husband needs salvation and their family needs a miracle. Pray
intelligently after reading her
request. Brother Jerry is also in need of
prayer. He was released from the hospital without the Doctor?s
consent, the
spinal tap left incomplete. Pray for wisdom and healing. Also give thanks to
God on behalf of Brother Bloke. He landed a job, and I?m eagerly
waiting to
hear the tale.
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I?m skipping ahead a bit, but I felt that this bit of
history pressing heavily on my mind. Elisha has just witnessed some of the most life-transforming events of
his life, and now sat having a discussion based on preconceptions and majority
rule. It wasn?t a web-forum.
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Brother Ron has been doing an in-depth study on husbands
loving their wives. Excellent series. Also, early on he linked to Sister Kristen
who did a couple of great posts on marriage.
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Some people are wondering at my use of Hebrew names a
few
posts back.
They wondered if I went legalist or if I knew something they didn’t.
Maybe someone reading this is wondering if they should be using the
Hebrew or Greek or Latin names.
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Pray for
Jerry
who is going to the doctor today with a bit of concern. Pray that the
doctors have wisdom in dealing with his situation. Pray for Jane Gard
who finds her and her sister unemployed and facing great difficulties.
She also asks pray for her friendship with her buddy Tim. You can read
more of her prayer request
here. Pray for David the JollyBlogger—although he seems to be
doing better.
Pray for my assembly. Lastly, keep praying for my wife. Ever since she
has been taken off of the
terbutaline she has been having
contractions—which is fine at this stage (37 weeks). The thing is that the
contractions have been hard and long and 3 to 4 minutes apart. Yes, we
went to the doctor and got sonograms and she’s not in labor. Basically
this baby’s coming is imminent and eagerly expected.
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The top 5 heroes of all time?how am I supposed to write
about that? MCF is having
another blog party and I?m supposed to bring
something that has an Archive flavor (quiet, not old and stuffy!). Trying this
after the Best Movie of All Time
fiasco?
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It bolsters my faith looking at the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled in
his sayings and actions while here on earth. His exactness, for
instance, of acquiring a donkey to ride into Jerusalem is astounding. I
find that my mind has a hard time wrapping around the miracles which
Jesus performed, sometimes stating them by habit but then when thinking
about it, feeling completely overwhelmed. A man blind from birth having
his eyes completely healed…almost as if they were recreated.
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The heathen rages and the ethical atheist stand on a (supposed) moral
high ground showing how the God of the Bible is the cause of some of
the worse evils imaginable. They stand there pointing their fingers
saying that there is no God, there is no Christ, your faith is in vain.
You want us to believe? In the light of all this evil around us, fine,
show us your God. Show us then we’ll believe. Does the Lord have to
answer? Has He answered or how will He?
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I can’t stand book reviews. Nah, that’s not right—I can’t stand
personal book reviews. Wait, that’s not right either…I can’t stand
personal book reviews which are so blindly biased that they ignore what
the author is saying and think that a book is nightmarishly bad because
they don’t agree with it. Okay, that sounds about right.
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In this portion I will keep using the Hebrew names for continuity.
We get to a verse now that is largely taken out of context. I don?t
know if you?ve heard it but it goes something like ?A person who
doesn?t believe God can?t personally believe God and can?t even please
God because they are in the flesh. They are carnal and the carnal mind
is hostile toward God for it does not subject itself to the Law of God
(Rom 8:8).? Thing is, Sha?ul is still defending God?s righteousness in
the believer?s mind and is currently dealing with the death wrought by
sin through the power of the Law versus the newness of life found in
the Spirit. The carnality spoken of here is still in context of that
which is wrought through the law, which pertains to the flesh.
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Shane asked a couple of questions in the comments section for
Romans 6.
?Is this then to say that the Law was done away with Christ’s
sacrifice? Did the Law ever condemn or was it sin that condemned? How
do we determine which pieces of the Law are still ?binding??? I?m sure
Brother
Shane
won?t mind if I make these questions the basis of this stage of the
defense of God by Paul (herein referred to as Sha?ul)…as in the text.
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Today my wife was relieved from bed-rest and from the pump sending contraction-slowing medication into her body. She revels in her freedom and I am now in yellow-alert knowing that labor could happen any day. True she is due May 1st but she?s been having contractions even on the meds?and now we?re at a good safe-point where they wouldn?t stop contractions anyway.
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Work. Day in and day out, repeatedly doing what someone else wants so that we can earn our bread and butter. Watching the clock tick by as work proves fruitful only with much toil and labor. The words ?Seek ye first the kingdom of God? may resonate in our minds but we may see it as something you do on Sunday or before work then the rest of the week is devoted to this perceived monotony.
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Call it a paraphrase or commentary, here’s 1 Kings 21 and most of 22.
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