Mar. 7th, 2006

RELIGIOUS WAYS: Man's vs. God's

Man's ways of living religiously with the Biblical "support" that folks try to use:

1. LAW = Performance-based force
Do this & live!!
(This is a quote describing how to prosper materially.)
2. FLESH = Personality-based feeling
I do not belong ...
I do not need you ...
There is no God ...
(All three of these are quotations of sinful ways of thinking.)

God's way to give life:
3. GRACE = Promise-based faith.
Jesus is Lord
(This is based upon the reality of the cross & the resurrection.)

Whom shall you choose? Here are the options:
- Ancestral "gods" & their "hallowed" traditions,
- Local "gods" & their "freedom,"
OR
- The Lord God Almighty, who desires to be your Father & Friend.

Feb. 28th, 2006

THEOLOGY: for those who got an "F" in school.

1 Father in heaven - Begetter God
Faithful in keeping His promises = trustworthy.
Fine in character = undefiled.
First in glory = worthy of all praise.
Final in judgment = wise in decisions.

2 Friend of sinners - the Son
Finder of the lost
Foundation of faith
Forge of righteousness
Finisher of faithfulness

3 Fullness of the Spirit - the Holy Spirit
Flower - Initial beauty of the Lord.
Fruit - Love, joy, peace, etc. as our character is transformed.
Food - Comfort & hope for those who rely on the Lord.
Fuel - Zeal for the Lord is energized by the Spirit.

4 Future - the last days.
Famine - Emptiness in the soul of those who love sin.
Feast - Satisfaction for the righteous.
Fire - Wave upon wave of destruction for the wicked.
Fortress - Shelter for those made holy in Christ.

5 Failures - Before Christ.
Foes of God - hostile to God
Fools - wandering in sin
Forgetting God's glory - unthankful.
Foreigners to the covenant - strangers to the promises.

6 Few endure - Believers in Christ.
Friends - of Christ, of God, & of each other.
Fanatics - crazy about Jesus.
Followers of Jesus - wise in Christ
Fellow-heirs - students of the Promise.

7 Freedom declared - Bible
Fulfilled & fulfilling.
Fixed & unalterable.
Forming our faith.
Factual.

8 Fall - Breaking the Law
Folly - Willy-nilly silliness.
Frettying - Worrying & scurrying.
Falsehood - Working up a story.
Fighting - Warring against others.

9 Focus on Christ - Born again
Faith - Begins here.
Forgiveness - Breaking the curse.
Finding the pearl of great price - Begging answered.
Fostered by God - Being adopted.

10 Force of the kingdom - Begging & being beaten.
Fear of God.
Forsaking sin.
Fasting from worldly pleasure.
Fun amidst conflict.

Oct. 3rd, 2005

Faith in God our as our Father / Holy Patron

http://www.agape-biblia.org/hosken-news

Please visit :
HOSKEN-NEWS, 01 Oct. 2005

I thought that the last news item & his own commentary were pretty insightful:

Another saint is invoked in Russia's war.

American presidents refer to the "Lord God Almighty" ... or sing of the "faith of our fathers"

... 1 simple question:

Where is faith in God our Father?

It seems that faith in God as our Heavenly Father is particularly linked with our willingness to endure the suffering He sends our way / permits us to experience.

American Christians lacks faith in God our Father not because of "childhood trauma" as so many would have you to believe. Rather, because they do not honor their fathers & mothers. They do not love God not because God has done them harm, but because they do not perceive the good God has done for them in permitting them to suffer.

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