Mind and Heart
Who's guarding your thoughts and affections?
Weapons of Righteousness(Christ’s Vision for the Church, Part 5)
“For I have bent Judah My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.” Zechariah 9.13
The Church militant
Theologians sometimes refer to the Church on earth in any given era as “the Church militant.” The Scriptures go so far as to refer to the Church as the warhorse of the Lord, His conveyance in battle against the forces of wickedness and sin (cf. Ps. 45.3-5; Rev. 6.2; Zech. 10.3).
The Death of the Wicked
Ecclesiastes 8.10-13
10Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also isvanity. 11Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. 13But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong hisdays, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
From Fear to Love
Foundations of a Worldview“And now, Israel, what does the LORDyour God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORDyour God with all your heart and with all your soul…” Deuteronomy 10.12
1 Corinthians 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Here's that pesky “all” again. And not just a matter of how I feed my body, but whatever I do? Nothing reserved or excluded. Well, I understand church stuff, but my job? My family? My neighborhood? Look, there's […]