Tune and Prepare!

Spot the voice of the Temptation A puritán John Flavel hat érvet sorolt fel, amelyeket a Sátán használ arra, hogy megkísértsen minket, és ehhez hat példaértékű választ is megadott. 1 Ismerd fel a Kísértő hangját. Fedezd fel az életedben felbukkanó kísértéseket, és gondold át, hogyan érdemes reagálnod rájuk. Érdemes kipróbálni és jó gyakorlat lehet : kérj meg két embert, hogy olvassák fel hangosan a szöveget párbeszéd formájában. 1. érv: A bűn öröme • Kísértés: Nézd meg mosolygós arcomat, és hallgasd meg elbűvölő hang. Itt van az öröm élvezte. Ki tudna ellenállni ilyen élvezeteknek? Válasz: A bűn örömei valódiak, de a lelkiismeret furdalása és a pokol tüzének lángjai is azok. A bűn örömei valódiak, de Istennek tetszeni sokkal édesebb. 2. érv: Ha a bűn titkos • A kísértés: Ez a bűn soha nem fog nyilvánosan megszégyeníteni, mert senki sem fogja megtudni. • Válasz: Találhatok-e olyan helyet, ahol Isten nincs jelen, hogy ott vétkezzek? 3. érv: A bű...

by Andrew Wilson 8 divine names Hebrew terms for God appear across the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah brings them all together. If you were a child of Christian parents in the 1980s or 1990s, there is a decent chance that at some point you memorized the Hebrew names for God. Like Jehovah Jireh, which means “the Lord will provide” (Gen. 22:14). Or Jehovah Rapha: “The Lord heals” (Ex. 15:26). Or Jehovah Nissi: “The Lord is my banner” (17:15). There are eight such names altogether. (Besides the examples from Genesis and Exodus, they appear in Leviticus 20:8, Judges 6:24, Psalm 23:1, Jeremiah 23:6, and Ezekiel 48:35.) Learning these names—and in my case singing songs about them (with gradually accelerating Jewish melodies)—was just something we all did. Ever since, I have been unable to read the passages where Scripture introduces them without thinking of the names themselves, the songs they inspired, and the stories that gave them meaning. Clearly they made qu...

Jesus both taught and lived out meekness Adrian Rogers Jesus harnessed the “Sons of Thunder” Brothers James and John were angered at the people in a Samaritan village that refused hospitality to Jesus: “And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, ‘Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?’ But He turned and rebuked them, and said, ‘You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them’” (Luke 9:54-56). Jesus entered Jerusalem on a colt Had Jesus chosen to ride into Jerusalem on a war horse, He would have been coming to save one race (the Jews) from domination by another (the Romans) …for a time. His choice of a lowly colt, the foal of a donkey, was appropriate to His mission to save the entire world from sin…for eternity. (Read Matthew 21:1-5.) Worth noting, this was an animal that had never been ridden before. Anyone else t...

... The Bible is clear that repentance is a gift (Acts 11:18; 2 Tim. 2:25). Prodigals can come to their senses only because God gives them the gift of repentance. Those who are spiritually dead do not resuscitate themselves (Eph. 2:1–10). Not understanding that repentance is a gift is one of the ways people are most confused about repentance. They view it as something they must produce in themselves or others rather than a gift to be unwrapped. ... Here is the whole article