Archive for April, 2021
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21, ESV
Christ took our punishment and imbues us with His righteousness that we might spread His light to whole world.
Pretty good thoughts here. I could(and might later) add more, but this is good.
Daniel
Hello friends. I am your rent a friend, and today I am responding to a good friend of mine named Amanda who is flummoxed by the debate over giving homosexuals the right to marry. I was further encouraged to reply by her friend Jonny who said, “I want you to post publicly so everyone can see what an idiot you are.” And I’m nothing if not a sucker for fan requests. So, here we go. For my good friend Amanda, her friend Jonny, and all the people out there who need a friend, A Gay Monologue about the Gay Marriage Debate!
Chapter one: Every debate in a nutshell
Before we can start with the specifics of this particular debate, we need to look at the foundation of all debates. I know, that sounds like it’s going to be wading through six feet of metaphysics with no socks on, but trust…
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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 13:34, ESV
Doing what we want is not taking others’ needs into consideration. Thinking of others’ needs first shows the love God has given us for others.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6, ESV
We like doing our own thing, wanting to give in to temptations and sin. All of that was laid on Christ on the cross. We deserved death, but He took God’s wrath in our place.
“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28, ESV
We are called to lay our lives down for others, just as our Lord did, for the sake of the Gospel and the glory of God.
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 7:9-10, ESV
Our hope is in the full redemption of the world by Jesus Christ, our peace and salvation. Therefore, we spread the Gospel of hope and peace to everyone.
“Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you” (2 Thessalonians 3:1, ESV)
Part of our prayer revamping was establishing a “boiler room”, a team of people who pray during every part of the service. It is good to add a specific prayer for the reading of God’s Word.
Daniel
For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for the Scripture Reading During Church Service.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life —is not from the Father but is from the world.
1 John 2:15-16, ESV
Wanting to be like or do the same things as those who are not in Christ is loving the world. God has called the Church out of this world to be like Christ.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 13:10, ESV
We strive to do what is best for our neighbors (anyone). The world tries to say it means no pain, but sometimes what is best comes through pain: like hearing you are in need of salvation.
The earth is the Lord ’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein
Psalm 24:1, ESV
God is in control. As our Maker, He gets to decide what happens with everything, including us.
Turn to Him. Trust Him.
a simple man of God 