Things New and Old: What do you see?

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

What do you see?

The Calvinists, from the rightist view, see a perfect square in the blue sky; their cousins Arminians, from the leftist view, a bright halo of a total eclipse!

Whether grace is viewed from the right ditch or the left ditch beside the gospel path, it is distorted ditchy grace; grace is rightly viewed only from the middle of the narrow gospel road alone that runs between those two broad ditches.

Others, viewing from the centre, who rightly divide the word of truth, see a regular cylinder whose length equals its diameter.

Even Pastor Timothy needed this apostolic injunction:

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

It is shame-worthy to see such a cylinder as a square or a circle.

May our gracious Lord grant His children understanding, that they may stop OPPOSING THEMSELVES, give up their cherished sacred cows and acknowledge the truth of God's grace in Christ Jesus.

Have mercy, O Lord. Amen.

2Ti 2:25

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;