No More Fake Wisdom
So the wicked may thumb their noses at You, thinking they have answers for business and life.
They flatter themselves in their own eyes.
The “wisdom” they espouse, sell on the open market is not “wisdom’ at all, but will blow away at the coming of the next season.
You Lord, the True Wisdom are our everlasting Father, one who cares for us and will not turn from us. You are one who never changes with the coming of the next season.
You give freely to all who come. You do not prostitute Yourself out for hire as the one who think they have the answers.
But this is wisdom, “Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” (1 Cor 1:24) Wisdom is not found in knowledge that is sought purely sought for the sake of gaining knowledge or even the application of it, but Wisdom is found in the One who loved us, came after sending His Son and Love hung on the Cross.
Psalms 36, 1 Corinthians 1
Deletion of Kolob and Mormon Witness Post
I have deleted the Kolob and Mormon Witness post due to the tone of some recent posts.
Thanks for everyone’s interest and comments.
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Faith in Faith or Faith In Him
In his March/April newsletter GraceVine, Steve McVey states some Christians think faith is believing hard enough so things will turn out alright. “Their faith is in faith.” I have come across some people and heard some ministers who put their faith in faith.
You know, I have a agnostic boss. He tells me from time to time that having “faith” is a good thing. “Faith” as he will state to me can helps us in rough situations. So every time I’ve walked away from his office after one of these talks my thought always is “faith” will not save you. The Lord does. Kind of like years ago the pencils in the pews used to write on prayer request cards had the message “Prayer changes things” Likewise I would often think, no it doesn’t. The Lord changes things.
As Steve puts it in the same article, the questions is:
Will you trust Him?
Biblical faith is believing in Him – period!
What or who is the object or of your faith?
Visit Steve McVey at www.gracewalk.org
More about the Kolob thingy
Back by popular demand is more on the Kolob thingy. Below are two youtube clips from a show done by an ex-Mormon named Shawn McCraney. Shawn is a great witness and carries more authority on this subject since he was in the Mormon church for many years. He does not hide behind a hidden agenda or hate for the LDS church. He truly wishes to see those in the LDS church experience spiritual rebirth. If you are at all interested, here is a link to his web site Heart of the Matter.
And more from Shawn’s show about Kolob and becoming a god…
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Is the Book of Mormon Comparable to Holy Scriptures?
A church comprised largely of former Mormon believers ask the question Is the Book of Mormon comparable to Holy Scriptures? as it is that is claimed on the Book of Mormon Introduction page
Take a look at this video which asks questions like how could major cities and cultures described in the book of the Book of Mormon leave no archaeological record?
Blessings to Living Hope Ministries for the production of this material and for being willing to be speak God’s heart to reach out to those in the bondage of false teaching.
The Book of Abraham and Kolob
This is a follow-up post to an earlier post
Mormon Witnesses and the Planet Kolob
which I wrongly stated that God lived on a supposed planet called Kolob [Book of Abraham 3:2-3] according to LDS teaching. Of course the issue is not if God resides there or on a planet nearby. The real question is, can one really believe in the validity of this “Lost Book of Abraham”.
Long story short, no.
When one prays about this matter, the testimony of the Holy Spirit says it is false doctrine. I’ll let scripture speak for itself ” until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;” Ephesians 4:13-14
If you are a Mormon I beg you to come out from this false religion. If you are considering/asking questions about the Mormon faith then take a look at this video clip.
Answered prayer
This morning I had one those really direct answers to prayer. I make notes sometimes before ever reading a devotion or scripture verse, especially if something is on my mind. So today I made a note that my spirit was troubled since Monday and really didn’t know why. Also noted that whatever the reason, if was a new lesson in trust or something I must confess that it pass quickly and not stand in the way of my relationship with Him. So the Neil Anderson devotion I read, Daily in Christ, was about discernment today and had this quote:
“When the Spirit sounds a warning, your mind may not be able to perceive what’s wrong. Have the courage to acknowledge that something is wrong when your spirit is troubled. Share what you are sensing with others, and ask the Lord for wisdom.”
Just as a note. Been really tired for about a week, have felt faint and been in a somewhat “blue” mood for a few days. I get a call from the doctor late this afternoon with the blood test results for the pre op tests on Monday. Turns out I am experiencing low potassium due to the blood pressure medication I take. Never told the doctor about these symptoms but looked up the symptoms to see if that explained some of the stuff going on lately and indeed it did….
The Lord is so gracious.
Delany
Bumps on the Blogging Road
I apologize for the absence from the blogosphere. Blogging is a relative new experience for me. In the past I’ve read and lurked but rarely ever commented. So this past March I took the dive. It stands to reason that bloggers hit this point in the road in which pressing the delete button makes more sense than to continuing the blog.
Years ago I picked up an unwanted friend on the back of my hand. A ganglion cyst to be exact. It did not bother me for a long time. But as time went on it has gotten quite large and hurts from time to time. Actually the cyst itself doesn’t hurt, but it makes a tendon in my hand hurt. It has also become bothersome when typing. So I have a tendency to avoid typing and writing. The cysts are also know as bible bumps. Folks used to take a heavy book, which was often a large family bible and give the thing a good swat. Of course I had to give this a try. The thing actually reduced in size for a while but returned which leaves me at this juncture today. I have been rushing around on weekends to get yard work done before I have this thing taken off in the middle of June. This will assuredly slow down the progress on my already pathetic yard.
More importantly, I had been helping my son purchase a car. That took some doing. If you have attempted to look for used smaller cars recently you know that the supply is pretty slim pickings. I presume that folks are dumping big gas guzzling cars for more economical ones. He is getting ready for graduation from high school. So is the Queen of the castle.
I hope to post here a few more times before 6/15. Not sure how much this procedure will slow me down. So I’ll continue on until led to do otherwise, bumps and all.
Ergun Caner
I really enjoy listening Ergun Caner, a former Muslim, talk. When I hear him I know we must get back to the basics of Christianity we have become to urbane and sophisticated to teach these days. It seems in our search for the “mature” we stumble over the simple.
Here is a link to some of those simple, but profound things spoken by Ergun Caner.
Keith Green on the Me Centered Gospel
Came across a teaching by Keith Green called “Whats wrong with the gospel?” on the state of the church’s delivery of a non-biblical “gospel”. He states he had been a Christian about 7 years which I would date this around the early 1980′s”
“Now-a-days it isn’t Jesus Christ and Him crucified, but it’s Jesus Christ and what can He do for you. You cannot have more exact opposites than the bible’s Christ centered gospel and our modern crossless me-centered gospel.”
Spoken over 20 years ago and sadly this is still the method of attack on the Gospel. Taking the cross out of the gospel. This is at the end of the 1st part of a 4 part series. Honestly, I’ve never heard him teach scripture so I cannot testify to his skill in that area. But this still speaks to us today…
