The Best News You Ever Heard
(Jim McClarty)
July 31, 2008
Posted by Lane in : The Atonement, Sovereignty of God, Grace , 1 comment so far
(If you’re pressed for time, scroll to timestamp 8:30. That’s where the message really picks up. It’s a great message.)
Pilgrim’s Progress - Christian’s deplorable condition (#1) July 31, 2008
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As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den (the gaol), and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed; and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. I looked, and saw him open the book, and read therein; and as he read, he wept and trembled;
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.” Psalm 38:4
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:33
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;” Hebrews 2:2, 3
and, not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying, “What shall I do?”
“Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Acts 2:37
In this plight, therefore, he went home, and refrained himself as long as he could, that his wife and children should not perceive his distress; but he could not be silent long, because that his trouble increased: wherefore at length he brake his mind to his wife and children; and thus he began to talk to them: “O my dear wife,” said he, “and you the children of my bowels, I, your dear friend, am in myself undone, by reason of a burden that lies hard upon me; moreover, I am for certain informed, that this our city will be burned with fire from heaven; in which fearful overthrow, both myself, with thee, my wife, and you my sweet babes, shall miserably come to ruin; except (the which yet I see not) some way of escape can be found, whereby we may be delivered.” At this his relations were sore amazed; not for that they believed that what he had said to them was true, but because they thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head; therefore, it drawing towards night, and they hoping that sleep might settle his brains, with all haste they got him to bed: but the night was as troublesome to him as the day; wherefore, instead of sleeping, he spent it in sighs and tears. So, when the morning was come, they would know how he did: he told them, “Worse and worse.” He also set to talking to them again; but they began to be hardened. They also thought to drive away his distemper by harsh and surly conduct to him: sometimes they would deride; sometimes they would chide; and sometimes they would quite neglect him. Wherefore he began to retire himself to his chamber, to pray for and pity them, and also to condole his own misery. He would also walk solitarily in the fields, sometimes reading and sometimes praying; and thus for some days he spent his time.
Union in Christ July 30, 2008
Posted by brian in : valley of Vision , 1 comment so farO Father,
Thou hast made man for the glory of thyself,
and when not an instrument of that glory,
he is a thing of nought;
No sin is greater than the sin of unbelief,
for if union with Christ is the greatest good,
unbelief is the greatest sin,
as being cross to thy command;
I see that whatever my sin is,
yet no sin is like disunion from Christ by unbelief.
Lord, keep me from committing the greatest sin
in departing from him,
for I can never in this life perfectly obey
and cleave to Christ.
When thou takest away my outward blessings,
it is for sin,
in not acknowledging that all that I have is of thee,
in not serving thee through what I have,
in making myself secure and hardened.
Lawful blessings are the secret idols, and
do most hurt;
the greatest injury is in the having,
the greatest good in the taking away.
In love divest me of blessings that I may glorify
thee the more;
remove the fuel of my sin,
and may I prize the gain of a little holiness
as overbalancing all my losses.
The more I love thee with a truly gracious love
the more I desire to love thee,
and the more miserable I am at my want of love;
The more I hunger and thirst after thee,
the more I faint and fail in finding thee,
The more my heart is broken for sin,
the more I pray it may be far more broken.
My great evil is that I do not remember
the sins of my youth,
nay, the sins of one day I forget the next.
Keep me from all things that turn to unbelief
or lack of felt union with Christ.
Why Do We Need to Be Born Again? July 29, 2008
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Joyful Noise July 29, 2008
Posted by Eddie in : Holy Hip Hop, Worship , 6commentsYou know what it is
I love it
Let’s talk about it
Your boy’s been a Christian, quite a few
years/Victory and faith, but I failed in my fears/I heard a lot
of words that have tickled many ears/That’s why I praise
God for the Word that we adhere/The Word became flesh,
lived for thirty years/Died at 33, but after days
reappeared/Jesus Christ anointed one ascended in the
air/Or you can say the air where the Father made Him
heir/Of all things the throne know it’s more than a chair/But
after our redemption yes He did take a chair/Greater than
the angels name superior to theirs/This is Hebrews Chapter
1 if you cared/I’m leaning to the right/the light is where I’m
running/I thought I wanted life, drunk, sexed out and
blunted/But all I really wanted was the One who really won
it/Fought death, beat it gave His life to the public/I love it!
Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place
Man I’m trying to lift Him high/Higher than the
stars/I am not of this world like I’m from the planet mars/I
love to preach Jesus you can read it in my bars/I’m pretty
straight forward when I’m speaking bout my Lord/He paid
the sin price being beat by Roman guards/But when He
resurrected gave us life free of charge/Now me and my
boys need to be in a psych ward/Cause we went crazy for
God our lives was scared/Now in the Book of Life, our
names have been written down/We’re casting our crowns
before His feet on the ground/It’s such a holy melody and a
heavenly sound/Hearing holy holy holy coming out of the
mouth/Of the four living creatures by His throne all
around/Can you picture the scene this this is how it’s going
down/You just need a little faith and a new set of eyes and
a telescopic lens to look in and see God/I love it!
Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place
One day we gon’ be out man, like three strikes/And
home son like a homerun CHRIST/IS – KING – LION –
LAMB – GOD – MAN – SIN CONQUEROR – GRAVE
CONQUEROR – SATAN CONQEURER/Can take a sinner,
atheist sinner to God conscience/Can take nothing/make
creation and lives honor/The same God that came through
a fetus as Jesus/Limited to breathing/Got believers singing
Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place
