Post by VR on Jul 10, 2016 6:26:57 GMT
EVENING | PAULINE EPISTLES | BOOK 54 of 66 | 1 Timothy 3 |
Signpost Words | ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.’
Some Observations |
The church is the house of God. It is the seat of His mercy, and of His holiness and glory. The church should be the storehouse of truth, the concrete base of sound doctrine and the strong pillar of eternal certainties. The church is the abode of the living God, the active God, the intervening God, the judging God, the sieving God, the watching God, the listening God, the Lord our God, THE LIVING GOD!
A Call To Action |
A little inoffensive talk, nice songs, community and caffeine, care for the kids and cultural compromise do not make a church. They make a weird coffee shop, and a poor one at that. The Lord has left such a building. Maybe you should join Him, for the Lord will not revive that which He has left for dead. The Lord does not resurrect zombies.
I ask you, is it by sound doctrine, holiness, contention for the faith, and the honor of those who preach the word, that God is seen to be the ‘living God’ among you? For without these things you are nothing but a club, and a deceptive one at that. Separate yourself from all that is contrary to sound doctrine. Seek the living God.
Signpost Words | ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.’
Highlight Verses | 1 Timothy 3:14-16
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. NKJV
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. NKJV
Some Observations |
The church is the house of God. It is the seat of His mercy, and of His holiness and glory. The church should be the storehouse of truth, the concrete base of sound doctrine and the strong pillar of eternal certainties. The church is the abode of the living God, the active God, the intervening God, the judging God, the sieving God, the watching God, the listening God, the Lord our God, THE LIVING GOD!
A Call To Action |
A little inoffensive talk, nice songs, community and caffeine, care for the kids and cultural compromise do not make a church. They make a weird coffee shop, and a poor one at that. The Lord has left such a building. Maybe you should join Him, for the Lord will not revive that which He has left for dead. The Lord does not resurrect zombies.
I ask you, is it by sound doctrine, holiness, contention for the faith, and the honor of those who preach the word, that God is seen to be the ‘living God’ among you? For without these things you are nothing but a club, and a deceptive one at that. Separate yourself from all that is contrary to sound doctrine. Seek the living God.