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[Jun. 15th, 2006|09:41 pm] |
Can You Read Body Language?
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[Jun. 14th, 2006|08:42 pm] |
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| A Cool Quote |
[Jun. 11th, 2006|07:15 pm] |
Richard Baxter (1615 - 1691) was an English Puritan church leader. The following statement of his is one I appreciate:
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
This is an appropriate warning to those church leaders who think they can *strong-arm* Christians into their point of view, supposedly to bring about *revival* and greater *faithfulness* in the Church. These leaders demand agreement with everything they teach or decree. There is no room for growth in grace in those under their oversight. There is a demand for Unity in All Things Taught By Them. Such men would do well to give heed to the following Bible verses:
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. - I Peter 5:1 - 3 |
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| God's Ways and Man's Ways |
[Jun. 11th, 2006|07:12 pm] |
The following quote is from Concerning a Calling to the Ministry, and Clearness Therein, A Commentary Upon the Book of the Revelation, by: James Durham, Revelation 1:19-20, Lecture IX (part.), pages 66-83 (of 60-83). A copy of this excellent article is available at http://www.reformed.org/index.html:
4. That the motion of the Lord’s Spirit, is, in its nature, kindly; and in its way, regular, according to the rule of the Spirit in the Word, that is, it doth not drive the heart violently as the Devil’s injections do, nor doth it precipitate in the following and pursuing of what it moveth to; but, as having the command of the heart, he moveth natively, without making the spirit confused, and He presseth the prosecuting of what He moveth unto, orderly, it being the same Spirit that hath laid down a rule to walk by in the Word, and now stirs within the heart: and therefore, the inward impulse, cannot but be answerable to the outward rule. Hence also the spirit’s motion, is submissive to the way of trial, appointed in the Word, and is not absolute or peremptory: whereas motions from ourselves, or from the devil, are head-strong, and irregular, aiming at the end or thing, without respect to the way prescribed for attaining it; or, at least, do not so heartily approve of the one as of the other, especially if it be thwarted in its design by them.
The point which especially caught my notice in the above quote is a contrast.
· Motions (impulses) which come from man are head-strong and irregular, without respect of the proper way of attaining a goal. Man’s motions are often peremptory, precipitate or rushed.
· Motions which proceed from the Lord’s Spirit are kindly, regular, according to the rule of the Word of God, do not drive the heart violently, do not tend to confusion, are submissive to trial, and are orderly.
I take this contrast as a warning to beware of those who constantly cry up *extraordinary* circumstances as an excuse for irregular church government. These same men often demand instant compliance from those who are under their oversight. We should seek rather the ways of the LORD:
Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. – Hosea 14:9
The ways of the LORD are orderly, as can be seen in such verses as the following:
For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.- I Corinthians 14:33
Let all things be done decently and in order. – I Corinthians 14:40 |
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| Wisdom From George Gillespie |
[Jun. 11th, 2006|07:11 pm] |
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“It is the duty, not only of particular Christians, but of reforming, yea, reformed, yea, the best reformed churches, whensoever any error in their doctrine, or any evil in their government or form of worship, shall be demonstrated to them from the Word of God (although it were by one single person, and one, perhaps of no great reputation for parts or learning, like Paphnutius among the many learned bishops on the Council of Nice), to take in, and not to shut out further light; to embrace the will of Christ held forth unto them, and to amend what is amiss being discovered unto them.” - George Gillespie (written 2 days before his death) |
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