The most thought-provoking (and probably, controversy-stirring) posts I have seen recently on marriage are those two related posts: 'Must a Wife Always Follow Her Husband's Leadership?' and 'Wives, Submission, and Foolish Husbands'. They are both useful for their different emphases, and while the passage mentioned by Naselli may not be a teaching passage, it may well be instructive... in fact, it is definitely useful for instruction (2 Tim 3:16), the question is what sort of instruction is meant. :) ...ponder, ponder, ponder...
27 March 2012
24 March 2012
The origins of repentance
Hence it is evident, that never a good thought, never a penitent thought would have come into our hearts, had not some thoughts of peace and good-will come into God's heart. When he remembers his covenant of mercy for us, so as not to remember our sins against us, then we remember our sins against ourselves with shame.
- Gospel Humiliation, Ralph Erskine (referring to Eze 16:60-61)
07 March 2012
the Holiness of God
Until we have seen ourselves as God sees us, we are not likely to be much disturbed over conditions around us. We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing. We are not disappointed that we do not find all truth in our teachers, or faithfulness in our politicians or complete honesty in our merchants, or full trustworthiness in our friends.
We are not qualified to appreciate the holiness of God. A new channel must be cut through the desert of our minds to let the sweet waters of truth that will heal our sickness flow in.
We know nothing like Divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. Only the Holy Spirit can impart to the human spirit the knowledge of the holy.
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When God rises to put down iniquity and save the world from irreparable moral collapse, He is said to be angry. Every wrathful judgment in the history of the world has been a holy act of preservation. The holiness of God and the preservation of the universe are inseparably linked. God's wrath is His utter intolerance of whatever degrades and destroys.
- by GDC, my grandpa
We are not qualified to appreciate the holiness of God. A new channel must be cut through the desert of our minds to let the sweet waters of truth that will heal our sickness flow in.
We know nothing like Divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. Only the Holy Spirit can impart to the human spirit the knowledge of the holy.
...
When God rises to put down iniquity and save the world from irreparable moral collapse, He is said to be angry. Every wrathful judgment in the history of the world has been a holy act of preservation. The holiness of God and the preservation of the universe are inseparably linked. God's wrath is His utter intolerance of whatever degrades and destroys.
- by GDC, my grandpa
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