One of the Christological heresies that plagued the church during the mid-19th century, which is still believed by some modern evangelical churches and false teachers today (i.e. Kenneth Copeland, Bill Johnson) is Kenosis theory. The teaching that the Son of God in order to be fully human divested Himself not only of the His roleContinue reading “He Emptied Himself”
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The Greatest Mystery
What do you think is the most hard-to-believe doctrine of the Christian faith? The atonement, the Resurrection, Virgin Birth, or the Gospel Miracles. We may believe that one of these great doctrines of the Christian faith is the most difficult to embrace. But according to J.I. Packer “the supreme mystery with which the gospel confrontsContinue reading “The Greatest Mystery”
Image-Dreamers are Abominations to God
Lesson: “To think of God according to our own imagination is to violate the command that forbids us to make carved images.” Its Further Implication Imagining God in our heads can be just as real a breach of the second commandment as imagining him by the work of our hands.” ~ J.I. Packer We learnedContinue reading “Image-Dreamers are Abominations to God”
Images Mislead Us
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:21 The human heart is a perpetual idol factory. John Calvin Lesson: Images mislead us, for they convey false ideas about God. We learned that representing or illustrating God through images obscures God’s glory. As Calvin says, “His majesty is adulterated.” Today, we’ll learn that images also mislead us.Continue reading “Images Mislead Us”
Images Dishonor God
“A true image of God is not to be found in all the world; and hence… His glory is defiled, and His truth corrupted by the lie, whenever He is set before our eyes in a visible form. . . Therefore, to devise any image of God is itself impious; because by this corruption HisContinue reading “Images Dishonor God”
The Dangers of Images
“In the face of this perplexity, some would suggest that the second commandment applies only to immoral and degrading representations of God, borrowed from pagan cults, and to nothing more.” J.I. Packer, Knowing God Lesson: Images are dangerous because God cannot be represented by anything in worship for He is Spirit and His Son alreadyContinue reading “The Dangers of Images”
Being Known
What matters supremely, in the last analysis:Is not the fact that I know God, butthe larger fact which underlies it– the fact that He knows me. J.I. Packer, Knowing God All our knowledge of Him depends on his sustained initiative in knowing us. We know Him because he first knew us and continues to knowContinue reading “Being Known”
Knowing Jesus
What is it like to know Jesus? J.I. Packer gives four analogies to show the relationship of the knower to the known. In knowing Jesus, it is like a son knowing his father, a wife knowing his husband, a subject knowing his king, and a sheep knowing his shepherd. The knower looks up to Him,Continue reading “Knowing Jesus”
On the Deity of Christ: A Response to INC Cult
This was written by Edizen (Taglish) in Christian Evangelism & Apologetics Facebook group. POINT #1 – HINDI NAMIN DIYOS ANG ATING PANGINOONG JESUCRISTO SAPAGKAT WALA PONG SINASABI SA BIBLIA NA SINABI NIYA NA SIYA AY DIYOS. Response: I agree na walang exact words na makikita sa Bible na sinabi ni Jesus that He is God,Continue reading “On the Deity of Christ: A Response to INC Cult”
Diyos nga ba si Hesus?
Isang miyembro ng INC (Iglesia ni Cristo) na nag-post ng apat na punto laban sa pagka-Diyos ni Hesus ang ating sasagutin ngayon. Dahil tagalog ang mga argumento, sisikapin kong sagutin ito sa tagalog din: 1. Hindi namin Diyos ang ating Panginoong Jesucristo sapagkat wala pong sinasabi sa Biblia na sinabi niya na siya ay Diyos.Continue reading “Diyos nga ba si Hesus?”
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