So much for alternative lifestyles.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Holy Things
In all these instructions, God was showing the Israelites that they must have a profound reverence for holy things; and nothing was more suited to that purpose than to bar from the tabernacle all who were polluted by any kind of uncleanness, ceremonial as well as natural, physical as well as spiritual.
In order to mark out His people as dwelling before Him in holiness, He required of them complete purity and didn’t allow them to come before Him when defiled, even by involuntary or secret impurities. And when one considers that God was training a people to live in His presence, it becomes apparent that these rules for the maintenance of personal purity, pointing to the necessity of purity in the heart, were neither too stringent nor too minute.
In order to mark out His people as dwelling before Him in holiness, He required of them complete purity and didn’t allow them to come before Him when defiled, even by involuntary or secret impurities. And when one considers that God was training a people to live in His presence, it becomes apparent that these rules for the maintenance of personal purity, pointing to the necessity of purity in the heart, were neither too stringent nor too minute.
by John MacArthur in the
MarArthur Study Bible, p 176
Friday, February 22, 2008
A House Divided
The Pharisees saw the miracles of Jesus and claimed that He did His miracles by the power of Satan. But we know that Jesus did His miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is a type of blasphemy that cannot not be forgiven. It is a blasphemy against the Holy Spirit of God. But Jesus answered them by saying that if He was healing (which is good) by Satan (who is evil), then Satan is divided. Evil cannot do good.
The Spreading Mildew
Notice that it is God who puts the spreading mildew in the house. Why would He do that?
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