6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Only One Gospel (Galatians 1:6-9 NKJV)
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Galatians Sermon Series by Dr. Phil Fernandes - Institute of Biblical Defense
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The following is from Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel (September 2019 newsletter):
So Great A Salvation
The writer of Hebrews asks the question, "How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?" (Heb. 2:3). The prevailing question about this verse has always been, "Why are there so many who neglect so great a salvation?" Why are people so unconcerned about their eternal destiny? Are they too wrapped up in worldly pursuits to consider what our Creator has revealed through His Word? We know there are many who do not pursue salvation because they think their religion will save them. Over a billion Catholics believe their baptism and the sacraments will save them. Over a billion Muslims believe they simply ask Allah to forgive their sins and they are forgiven. These religions have won the allegiance of their followers in the same way Satan won the allegiance of Adam and Eve - with a fatal lie! People are unconcerned about "so great a salvation" because they do not know the reality of almighty God's divine justice towards sin or the sinner's helpless and hopeless condition. As the eternal Creator of everything, God is holy and requires perfect obedience to His Law. Man has broken God's Law, and the consequence for his sin is death and separation from God. People need to know that man can do nothing to save himself and that divine justice must be satisfied. This is why God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, as a merciful Lord who purchased full atonement for all who will turn to Him in repentance and faith. If people continue to be indifferent to God's offer of "so great a salvation," there will be no escape on the day of judgment. God's Word explains why: "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me, because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord. They would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof." (Proverbs 1:24, 28-30). How utterly sobering are these words of almighty God! Yet, He is fully glorified before angels and men not only in His infinite mercy and grace, but also in the unrestrained fury of His holy justice. Do you have compassion for those who live in the constant danger of such eternal misery and punishment? No matter how pious, religious, devout or moral they may be, if they have not been born of God (John 3:3), they will experience God's sin-avenging wrath and judgment. They will be thrown into a lake of fire where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50). They will discover the eternal fire of hell is kindled with the anger of almighty God (Deut. 32:22). There will be no intermission or relief, for they will be tormented day and night forever and ever (Rev. 20:10, 15). It was for this reason the Lord Jesus came to this earth to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10). When He ascended into heaven, He passed the baton to the church. We have been given the awesome responsibility to seek after those who will never seek after the true God (Rom. 3:11). Can there be any higher calling than warning people of the fatal sin disease they inherited from Adam? Can there be any greater act of love than offering them the only cure that can save them from this fatal disease? I know of none! We, who have been graciously entrusted with the glorious Gospel of God's saving grace, should share it faithfully. Let us make sure our Lord's great commission has not become our great omission (Mat. 28:18-20). Let us engage people with the Gospel throughout the day. If we only have a few minutes to spend with someone, we can offer them a Gospel tract that reveals the greatest news they will ever hear about the greatest gift they could ever receive from the greatest Man who ever lived. Let us sow the imperishable seed of God's Word and pray it will find fertile soil in their hearts. As we engage lost people in conversations about "so great a salvation," we must encourage them to believe the inspired Word of God instead of the words of uninspired men. That is because the Bible is so amazing! It brings truth where there is deception, knowledge where there is ignorance, confidence where there is doubt, certainty where there is confusion, light where there is darkness, and life where there is death. Instead of trusting what man says God says, we can go directly to what God says. Originally posted 9/23/2013 Few things in this life are guaranteed. Benjamin Franklin said,"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." You may be able to escape paying your taxes, but you will not escape death! Everyone is going to die (Hebrews 9:27). That said, wouldn't you like to know where you will be spending eternity after you die. There is a way to "guarantee" your eternal destination.
The following is from Is Genesis History?:
A Brief History of Everything According to Genesis: Introduction & Timeline My 13-year-old daughter recently showed me a geography textbook that said the Rocky Mountains were formed millions of years ago. Realizing this sort of age was far older than the one given in the Bible, she asked how the formation of the Rocky mountains fit into the timeline of earth history according to Genesis. It was a good question. She could just as easily have asked about the stars, or plant fossils, or different types of animals, or ancient civilizations, or countless other things. So where does everything fit? Read more: https://isgenesishistory.com/a-brief-history-everything-according-genesis/
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Why is Genesis So Important Today? - Is Genesis History? What Does the Rest of the Bible Say About Genesis? - Is Genesis History? 6 Reasons Christians Should Embrace 6 Day Creation - Is Genesis History? Is Evolution Compatible with the Bible? - Is Genesis History? Originally posted 6/29/2013 To my atheist friends: You are NOT an atheist.
"Atheism is a learned pathology." ~ Christian apologist Alex McFarland To my atheist friends: You are NOT an atheist. To make a declaration that "there is no God" is a logical fallacy. Here's why: A) In order to make an absolute statement that there is "no God" you would have to have absolute knowledge (visible and invisible) of the entire universe. That's like me saying that there is no such thing as a pink rock with purple dots. I would have to have searched every nook and cranny in the entire universe to make an absolute statement like that. B) In order to have complete knowledge of the entire universe (visible and invisible) you would have to be omniscient (all-knowing) thereby making you God and consequently refuting your own argument, "there is no God". So my dear friend, you may be an agnostic*, but you are NOT an atheist - there is no such thing, logically speaking. The Bible says in Psalm 14:1 "The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good." The Bible also says that the "atheist" is without excuse and that God's wrath is reserved for those who deny Him. “FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME” by Charles Spurgeon I remark, first, that this “wrath to come” is absolutely just and necessary. If there is a God, He cannot let sin go unpunished. If He is really God, and the Judge of all the earth, He must have an utter abhorrence of all evil. It cannot be possible that He should think the same of the honest and the dishonest, of the chaste and the unchaste, of the sober and the drunken, of the truthful and the lying, of the gracious and the dissolute. Such a god as that would be one whom men might rightly despise; but the true God, if we understand aright what He is, must hold all sin in detestation. All evil must be utterly abhorrent to His pure and holy soul; and it is not only because He can do it, but because He must do it, that He will, one of these days, let loose the fury of His wrath against sin. As it is necessary, in the very nature of things, that there should be certain laws to govern His creation, so is it equally necessary, in the very nature of things, that sin should be punished, and that every transgression and disobedience should receive a just recompense of reward. This is the inevitable consequence of sin; there is nothing arbitrary about such a result. It is fixed, in the very nature of things, that “for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the Day of Judgment;” and for every sinful action, they must appear before the bar of God. Do not think when we speak about the wrath of God, that we picture God to you as a tyrant. We do but tell you that this is only the nature of things—that just as if you take poison, it will kill you; or if you indulge in drunkenness, or if you take almost any form of disease, it will bring pain and mischief to you—so sin must bring upon you the wrath of God, it cannot be otherwise. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but not one jot or tittle of God’s law can pass away till all is fulfilled, and one part of that law requires that He should punish all transgression, iniquity, and sin. And if now, for a time, the full manifestation of that anger is delayed, I beseech you, men and brethren, do not therefore trifle with it. The longer God’s arm is uplifted, the more terrible will be the blow when at last He strikes. To sin against the patience and long-suffering of Almighty God, is to sin with a vengeance. You do, as it were, defiantly put your finger into the very eye of God when you know that He sees you sin, and yet you go on sinning because He does not immediately take vengeance upon you for all your evil works. It is in great love that He restrains His wrath, for He is “slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.” But as a torrent, that is dammed up for a while, gathers force and strength, and every hour i which it is kept back it gets to be more irresistible, so must it be with “the wrath to come” when at last it does come upon you. If it has waited for some of you for seventy, or sixty, or fifty, or even for twenty years, it will come as an overwhelming flood when at last it bursts the barriers which at present hold it back. Trifle not, therefore, with that long-suffering of God which may be blest to your salvation. (Excerpted from “FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME”, SERMON NO. 2704, A SERMON BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD’S-DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1881. PDF) Deconstructing Darwin: Darwin’s Real Message (Creation.com Article Podcast) Description: The myth of the ‘kindly slow-witted naturalist stumbling across evolution’ was fostered by an autobiography Darwin wrote as a deliberately self-effacing moral homily for his children, not intending it to be published. Darwin was fully aware that his idea was a frontal assault on the very notion of an intelligent Designer behind the world. In fact, he might very well have formulated it precisely for that purpose. By Carl Wieland (Originally published September, 1992) Listen here. The following is from Creation Ministries International: Darwin’s real message: have you missed it? by Carl Wieland Harvard’s renowned Professor Stephen Jay Gould1 was a vigorous anticreationist (and Marxist — see documentation), and perhaps the most knowledgeable student of the history of evolutionary thought and all things Darwinian. [He passed away in 2002.] We were on the same side about one thing at least—the real meaning of ‘Darwin’s revolution’. And we both agreed that it’s a meaning that the vast majority of people in the world today don’t really want to face up to. Gould argued that Darwin’s theory was inherently anti-plan, anti-purpose, anti-meaning (in other words, was pure philosophical materialism). Also, that Darwin himself knew this very well and meant it to be so. By ‘materialism’ he does not mean the drive to possess more and more material things, but the philosophical belief that matter is the only reality. In this belief system, matter, left to itself, produced all things, including the human brain. This brain then invented the idea of the supernatural, of God, of eternal life, and so forth. It seems obvious why Christians who wish to compromise with evolution, and especially those who encourage others to do this, would not want to face this as the true meaning of Darwinism. Such ‘theistic evolutionists’ believe they can accept the ‘baby’ of evolution (thus saving face with the world) while throwing out the ‘bathwater’ of materialism. I will not here go into the many reasons why the evolution/long geological ages idea is so corrosive to the biblical Gospel2 (even if evolution could be seen as the plan and purpose of some ‘god’). Read more: https://creation.com/charles-darwins-real-message-have-you-missed-it The Best Of Origins - DARWIN - Part 1 In this classic episode of Origins, host Donn Chapman is joined by Dr. Jerry Bergman to talk about the lasting legacy of Charles Darwin. The Best Of Origins - DARWIN - Part 2 In this interesting conclusion, Don continues to talk with Dr. Jerry Bergman about the lasting effects of the teachings of Charles Darwin. Darwin and the History of Evolution - Wretched TV What Hath Darwin Wrought Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 - Wretched TV Did Charles Darwin Become a Christian Before He Died? - Creation.com Article Podcast Evolution and You (Racism and Eugenics to Abortion... From Darwin to Hitler) - One Way Jesus Darwin and Evolution of the Eye - One Way Jesus The Best Of Origins - RICHARD DAWKINS - Part 1 Donn Chapman is joined by Paul Taylor to discuss the legacy of Richard Dawkins. The Best Of Origins - RICHARD DAWKINS - Part 2 Paul Taylor is back with host Donn Chapman in the conclusion of a look into the life of Richard Dawkins. The Power of Ideas (Creation.com Article Podcast) Description: Ignoring the 100 million killed last century through the evolution-fueled ideologies of Hitler and Marx, Prof. Richard Dawkins has eagerly attacked all the ‘Abrahamic religions’, including Christianity, as intrinsically slaughter-prone. His message: only belief in an afterlife would make one capable of suicidal atrocities. But it was not secularism, but America’s Biblical heritage which made it, for all its faults, the most just, free and religiously tolerant nation on Earth. By Carl Wieland (Originally published December, 2001) Listen here. Deconstructing a Deluded Dawkins by Paul F. Taylor - Answers in Genesis Richard Dawkins and the Straw-god - Answers in Genesis Ending Religion—It’s a Bad Idea … Says Richard Dawkins? by Ken Ham - Answers in Genesis Originally posted 9/27/2014 Image source: ChristianAnswers Why the Atheist doesn't exist by Ray Comfort There can be no such things as an atheist. This is why: Let's imagine that you are a professing atheist. Here are two questions for you to answer: First, do you know the combined weight of all the sand on all the beaches of Hawaii? We can safely assume that you don't. This brings us to the second question: Do you know how many hairs are on the back of a fully-grown male Tibetan yak? Probably not. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that there are some things that you don't know. It is important to ask these questions because there are some people who think they know everything. Let's say that you know an incredible one percent of all the knowledge in the universe. To know 100 percent, you would have to know everything. There wouldn't be a rock in the universe that you would not be intimately familiar with, or a grain of sand that you would not be aware of. You would know everything that has happened in history, from that which is common knowledge to the minor details of the secret love life of Napoleon's great-grandmother's black cat's fleas. You would know every hair of every head, and every thought of every heart. All history would be laid out before you, because you would be omniscient (all-knowing). Read more: http://christiananswers.net/evangelism/beliefs/atheism.html RAY COMFORT RADIO: HELL'S BEST KEPT SECRET / GOD DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS Related: To my atheist friends: You are NOT an atheist - One Way Jesus Carl Kerby: Something from Nothing! And You Think We Have a Problem? - YouTube Originally posted 9/27/2014 The Comfort Zone with Ray Comfort - 'I'm an Atheist': Stephen Hawking Listen: Can We Be Good Without God? by David Anderson - Creation.com Media Center Atheists not only can, but must be (at least to some extent) good without believing in God—even if they hate God with every inch of their being. If they are really made in the image of God as the Bible teaches (Genesis 1:27), then that fact must have some results. They, like all of us, are fallen (as explained in Genesis 3), but even so must still have an in-built sense of the reality and the importance of right and wrong.
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