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That We Might Become The Righteousness Of God In Him

8/11/2016

"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Cor 5:21 NKJ

Though God can be no loser by the quarrel, nor gainer by the peace, yet by his ministers he beseeches sinners to lay aside their enmity, and accept of the terms he offers, that they would be reconciled to him, to all his attributes, to all his laws, and to all his providences, to believe in the Mediator, to accept the atonement, and comply with his gospel, in all the parts of it and in the whole design of it. And for our encouragement so to do the apostle subjoins what should be well known and duly considered by us, namely: 1. The purity of the Mediator: He knew no sin. 2. The sacrifice he offered: He was made sin; not a sinner, but sin, that is, a sin-offering, a sacrifice for sin. 3. The end and design of all this: that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, might be justified freely by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. As Christ, who knew no sin of his own, was made sin for us, so we, who have no righteousness of our own, are made the righteousness of God in him. Our reconciliation to God is only through Jesus Christ, and for the sake of his merit: on him therefore we must rely, and make mention of his righteousness and his only. - Matthew Henry

Right Living is the Proof of Right Believing: the Danger of Believing in Evolution

8/11/2016

What you believe matters! If you believe in evolution and the lie that you are an animal then you will live like one, but if you believe that you are created in the image of God and that your actions have eternal consequences then you will live accordingly.

The following is from Answers in Genesis:
"God’s Image—The Difference Maker: What Makes Us Special?" By David Casas and Russell Fuller (AIG)

We can argue about DNA, brain size, and upright stature, but Genesis 1 emphasizes an infinitely greater privilege that sets mankind apart.

Atheism views man as simply a material being like all other animals. In many ways, this is the predominant view of popular culture. Man, to be sure, may have “evolutionary advantages” over the animals in his reason, in his communication, and in some physical abilities. But man is not a spiritual or sacred being, with a purpose and destiny higher than that of the animals.

In the end, man lives and dies like the beast. Thus concentration camps, gulags, killing fields, and abortion clinics are all monuments to atheism. Such degraded views of man—particularly in denying that man is made in the image of God—inevitably industrialize human misery.

Read more: https://answersingenesis.org/are-humans-animals/gods-image-difference-maker/

Also see: The Origin of Life

Recommended book: "The Lie: Evolution" by Ken Ham https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/the-lie-evolution/

Visit the website: Your Origins Matters

The Root of the Problem: The Lie of Evolution - Dr. D. James Kennedy (Kennedy Classics)

Evolution has become so accepted as hard fact today. It’s ironic since some scholars note that many of the core principles of Darwinism are crumbling in our time. On this program Dr. D. James Kennedy, brings us a classic message debunking the theory of evolution that has led us to where we are. It’s called, “The Root of the Problem.”

Feature Description:
Evolution is the dominant view being taught in our schools and universities today. But what we believe about this is not merely an intellectual matter. History shows that it has real consequences that impact all of our lives. School shootings–which used to be unheard of–are becoming commonplace. We take a look at the link between the acceptance of hardcore evolutionary beliefs and school violence.

Adrian Rogers: Evolution Fact or Fiction

EVOLUTION: FACT OR FICTION? We're told to believe that nothing, plus time, plus chance, equals everything. That is a fairy-tale for adults. Tragically, it's being taught to our children. But the scientific evidence supporting Creation is now overwhelming.. Find out WHY the theory of evolution will soon wind up in the dust bin of history.

Jurassic Evolution - The Missing Link...Still Missing!?

Related:

Evolution is Not Science

Dr. Gary Parker on Darwin & Evolution

Dr Menton: Evolution, Not a Chance

Tim Keller Again Endorses Evolution

WATCH: Evolution Vs. God Movie
Hear expert testimony from leading evolutionary scientists from some of the world's top universities.

Related:
“The Darwinian View is False”: Ph.D. Biologist Dismantles Evolution in New Book (Christian News) http://christiannews.net/2016/08/22/the-darwinian-view-is-false-ph-d-biologist-dismantles-evolution-in-new-book/

The Heart of the Gospel is Redemption

8/11/2016

The one true “gospel of God’s grace,” which God offers as our only salvation, has three basic elements: 1) who Christ is—fully God and perfect, sinless man in one Person (were He less, He could not be our Savior); 2) who we are—hopeless sinners already condemned to eternal death (or we wouldn’t need to be saved); and 3) what Christ’s death accomplished—the payment of the full penalty for our sins (any attempt by us to pay in any way rejects the Cross). ~ Dave Hunt

In God We Trust

8/11/2016

Do you really trust in God? Trusting in God means trusting in Jesus!

God is great

8/6/2016

We don't need to "make America great again." We need to make God great again (though He is great whether we recognize it or not). "For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods." (Psalm 95:3). He alone is great and greatly to be praised!

Transgender Identity

8/5/2016

The following is from Answers in Genesis:

Transgender Identity—Wishing Away God’s Design by Owen Strachan

Genesis 1:27 says God made them “male and female.” No matter how hard some people try, they can’t wish away this fundamental physical reality—and that’s a good thing.

“When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are;
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you.”

In the 1940 film Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket sang those famous lyrics to a woeful little wooden boy who wanted to become something different. The tale is touching. In our day, however, people no longer apply such inspirational messages in traditional ways. “Anything your heart desires” has been hijacked.

In ways that Walt Disney could not imagine, such slogans now inspire people to surgically remake themselves. Witness the spread of “transgender” identity, in which men seek to become women and women seek to become men. In 2015, this is no extraordinary occurrence. It is an increasing trend and a major worldview challenge to the Christian church.

Read more: https://answersingenesis.org/family/gender/transgender-identity-wishing-away-gods-design/

See: Gender Identity: America’s Latest Challenge to God’s Authority – The Christian Worldview https://www.thechristianworldview.org/gender-identity-americas-latest-challenge-to-gods-authority/

Related:
Transgendered man gets saved http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/transgendered-man-gets-saved

Pediatricians Call It What It Is – Child Abuse http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/pediatricians-call-it-what-it-is-child-abuse

"What is a Biblical View of Transgendered People and Hermaphrodites?" (Probe Min.) https://www.probe.org/what-is-a-biblical-view-of-transgendered-people-and-hermaphrodites/

Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’ (CNS) http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-mental-disorder-sex-change

Dr. Ben Carson: Being transgender 'doesn't make any sense' | The Hill http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288324-ben-carson-being-transgender-doesnt-make-any-sense

Transgender AND Transager: 52 Year-Old Father Lives as a 6 Year-Old Girl | MRCTV http://www.mrctv.org/blog/52-year-old-father-lives-6-year-old-girl

This Woman Thinks She's a Cat and You Won't Believe Her Reasoning | PJ Media https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2016/01/31/this-woman-thinks-shes-a-cat-and-you-wont-believe-her-reasoning/

U.S. Military Repeals Ban on Transgender Service Members | Christian News Network http://christiannews.net/2016/06/30/u-s-military-repeals-ban-on-transgender-service-members/

Leading Faith-Based University Embraces Obama Admin’s ‘Transgender’ Mandate | Christian News Network http://christiannews.net/2016/08/01/leading-faith-based-university-embraces-obama-admins-transgender-mandate/

6 Truths About Transgender 'Bathroom Bills' by Frank Turek (CP) http://christianpost.com/news/6-truths-about-transgender-bathroom-bills-160487/

A Rape Survivor Speaks Out About Transgender Bathrooms http://thefederalist.com/2015/11/23/a-rape-survivor-speaks-out-about-transgender-bathrooms/

Sexual Assault Victims on Transgender Bathroom Policies http://dailysignal.com/2016/01/25/sexual-assault-victims-speak-out-against-washingtons-transgender-bathroom-policies/

Obama ‘obsession’ allows men to choke girls in bathrooms http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/05/obama-obsession-allows-men-to-choke-girls-in-bathrooms/

NBA’s Transgender Bathroom Push Could Hurt Women’s Sports http://dailysignal.com/2016/08/01/the-nbas-transgender-bathroom-advocacy-could-point-to-end-of-womens-sports/

Transgender Restroom Case Headed to the Supreme Court | Answers in Genesis https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2016/07/27/transgender-restroom-case-headed-supreme-court/

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Emergency Injunction to Block Girl From Using Boys’ Restroom | Christian News Network http://christiannews.net/2016/08/04/u-s-supreme-court-grants-emergency-injunction-to-block-girl-from-using-boys-restroom/

CMS Introduces the Gender Unicorn as District Embraces Gender Neutral Bathrooms, Lockers and Showers | KeepNCSafe http://keepmyncsafe.com/cms-introduces-gender-unicorn/

How Can Christians Respond to Racism?

8/5/2016

How Can Christians Respond to Racism?
By: Dr. Dillon Burroughs

First, Scripture is clear all people are created in God’s image. Genesis 1:27 states, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”

Read more: https://www.jashow.org/articles/current-events/how-can-christians-respond-to-racism/

The is only one race - the human race! Categories of race based on skin color is a concept of evolution and based on the idea that certain people groups are more evolved than others.

Ken Ham: One Race, One Blood

The Tower of Babel and the origin of 'races' (Creation Magazine LIVE!)

Related:

Obama Deepens Racial Divide (Knowing the Truth Radio) http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=71916125228
The Media's Racism Narrative (Knowing the Truth Radio) http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=72016127570

Can God Bless America?

8/5/2016

Is it appropriate for politicians to ask for God's blessing on our nation when they have rejected His morality? In the recent political conventions I have heard the phrase repeated several times even though the same politicians repeating the phrase are in rebellion to God promoting things that He abhors.

The Psalmist writes "Blessed is the man [or woman] who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments." (Psalm 112:1)

Do these politicians who repeat the worn out phrase "God bless America" fear God and delight in His commandments? Sadly, most of them do not.

Can God Bless America? By John F. MacArthur

America wants God’s blessing but not God. Our nation has systematically pushed Him out of the national consciousness—rejecting biblical morality, ignoring His Word, and relying on the political and entertainment arenas for moral guidance. As a result abortion, homosexuality, drug abuse, divorce, and pornography runs rampant.

Given the depth of moral bankruptcy, can God bless America? Is God angry with America? Are we on the brink of judgment rather than blessing?

In Can God Bless America? John MacArthur argues that God can bless America, but only when the clear biblical conditions are met. Includes a critical look at one approach to turning America around that’s extremely popular among Christians and political conservatives—moral reform through political action.

Listen: https://www.gty.org/resources/sermon-series/264

God and Government - John MacArthur

John MacArthur gave a powerful message at Believers Chapel in Dallas one week after five policemen were ambushed and murdered in our city. His message God and the Government is a warning to America. We are a nation that can expect the most terrible of God's judgments because we have sinned against the greatest spiritual light any nation, outside of Israel, has ever received.

Mike Gendron's Comment: Our nation needs to hear this message because we have encouraged the worship of false gods under the banner of religious freedom. God commands all nations to worship the one true God. He is the one who gave the nations their inheritance when he divided mankind and fixed the borders (Deut. 32:8). America needs to be warned that the presence of strange gods are provoking God to anger (Deut. 32:16). As a nation we have turned our backs on Him and should not longer say, "God bless America." Instead we should recognize that "God blessED America" and now we must repent! It must begin with the household of God (1 Pet. 4:17).

Listen: http://believerschapeldallas.org/sermons/miscellaneous/john-macarthur/god-and-government

Related:
"When God Abandons a Nation" - John MacArthur http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/when-god-abandons-a-nation

Who Is God’s Candidate? - John MacArthur http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/who-is-gods-candidate-john-macarthur

"Hope for a doomed culture" http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/hope-for-a-doomed-culture

Why are the peoples devising a vain thing? - Steve Lawson http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/why-are-the-peoples-devising-a-vain-thing-steve-lawson

Standing on the Promises of God or the Trends of Man? - Phil Johnson http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/standing-on-the-promises-of-god-or-the-trends-of-man-phil-johnson

The Truth About Mr. Kahn

8/4/2016

Kahn: Sharia Trumps Constitution | Knowing Truth Radio

"Notwithstanding his war-hero son’s genuinely patriotic example, Khizr M. Khan has published papers supporting the supremacy of Islamic law over “man-made” Western law — including the very Constitution he championed in his Democratic National Convention speech attacking GOP presidential nod Donald Trump" This is the opening paragraph of a recent article on Breitbart dot com. (See: "Khizr Khan Believes Sharia Trumps the Constitution" http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/08/02/khizr-khan-constitution-sharia/)

On the broadcast today, I will be joined by William Federer to to talk about Islam's history of infiltration.

Listen: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=841612840

Sharia (Islamic law) is not compatible with the U.S. Constitution. The American system of government is based on the Bible (not the Koran) and Judeo-Christian principles. Islam is oppressive and opposed to the freedoms that we hold so dear in the West: i.e. the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc.. "Under Islam and Shari[a] Law, there is no freedom of religion or speech and equal rights are forbidden to women and non-Muslims. If you should convert to Christianity, you have signed your death warrant. ...Islam and democracy are incompatible and Sharia Law is particularly toxic to our way of life and human rights and freedom... ."(1)

(1)Carson's Right -- Islam is Incompatible with the Constitution (American Thinker) http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/09/carsons_right__islam_is_incompatible_with_the_constitution.html

Sharia vs. Constitution - Center for Security Policy (PDF)

Related:

Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan’s Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary’s Clinton Foundation Tie Terror, Immigration, Email Scandals Together - Breitbart http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/01/clinton-cash-khizr-khans-deep-legal-financial-connections-saudi-arabia-hillarys-clinton-foundation-connect-terror-immigration-email-scandals/

Muslims should not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military. Islamic expert Usama Dakdok gives good reason.

The following is from Worldview Weekend:

Will a Muslim Die for America? By Usama Dakdok

A Muslim couple, who had lost their son in the war in Iraq, stood up at the Democratic Convention and mocked Mr. Trump for his stand to ban Muslims from coming to America. The father stated that Mr. Trump did not know the US Constitution and even offered his own copy to Mr. Trump to read. These words moved the nation and were the sound bite throughout the media and internet. When Mr. Trump was asked by the media to respond, especially after the father stated that Mr. Trump had not sacrificed anything for America, Mr. Trump answered by stating he had sacrificed when he had hired thousands of people and had collected millions of dollars for veterans. I am ashamed to say that Mr. Trump gave a propaganda answer. He did not sacrifice anything. The thousands of jobs which he created made him richer. The millions he collected for veterans were through the sacrifices of others.

So, will a Muslim die for America? We must first ask who a Muslim is. A Muslim is someone who submits to the words of Allah in the Qur’an and the words of Mohammed in the hadith. Will Allah ever ask a Muslim to die for infidels (Christians, Jews, and other non-Muslims)? The answer is absolutely not. Will Allah even ask a Muslim believer to be friends with infidels? According to Qur’an 5:51, the answer is no. Will Allah ask a Muslim to kill other Muslims for infidels? No.

Read more: http://www.worldviewweekend.com/news/article/will-muslim-die-america

Muslims cannot be good Americans -- it is a contradiction in beliefs. For a Muslim to be a good American citizen they would have to denounce Islam and all of it's core teachings. The only good Muslim American is a bad Muslim -- a hypocrite.

VCY America, Inc. - Islam Impacts America

Last Thursday President Obama held a news conference where he discussed the terror networks of the world. He indicated that one of the reasons why we don't have network cells active in the U.S. as they are in certain parts of Europe is because the American-Muslim community is extremely patriotic.

That caused Jim to ask Usama if a person can be a truly patriotic American while at the same time being a follower of Islam. Usama responded by saying that they can't be American to start with because to be a Muslim you have to denounce everything we stand for in America. In other words, to be a follower in Islam, you cannot be committed to our system of law and our Constitution. You have to be committed to the Qur'an and to Shariah.

Usama believes that such comments from President Obama show that he's playing with the words, minds and souls of the American people. He's trying to remove terrorism out of Islam as if Islam is the solution when Islam is the problem of terrorism.

READ MORE + LISTEN: http://vcyamerica.org/blog/2016/08/08/islam-impacts-america

Usama Dakdok: My Views On Islam

Reason for Islamic Terrorism in 7 Minutes