tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post4203677843257549849..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Friend of the World; Enemy of GodPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-30172034922557414862011-11-16T13:26:58.379-08:002011-11-16T13:26:58.379-08:00Those are some great thoughts. Friendship with the...Those are some great thoughts. Friendship with the world is enmity with God. There are only two choices--either you're for Christ or you're against Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-49980008458580013842011-11-15T11:19:44.299-08:002011-11-15T11:19:44.299-08:00Absolutely true. Reminds me of an H. L. Mencken q...Absolutely true. Reminds me of an H. L. Mencken quote, "Hell is where you must do what you want to do."Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077866845635921855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-33226708242629609932011-11-15T09:00:53.998-08:002011-11-15T09:00:53.998-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.brianonpyromaniacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428174946048236565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42870682164603067832011-11-14T20:29:14.649-08:002011-11-14T20:29:14.649-08:00It is not with an increase of corn, and wine, and ...It is not with an increase of corn, and wine, and oil, but with the shining of the countenance of God upon us, that he comforts our souls (Ps. 4:6–7). “The world hates me,” may such a soul as has the Spirit say; “but my Father loves me. Men despise me as a hypocrite; but my Father loves me as a child. I am poor in this world; but I have a rich inheritance in the love of my Father. I am straitened in all things; but there is bread enough in my Father’s house. I mourn in secret under the power of my lusts and sin, where no eyes see me; but the Father sees me, and is full of compassion. With a sense of his kindness, which is better than life, I rejoice in tribulation, glory in affliction, triumph as a conqueror. Though I am killed all the day long, all my sorrows have a bottom that may be fathomed—my trials, bounds that may be compassed; but the breadth, and depth, and height of the love of the Father, who can express?” I might render glorious this way of the Spirit’s comforting us with the love of the Father, by comparing it with all other causes and means of joy and consolation whatever; and so discover their emptiness, its fullness—their nothingness, its being all;<br /><br />~John Owen~slave4Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513084005259680414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-8608121226142886882011-11-14T19:20:14.440-08:002011-11-14T19:20:14.440-08:00I agree, Phil.I agree, Phil.Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425703708783961476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14004176989853859432011-11-14T18:00:12.860-08:002011-11-14T18:00:12.860-08:00I have to disagree with you jmb.
My sin as an unr...I have to disagree with you jmb.<br /><br />My sin as an unregenerate sinner as Lot's wife, is quite different as a quickened soul and saint of Christ when I sin, which is daily of course.<br /><br />I love Christ, and feel sorrow when i sin against Him. Before I had a new heart, I had sorrow I got caught, and sorry for others to a point, but I didn't love Jesus, nor the Father as yet.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67082521501871803812011-11-14T15:28:18.460-08:002011-11-14T15:28:18.460-08:00It occurs to me that every time we sin we are imit...It occurs to me that every time we sin we are imitating Lot's wife because we are behaving as if we were not believers. And we have less excuse because we know better, or should.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164857192077648887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67074860970838296522011-11-14T12:50:13.449-08:002011-11-14T12:50:13.449-08:00Unfortunately most of the church has bought into t...Unfortunately most of the church has bought into the disease.<br /><br />We need to be like Job <br /><br />"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.Job 23:12The Bible Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950235301070129749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-16005550414949327142011-11-14T09:11:09.427-08:002011-11-14T09:11:09.427-08:00Word.Word.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-60107892931385537722011-11-14T08:46:37.659-08:002011-11-14T08:46:37.659-08:00"You will spend eternity with what you truly ..."You will spend eternity with what you truly love the most" <br /> <br />I'm with Cathy...that statement stopped me dead in my tracks this morningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-19543726122616881062011-11-14T07:59:43.550-08:002011-11-14T07:59:43.550-08:00Amen Sonja.
And especially the worldly "Chris...Amen Sonja.<br />And especially the worldly "Christian" religion, in it's many forms.<br /><br /> But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.<br />(James 1:22-25 ESV)donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-26551223211454696852011-11-14T07:42:49.883-08:002011-11-14T07:42:49.883-08:00A reminder to us all when we get desensitized to t...A reminder to us all when we get desensitized to the world and all it has to offer.Sonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938147018164703524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35511410449510655312011-11-14T07:06:58.119-08:002011-11-14T07:06:58.119-08:00"You can think about it like this: you will s..."You can think about it like this: you will spend eternity with whatever you truly love the most."<br /><br />That's a statement that should just stop you dead in your tracks - no pun intended :-/ <br /><br />Talk about exposing your idols.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780306672607484307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-11815769934457995482011-11-14T06:40:27.578-08:002011-11-14T06:40:27.578-08:00"Remember Lot's wife." (Luke 17:32) ..."Remember Lot's wife." (Luke 17:32) Jesus speaks these words in the context of the coming of the Kingdom. He would not remind us if there were no danger in his age - and in ours.Mark B. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942591774072214556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-62765680782201150432011-11-14T04:59:01.674-08:002011-11-14T04:59:01.674-08:00MET
It is a major theme of the gospel from Genesi...MET<br /><br />It is a major theme of the gospel from Genesis to Revelation, and hasn't gotten any better in the past 2000 years.David A. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465387359523299616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-43527140019339955442011-11-14T04:56:59.058-08:002011-11-14T04:56:59.058-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dominique Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513568450654868801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-15294176514844376212011-11-13T21:43:03.719-08:002011-11-13T21:43:03.719-08:00Awesome, Phil!!!
Didn't this happen to Israel...Awesome, Phil!!!<br /><br />Didn't this happen to Israel, too? When Israel was in Egypt for many years, they absorbed so much Egyptian culture, that they forgot God's laws, and lived in disobedience to them. They were even ignorant of the Sabbath day. <br /><br />God had to call Israel out of Egypt and teach them His laws all over again. He also forbade them to have anything to do with pagan customs. <br /><br />"According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances (Lev 18:3)." <br /><br />God was doing away with a pagan, worldy culture and making a culture for His people to live in, so they could walk in His ways and follow His statutes.Mary Elizabeth Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915438088186414796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-11931010083860849232011-11-13T20:31:34.859-08:002011-11-13T20:31:34.859-08:00Yeah, I read the post, it was excellent. You dese...Yeah, I read the post, it was excellent. You deserve a raise.Chris Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959878163583711565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-85708156877514892702011-11-13T20:28:38.272-08:002011-11-13T20:28:38.272-08:00Haven't even read it yet but I'm just amaz...Haven't even read it yet but I'm just amazed at a Sunday evening post! Working overtime, but that is why Phil is paid like A Rod! Or, maybe, like TD Jakes.Chris Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959878163583711565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-65763924236295280122011-11-13T19:59:44.342-08:002011-11-13T19:59:44.342-08:00Excellent word. Always good to think deep as hones...Excellent word. Always good to think deep as honest as you can and see what your heart loves the most.<br /><br />My sermon today was from John 5 where the Jews wanted to find a way to kill Jesus. Why? Because He called Himself God. No man can do this and live.<br />But Jesus was God; the Son of God. He clearly would have been know to the Jews if they loved the Father, which they obviously didn't, though they would say they loved God, and maybe some even thought they did love the Father. <br /><br />Jesus brings the truth to them in way that is beyond doubt who He is, and yet they loved the religious world more.<br /><br />Thanks for the good and even goading word. I shall not kick against the goads by His grace.<br /><br />Have a great week in our Savior's love and power. And I pray this is the week He will return for His Bride; nevertheless His will be done. Amen and amen.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.com