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Without Excuse

For since the creation of the world God’s
invisible qualities—his eternal power and
divine nature—have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that
men are without excuse. Romans 1:20

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
Romans 2:13

(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
Romans 2:14,15

This will take place on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. Romans 2:16

Let God be true, and every man a liar.

Romans 3:4b

… so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Romans 3:19

Burning Anger

September 19, 2020 jakin7

See, the day of the Lord is coming
—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.

The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.

I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.

I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

I will make man scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,

in the day of his burning anger.
Isaiah 13:9-13

Beginning To See

August 21, 2020 jakin7

Dear (fill in the blank),

We are beginning to see what it looks like when the intellectually blind grasp for a
shadow to embrace. Where is the modern day Deborah singing “March on, my soul; be strong!” Where is the spiritual Anne Sullivan to teach

a nation that is deaf, dumb, and blind?

Not all, but too many pastors are sleeping
the sleep or blowing with the breeze or
knocking with the knees. Not all,
but too many professors are
continuing to do as
they please–groping in
personal darkness
when the spotlight
shines on them from above.

Stand up – stand now or
you will find yourselves
shining the boots of those
handing out your
bamboo slippers

as they march you off to
the gulag camps of your reeducation.

Sincerely – Walley

P.S. read Judges Chapters 4 and 5 – particularly 4:9
….consider the voice of the singers at the watering places…

Idol Factory

February 14, 2020 jakin7

The human heart is an idol factory.

John Calvin (1509-1564)

Rescue

August 27, 2019 jakin7

“Christianity is a rescue religion.”

John Stott (1921-2011)

The Women

April 21, 2019 jakin7

When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.

But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb.

Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Luke 24:9-12

An Instrument

March 30, 2019 jakin7

Thou hast made man for the glory of thyself,

and when not an instrument
of that glory,

he is a thing nought; …

excerpt from The Valley of Vision (A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions) p.36

You Feed Them

December 29, 2018 jakin7

By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. Send the people away so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

But he answered, ” you give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take eight months of a man’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

“How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five-and two fish.”

Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.