Paul reminds us that death is the greatest enemy of a man's soul and the sting and severity of sin is death, while the terrible power of sin is the perfect law of God which is His greatest tool to identify men's sinfulness and point us to Christ. But thanks be to God, for on that day, death is overcome by life. Death is consumed into victory. Death will be triumphantly destroyed.
This is indeed a blessed hope for everyone who has been born of God and positioned in Christ, for on that day we will be able to say: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

Carli • Saved by Grace

God is Light ~ unapproachable Light, and yet He has placed His Spirit of Light into our hearts to lead us aright, to guide us into all truth and to shine His love into the hearts and lives of all with whom we come in contact. Let us walk in the light as He is in the light and may the light of His presence within each of our hearts, shine through our lives to proclaim to all we meet, the light of the glorious gospel of grace that has been shed abroad in our hearts and lives.

Carli • Saved by Grace

The Lord establishes our steps because He loves His children and is pleased to be our Provider, our Protector, and our Establisher, not only in this life but in the eternal realms to come, which are reserved for us in heaven. How blessed we are to have a God Who delights in our way, Who is intimately involved in every detail of our life and Who upholds us with His righteous right hand. No wonder this Psalm begins with the words "Do not fret”~ but let us, like David, rest in the safe arms of the Protector of our soul, the Establisher of our steps.

Carli • Saved by Grace

This verse is a lovely testimony of Philemon's developing Christian character, for news had reached the apostle Paul’s ears that other believers were being refreshed through Philemon's ministry. What a joy for Paul, who not only led this man to Christ but received news of his ongoing spiritual progress in his Christian life. May we also seek to act in a similar godly manner and obey the instructions we receive from Scripture in thought, word, deed, and motive, so that the testing of our faith does not cause any ungodly reaction, but demonstrates a maturing faith, a growth in grace, and a response that honours the Lord.

Carli • Saved by Grace

It is this confidence in Christ that enables John to write that we know that the Son of God has come. We know that Christ has made the Father known to us, and we know that in Him we have been given spiritual understanding and godly wisdom. God, in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, came to earth to reconcile man to the Father through the Son and to give spiritual understanding and godly wisdom to all who would trust in His name. And He is the only way to God, the only truth from God, and the only life of God.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Jude warns of the many ways that we believers can be enticed away from the word of truth into unbelief through heretical teachings, apostate teachers and false prophets.. and he exhorts each one of us to contend earnestly for the faith which was given to us through God's holy apostles and prophets. May we recognise the importance of being firmly grounded on the word of truth so that we will not be influenced by every wind of doctrine but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

Carli • Saved by Grace

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I find it interesting that the majority of those who make extremely negative comments on my pretrib YouTube videos come from folks who have channels which focus on their hobbies: computer games, cats, NASCAR, basketball, half-naked ladies, marijuana, secular rock music, whisky, and the like. I guess expertise in the world qualifies them as experts in biblical understanding.

Paul's stated purpose in this verse should be the motivation for all of God's children in these increasingly evil days in which we are living, so that in Christ we may encourage one another in the faith and be united together in a godly love of the truth. May we look to Christ, Who is the centre and circumference of our entire life, knowing that in Him alone are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, and Who is the only secure foundation upon which our faith must rest.

Carli • Saved by Grace

THE watershed passage in the Bible which divides the literal hermeneutic from the allegorical hermeneutic is Daniel 9:24-27.

24 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times.
26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate."

Never question the length and depth and height and breadth of God's gracious love towards you, for God demonstrated His love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. And the hope that comes through faith in Christ does not disappoint, because the supernatural love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, Who was given to us, through time and into eternity.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

Here is 2 Peter 2:12 properly parsed.
"But these [men] --- like irrational wild animals, which are made to be taken and destroyed --- speak evil of things they don't understand, and they shall perish in their own corruption."

This passage draws a parallel between the ungodly and animals. The ungodly are as irrational as wild animals. They are like animals because of their moral corruption. They shall perish like animals because of their corruption. If you void the force of the portion that addresses the wild animals, then you void the force of the portion that addresses the ungodly. If the wild animals are not made to be taken and consumed, then how do we draw the parallel between the ungodly and wild animals?

"Rise, Peter! Kill and grill." (The LWB paraphrase)

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Jesus taught an amazing truth that those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake are blessed. Those who believe in Him and follow Him are blessed, even when they are insulted, persecuted, or falsely accused because of Him: "Don't resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also... because your reward is great in heaven." May we live a Christlike life, in thought, word, and deed. As the apostle Peter also taught: "Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but give a blessing instead ~ for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing."

Carli • Saved by Grace

Never thought "milk and honey" would have doctrinal ramifications for the NT church. Now it is ground that we must defend against the NWO agenda.

Prayer request. Leaving for OK tomorrow to work with Mondo and Josh Peck on a response to prewrath's Seven Pretrib Problems. Pray for journey mercies down and back, for the project to go smoothly, and for good opportunities of fellowship with family and friends.

No theological qualification is more esteemed today that flushing your brain down the potty and drinking the kool-aid.