Flawed follower of the Flawless One. I'm a Berean (Acts 17:10-15) and part of the church in Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13).
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John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
Apparently it's necessary to bring this back to the forefront.
Replacement theology is a demonic theology.
A thread:
Israel’s Rejection Not Total
11 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
Israel’s Rejection Not Total:
11 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
Romans 11:1-10
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
The cross wasn't just a tsunami of God’s wrath. It was ten thousand atom bombs aimed directly at Jesus, and He willingly absorbed it all.
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
What did Jesus think about those who make man-made traditions equal to the law and essential for salvation through Him.
A thread:
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
People will tell you Reformation Day is about a monk named Martin Luther and a hammer. They’re not wrong, but that’s really not the whole story. The theology that came out of the Reformation didn’t stay in the pulpit. It shaped the faith, the freedoms, and even the nations of generations of Christians, including those of us in America today.
Consider the timing. Gutenberg’s printing press was only about 60 years old. Suddenly, Scripture and other writings could be printed and distributed throughout Europe on a scale previously unimaginable. What an incredible provision at just the right time… making it possible for the Word of God and Reformation teaching to spread across Europe like never before.
And look at what that made possible. Men like William Tyndale and translators who came after him endured persecution and gave their lives to put the Bible into the language of ordinary people. Scripture would no longer remain accessible only to scholars and clergy… even the plowboy would read and understand God’s Word. Bold men translated, printed, smuggled, and distributed Scripture to the people, and it spread through God’s providential work in and through them.
At the heart of all this was the recovery of the gospel. The Reformers didn’t invent a new faith. They were calling the church back to what Scripture had always taught. Grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone. The gospel had become obscured by layers of tradition and religious practice, and the Reformers brought it back into the forefront.
Within about a century, Christians carried these very convictions across the Atlantic. Many left their homelands under religious persecution, seeking the freedom to worship God according to His Word and to establish communities in the New World. Their faith and theological convictions became an integral part of the religious heritage and history of the nation we Americans now call home.
When I look at all these seemingly separate events… the printing press, the translators, the Reformers, the “discovery” of the New World, and the Christians who crossed the Atlantic, I can’t help but see the providence of God at work everywhere, preparing the way for generations of believers to come. For us.
History isn’t random. God is sovereign over every bit of it. Which is why Reformation Day isn’t just an event in a history book. We’re still benefiting from its fruit today. This Reformation Day, may we remember with grateful hearts God's providence and the bold men of faith He used to help bring us where we are today, with the liberties we enjoy.
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
What's your reading preference?
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17%Kindle
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71 votes • Final results John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
The Old Testament is full of songs. Worship Him with songs. It’s not the only way to worship nor should it be, but God clearly considers it an important way to worship Him.
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
Mutes “Catholic, Catholicism, Protestant, Protestantism.”
So tired of the reformation wars, the caricatures of each from both sides, the constant bashing of brothers and sisters in Christ. Please, I beg everyone to find the unity in Christ, including myself. Every day all day that’s all I see on my timeline anymore. I’m over it.
If you come across someone you think is not saved, then share the gospel with them. We’re not changing anyone’s mind on things that are sinful in those that are already saved. And we’re not bringing anyone to Christ with the constant fighting. Our goal is not denominational. Our mission is to bring everyone closer to Christ, and becoming more Christ-like like ourselves.
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
If you're ever unsure if Hell is just, all you need to do is see how much people hate the truth.
Mercy is theirs if they want it. They've chosen justice.
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
When anything goes wrong in the life of the non-Christian, what has he to fall back on? He has nothing but worldly wisdom and that way in which the world reacts, and that does not help. The Christian, however, is in an entirely different position. He has the Bible, and he should at once take any circumstance and put it right into this context. The Christian does not react to events as the world does. He asks: “What do the Scriptures say about this?”
— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
1) When a person is saved (justified), they have died with Christ and have been raised up in life (Romans 6:1-14).
2) Only God can raise the dead (2 Corinthians 1:1-11)
3) If salvation (justification) can be lost or forfeited, are we saying that we alone have the power to raise the dead? (1 Samuel 2:1-11)
Water baptism has no salvific power. Only blood has the power to cover sin.
Going back to the law, we see that water makes you ceremonial clean (Leviticus 14 and 15). Blood covers sin (Leviticus 17).
Therefore, the blood of Jesus covers our sin. That moment happens when we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead. Water baptism is the outward confession of our faith, or ceremonial cleanliness.
Our salvation is in Christ alone, not of our works.
There are so many people who call themselves "Christians" that don't have any idea how to be saved. That means a lot of people will hear Matthew 7:21-23 because they're being lied to about what salvation is.
Don't take anyone's words for it. And yes. I'm including myself. Read the scripture I've given you. And if what your preacher, pastor, father, or anyone else tells you something different, they are apostate. It's just that simple.
Christ alone❤️
The Gospel of Salvation is the same whether explained by Jesus, John, Peter, Paul, James, or Jude.
A saved person is changed in an instant. That doesn't mean they stop sinning, of course. It does mean they are hyper-aware of sin because they are filled with The Holy Spirit. They're convicted of things that never bothered them before.
Over time, as people draw closer to The Lord, they sin less and less. Many of the things they enjoyed (music, movies, even foul humor), are no longer appealing. They have a thirst for Christ and hunger for His Word.
These are the fruits of the saved.
A CINO (Christian in name only), do not. They go to church, sing, clap their hands, lift their arms, and go through the motions. Outside of church, they are the same people they were before professing Christianity.
These are the fruits of false converts.
Here are some scriptures explaining it:
Matthew 13
John 5
John 10
John 15
Romans 8
Romans 11
1 Corinthians 15
2 Timothy 2
Galatians 5
Ephesians 1
Ephesians 4
Philippians 1
Hebrews 6
James 2
1 Peter 1
1 John 3
1 John 5
Jude 1
Salvation (justification) happens, when a person turns away from their life and accepts that only through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus does one become saved (Romans 10:8-19 and Ephesians 2:1-10).
Salvation (sanctification) is the process of, and the fruits born through it, of your life as a new creation in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:11-21).
Salvation (glorification) will not happen until we're with Christ in our resurrected bodies (Philippians 3:20-21).
“I have been saved; I am being saved; and, I will be saved.”
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
Atheism is the persistent travel around the world in search for excuses while avoiding the mountains of evidence along the way.
With everything we know about chemistry, biology, archeology, geology, cosmology, and a plethora of other fields of science, if you're not, at minimum, a deist, you're living in a delusion.
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
Oh yeah..... this is the number of all the other answers for 2+2=4 Atheists... 👇
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
This is a thread where I'll post links, both video and written, that explain why Mormonism/LDS is false.
Inside said videos show that none of Joseph Smith's claims are verifiable with even a modicum of historical or scientific evidence. Both video and written evidence that prove he was a false prophet according to Scripture.
This IS NOT for the purpose of bludgeoning people. It is soley to help spread the truth❤️
John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
When ranking College Football Teams, assuming everything else is equal:
How much MORE should a ROAD win be worth than a HOME win?
🔘 0% - Same value
🔘 10% more
🔘 25% more
🔘 50%+ more
7%0%
40%10%
44%25%
8%50% +
97 votes • Final results John✝️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 retweeted
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