tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.comments2023-09-24T03:09:02.536-05:00Grace For LifeTerry Rayburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-63045415853793842532022-08-26T15:13:34.403-05:002022-08-26T15:13:34.403-05:00I hope you are still able to receive comments, as ...I hope you are still able to receive comments, as this blog post is 6 years old now, but THANK YOU so much for this. I needed this. Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214687652266372083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-56824839414406725932022-08-26T15:06:54.047-05:002022-08-26T15:06:54.047-05:00That's a wonderful thought. Thank you for shar...That's a wonderful thought. Thank you for sharing that with us all. Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214687652266372083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-8613253687426998082020-04-30T16:38:48.992-05:002020-04-30T16:38:48.992-05:00I just came across this. It is powerful and made m...I just came across this. It is powerful and made me so sad at the same time. We can encounter God every single day, Christ is in our midst! Yet we let ourselves be blinded by the world and by our sinful nature and miss out on so much of His revealed fullness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-76735319234541214052019-01-17T09:53:15.996-06:002019-01-17T09:53:15.996-06:00Apologies to Chris Poe and others, that I just not...Apologies to Chris Poe and others, that I just noticed this comment from 2011! :)<br /><br />Anyway, in 11.1 of the WCF it says the following (my emphasis):<br /><br />"i.Those whom God effectually calleth, he also freely justifieth: not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not or anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone; nor by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by <b>IMPUTING THE OBEDIENCE</b> and satisfaction of Christ unto them, they receiving and resting on him and his righteousness, by faith; which faith they have not of themselves, it is the gift of God.<br /> Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-50419204310017461902018-04-17T20:47:49.464-05:002018-04-17T20:47:49.464-05:00I was raised in a satellite church of faith assemb...I was raised in a satellite church of faith assembly and under the teachings of Hobart Freeman. The devastation that his teachings caused was heartbreaking to behold and has had an insidious ripple effect that is still spreading. It's taken me years to recover from the blatantly false theology spewed from his pulpit. I was just on another website designed for survivors of that cult to share their experiences and the aftermath. It broke my heart and angered me. It's been over 30 years since Freeman died and there are still hundreds of his victims attempting to put their lives and beliefs back in order. My heart is breaking for this young man in oregon and I firmly believe his parents should be prosecuted. This kind of belief is deadly and needs to be eradicated! Thanks for letting me rant....Michelle Dennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-56763142078002866042015-10-13T17:15:14.541-05:002015-10-13T17:15:14.541-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-62595569967785807382015-10-13T15:10:01.587-05:002015-10-13T15:10:01.587-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Write@titudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554285559406684101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-79118342849936463292015-08-23T13:23:40.015-05:002015-08-23T13:23:40.015-05:00Paul said he was the chief meaning he was the firs...Paul said he was the chief meaning he was the firstAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479114978640666125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-22852423206417693892015-08-11T00:50:07.692-05:002015-08-11T00:50:07.692-05:00Thanks for sharing this blog with us. I really app...Thanks for sharing this blog with us. I really appreaciated your effort to published this article.If you have time, please visit my site @ www.imarksweb.org<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imarksweb.org" rel="nofollow">Rica</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983279751843228358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-7866583667447988132015-07-11T16:16:35.175-05:002015-07-11T16:16:35.175-05:00I wonder what clothes you when you get to Heaven? ...I wonder what clothes you when you get to Heaven? Did you forget that part? Good day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921898325757269269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-25656294676794878262015-05-17T11:34:16.503-05:002015-05-17T11:34:16.503-05:00I believe the government is working on taking our ...I believe the government is working on taking our voluntary rights...the moral rights but God is the one in control so I trust Him over the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-23230809310266214512015-02-16T11:19:24.905-06:002015-02-16T11:19:24.905-06:00I have noticed that when ever the questions or sta...I have noticed that when ever the questions or statement as above are made to most pastors or evangelical preachers. They have no response or an emotional no scriptural back up. <br />It is the same as participating in Christmas or any other pagan holiday. Where does it say it is ok to participate in these rituals. <br />It is clear that we shall not many times overAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-77062349014316890272014-11-02T12:47:23.379-06:002014-11-02T12:47:23.379-06:00I'm doing a daily devotion by Oswald Chambers ...I'm doing a daily devotion by Oswald Chambers with some ladies online. By Day 2 of the devotions, I could tell that Mr. Chambers was in some bondage to legalism and sadly, passing it onto (probably unknowingly) to many many readers. I've been a Christian for 40 yrs. After much confusing teaching/preaching of men of God, finally was freed from legalism by the teachings of Joseph Prince, Creflo Dollar and Tullian Tchivivian. Praise God for these men and others who truly understand Jesus' message of grace in the New Testament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-53770816851685207252014-05-08T18:40:00.646-05:002014-05-08T18:40:00.646-05:00I read a book recently in which the author says th...I read a book recently in which the author says that many Christians have identity amnesia. I agree. It is when we come to understand who we are in Christ that we begin to really appreciate the grace of God. What motivates us more to live for God? Thinking about oneself as a sinner or a saint ( one set apart from sin unto God)? The latter is that which inspires me to live a life of pleasing him who loves me. Graemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-20168754081464900922014-03-11T13:30:11.116-05:002014-03-11T13:30:11.116-05:00a good example of a legalist who believes heavily...a good example of a legalist who believes heavily in performance based salvation is the Christian that's overly concerned about what kind of music someone listens to or the fact that someone has HBO or watches secular movies.It isn't watching bruce willis movies or listening to aerosmith that condemns the soul..it's neglecting to accept Christ and the belief in him as one's lord and savior,that he eas crucified ,died and resurrected...My journey to heaven is based only on that beliefand faith, but NOT relying on whether I watch cable tv every night or not..i grew up as a Christian in the 70's in church's that bashed smoking tobacco and harshly criticized those who do but yet every sunday,during service, they kept a pot of coffee and a bowl full of sugar on the a table right outside the chapel.i call his kind of behavior, 'the Pentecostal pick and choose'!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-47077460085660496432014-02-02T13:23:49.374-06:002014-02-02T13:23:49.374-06:00I have been told by many that the verses in 1 John...I have been told by many that the verses in 1 John 3 about who ever is born of God cannot sin. And who ever sins is of the devil; do not literally mean what they say. They tell me you have to properly interpret them. They say it means cannot commit certain sins. Or means you cannot keep sinning the same sin like drug abuse, alcoholism, fornication and such. They say cannot does not mean it is impossible for a Christian to sin. They say we still have the sin nature until we die. But the bible says anyone in Christ is a new creation. And old thing pass away. And all things become new. How can the be true if we still have the sin nature? The say it doesn't apply to the sin nature.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714149718385838008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-10302663851583128142013-11-26T06:43:50.095-06:002013-11-26T06:43:50.095-06:00These folks robbing the Lord's sheep of their ...These folks robbing the Lord's sheep of their peace to collect tithe percent pay check tell us that Abraham gave tithes before the tithe law was given to justify New Covenant tithing.<br /><br /> Abraham also had a wife and a slave woman who he had sex with to that produced an illegitimate son. Do you grace robbers want to do that too cause Abraham did it before the law was given? <br /><br />Wake the Heck up! We that are blood bought by Christ can cheerfully give as we decide according to 2nd Corinthians 9:7.<br /><br />FYI, Devout Jews don't even teach tithing in their Synagogues any longer. They give free will offerings since their is no longer a Tribe of Levi to collect the Tithes. Only the Tribe of Levites were authorized to collect the tithes for their Temple in Jerusalem which was destroyed around 70 AD. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-84039363609177403612013-11-26T06:34:56.012-06:002013-11-26T06:34:56.012-06:00Romans 10:4
Christ is the End of the Law for Righ...Romans 10:4 <br />Christ is the End of the Law for Righteousness for every believer.<br /><br />Hebrews 7:12 For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.<br /><br />Romans 3:20<br />For by works of the law no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law, through the law we become conscious of sin. <br /> <br /><br />Acts 13:39 <br /> through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.<br /><br />Galatians 2:16 <br />yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified in sight."<br /><br />Galatians 2:21 <br />"I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.<br /><br />Galatians 3:13<br /> "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us-- for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE "--<br /><br /> Galatians 5:4<br /> "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace <br /><br /><br />Hebrews 8:6 <br />But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.<br /><br />Hebrews 8:7 "For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second".<br /><br /><br />Hebrews 8:13<br /> "In that he said, A new covenant, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away".<br /><br />Galatians 4:24 <br />These two women serve as an illustration of God's two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.<br /><br />Galatians 4:30<br />30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman.<br /><br />Galatians 3:31<br /> So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.<br /><br />2 Corinthians 3:6<br />He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.<br />(The letter Killeth = the Old Covenant letter of the Law, it required death of spotless lambs The letter of the law pointed out our guilt and sin debt and that sin debt required death ( do you folks get that?) <br />The Spirit gives life = New Covenant & Holy Spirit which within every born again believer. Something they did NOT permanently have with the Old Covenant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-79341173836304568232013-11-26T05:39:21.910-06:002013-11-26T05:39:21.910-06:00One Bible verse can shut these liars up about the ...One Bible verse can shut these liars up about the Malachi 3:9 curse for not tithing.<br /><br />Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law...<br />(There is NO Noooo way these Tithe Police should declare any Malachi 3:9 curse over those Jesus bought with a price (with His own blood). Only Bible illiterates and Tithe Legalist (Pharisees) keep being blinded by this tithe lie. <br /><br />The irony in this whole Tithe debacle is that the Bible declares those trying to go backward under the Old Covenant law for justification and favor with God are the ones under a curse because they do not trust in the payment Jesus made as being sufficient. <br />Religious Legalist think they need to add to the grace of God with the law which only someone sinless could fulfill. The deception is these Tithe Police neglect the other laws in Leviticus (The Book of the Law). The terms and conditions under the Old Covenant was all of them had to be kept. If not endless sacrifices were needed as an atonement and in other cases breaking laws like the Saturday Sabbath rest and failure to get ones male child circumcised resulted in death by stoning. <br /><br />Galatians 3:10<br />But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-16931294939222290852013-11-26T05:35:27.973-06:002013-11-26T05:35:27.973-06:00One Bible verse can shut these liar up about the M...One Bible verse can shut these liar up about the Malachi 3:9 curse for not tithing.<br /><br />Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law...<br />(There is no way they should try to declare of curse over those Jesus bought with a price (with His own blood). Only Bible illiterates and Legalist Pharisees keep being blinded by this tithe lie. <br /><br />The irony in this whole Tithe debacle is that Bible declares those trying to go backward under the Old Covenant law for justification and favor with God are the ones under a curse because they do not trust in the payment Jesus made as being sufficient and think they need to add to the grace of God with the law which only someone sinless could fulfill The deception is that the tithe Police neglect the other laws in Leviticus (The Book of the Law). The terms and conditions under the Old Covenant was all of them had to be kept. If not endless sacrifices were needed as an atonement and in other cases breaking laws like the Saturday Sabbath rest and failure to get ones male child circumcised resulted in death by stoning. <br /><br />Galatians 3:10<br /> But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-2144669358333729292013-10-28T08:56:56.027-05:002013-10-28T08:56:56.027-05:00Anonymous,
You're welcome. Sorry to hear of y...Anonymous,<br /><br />You're welcome. Sorry to hear of your case. The Lord will work in it.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />TerryTerry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-5336817623182163732013-10-27T23:16:13.245-05:002013-10-27T23:16:13.245-05:00Thank you Terry Rayburn for speaking the TRUTH! I ...Thank you Terry Rayburn for speaking the TRUTH! I was "let go" from my full time administration position at the church for simply studying the tithe. It's about time these modern day Manipulating THIEVES are EXPOSED. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-65941125476180932432013-10-04T10:46:56.783-05:002013-10-04T10:46:56.783-05:00PHARISEEISM---IS IT LEGALISM?
A favorite defense ...PHARISEEISM---IS IT LEGALISM?<br /><br />A favorite defense for those who do not want to obey God's terms for pardon, is to label strict obedience to God as Phariseeism. Is Phariseeism keeping God's law to the letter?<br /><br />LEGALISM DEFINED: Strict and literal adherence to law.<br /><br />Were the Pharisees guilty of legalism? No they were not. The Pharisees practiced illegalism. They were not legal.<br /><br />Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so they might put Him to death.<br /><br />Is obtaining false testimony an example of strict adherence to God's law?<br /><br />Matthew 28:11-13...the chief priests...12 And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers. 13 and said, "You are to say, 'His disciples came by night and sole Him away while we were asleep.'<br /><br />Is conspiring to bribe men to lie, strict adherence to God's law?<br /><br />Matthew 23:14[ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]<br /><br />Was devouring widow's houses an example of legalism or illegalism? Were the Pharisees literally following God's law by devouring widows' houses?<br /><br />Matthew 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law; justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.<br /><br />Jesus did not reprimand the Pharisees for their strict compliance to God's law? No, it was the exact opposite. The Pharisees were neglecting strict obedience to the law.<br /><br />THE LEGALISM OF THE PHARISEES?<br /><br />The legalism of the Pharisees was because they followed man-made traditions, not because they followed God's law to the letter.<br /><br />Mark 7:1-7 .....5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the traditions of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?" 6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips. But their heart is far from Me, 7 'But in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrine the precepts of men.'<br /><br />Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for teaching the traditions of Men. Jesus did not scold them for literal obedience to God's laws.<br /><br />Mark 7:8 Neglecting the commandments of God, you hold to the traditions of men."<br /><br />The Pharisees were not practicing legalism by strict obedience to God's law. They were illegal for neglecting God's commandments and keeping man-made traditions.<br /><br />Is teaching what Jesus said in, Mark 16:16, being Pharisaical.<br />(Mark 16: He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved....)<br /><br />Would it be a tradition of men to say that "has been baptized shall be saved?" No it would not; it would the words of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />To claim that Christians are practicing the legalism of the Pharisees because they say you have to be obedient to God's terms for pardon in order to be saved, is factually incorrect.<br /><br />GOD WANTS US TO BE HIS LEGAL CHILDREN<br /><br />ILLEGAL CHILDREN WILL BE LEFT WITHOUT AN INHERITANCE.<br /><br />WHAT MUST MEN DO TO BECOME LEGAL?<br /><br />A. FAITH: John 3:16<br />B. REPENTANCE: Acts 2:38<br />C. CONFESSION: Romans 10:9-10<br />D. WATER BAPTISM: 1 Peter 3:20-21<br /><br />YOU ARE INVITED TO FOLLOW MY CHRISTIAN BLOG>>>http://steve-finnell.blogspot.comSteve Finnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863026367048527526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-53500013402813557732013-09-12T17:44:28.449-05:002013-09-12T17:44:28.449-05:00Hebrew children in the Old Testament were born int...Hebrew children in the Old Testament were born into God's covenant, both male and female. Circumcision was the sign of this covenant for boys, but the sign was not what saved them. Faith saved them. Rejecting the sign, circumcision, for boys, either by the parents or later as an adult himself, was a sign of a lack of true faith, and therefore the child was "cut off" from God's promises as clearly stated in Genesis chapter 17:<br /><br /> "Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, 13 both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”<br /><br />What was the purpose of this covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? God tells us in the beginning of this chapter of Genesis:<br /><br />"And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you." <br /><br /> This covenant wasn't just to establish a Jewish national identity or a promise of the inheritance of the land of Caanan, as some evangelicals want you to believe. In this covenant, God promises to be their God. Does God say here that he will be their God only if they make a "decision for God" when they are old enough to have the intelligence and maturity to decide for themselves? No! They are born into the covenant!<br /><br /> If Jewish children grew up trusting in God and lived by faith, they then received eternal life when they died. If when they grew up, they rejected God, turned their back on God, and lived a life of willful sin, when they died, they suffered eternal damnation. Salvation was theirs to LOSE. There is no record anywhere in the Bible that Jewish children were required to make a one time "decision for God" upon reaching an "Age of Accountability" in order to be saved.<br /><br /> Therefore Jewish infants who died, even before circumcision, were saved.<br /> <br /> The same is true today. Christian children are born into the covenant. They are saved by faith. It is not the act of baptism that saves, it is faith. The refusal to be baptized is a sign of a lack of true faith and may result in the child being "cut off" from God's promise of eternal life, to suffer eternal damnation, as happened with the unfaithful Hebrew in the OT.<br /><br /> Christ said, "He that believes and is baptized will be saved, but he that does not believe will be damned."<br /><br />It is not the lack of baptism that damns, it is the lack of faith that damns. <br /><br />Gary<br />Luther, Baptists, and Evangelicals <br />An orthodox Lutheran blogGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590322.post-15185942023722386812013-09-09T23:37:57.721-05:002013-09-09T23:37:57.721-05:00This is great!This is great!Huberthttp://thesteammop.info/noreply@blogger.com