A sheep in wolf's clothing.
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
(Colossians 2:8) ESV
It’s important that any theory we propose has to be congruent with the broad narrative of scripture. However, by using deductive reasoning, we superimpose onto this a broad narrative of physics.
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And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
(Jude 1:6) NKJV
The passage above is one of a small handful in the Bible which address the consequence faced by the angels who joined Satan’s rebellion in heaven. It’s closely related to the featured passage today’s devotional.
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
(James 3:6) NKJV
There’s a New Testament confirmation of the event described in Deuteronomy 32:22 when the fire of hell was kindled and nuclear decay began. Here we’re told that the tongue, the serpent beguiling Eve and Adam blaming his wife, set on fire the course of nature which in this case means melting the core of the Earth.
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(2 Peter 3:9) KJV
It’s hard to find a pastor or preacher these days who has the guts to make a clear statement about the reality of hell. What’s ironic is that the pastors and preachers, for their part, don’t think it has anything to do with guts.
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For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:18) KJV
Within the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything we also have to understand that certain things have a specific function. The Earth, for instance, has a function in the fulfillment of the purpose, which is there for a reason. We are using the word function as follows:
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Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
(Psalms 51:13) NKJV
When we give the desire to know God preeminence in our life our heart will be purified. We believe in Jesus Christ and get saved, but that’s only the beginning. Continually seeking the Lord as an ongoing imperative purifies our heart. Then the pure in heart will see the Lord. The more of the Lord that we seek, then the more of the Lord we will know.
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Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
(2 Chronicles 15:12) NKJV
What happens when people don’t seek the Lord? In the Old Testament times of the children of Israel they would be put to death. In our modern age there’s nothing like that. You’re free to believe whatever you want.
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
(Amos 7:4) KJV
In Matty’s Paradigm the purpose of the fountains of the great deep was to allow the waters of the deep to drain into the interior of the Earth as the dry land was spread out on the third day. The deep became the great deep, in the interior of the Earth
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
(James 3:6) NKJV
The interesting part of this verse isn’t, surprisingly, the reference to hell. In this passage the word translated as hell is gehenna. Jesus uses gehenna, continual burning trash and bodies in the vale of Hinnom, as a picture of what the fire of hell is going to be like. The interesting part is sets on fire the course of nature.
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(2 Peter 3:9) KJV
Here’s something we hear a lot, the indignant cry:
Continue reading “Longsuffering”“I’m not going to believe in a god who would torture people who don’t love him!”
– Understandable but misguided opinion
Matty (Headwind) 