timforjesus
07-14-2007, 08:48 AM
July 14
Morning
“If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”
- Exo_20:25
God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labour might be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved tastes of fallen nature; instead, however, of improving the gospel carnal wisdom pollutes it, until it becomes another gospel, and not the truth of God at all. All alterations and amendments of the Lord’s own Word are defilements and pollutions. The proud heart of man is very anxious to have a hand in the justification of the soul before God; preparations for Christ are dreamed of, humblings and repentings are trusted in, good works are cried up, natural ability is much vaunted, and by all means the attempt is made to lift up human tools upon the divine altar. It were well if sinners would remember that so far from perfecting the Saviour’s work, their carnal confidences only pollute and dishonour it. The Lord alone must be exalted in the work of atonement, and not a single mark of man’s chisel or hammer will be endured. There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished, or to improve that in which the Lord Jehovah finds perfect satisfaction. Trembling sinner, away with thy tools, and fall upon thy knees in humble supplication; and accept the Lord Jesus to be the altar of thine atonement, and rest in him alone.
Many professors may take warning from this morning’s text as to the doctrines which they believe. There is among Christians far too much inclination to square and reconcile the truths of revelation; this is a form of irreverence and unbelief, let us strive against it, and receive truth as we find it; rejoicing that the doctrines of the Word are unhewn stones, and so are all the more fit to build an altar for the Lord.
(me now) we tend to get so wrapped up in what we're doing that we tend to often forget that the real focus should be on what God is doing in the earth right now... Christianity Today just want's enough religion and church to ease their conscience... We find that the church in the book of Acts, which in my opinion is the blueprint of the church then and now... they were apostolic... they met daily, they were people of one thing... Some churches call themselves apostolic but they are only apostolic one day a week... the early church had jobs too... they had it far worse than we have it now... they were being hunted daily yet they met daily... they were persecuted yet they continued striving because each of them had the revelation that this was so much bigger than any of them... it was more than just a church... it was a family who freely gave for the kingdom and had no qualms about asking a brother or a sister when he or she was in need... that's what i want to see the church become one day... i long for apostolicity to once again come back to be the way the church is run... let's get to the important stuff... let's not meet daily amongst ourselves, let's not go to just hear a sermon about God... let's go to MEET GOD... let's cry out to him for him to rend the heavens and come down as it says in Isaiah 64:1... Let's cry out to God day and night as it was in the days of King David and Solomon... I long for the church to become the BRIDE of CHRIST... ONE Bride to ONE husband... right now America has what I would call a schizophrenic bride.... i long for unity, under God's conditions... so many churches pray for unity but as long as they united under their agenda and under their umbrella... true unity comes when the churches united for none other than the love of God and the desire to know him and make him known... throw out your programs and let's see what God is doing in the earth... let's stop doctoring the gospel to fit our tastes... let's (as a whole) stop playing these third grade games and come together as One Church for One Husband fully devoted to him...
thank you for your time...
Timmy!
Morning
“If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”
- Exo_20:25
God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labour might be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved tastes of fallen nature; instead, however, of improving the gospel carnal wisdom pollutes it, until it becomes another gospel, and not the truth of God at all. All alterations and amendments of the Lord’s own Word are defilements and pollutions. The proud heart of man is very anxious to have a hand in the justification of the soul before God; preparations for Christ are dreamed of, humblings and repentings are trusted in, good works are cried up, natural ability is much vaunted, and by all means the attempt is made to lift up human tools upon the divine altar. It were well if sinners would remember that so far from perfecting the Saviour’s work, their carnal confidences only pollute and dishonour it. The Lord alone must be exalted in the work of atonement, and not a single mark of man’s chisel or hammer will be endured. There is an inherent blasphemy in seeking to add to what Christ Jesus in His dying moments declared to be finished, or to improve that in which the Lord Jehovah finds perfect satisfaction. Trembling sinner, away with thy tools, and fall upon thy knees in humble supplication; and accept the Lord Jesus to be the altar of thine atonement, and rest in him alone.
Many professors may take warning from this morning’s text as to the doctrines which they believe. There is among Christians far too much inclination to square and reconcile the truths of revelation; this is a form of irreverence and unbelief, let us strive against it, and receive truth as we find it; rejoicing that the doctrines of the Word are unhewn stones, and so are all the more fit to build an altar for the Lord.
(me now) we tend to get so wrapped up in what we're doing that we tend to often forget that the real focus should be on what God is doing in the earth right now... Christianity Today just want's enough religion and church to ease their conscience... We find that the church in the book of Acts, which in my opinion is the blueprint of the church then and now... they were apostolic... they met daily, they were people of one thing... Some churches call themselves apostolic but they are only apostolic one day a week... the early church had jobs too... they had it far worse than we have it now... they were being hunted daily yet they met daily... they were persecuted yet they continued striving because each of them had the revelation that this was so much bigger than any of them... it was more than just a church... it was a family who freely gave for the kingdom and had no qualms about asking a brother or a sister when he or she was in need... that's what i want to see the church become one day... i long for apostolicity to once again come back to be the way the church is run... let's get to the important stuff... let's not meet daily amongst ourselves, let's not go to just hear a sermon about God... let's go to MEET GOD... let's cry out to him for him to rend the heavens and come down as it says in Isaiah 64:1... Let's cry out to God day and night as it was in the days of King David and Solomon... I long for the church to become the BRIDE of CHRIST... ONE Bride to ONE husband... right now America has what I would call a schizophrenic bride.... i long for unity, under God's conditions... so many churches pray for unity but as long as they united under their agenda and under their umbrella... true unity comes when the churches united for none other than the love of God and the desire to know him and make him known... throw out your programs and let's see what God is doing in the earth... let's stop doctoring the gospel to fit our tastes... let's (as a whole) stop playing these third grade games and come together as One Church for One Husband fully devoted to him...
thank you for your time...
Timmy!