THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH (1646)

"Our first parents, begin seduced by the subtlety and temptations of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory." (Chapter 6)

So, it PLEASED God to permit Adam and Eve to sin against Him by disobeying Him, and then He punishes them!

God "ORDERED" that they sinned!!!

"Pleased" = "Feeling or showing pleasure and...

"And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” Jesus Is Equal with GodThis was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he...

"The Gospel is, nevertheless, to be offered to all men, with the assurance that it is exactly adapted to the needs of all men, and that God has decreed that all who place their faith in Christ shall be saved by Him. No man is lost because of any deficiency in the objective atonement, or because God has placed any barrier in His way, but only because of subjective difficulties, specifically, because because of his own evil disposition and his freely exercised wicked will will prevent his...

“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless” (Psalm 101:3a ESV)

Should Christians watch R rated moves or MA rated TV? How much TV should we watch? What should Christians look at on our computers, smart phones, and TVs?

My Testimony Regarding Watching TV

As a young married couple we owned a small TV set. This was a quarter century ago. Although the content on TV was nowhere near as graphic as it is now, as a young man I still found that the pervasive sexy images which...

Only slight progress was made in pt.6.....Y1 offered a link....but then more tweets, Kyred gave support from both the bible and historical data to the truth of spiritual interpretation having meaning. PB almost single handedly tried to represent literal views of these things, Covenanter responded with sound posting....Tyndale was about to enter the fray, MM offered solid Amill input....we will look at more things concerning the language of the coming of the Lord;...

I grew up in the Hyles/ Rice camp of the independent Baptist. Many times we had Jack Hyles, and other well know pastors speak at my home church. We were taught to love and honor these men and others like them.

I graduated for a christian college and my husband graduated from a state university. After college we married and my husband earned his master's from Temple Baptist Theological Seminary and then we went into the ministry.

Over the years we became more and more concerned about the...

This study goes over why it is a sin to be in debt, to lend at interest, and to engage in various forms of usury that are common in American culture. The study can be found in English here The Abomination of Usury and Interest, and the Slavery of Debt | Wisdom of God or in Spanish here La Abominación del Usura y el Interés, y la Esclavitud de la Deuda | Sabiduria de Dios , let us begin a discussion on this matter here.

This study goes over what the mark of the beast is in its two forms, the "name of the beast" and the "number of its name", and what it means to receive the mark on the forehead or the right hand. Also explains what 666 means. The study can be found in English here The Mark of the Beast, the Name of the Beast or the Number of its Name, and 666 | Wisdom of God or in Spanish here La Marca de la Bestia, el Nombre de la Bestia o el Número de su Nombre, y 666 | Sabiduria de Dios , let us begin a...

"In Spite of All of the Foregoing Statements, We Have to Come to the Point Where We Confess That We Do Not Understand How It Is That God Can Ordain That We Carry Out Evil Deeds and Yet Hold Us Accountable for Them and Not be Blamed Himself: We can affirm that all of these things are true, because Scripture teaches them. But Scripture does not tell us exactly how God brings this situation about or how it can be that God holds us accountable for what he ordains to come to pass. Here Scripture...

Martin Luther was under the guidance of the Holy Spirit as the result of him giving his life to Christ. And thus Luther was error free in every religious doctrine that he held and that he had in the Lutheran Church.