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“And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” —1 Corinthians 6:11 I have a responsibility to speak to the issues and the events of our times. It is my prayer that I will present biblical truth and not personal ideology, or philosophy, or simply cultural truth, which is changeable; but rather biblical and scriptural truth, which is unchangeable. The Bible is clear to say that there is only one sexual relationship that is called sacred and hallowed by God. That one sexual relationship given by God as a gift to mankind is one man, one woman in the bonds and in the beauty of marriage as long as they both shall live. The promise of Scripture is that any sinner, regardless of the sin can be washed, can be cleansed, can be forgiven and sanctified because of the finished work of Christ, because Calvary covers it all. There is no sin, including the sin of homosexuality and all other kinds of sin, which cannot be forgiven in the grace of God. God’s church is always the ally of anyone who is struggling with sin. And we are all struggling with sin, every one of us. You may or may not be struggling with this sin.  But is there anybody who would stand up and say, “Not me, Pastor. I’m not struggling with anything.  I’ve got complete victory in Jesus every day?” Of course not. We’re all struggling with sin!   I URGE CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE TO BE CARING AND COMPASSIONATE WITH THE SINFUL AND WITH THE SUFFERING.

Numbered, Weighed, Divided

Friday, May 03, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.”

Daniel 5:3–5

When Belshazzar held his drunken banquet in Babylon, he decided to use the cups looted from the Temple in Jerusalem to serve the wine. In the midst of this tribute to his idols, God pronounced a judgment, writing it on the wall without human instrument. Belshazzar’s problem was not that he did not have access to the truth, for the same Daniel who would come to interpret the message had faithfully served the rulers of Babylon while remaining true to the God of Israel. Belshazzar’s problem, like that of many people today, was that he thought he got to decide for himself what was right and wrong, and that there was no Judge to whom he would give account.

The words MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN that appeared on the wall of the palace destroyed that false belief. They revealed that there was a God and that He was seeing and judging all that happened on earth—and that He would mete out punishment according to His standards as He saw fit. We see this philosophy of Belshazzar all around us today, but it is just as false now as it was thousands of years ago. God is still in charge, and He sees everything. He has not changed His attitude toward sin. He still demands obedience. And every nation that turns away from following Him faces sure and certain judgment.

Today's Growth Principle: 

God’s commitment to holiness and commands of how we are to live are unchanging.