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"Remain and Persevere" - #378
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I pray that you had a great week and weekend.
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My debate regarding the KJV's inerrancy is finished. It was a fun debate, even though my opponent couldn't stay on topic or defend his position very well. He claimed that the KJV is the only inerrant Bible on the Earth and that it's more authoritative than any other translation and even more inspired than the ancient Hebrew and Greek scriptures! If you'd like to read this debate, please click http://kjvonlyism.jcsm.org.
I have some exciting news. My wife, my daughter, and I will be be moving to a beautiful house in Rancho Bernardo. RB is a nice area in San Diego. We have been blessed with a very generous deal from a Christian friend who owns this house. We're very thankful and want to give God the glory for this blessing. We'll be moving in a few weeks, so please pray that we find enough boxes and help!
I pray that God blesses you as you seek Him and His will.
If you are in the Southern California area, you should come to Maranatha Chapel on Wednesday night and hear The Kry! They will be performing before the service at 7pm. Email me for directions or more details.
Two of my guitar students have an illness. Please pray for them. I don't want to go into the details, but they are Christian teenagers who need God's healing touch.
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Welcome to the new readers of this message! Here is your Devotion, A Moment of Introspection, JCSM's Challenge, the Word of the Week, a faith-builder from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained," and the Quotes of the Week. Have a fantastic week and God bless you!
Love in Christ,
Jason Gastrich
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JCSM's Weekly Devotions (click here to listen!)
1 Timothy 1:3 "As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine."
Romans 5:3, 4 "We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope."
Philippians 3:12-14 (The Message Translation) "I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back. So let’s keep focused on that goal."
2 Peter 1:5, 6 "But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness."
Insight: God wants us to remain and persevere; not run and hide. Seek Him and ask Him for help. He will be faithful to you. Perseverance is an important quality. God knew we'd be tried and tested and He told us to keep the course and stay focused on the goal.
Prayer: "Thank you for having patience with us. Thank you for helping us persevere. Bless us and lift us up. Give us more strength than we have now. Thank you for providing a very deep well for us! You are an awesome God. Increase our faith and our love for others. Remind us that You will bless, prosper, and reward us if we keep the course and keep on trying. Thank you for the examples of faithful people that we know that endured hardships far worse than the ones we are facing. Encourage us and lift our eyes. In Jesus' name, Amen."
"Youth may be instructed in the Arts and Sciences who through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church and Civil State." - 1701, in an act by the General Court. David A. Lockmiller, Scholars on Parade: Colleges, Universities, Costumes and Degrees (New York: MacMillan, 1969), p. 70. Pat Robertson, America's Dates With Destiny (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986), p. 46.
Its purpose, as stated by the trustees on November 11, 1701, was:
"To plant, and under ye Divine blessing to propagate in this Wilderness, the blessed Reformed, Protestant Religion, in ye purity of its Order, and Worship." - 1701. Peter G. Mode, Sourcebook and Bibliographical Guide for American Church History (Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Co., 1921), p. 109. See also John Elliot, New England First Fruits, 1643. David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: WallBuilder Press, 1991), p. 91. Peter G. Mode, ed. Sourcebook and Bibliographical Guide for American Church History (Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Co., 1921), p. 109. Pat Robertson, America's Dates With Destiny (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986), p. 45.
The founders set down specific rules for Yale College:
"Whereunto the Liberal, and Religious education of Suitable youth is under ye blessing of God, a chief, and most probable expedient... we agree to... these Rules:
1. The said rector shall take Especial Care as of the moral Behaviour of the Students at all Times so with industry to Instruct and Ground Them well in Theoretical devinity... and [not to] allow them to be Instructed and Grounded in any other Systems of Synopses.... To recite the Assemblies Catechism in Latin... [with] such Explanations as may be (through the Blessing of God) most Conductive to their Establishment in the Principles of the Christian protestant Religion.
2. That the said Rector shall Cause the Scriptures Daily... morning and evening to be read by the Students at the times of prayer in the School... Expound practical Theology... Repeat Sermons... studiously Indeavor[ing] in the Education of said students to promote the power and the Purity of Religion and Best Edification and peace of these New England Churches." - Peter G. Mode, ed. Sourcebook and Bibliographical Guide for American Church History (Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Co., 1921), p. 109-110. Pat Robertson, America's Dates With Destiny (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986), p. 45-46. Franklin B. Dexter, ed., Documentary History of Yale University (NY: Amo Press and The New York Times, 1969), p. 32. David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: WallBuilder Press, 1991), p. 91.
The requirements for the students included:
"All scholars shall live religious, godly, and blameless lives according to the rules of God's Word, diligently reading the Holy Scriptures, the fountain of light and truth; and constantly attend upon all the duties of religion, both in public and secret." - 1701. Quoted in Richard Hofstader and Wilson Smith, eds., American Higher Education: A Documentary History (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1961), 1:49. Gary DeMar, The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision, Inc., 1993), p. 43.
"Seeing God is the giver of all wisdom, every scholar, besides private or secret prayer, where all we are bound to ask wisdom, shall be present morning and evening at public prayer in the hall at the accustomed hour." - 1701. Stephen K. McDowell and Mark A. Beliles, America's Providential History (Charlottesville, VA: Providence Press, 1988), p. 92. David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: WallBuilder Press, 1991), p. 91.
The primary goal, as outlined by the founders, stated:
"Every student shall consider the main end of his study to wit to know God in Jesus Christ and answerably to lead a Godly, sober life." - 1701, as stated by the founders. William C. Ringenberg, The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984), p. 38. Gary DeMar, The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision, Inc., 1993), p. 42.
The Yale Charter of 1745 clarified the intention of the college:
"Which has received the favourable benefactions of many liberal [generous] and piously disposed persons, and under the blessing of Almighty God has trained up many worthy persons for the service of God in the state as well as in the church." - 1745, in the Yale Charter. Quoted in Richard Hofstader and Wilson Smith, eds., American Higher Education: A Documentary History (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1961), 1:49. Gary DeMar, The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision, Inc., 1993), p. 43-44.
Benjamin Silliman, a well known American science educator and editor, was a Yale faculty member during the era of Yale President Timothy Dwight, 1795-1817. He wrote concerning the atmosphere that existed on the Yale campus:
"It would delight your heart to see how the trophies of the cross are multiplied in this institution. Yale College is a little temple: prayer and praise seem to be the delight of the greater part of the students." - In a writing of Yale faculty member Benjamin Silliman. Henry M. Morris, Men of Science - Men of God (El Cajon, CA: Master Books, Creation Life Publishers, Inc., 1990), pp. 39.
Most great things come only after hard work. If you are feeling pressure to quit something you know is good and right, then ask God for strength to carry on. He wants you to persevere as you seek Him and do His will.
Examine your life and see which areas you need to persevere in. Perhaps there are some unfruitful endeavors that you should give up. You can do that as well. Give these things to God and be determined to give up what you don't need and keep doing what you should do; even if it's difficult.
God bless you as you meet this week's challenge!
proskarteraysis (Greek, see Ephesians 6:18): persistency, perseverance
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained
"The Skeptic's Annotated Bible" claims:
Genesis 16:8-9 - The angel tells Hagar to return and submit to her abusive owner,Sarai.
"The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained" responds:
We read that Sarai "dealt harshly" with Hagar. We don't know if this was abuse or not, though.
(This explanation came from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained", by Jason Gastrich. This book is on CD and explains over 3,000 difficulties regarding the entire Bible at http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org. There is also a 300 question workbook that accompanies the CD-ROM.)
Without exception, our lives are filled with disappointment.
We often have to preach to ourselves.
No matter who is against you, remember that God is for you.
Share Christ with a pure heart and clean conscience.
We were formerly something else.
When we see people tangled and tripped up, remember that we were once as well.
The Devil seeks to destroy marriages.
God's grace covers all sins.
There isn't a person in Christ who isn't called to minister.
These quotes came from God, me, John Piper, and John Dorsey.
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