O you who love the Lord, hate evil! – Psalm 97:10 ~ There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. – Proverbs 14:12
Leviticus 10:10 “You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean.”
In a world still swirling in sin thousands of years after its catastrophic collision with evil, the need for discernment is critical, and God has assigned to His followers the task of knowing the difference between good and evil. What seperates God’s people from everyone else is the wisdom He gives that enables them to discern holy from common, sacred from profane, clean from unclean, good from evil. ~Julie Ackerman Link from her booklet, Loving God With All My Mind
I recently became aware that Christian churches are and have been sponsoring helicopter egg drops during the Easter season. A helicopter flies over a designated area and drops up to 10,000 plastic candy filled eggs from the sky at local community events. After, or as the eggs drop, not sure which, children run out on the grounds picking them up. If you look on YouTube and can see it for yourself.
It grieves me that pastors encourage the association of bunnies, eggs and candy with Jesus. Have they forgotten that God is a holy God and that He is dishonored by such associations. It grieves me that pastors do the whole Easter thing, including Good Friday. Our born again churches and pastors have become followers of Rome. Pastors have such a strong influence over the sheep. Too much influence. We have made our pastors Protestant Popes. Are egg drops and…
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Your ears are not your own—that you may listen to
every foolish tale, drink in every political, worldly, or
carnal report which may fall upon them—and thus feed
that natural desire for news, gossip, and even slander,
which is the very element of the carnal mind.
Your tongue is not your own, that you may speak
what you please, and blurt out whatever passes in
the chambers of your heart, without check or fear.
Yes, blessed be God, there is gospel liberty, for
there is no real happiness in religion without it;
but not liberty to sin—not liberty to gratify the
lusts of the flesh—not liberty to act contrary to
the gospel we profess, and the precepts of God’s
Word—for this is not liberty but licentiousness.
“You are not your own! For you are bought with
a price…therefore glorify God in your body, and in
your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19
– J. C. Philpot
by WF White
In shopping malls across the USA, that largethrone whereSanta Claus sat is still warm, and the Easter Bunny hasalready moved in and taken upshop.I walked through a couple of different malls recently and I watched as the people waited on long lines to have their photos taken with a bespectacled Easter Bunny with large round glasses. I wondered who the person was behind those Easter Bunny costumes, one which looked like ithad seen better days, and probably could have used a good dry cleaning. Is it not interesting how the resurrection of Jesus Christ got somehow entangled with all of this pagan nonsense? How did thisso called Christian holiday called“Easter Sunday”became mixed up with such silly stuff like chocolateEaster Bunnies, jelly beans and colored eggs? What does all of that stuff have to…
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Thanks, Elizabeth, for reblogging this post on your site! Thanks, Tom, for posting this and sharing Joseph Mizzi’s book! May it help those who are not at peace in their souls though they be Catholics find it and settle it once and for all. Blessings! \o/
Test All Things: An Invitation to Examine Your Catholic Faith in the Light of Scripture
By Joseph Mizzi
PDF Download, 2005, 126 pages
Joseph Mizzi of the island nation of Malta has written this excellent primer on the differences between Roman Catholicism and Biblical Christianity. Mizzi was raised in a devout Catholic family, but was taken aback when his brother trusted in Jesus Christ as his Savior by faith alone and left the family religion. Joseph set about to study the Scriptures himself with the aim of persuading his brother to return to Catholicism, but also ended up accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior by faith alone.
This book avoids heavy theological jargon and appeals to the Catholic layperson in a winsome, loving manner. Scripture passages are plentiful. Chapter headings are as follows:
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