EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/28/2025 9:03 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-2
Introduction to “Christian Certainties”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
1 John 5:13-21
Message of the verses: “13 These things I have
written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may
know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence which we have
before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And
if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the
requests which we have asked from Him. 16 If anyone sees his brother committing
a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him
give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading
to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. 17 All
unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. 18 We
know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him
and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the
whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the
Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might
know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ.
This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, guard yourselves
from idols.”
I
want to continue to quote from John MacArthur’s introduction to the verses
above, remembering that once we get done with these verses that we will be done
with 1 John. Before I begin to quote
from his commentary I want to quote the last paragraph that I wrote last night
in order to help us best understand where we are going.
“In a world of uncertainty, relativism, and
deception, the Bible proclaims absolute truth.
Five words, based on biblical absolutes, frame the (paradigm)” (model or
example).
“The
first word is objectivity. Truth is object, not subjective. It exists independently outside of the human
mind, having its origin in God, and coming to us by revelation in Scripture
(John 17; cf. Ps. 119:151, 160, 2 Tim 2:15).
“The
second word is rationality. The revelation of God is intelligible; it is
not mystical, nor does it contain hidden meanings accessible only to the
religious elite. Scripture yields its
meaning to the mind that approaches it reasonably.
“The
third word is veracity. The Bible, properly interpreted in a normal,
rational faction, yields divine truth.
“The
fourth term is authority. The divinely revealed truth of Scripture
bears God’s authority, and hence it is binding in all that it affirms.
“A
final word is incompatibility. Because the Bible contains divine truth,
anything that contradicts it is wrong.
Biblical Christianity’s commitment to absolute truth makes it exclusive
in an inclusive world.
“The
Bible reveals the truth about how the universe began, and how it will end;
about why people behave the way they do; and what is right and what is wrong;
about heaven and hell, and how people get to those places; about what makes for
good human relationships; about God’s promises; and, most significant, about
the Lord Jesus Christ, including His virgin birth, sinless life, unparalleled
teaching, substituionary death, literal resurrection, bodily ascension, and
second coming.”
Looks
like one more Spiritual Diary will finish this introduction. Perhaps it would be a good idea to read this
last paragraph again because it is filled with truth.
3/28/2025 9:17 PM
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