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Dec 1, 2017 - Default    No Comments

Suicide is not an unforgivable sin.

Romans 8:30, “Those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.”

Suicide is not an unforgivable sin. The unforgivable sin is unbelief (Luke 12:10). As long as he is predestined by God, he will be called, he will believe, and he will be justified and glorified. There is no “but”, no exception in between.
Dec 1, 2017 - Default    No Comments

The Law

The Law proves that sinners have no free will. Sinners have free will to sin, but no free will to keep the Law. “The point is not that you’ve sinned, but you’ve never done anything but sin.”
 
Everyone is a sinner (Romans 3:2).
Everyone is DEAD in sin (Romans 6:23).
No one can keep the Law (Romans 3:20).
Even our righteous acts are like filthy rags to God. (Isaiah 64:6).
The Law reminds about sin (Romans 7:7).
The Law in the OT is a shadow of Jesus (Hebrews 10).
So when Jesus came, He fulfilled the Law for us (Matthew 5:17).
 
Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8, Galatians 2:16).
Nov 30, 2017 - Default    No Comments

Did God harden Pharaoh’s heart?

“Harden” means refusing to repent. God allowed Pharaoh’s heart to be hardened. It is sin that hardened a sinner’s heart against God. God did not make Pharaoh against God Himself.
Likewise, today if a sinner goes to hell, it is because of his sins; but if a sinner repents, it is because of God’s grace.
1 Samuel 6:6, “Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?”
Nov 30, 2017 - Default    No Comments

God sends sinners to hell

Sinners go to hell because of their sins, not because of God (2Tim 2:4; Ezekiel 18:23).
If God does not have mercy, we should all be in hell. God has mercy, but God also has justice. God is a holy God. For example, if someone kills your family, do you want the judge to set him free or not?

Because God has justice, sinners must die.
Because God has mercy, Jesus died for sinners.

God is holy. God’s wrath is holy wrath. God sends sinners to hell because God is holy and just.
God hates sinners not because God is bad, but God is good, and we are bad. God loves sinners not because we are good, but God is good.

Does God hates sinners? Yes, look on the cross.
Does God loves sinners? Yes, look on the cross.

Nov 16, 2017 - Default    No Comments

The Preached Word and Reformation 传讲的道与宗教改革

提摩太后书 4:1-4，保罗将父上帝与主耶稣带入他对属灵儿子的嘱咐中，如同圣父、圣子亲自对提摩太的命令，讲明将来提摩太也要在上帝的审判之前一同交账。雅 3:1我的弟兄们，不要多人作师傅，因为晓得我们要受更重的判断。
传道人，代表上帝传道，传上帝的道，是警醒的战士随时预备可以讲道，不只教导，更是恳切。路德认为道是喊出来的。教会讲台不是一个空中楼阁，而是能够听见上帝热诚的道的地方。
研究加尔文的学者发现，加尔文每天至少要讲两次道，逐卷、逐章、逐节。加尔文拿着原文圣经就上台讲道，圣经就是讲章，所传讲的不是支配破碎的圣经，乃是整全、统一的圣经。马丁路德与其他改教家也是如此。改教运动是人类历史最大归回圣经、传讲圣经的运动。今天不是需要人在讲台胡说八道，我们更多需要如同改教家传讲圣经的传道人。
钟马田博士敬佩马丁路德就是真正的传道人。当黑死病来到威登堡，马丁路德没有逃走，继续传讲6千多篇道，甚至也写讲章让别人也讲道。
律师不按着法律行事是羞耻的，传道人不按著圣经传道更是如此。上帝子民聚集必须要传讲上帝的话，否则不要聚集。（马丁路德）改教家们有灵火，在教会传讲上帝的话，如同使徒行传见证，是充满上帝话语证道的教会。
希伯来书 1:7， “论到使者，又说：上帝以风为使者，以火焰为仆役…”
马丁路德：传道人必须是兵丁也是牧者，手拿着刀面对仇敌，手拿仗牧养群羊。
司布真：真正的传道人，上帝在适时赐给教会，这些人是被上帝的火炭所触摸的。
教会看轻讲台，上帝就看轻教会，因为上帝在历史中以讲台–上帝话语的传讲 来复兴祂的教会。
求奋兴改教家的火与能力，加倍在各位身上焚烧。

Steven J. Lawson
宗教改革500周年研讨会
Wittenberg 1517 – Jakarta 2017
11月15日 20:00

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