tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post4639592925346365710..comments2023-10-21T04:32:31.262-05:00Comments on Following Judah's Lion: Rick Fruehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-36587073678018566562012-12-04T00:27:02.979-05:002012-12-04T00:27:02.979-05:00And so to us that are getting mixed messages about...And so to us that are getting mixed messages about faith and works the debate continues. Trying to walk in His ways I keep stumbling over people.<br /><br />Do any of you realize what this does to those of us who have been lied to by the church system, who are looking for truth? We seek the Lord, read His Word, but still have a need for fellowship and Pastoral guidance and with that need risk turning the wrong way. Most of what Jesus says is being ignored too.<br /><br />When the rich man asked Jesus what he needed to do to have eternal life what did he say? Become humble and follow me. Give all that you have away (money was his very essences) and follow me. To me, and I am going by the words on the page not some great revelation, it means to leave yourself behind and go with Jesus. Literally lower yourself and be like Him. Now does that mean I have to observe the Sabbath? I don't know because he doesn't mention it. God said He would write His laws upon our hearts. <br /><br />I believe what the Word says about Pastors, teachers, Elders etc. but we still need to "search the Scriptures", and "work out our own salvation". That means to me that the Holy Spirit will guide us in Truth if we continue to seek His Will and His Wisdom by asking.<br /><br />Thank you for reading. Just saying because of the direct opposite opinions posted here. Pastor Rick, I will hear your preaching but remember, you know what the Bible says about your position within the church. <br /><br />Thank you for not leaving entirely your Pastoral position. God Bless.<br /><br />CherieCherienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-77904307855272195742009-12-24T12:52:35.890-05:002009-12-24T12:52:35.890-05:00I enjoyed the good poem, Stephen. Thank you. But...I enjoyed the good poem, Stephen. Thank you. But I must contend with you that it is NOT ALL about belief. See James, especially James 2:19. <br /><br />It is about discipleship, that is following, that is doing, that is obeying.<br /><br />There's a long-standing contention between over emphasis on orthodoxy, by the magisterial reformers, at expense of orthopraxy. Apostolic saints were known by how they lived more than by what they "believed."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-19794183609232173982009-12-13T09:02:58.503-05:002009-12-13T09:02:58.503-05:00Good poem, Steve. Do you have a cache of poems on ...Good poem, Steve. Do you have a cache of poems on your blog?Rick Fruehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-54578770595403292722009-12-12T08:24:41.498-05:002009-12-12T08:24:41.498-05:00It's all about belief, or lack thereof
-------...It's all about belief, or lack thereof<br />--------------------------------------------<br /><br />I savor but surrender not.<br />I behold without embrace.<br />The scandal of this cornerstone.<br />The enormity of grace.<br /><br />Good news is one thing.<br />Sinners welcome a lowered bar.<br />Good News too good for our trust to contain,<br />Now you've gone too far.<br /><br />Now to find the life I thought was mine,<br />Striving won't obtain.<br />Now walking by the best of sight<br />Is, all in all, in vain.<br /><br />Even small unbelief becomes the leaven of each day,<br />Equipping every fleshly fiber to resist another Way.<br /><br />There must be something I can try.<br />"Oh that Ishmael might live", I cry.<br />The answer, "No", preserves far more,<br />Even the substance of things hoped for.<br /><br />The promise, as foretold, surpasses Adam's flaw.<br />True bread sustains a new creation, forever dead to law.<br /><br />It's one thing to declare, desire, denounce and do.<br />(The accuser would have me believe a lie.)<br />It's quite another just to come,<br />Naked, of my own free will, at His cross to die.<br /><br />In Him alone, resurrection bound,<br />(purchased more than found)<br />Living water is offered, with this relief...<br />no less to him with last request,<br />"help my unbelief."<br /><br />by StephenT, October, 2008StephenThttp://helpmyunbelief.org/goodnews/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-86304299146776965152009-12-08T22:50:04.814-05:002009-12-08T22:50:04.814-05:00"... grace has forever leveled the ground ben..."... grace has forever leveled the ground beneath all human feet."<br /><br />A call to humility for those of us who walk after Jesus. May we see everyone in our path with His eyes.mrs knoreply@blogger.com