tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71389071313302599572024-02-20T12:12:39.071-06:00Westminster in 180 DaysReading through the Westminster Standards (Confession and Two Catechisms) in 180 days.Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-72174983947023788702010-04-20T03:58:00.002-05:002010-04-20T04:05:18.659-05:00Day 160: Aggravated Sins, part 5<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc151e152.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 151 part 5; Q. 152</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q157" name="Q151"><b>Q.151</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Sins receive their aggravations,</p><p><b>1. </b>From the persons offending <b><br />2. </b>From the parties offended<br /><b>3. </b>From the nature and quality of the offense:</p><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><b>4.</b> From circumstances of time [<a id="p1068" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p977)" name="p977">r</a>] and place [<a id="p1069" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p978)" name="p978">s</a>]: if on the Lord’s day [<a id="p1070" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p979)" name="p979">t</a>], or other times of divine worship [<a id="p1071" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p980)" name="p980">v</a>]; or immediately before [<a id="p1072" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p981)" name="p981">w</a>] or after these [<a id="p1073" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p982)" name="p982">x</a>], or other helps to prevent or remedy such miscarriages [<a id="p1074" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p983)" name="p983">y</a>]; if in public, or in the presence of others, who are thereby likely to be provoked or defiled [<a id="p1075" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p984)" name="p984">z</a>].</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>From circumstances of time [<a id="p1076" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p977)" name="p977">r</a>]</p><p>[<a id="p977" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p977" name="p977">r</a>] <b>2 Kings 5:26</b> And he said unto him (Gehazi), Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? <i>Is it a time to receive money</i>, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?</p><p>and place [<a id="p1077" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p978)" name="p978">s</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p978" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p978" name="p978">s</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 7:10</b> And come <i>and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say</i>, We are delivered to do all these abominations?<br /><b>Isaiah</b><b> 26:10</b> Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: <i>in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly</i>, and will not behold the majesty of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>.</p><p>if on the Lord’s day [<a id="p1078" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p979)" name="p979">t</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p979" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p979" name="p979">t</a>] <b>Ezekiel</b><b> 23:37-39</b> That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery;— <b>Ver.38 </b>Moreover this they have done unto me: <i>they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths</i>. <b>Ver.39 </b>For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came <i>the same day </i>into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.</p><p>or other times of divine worship [<a id="p1079" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p980)" name="p980">v</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p980" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p980" name="p980">v</a>] <b>Isaiah</b><b> 58:3-5</b> Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, <i>in the day of your fast ye find pleasure</i>, and exact all your labours. <b>Ver.4 </b>Behold, ye <i>fast for strife and debate</i>, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. <b>Ver.5 </b>Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>?<br /><b>Numbers</b><b> 25:6-7</b> And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a <i>Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation </i>of the children of Israel, <i>who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation</i>. <b>Ver.7 </b>And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;</p><p>or immediately before [<a id="p1080" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p981)" name="p981">w</a>]</p><p>[<a id="p981" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p981" name="p981">w</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 11:20-21</b> When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. <b>Ver.21 </b>For in eating <i>every one taketh before other his own supper</i>: and <i>one is hungry</i>, and <i>another is drunken</i>.</p><p>or after these [<a id="p1081" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p982)" name="p982">x</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p982" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p982" name="p982">x</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 7:8-10</b> Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. <b>Ver.9 </b>Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; <b>Ver.10 </b><i>And come and stand before me in this house</i>, which is called by my name, <i>and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations</i>?<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 7:14-15</b> <i>I have peace offerings </i>with me; <i>this day have I payed my vows</i>. <b>Ver.15 </b><i>Therefore came I forth to meet thee</i>, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.<br /><b>John 13:27</b> <i>And after the sop Satan entered into him</i>. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. <b>Ver.30</b> He then <i>having received the sop went immediately out</i>: etc.</p><p>or other helps to prevent or remedy such miscarriages [<a id="p1082" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p983)" name="p983">y</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p983" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p983" name="p983">y</a>] <b>Ezra 9:13-14</b> <i>And after all that is come upon us </i>for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; <b>Ver.14 </b><i>Should we again break thy commandments</i>, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us?</p><p>if in public, or in the presence of others, who are thereby likely to be provoked or defiled [<a id="p1083" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p984)" name="p984">z</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p984" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p984" name="p984">z</a>] <b>2 Samuel 16:22</b> So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and <i>Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel</i>.<br /><b>1 Samuel 2:22-24</b> Now <i>Eli </i>was very old, and heard all that his <i>sons did unto all Israel</i>; and how they <i>lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle </i>of the congregation. <b>Ver.23 </b>And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. <b>Ver.24 </b>Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: <i>ye make the Lord’s people to transgress</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><a id="Q152" name="Q152"><b>Q.152</a>.</b> <i>What doth every sin deserve at the hands of God?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Every sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty [<a id="p985" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p985)" name="p985">a</a>], goodness [<a id="p986" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p986)" name="p986">b</a>], and holiness of God [<a id="p987" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p987)" name="p987">c</a>], and against his righteous law [<a id="p988" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p988)" name="p988">d</a>], deserveth his wrath and curse [<a id="p989" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p989)" name="p989">e</a>], both in this life [<a id="p990" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p990)" name="p990">f</a>], and that which is to come [<a id="p991" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p991)" name="p991">g</a>]; and cannot be expiated but by the blood of Christ [<a id="p992" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p992)" name="p992">h</a>].</p><p>Every sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty [<a id="p1113" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p985)" name="p985">a</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p985" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p985" name="p985">a</a>] <b>James 2:10-11</b> For whosoever shall keep the whole law, <i>and yet offend in one point</i>, he is guilty of <i>all</i>. <b>Ver.11 </b>For <i>he that said</i>, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.</p><p>goodness [<a id="p1114" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p986)" name="p986">b</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p986" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p986" name="p986">b</a>] <b>Exodus</b><b> 20:1-2</b> And God spake all these words, saying, I am the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> <i>thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.</i></p><p>and holiness of God [<a id="p1115" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p987)" name="p987">c</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p987" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p987" name="p987">c</a>] <b>Habakkuk 1:13</b> <i>Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity</i>: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?<br /><b>Leviticus</b><b> 10:3</b> Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> spake, saying, <i>I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me</i>, and before all the people I will be glorified. —<br /><b>Leviticus</b><b> 11:44-45</b> For I am the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and <i>ye shall be holy; for I am holy</i>: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. <b>Ver.45 </b>For I am the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: <i>ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy</i>.</p><p>and against his righteous law [<a id="p1116" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p988)" name="p988">d</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p988" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p988" name="p988">d</a>] <b>1 John 3:4</b> Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for <i>sin is the transgression of the law</i>.<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 7:12</b> Wherefore <i>the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good</i>.</p><p>deserveth his wrath and curse [<a id="p1117" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p989)" name="p989">e</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p989" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p989" name="p989">e</a>] <b>Ephesians</b><b> 5:6</b> Let no man deceive you with vain words: <i>for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience</i>.<br /><b>Galatians</b><b> 3:10</b> For as many as are of the works of the law <i>are under the curse</i>: for it is written, <i>Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them</i>.</p><p>both in this life [<a id="p1118" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p990)" name="p990">f</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p990" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p990" name="p990">f</a>] <b>Lamentations</b><b> 3:39</b> <i>Wherefore doth a living man complain</i>, a man for the <i>punishment </i>of his <i>sins</i>?<br /><b>Deuteronomy</b><b> 28 from Verse 15 to the end</b> But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that <i>all these curses shall come upon thee</i>, and overtake thee: <b>Ver.16 </b><i>Cursed </i>shalt thou be in the <i>city</i>, and <i>cursed </i>shalt thou be in the <i>field</i>. <b>Ver.17 </b><i>Cursed </i>shall be <i>thy basket and thy store</i>, etc.</p><p>and that which is to come [<a id="p1119" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p991)" name="p991">g</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p991" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p991" name="p991">g</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 25:41</b> <i>Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire</i>, prepared for the devil and his angels:</p><p>and cannot be expiated but by the blood of Christ [<a id="p1120" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p992)" name="p992">h</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p992" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p992" name="p992">h</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 9:22</b> And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and <i>without shedding of blood is no remission</i>.<br /><b>1 Peter 1:18-19</b> Forasmuch as ye know that ye <i>were not redeemed with corruptible things</i>, as silver and gold, <i>from your vain conversation </i>received by tradition from your fathers; <b>Ver.19 </b>But with the <i>precious blood of Christ</i>, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:</p><hr /><br /><p><a id="Q153" name="Q153"><b>Q.153</a>.</b> <i>What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law?</i><br /><b>A.</b> That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the transgression of the law, he requireth of us repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ [<a id="p993" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p993)" name="p993">i</a>], and the diligent use of the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation [<a id="p994" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p994)" name="p994">k</a>].<br /><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-88-word-of-god-in-worship-part-4.html">Day 88: The Word of God in Worship, part 4</a></p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-8852324572997319452010-04-19T04:10:00.002-05:002010-04-19T04:18:17.911-05:00Day 159: Aggravated Sins, part 4<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc151d.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 151, part 4</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q156" name="Q151"><b>Q.151</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Sins receive their aggravations,</p><p><b>1. </b>From the persons offending <b><br />2. </b>From the parties offended </p><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><b>3. </b>From the nature and quality of the offense: if it be against ... public or private admonition [<a id="p1095" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p959)" name="p959">y</a>], censures of the church [<a id="p1096" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p960)" name="p960">z</a>], civil punishments [<a id="p1097" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p961)" name="p961">a</a>]; and our prayers, purposes, promises [<a id="p1098" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p962)" name="p962">b</a>], vows [<a id="p1099" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p963)" name="p963">c</a>], covenants [<a id="p1100" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p964)" name="p964">d</a>], and engagements to God or men [<a id="p1101" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p965)" name="p965">e</a>]: if done deliberately [<a id="p1102" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p966)" name="p966">f</a>], wilfully [<a id="p1103" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p967)" name="p967">g</a>], presumptuously [<a id="p1104" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p968)" name="p968">h</a>], impudently [<a id="p1105" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p969)" name="p969">i</a>], boastingly [<a id="p1106" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p970)" name="p970">k</a>], maliciously [<a id="p1107" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p971)" name="p971">l</a>], frequently [<a id="p1108" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p972)" name="p972">m</a>], obstinately [<a id="p1109" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p973)" name="p973">n</a>], with delight [<a id="p1110" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p974)" name="p974">o</a>], continuance [<a id="p1111" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p975)" name="p975">p</a>], or relapsing after repentance [<a id="p1112" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p976)" name="p976">q</a>].</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>public or private admonition [<a id="p1050" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p959)" name="p959">y</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p959" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p959" name="p959">y</a>] <b>Proverbs</b><b> 29:1</b> He, that <i>being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy</i>.</p><p>censures of the church [<a id="p1051" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p960)" name="p960">z</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p960" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p960" name="p960">z</a>] <b>Titus</b><b> 3:10 </b>A man that is an heretick <i>after the first and second admonition reject</i>;<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 18:17</b> And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect <i>to hear the church</i>, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.</p><p>civil punishments [<a id="p1052" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p961)" name="p961">a</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p961" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p961" name="p961">a</a>] <b>Proverbs</b><b> 27:22</b> Though thou shouldest <i>bray a fool in a mortar </i>among wheat with a pestle, <i>yet will not his foolishness depart from him</i>.<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 23:35</b> <i>They have stricken me</i>, shalt thou say, <i>and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not</i>: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.</p><p>and our prayers, purposes, promises [<a id="p1053" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p962)" name="p962">b</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p962" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p962" name="p962">b</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 78:34 </b>When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. <b>Ver.35</b> And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. <b>Ver.36 </b>Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. <b>Ver.37 </b>For their heart was not right with him, <i>neither were they stedfast in his covenant</i>.<br /><b>Jeremiah</b><b> 2:20</b> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and <i>thou saidst, I will not transgress</i>; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.<br /><b>Jeremiah</b><b> 42:5-6</b> Then they said to Jeremiah, The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> thy God shall send thee to us. <b>Ver.6 </b>Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, <i>we will obey the voice of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> our God</i>, to whom we send thee.— <b>Ver.20 </b><i>For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> your God, saying, Pray for us </i>unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> our God; and according unto all that the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> our God shall say, so declare unto us, <i>and we will do it</i>. <b>Ver.21 </b>And now I have this day declared it to you; <i>but ye have not obeyed </i>the voice of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.</p><p>vows [<a id="p1054" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p963)" name="p963">c</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p963" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p963" name="p963">c</a>] <b>Ecclesiastes</b><b> 5:4-6</b> When thou <i>vowest a vow </i>unto God, <i>defer not to pay it</i>; for he hath no pleasure in fools: <i>pay that which thou hast vowed</i>. <b>Ver.5 </b><i>Better </i>is it that thou shouldest <i>not vow</i>, than that thou shouldest vow <i>and not pay</i>. <b>Ver.6 </b>Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 20:25</b> It <i>is a snare </i>to the man who <i>devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry</i>.</p><p>covenants [<a id="p1055" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p964)" name="p964">d</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p964" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p964" name="p964">d</a>] <b>Leviticus</b><b> 26:25</b> And I will bring a <i>sword </i>upon you, that shall <i>avenge the quarrel of my covenant</i>, etc.</p><p>and engagements to God or men [<a id="p1056" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p965)" name="p965">e</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p965" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p965" name="p965">e</a>] <b>Proverbs</b><b> 2:17</b> Which <i>forsaketh the guide of her youth</i>, and <i>forgetteth the covenant of her God</i>.<br /><b>Ezekiel</b><b> 17:18-19</b> Seeing he <i>despised the oath by breaking the covenant</i>, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. <b>Ver.19 </b>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely <i>mine oath that he hath despised</i>, and <i>my covenant that he hath broken</i>, even <i>it</i> will I <i>recompense </i>upon his own head.</p><p>if done deliberately [<a id="p1057" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p966)" name="p966">f</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p966" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p966" name="p966">f</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 36:4</b> <i>He deviseth mischief upon his bed</i>; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.<br />[<a href="http://bible.cc/micah/2-1.htm">Matthew Henry</a>: "It is bad to do mischief on a sudden thought, much worse to do it with design and forethought."]</p><p><a href="http://www.1828-dictionary.com/d/search/word,willfully">wilfully</a> [<a id="p1058" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p967)" name="p967">g</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p967" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p967" name="p967">g</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 6:16</b> Thus saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. <i>But they said, We will not walk therein</i>.</p><p><a href="http://www.1828-dictionary.com/d/search/word,presumptuously">presumptuously</a> [<a id="p1059" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p968)" name="p968">h</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p968" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p968" name="p968">h</a>] <b>Numbers</b><b> 15:30 </b>But <i>the soul that doeth ought presumptuously</i>, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, <i>the same reproacheth the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>; and that soul shall be <i>cut off </i>from among his people.<br /><b>Exodus</b><b> 21:14</b> But <i>if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour</i>, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.</p><p><a href="http://www.1828-dictionary.com/d/search/word,impudently">impudently</a> [<a id="p1060" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p969)" name="p969">i</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p969" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p969" name="p969">i</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 3:3</b> Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and <i>thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed</i>.<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 7:13</b> So she caught him, and kissed him, and <i>with an impudent face said unto him</i>, etc.</p><p>boastingly [<a id="p1061" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p970)" name="p970">k</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p970" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p970" name="p970">k</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 52:1</b> <i>Why boastest thou thyself in mischief</i>, O mighty man? </p><p>maliciously [<a id="p1062" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p971)" name="p971">l</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p971" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p971" name="p971">l</a>] <b>3 John 10</b> Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us <i>with malicious words</i>, etc.</p><p>frequently [<a id="p1063" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p972)" name="p972">m</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p972" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p972" name="p972">m</a>] <b>Numbers</b><b> 14:22</b> Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have <i>tempted me now these ten times</i>, and have not hearkened to my voice;</p><p>obstinately [<a id="p1064" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p973)" name="p973">n</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p973" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p973" name="p973">n</a>] <b>Zechariah</b><b> 7:11-12</b> But they refused to hearken, and <i>pulled away the shoulder</i>, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. <b>Ver.12 </b>Yea, they <i>made their hearts as an adamant-stone</i>, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: <i>therefore came a great wrath </i>from the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts.</p><p>with delight [<a id="p1065" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p974)" name="p974">o</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p974" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p974" name="p974">o</a>] <b>Proverbs</b><b> 2:14</b> <i>Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked.</i></p><p>continuance [<a id="p1066" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p975)" name="p975">p</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p975" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p975" name="p975">p</a>] <b>Isaiah</b><b> 57:17</b> For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and <i>he went on frowardly in the way of his heart</i>.</p><p>or relapsing after repentance [<a id="p1067" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p976)" name="p976">q</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p976" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p976" name="p976">q</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 34:8-11</b> This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, <i>to proclaim liberty unto them</i>; <b>Ver.9 </b>That <i>every man </i>should <i>let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant</i>, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, <i>go free</i>; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. <b>Ver.10 </b>Now when all the <i>princes</i>, and all the people, which had entered into the <i>covenant</i>, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then <i>they obeyed</i>, <i>and let them go</i>. <b>Ver.11 </b><i>But afterward they turned</i>, and <i>caused the servants </i>and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, <i>to return, and brought them into subjection </i>for servants and for handmaids.<br /><b>2 Peter 2:20-22</b> For if <i>after they have escaped the pollutions of the world </i>through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, <i>they are again entangled </i>therein, and overcome, the <i>latter end is worse with them than the beginning</i>. <b>Ver.21 </b>For it had been <i>better </i>for them <i>not to have known </i>the way of righteousness, <i>than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment </i>delivered unto them. <b>Ver.22 </b>But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, <i>The dog is turned </i>to his own <i>vomit </i>again; and the <i>sow that was washed </i>to her <i>wallowing in the mire</i>.</p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-35795981143426638342010-04-18T03:32:00.002-05:002010-04-18T04:08:25.271-05:00Day 158: Aggravated Sins, part 3<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc151c.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 151, part 3</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q155" name="Q151"><b>Q.151</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Sins receive their aggravations,</p><p><b>1. </b>From the persons offending <b><br />2. </b>From the parties offended </p><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><b>3. </b>From the nature and quality of the offense [<a id="p948" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p948)" name="p948">m</a>]: if it be against the express letter of the law [<a id="p949" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p949)" name="p949">n</a>], break many commandments, contain in it many sins [<a id="p950" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p950)" name="p950">o</a>]: if not only conceived in the heart, but breaks forth in words and actions [<a id="p951" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p951)" name="p951">p</a>], scandalize others [<a id="p952" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p952)" name="p952">q</a>], and admit of no reparation [<a id="p953" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p953)" name="p953">r</a>]: if against means [<a id="p954" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p954)" name="p954">s</a>], mercies [<a id="p955" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p955)" name="p955">t</a>], judgments [<a id="p956" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p956)" name="p956">v</a>], light of nature [<a id="p957" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p957)" name="p957">w</a>], conviction of conscience [<a id="p958" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p958)" name="p958">x</a>], public or private admonition [<a id="p959" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p959)" name="p959">y</a>], censures of the church [<a id="p960" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p960)" name="p960">z</a>], civil punishments [<a id="p961" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p961)" name="p961">a</a>]; and our prayers, purposes, promises [<a id="p962" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p962)" name="p962">b</a>], vows [<a id="p963" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p963)" name="p963">c</a>], covenants [<a id="p964" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p964)" name="p964">d</a>], and engagements to God or men [<a id="p965" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p965)" name="p965">e</a>]: if done deliberately [<a id="p966" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p966)" name="p966">f</a>], wilfully [<a id="p967" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p967)" name="p967">g</a>], presumptuously [<a id="p968" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p968)" name="p968">h</a>], impudently [<a id="p969" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p969)" name="p969">i</a>], boastingly [<a id="p970" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p970)" name="p970">k</a>], maliciously [<a id="p971" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p971)" name="p971">l</a>], frequently [<a id="p972" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p972)" name="p972">m</a>], obstinately [<a id="p973" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p973)" name="p973">n</a>], with delight [<a id="p974" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p974)" name="p974">o</a>], continuance [<a id="p975" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p975)" name="p975">p</a>], or relapsing after repentance [<a id="p976" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p976)" name="p976">q</a>].</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>From the nature and quality of the offense [<a id="p1039" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p948)" name="p948">m</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p948" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p948" name="p948">m</a>] <b>Proverbs</b><b> 6:30-33</b> Men do not despise a thief, <i>if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry</i>; <b>Ver.31 </b>But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold ; — <b>Ver.31 </b><i>But whoso committeth adultery with a woman </i>lacketh understanding: he that doeth it <i>destroyeth his own soul</i>. <b>Ver.33 </b>A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. And so on to the end of the Chapter.</p><p>if it be against the express letter of the law [<a id="p1040" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p949)" name="p949">n</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p949" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p949" name="p949">n</a>] <b>Ezra 9:10-12</b> And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for <i>we have forsaken thy commandments</i>, <b>Ver.11 </b><i>Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets</i>, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people.— <b>Ver.12 </b>Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, etc.<br /><b>1 Kings 11:9-10</b> And the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> was <i>angry with Solomon</i>, because <i>his heart was turned </i>from the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of Israel, <i>which had appeared unto him twice</i>, <b>Ver.10 </b><i>And had commanded him concerning this thing</i>, that he should not go after other gods: <i>but he kept not that which the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> commanded</i>.</p><p>break many commandments, contain in it many sins [<a id="p1041" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p950)" name="p950">o</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p950" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p950" name="p950">o</a>] <b>Colossians</b><b> 3:5</b> Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and <i>covetousness, which is idolatry</i>:<br /><b>1 Timothy 6:10</b> For the <i>love of money is the root of all evil</i>: which while some <i>coveted </i>after, they have <i>erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows</i>.<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 5:8-12</b> Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: <b>Ver.9 </b><i>Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel</i>: <b>Ver.10 </b><i>Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth</i>;— <b>Ver.11 </b>And thou mourn at the last, when <i>thy flesh and thy body are consumed</i>, <b>Ver.12 </b>And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 6:32-33</b> But whoso <i>committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding</i>: he that doeth it <i>destroyeth his own soul</i>. <b>Ver.33 </b><i>A wound and dishonour shall he get</i>;<br /><b>Joshua 7:21</b> When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then <i>I coveted them, and took them</i>; etc.</p><p>if not only conceived in the heart, but breaks forth in words and actions [<a id="p1042" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p951)" name="p951">p</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p951" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p951" name="p951">p</a>] <b>James 1:14-15</b> But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. <b>Ver.15 </b>Then <i>when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin</i>: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 5:22</b> But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in <i>danger of the judgment</i>: and whosoever shall <i>say to his brother, Raca</i>, shall be in <i>danger of the council</i>: but whosoever <i>shall say, Thou fool</i>, shall be in danger of <i>hell-fire</i>.<br /><b>Micah 2:1</b> Woe to them that devise iniquity, and <i>work evil upon their beds</i>! when the morning is light, <i>they practise it</i>, because it is in the power of their hand.<br />[<a href="http://bible.cc/micah/2-1.htm">Matthew Henry</a>: It is bad to do mischief on a sudden thought, much worse to do it with design and forethought.]</p><p>scandalize others [<a id="p1043" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p952)" name="p952">q</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p952" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p952" name="p952">q</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 18:7</b> Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but <i>woe to that man by whom the offence cometh</i>!<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 2:23-24</b> Thou that makest thy boast of the law, <i>through breaking the law dishonourest thou God</i>? <b>Ver.24 </b>For the name of God is <i>blasphemed among the Gentiles through you</i>, as it is written.</p><p>and admit of no reparation [<a id="p1044" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p953)" name="p953">r</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p953" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p953" name="p953">r</a>] <b>Deuteronomy</b><b> 22:22</b> If a man be found <i>lying with a woman married to an husband</i>, then they shall <i>both of them die</i>, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.<br />Compared with <b>Ver.28 </b>If a man find a <i>damsel that is a virgin</i>, which is not <i>betrothed</i>, and lay hold on her, <i>and lie with her</i>, and they be found; <b>Ver.29 </b>Then the man that lay with her shall <i>give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver</i>, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.<br /><b>Proverbs</b><b> 6:32-35</b> But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it <i>destroyeth his own soul</i>. <b>Ver.33 </b>A wound and dishonour shall he get; and <i>his reproach shall not be wiped away</i>. <b>Ver.34 </b>For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. <b>Ver.35 </b>He will <i>not regard any ransom</i>; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.</p><p>if against means [<a id="p1045" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p954)" name="p954">s</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p954" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p954" name="p954">s</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 11:21-24</b> Woe unto thee, <i>Chorazin</i>! woe unto thee, <i>Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you</i>, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. <b>Ver.22 </b>But I say unto you, It shall be <i>more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon </i>at the day of judgment, than for you. <b>Ver.23 </b>And thou, <i>Capernaum</i>, which art <i>exalted unto heaven</i>, shalt be <i>brought down to hell</i>: for <i>if the mighty works</i>, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. <b>Ver.24 </b>But I say unto you, That it shall be <i>more tolerable for the land of Sodom</i>—<i> </i><br /><b>John 15:22</b> If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but <i>now they have no cloak for their sin</i>.</p><p>mercies [<a id="p1046" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p955)" name="p955">t</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p955" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p955" name="p955">t</a>] <b>Isaiah</b><b> 1:3</b> The <i>ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know</i>, my people doth not consider.<br /><b>Deuteronomy</b><b> 32:6</b> <i>Do ye thus requite the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>, O foolish people and unwise? <i>is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee</i>?</p><p>judgments [<a id="p1047" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p956)" name="p956">v</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p956" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p956" name="p956">v</a>] <b>Amos 4:8-11</b> So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; <i>but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me</i>, saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>. <b>Ver.9 </b>I have smitten you with <i>blasting and mildew</i>: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, <i>the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me</i>, saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>. <b>Ver.10 </b>I have sent among you the <i>pestilence </i>after the manner of Egypt: your young men have <i>I slain with the sword</i>, and have <i>taken away your horses</i>; and I have <i>made the stink of your camps to come up </i>unto your nostrils: <i>yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>. <b>Ver.11 </b>I have <i>overthrown some of you</i>, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: <i>yet have ye not returned unto me</i>, saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>.<br /><b>Jeremiah</b><b> 5:3</b> O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, are not thine eyes upon the truth? <i>thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved</i>; thou hast consumed them, <i>but they have refused to receive correction</i>: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.</p><p>light of nature [<a id="p1048" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p957)" name="p957">w</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p957" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p957" name="p957">w</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 1:26-27</b> For this cause <i>God gave them up unto vile affections</i>: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is <i>against nature</i>: <b>Ver.27 </b>And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.</p><p>conviction of conscience [<a id="p1049" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p958)" name="p958">x</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p958" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p958" name="p958">x</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 1:32</b> Who <i>knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death</i>, not only <i>do the same</i>, but have pleasure in them that do them.<br /><b>Daniel</b><b> 5:22</b> And thou his son, <i>O Belshazzar</i>, <i>hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this</i>;<br /><b>Titus</b><b> 3:10-11</b> A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; <b>Ver.11 </b>Knowing that he that is such is subverted, <i>and sinneth, being condemned of himself</i>. <hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-12132972430901563032010-04-17T04:14:00.002-05:002010-04-17T04:57:25.992-05:00Day 157: Aggravated Sins, part 2<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc151b.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism, Q. 151, part 2</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q154" name="Q151"><b>Q.151</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Sins receive their aggravations,</p><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><b>2. </b>From the parties offended [<a id="p934" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p934)" name="p934">x</a>]: if immediately against God [<a id="p935" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p935)" name="p935">y</a>], his attributes [<a id="p936" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p936)" name="p936">z</a>], and worship [<a id="p937" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p937)" name="p937">a</a>]; against Christ, and his grace [<a id="p938" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p938)" name="p938">b</a>]; the Holy Spirit [<a id="p939" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p939)" name="p939">c</a>], his witness [<a id="p940" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p940)" name="p940">d</a>], and workings [<a id="p941" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p941)" name="p941">e</a>] against superiors, men of eminency [<a id="p942" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p942)" name="p942">f</a>], and such as we stand especially related and engaged unto [<a id="p943" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p943)" name="p943">g</a>]; against any of the saints [<a id="p944" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p944)" name="p944">h</a>], particularly weak brethren [<a id="p945" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p945)" name="p945">i</a>], the souls of them, or any other [<a id="p946" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p946)" name="p946">k</a>], and the common good of all or many [<a id="p947" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p947)" name="p947">l</a>].</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>From the parties offended [<a id="p1025" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p934)" name="p934">x</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1002" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p934" name="p934">x</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 21:38-39</b> But when the husbandmen <i>saw the son</i>, they said among themselves, <i>This is the heir; come, let us kill him</i>, and let us seize on his inheritance. <b>Ver.39 </b>And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.</p><p>if immediately against God [<a id="p1026" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p935)" name="p935">y</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1003" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p935" name="p935">y</a>] <b>1 Samuel 2:25</b> If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but <i>if a man sin against the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, who shall intreat for him</i>?<br /><b>Acts 5:4</b> Thou hast not <i>lied </i>unto men, <i>but unto God</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 51:4</b> <i>Against thee, thee only, have I sinned</i>, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.</p><p>his attributes [<a id="p1027" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p936)" name="p936">z</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1004" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p936" name="p936">z</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 2:4</b> <i>Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering</i>; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?</p><p>and worship [<a id="p1028" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p937)" name="p937">a</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1005" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p937" name="p937">a</a>] <b>Mal. 1:8</b> And if ye <i>offer the blind for sacrifice</i>, is it not evil? and if ye <i>offer the lame and sick, is it not evil</i>? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts. <b>Ver.14</b> But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and <i>voweth, and sacrificeth unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> a corrupt thing: for I am a great King</i>, saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.</p><p>against Christ, and his grace [<a id="p1029" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p938)" name="p938">b</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1006" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p938" name="p938">b</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 2:2-3</b> For if the word spoken by <i>angels </i>was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; <b>Ver.3 </b><i>How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ? </i>—<br /><b>Hebrews</b><b> 12:25</b> See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, <i>much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:</i></p><p>the Holy Spirit [<a id="p1030" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p939)" name="p939">c</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1007" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p939" name="p939">c</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 10:29</b> <i>Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who </i>hath trodden under foot the Son of God,<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 12:31-32</b> Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the <i>blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men</i>. <b>Ver.32 </b>And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but <i>whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him</i>, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.</p><p>his witness [<a id="p1031" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p940)" name="p940">d</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1008" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p940" name="p940">d</a>] <b>Ephesians</b><b> 4:30</b> And <i>grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed </i>unto the day of redemption.</p><p>and workings [<a id="p1032" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p941)" name="p941">e</a>]</p><p>[<a id="p1009" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p941" name="p941">e</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 6:4-6</b> For <i>it is impossible </i>for those who were <i>once enlightened</i>, and have <i>tasted of the heavenly gift</i>, and were <i>made partakers of the Holy Ghost</i>, <b>Ver.5 </b>And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, <b>Ver.6 </b><i>If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance</i>; etc.</p><p>against superiors, men of eminency [<a id="p1033" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p942)" name="p942">f</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1010" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p942" name="p942">f</a>] <b>Jude Ver. 8</b> Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, <i>despise dominion</i>, and speak evil of dignities.<br /><b>Numbers</b><b> 12:8-9</b> Wherefore then were ye not afraid <i>to speak against my servant Moses</i>? <b>Ver.9 </b>And the anger of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> was kindled against them; and he departed.<br /><b>Isaiah</b><b> 3:5</b> The <i>child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient</i>, and <i>the base against the honourable</i>.</p><p>and such as we stand especially related and engaged unto [<a id="p1034" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p943)" name="p943">g</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1011" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p943" name="p943">g</a>] <b>Proverbs</b><b> 30:17</b> The eye that <i>mocketh at his father</i>, and <i>despiseth </i>to obey <i>his mother</i>, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.<br /><b>2 Corinthians 12:15</b> And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; <i>though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 55:12-15</b> <i>For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it</i>: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: <b>Ver.13 </b><i>But it was thou</i>, a man <i>mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance</i>. <b>Ver.14 </b>We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. <b>Ver.15 </b>Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: etc.</p><p>against any of the saints [<a id="p1035" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p944)" name="p944">h</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1012" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p944" name="p944">h</a>] <b>Zephaniah</b><b> 2:8</b> <i>I have heard the reproach of Moab</i>, and the revilings of the children of <i>Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people</i>.— <b>Ver.10</b> This shall they have for their pride, because <i>they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts</i>. <b>Ver.11 </b><i>The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> will be terrible unto them</i>.—<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 18:6</b> But whoso shall <i>offend one of these little ones which believe in me</i>, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 6:8</b> Nay, <i>ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren</i>.<br /><b>Revelation</b><b> 17:6</b> And I saw the woman <i>drunken with the blood of the saints</i>, and with the blood <i>of the martyrs of Jesus</i>, etc.</p><p>particularly weak brethren [<a id="p1036" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p945)" name="p945">i</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1013" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p945" name="p945">i</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 8:11-12</b> And through thy knowledge <i>shall the weak brother perish</i>, <i>for whom Christ died</i>? <b>Ver.12 </b>But when <i>ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ</i>.<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 14:13</b> Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, <i>that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way</i>. <b>Ver.15</b> But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. <i>Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died</i>. <b>Ver.21 </b>It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, <i>nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak</i>.</p><p>the souls of them, or any other [<a id="p1037" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p946)" name="p946">k</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1014" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p946" name="p946">k</a>] <b>Ezekiel</b><b> 13:19</b> And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, <i>to slay the souls that should not die</i>, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?<br /><b>1 Corinthians 8:12 </b>But when ye sin so against the brethren, <i>and wound their weak conscience</i>, ye sin against Christ.<br /><b>Revelation</b><b> 18:12-13</b> <i>The merchandise of gold</i>,— <b>Ver.13</b> And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and <i>souls of men</i>.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 23:15</b> <i>Woe unto you, scribes </i>and <i>Pharisees</i>, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, <i>ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves</i>.</p><p>and the common good of all or many [<a id="p1038" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p947)" name="p947">l</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1015" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p947" name="p947">l</a>] <b>1 Thessalonians 2:15-16</b> Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, <i>and are contrary to all men</i>: <b>Ver.16 </b><i>Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles </i>that they might be saved,—<br /><b>Joshua 22:20</b> <i>Did not Achan </i>the son of Zerah <i>commit a trespass </i>in the accursed thing, <i>and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel?</i> and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.</p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-54974687262945943062010-04-16T01:28:00.003-05:002010-04-16T03:27:56.766-05:00Day 156: Aggravated Sins, part 1<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc150-151a.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 150,<br />Larger Catechism Q. 151 part 1</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q150" name="Q150"><b>Q.150</b></a><b>.</b> <i>Are all transgressions of the law of God equally heinous in themselves, and in the sight of God?</i><br /><b>A.</b> All transgressions of the law of God are not equally heinous; but some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others [<a id="p924" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p924)" name="p924">m</a>].</p><p>[m] <b>John 19:11</b> Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee <i>hath the greater sin</i>.<br /><b>Ezekiel</b><b> 8:6</b> but turn thee yet again, and <i>thou shalt see greater abominations</i>. <b>Ver.13</b> Turn thee yet again, and <i>thou shalt see greater abominations that they do</i>. <b>Ver.15</b> turn thee yet again, and <i>thou shalt see greater abominations than these</i>.<br /><b>1 John 5:16 </b>If any man see his brother <i>sin a sin which is not unto death</i>, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. <i>There is a sin unto death</i>: I do not say that he shall pray for it.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 78:17</b> And <i>they sinned yet more against him </i>by provoking the most High in the wilderness. <b>Ver.32</b> <i>For all this they sinned still</i>, and believed not for his wondrous works. <b>Ver.56</b> Yet they <i>tempted and provoked </i>the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q151" name="Q151"><b>Q.151</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Sins receive their aggravations,</p><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><b>1. </b>From the persons offending [<a id="p925" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p925)" name="p925">n</a>] if they be of riper age [<a id="p926" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p926)" name="p926">o</a>], greater experience or grace [<a id="p927" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p927)" name="p927">p</a>], eminent for profession [<a id="p928" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p928)" name="p928">q</a>], gifts [<a id="p929" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p929)" name="p929">r</a>], place [<a id="p930" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p930)" name="p930">s</a>], office [<a id="p931" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p931)" name="p931">t</a>], guides to others [<a id="p932" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p932)" name="p932">v</a>], and whose example is likely to be followed by others [<a id="p933" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p933)" name="p933">w</a>].</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>From the persons offending [<a id="p1016" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p925)" name="p925">n</a>]</p><p>[<a id="p993" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p925" name="p925">n</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 2:8</b> <i>The priests said not, Where is the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>?</i> and <i>they that handle the law knew me not</i>: the <i>pastors also transgressed </i>against me, and the <i>prophets prophesied by Baal</i>, and walked after things that do not profit.</p><p>if they be of riper age [<a id="p1017" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p926)" name="p926">o</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p994" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p926" name="p926">o</a>] <b>Job 32:7</b> I said, <i>Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom</i>. <b>Ver.9</b> <i>Great men are not always wise</i>: neither do the <i>aged </i>understand <i>judgment</i>.<br /><b>Ecclesiastes</b><b> 4:13</b> Better is a poor and a wise child than an <i>old and foolish king</i>, who will no more be admonished.</p><p>greater experience or grace [<a id="p1018" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p927)" name="p927">p</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p995" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p927" name="p927">p</a>] <b>1 Kings 11:4</b> For it came to pass, when <i>Solomon was old</i>, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> his God, as was the heart of David his father. <b>Ver.9</b> And the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> was angry with Solomon, <i>because his heart was turned from the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice</i>,</p><p>eminent for profession [<a id="p1019" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p928)" name="p928">q</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p996" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p928" name="p928">q</a>] <b>2 Samuel 12:14</b> Howbeit, because <i>by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> to blaspheme</i>, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 5:1</b> It is reported commonly that there is <i>fornication among you</i>, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.</p><p>gifts [<a id="p1020" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p929)" name="p929">r</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p997" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p929" name="p929">r</a>] <b>James 4:17</b> Therefore <i>to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin</i>.<br /><b>Luke 12:47-48</b> And that servant, <i>which knew his Lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes</i>. <b>Ver.48 </b>But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For <i>unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required</i>: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.</p><p>place [<a id="p1021" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p930)" name="p930">s</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p998" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p930" name="p930">s</a>] <b>Jeremiah</b><b> 5:4-5</b> Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, nor the judgment of their God. <b>Ver.5 </b>I will get me unto <i>the great men</i>, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, and the judgment of their God: <i>but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds</i>.</p><p>office [<a id="p1022" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p931)" name="p931">t</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p999" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p931" name="p931">t</a>] <b>2 Samuel 12:7-9</b> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of Israel, <i>I anointed thee king over Israel,</i>— <b>Ver.8 </b>And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. <b>Ver.9 </b><i>Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>, to do evil in his sight?<br /><b>Ezekiel</b><b> 8:11-12</b> And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. <b>Ver.12 </b>Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen <i>what the ancients of the house of Israel do </i>in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> seeth us not; the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> hath forsaken the earth.</p><p>guides to others [<a id="p1023" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p932)" name="p932">v</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1000" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p932" name="p932">v</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 2:17-24</b> Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, <b>Ver.18 </b>And knowest his will,— <b>Ver.19 </b>And art confident <i>that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness</i>, <b>Ver.20 </b>An <i>instructor </i>of the foolish, a <i>teacher </i>of babes,— <b>Ver.21 </b><i>Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?</i> <i>thou </i>that preachest a man should <i>not steal</i>, dost <i>thou steal</i>? <b>Ver.22 </b><i>Thou </i>that sayest a man <i>should not commit </i>adultery, dost <i>thou commit adultery</i>? thou that <i>abhorrest idols</i>, dost thou <i>commit sacrilege</i>? <b>Ver.23 </b>Thou that <i>makest thy boast of the law</i>, through breaking the law <i>dishonourest thou God</i>? <b>Ver.24 </b>For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles <i>through you.</i></p><p>and whose example is likely to be followed by others [<a id="p1024" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p933)" name="p933">w</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1001" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p933" name="p933">w</a>] <b>Galatians</b><b> 2:11-14</b> But when <i>Peter </i>was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, <i>because he was to be blamed</i>. <b>Ver.12 </b>For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. <b>Ver.13 </b>And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; <i>insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation</i>. <b>Ver.14 </b>But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?</p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-66338177601545522542010-04-12T03:11:00.002-05:002010-04-12T05:18:32.002-05:00Day 155: The Lord's Prayer, part 8<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc107wlc196.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 107;<br />Larger Catechism Q. 196</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q107" name="Q107"><b>Q. 107.</b></a> <i>What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s prayer teach us?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer, (which is, "<i>For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen</i> [<a id="p233" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p233)" name="p233">r</a>]. ") teacheth us, to take our encouragement in prayer from God only [<a id="p234" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p234)" name="p234">s</a>], and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him [<a id="p235" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p235)" name="p235">t</a>]. And, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen [<a id="p236" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p236)" name="p236">v</a>].<br /><p>The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer, (which is, "<i>For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen</i> [<a id="p1580" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p233)" name="p233">r</a>]. ")</p><p>[r] <b>Matthew 6:13</b></p><p>teacheth us, to take our encouragement in prayer from God only [<a id="p1581" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p234)" name="p234">s</a>],</p><p>[s] <b><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/daniel_9.htm">Daniel 9</a>:4</b> And I prayed unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments. <b>Ver.7</b> O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. <b>Ver.8</b> O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. <b>Ver.9</b> <i>To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses</i>, though we have rebelled against him. <b>Ver.16</b> <i>O Lord, according to all thy righteousness</i>, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, <a href="http://westminster180.com/mountain.htm">thy holy mountain</a>: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. <b>Ver.17</b> Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, <i>for the Lord’s sake</i>. <b>Ver.18</b> O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for <i>we do not present our supplications </i>before thee for our righteousnesses, but <i>for thy great mercies</i>. <b>Ver.19 </b>O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; <i>defer not, for thine own sake</i>, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.</p><p>and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him [<a id="p1582" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p235)" name="p235">t</a>].</p><p>[t] <b>1 Chronicles 29:10</b> Wherefore David blessed the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. <b>Ver.11</b> <i>Thine, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty</i>: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, and thou art exalted as head above all. <b>Ver.12 </b>Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; <i>and in thine hand is power and might</i>; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. <b>Ver.13 </b>Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.</p><p>And, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen [<a id="p1583" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p236)" name="p236">v</a>].</p><p>[v] <b>1 Corinthians 14:16 </b>Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, <i>how shall he </i>that occupieth the room of the unlearned <i>say Amen </i>at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?<b><br />Revelation 22:20 </b>He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly: <i>Amen</i>. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. <b>Ver.21 </b>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. <i>Amen</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q196" name="Q196"><b>Q.196</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, (which is, <i>For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen</i> [<a id="p1307" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1298)" name="p1298">b</a>].) teacheth us to enforce our petitions with arguments [<a id="p1308" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1299)" name="p1299">c</a>], which are to be taken, not from any worthiness in ourselves, or in any other creature, but from God [<a id="p1309" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1300)" name="p1300">d</a>]; and with our prayers to join praises [<a id="p1310" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1301)" name="p1301">e</a>], ascribing to God alone eternal sovereignty, omnipotency, and glorious excellency [<a id="p1311" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1302)" name="p1302">f</a>]; in regard whereof, as he is able and willing to help us [<a id="p1312" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1303)" name="p1303">g</a>], so we by faith are emboldened to plead with him that he would [<a id="p1313" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1304)" name="p1304">h</a>], and quietly to rely upon him, that he will fulfil our requests [<a id="p1314" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1305)" name="p1305">i</a>]. And, to testify this our desire and assurance, we say, Amen [<a id="p1315" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1306)" name="p1306">k</a>].</p><p>The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, (which is, <i>For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen</i> [<a id="p1584" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1298)" name="p1298">b</a>].)</p><p>[<a id="p1298" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1298" name="p1298">b</a>] <b>Matthew 6:13</b></p><p>teacheth us to enforce our petitions with arguments [<a id="p1585" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1299)" name="p1299">c</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1299" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1299" name="p1299">c</a>] <b>Romans 15:30</b> Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that <i>ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;</i></p><p>which are to be taken, not from any worthiness in ourselves, or in any other creature, but from God [<a id="p1586" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1300)" name="p1300">d</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1300" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1300" name="p1300">d</a>] <b><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/daniel_9.htm">Daniel 9</a>:4</b> And <i>I prayed unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> my God</i>, and made my confession, and said, <i>O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant </i>and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;— <b>Ver.7</b> O Lord, <i>righteousness belongeth unto thee</i>, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day;— <b>Ver.8</b> O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. <b>Ver.9</b> <i>To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses</i>, though we have rebelled against him. <b>Ver.16</b> <i>O Lord, according to all thy righteousness</i>, <i>I beseech thee</i>, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem;— <b>Ver.17</b> Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, <i>for the Lord’s sake</i>. <b>Ver.18</b> <i>O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name</i>: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, <i>but for thy great mercies</i>. <b>Ver.19 </b>O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; <i>defer not, for thine own sake</i>, <i>O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name</i>.</p><p>and with our prayers to join praises [<a id="p1587" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1301)" name="p1301">e</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1301" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1301" name="p1301">e</a>] <b>Philippians 4:6</b> Be careful for nothing; but in every thing <i>by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God</i>, etc.</p><p>ascribing to God alone eternal sovereignty, omnipotency, and glorious excellency [<a id="p1588" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1302)" name="p1302">f</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1302" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1302" name="p1302">f</a>] <b>1 Chronicles 29:10</b> Wherefore David blessed the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. <b>Ver.11</b> <i>Thine, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty</i>: for <i>all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, and thou art exalted as head above all</i>. <b>Ver.12 </b>Both <i>riches and honour come of thee</i>, and <i>thou reignest over all</i>; <i>and in thine hand is power and might</i>; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. <b>Ver.13 </b>Now therefore, our God, <i>we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name</i>.</p><p>in regard whereof, as he is able and willing to help us [<a id="p1589" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1303)" name="p1303">g</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1303" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1303" name="p1303">g</a>] <b>Ephesians 3:20</b> Now unto him <i>that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think</i>, according to the power that worketh in us, <b>Ver.21 </b>Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.<br /><b>Luke 11:13</b> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: <i>how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</i></p><p>so we by faith are emboldened to plead with him that he would [<a id="p1590" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1304)" name="p1304">h</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1304" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1304" name="p1304">h</a>] <b>2 Chronicles 20:6 </b>And (Jehoshaphat) said, <i>O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might</i>, so that none is able to withstand thee? <b>Ver.11</b> <i>Behold, I say, how they reward us</i>, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.</p><p>and quietly to rely upon him, that he will fulfil our requests [<a id="p1591" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1305)" name="p1305">i</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1305" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1305" name="p1305">i</a>] <b>2 Chronicles 14:11</b> And Asa cried unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> his God, and said, L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: <i>help us, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude</i>. O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.</p><p>And, to testify this our desire and assurance, we say, Amen [<a id="p1592" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1306)" name="p1306">k</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1306" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1306" name="p1306">k</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 14:16 </b>Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, <i>how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks</i>, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?<b><br />Revelation 22:20 </b>He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly: <i>Amen</i>. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. <b>Ver.21 </b>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. <i>AMEN</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 155</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q107.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_107.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_107.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_107.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_107.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_107.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-43334941965148166812010-04-11T04:19:00.002-05:002010-04-11T04:26:43.386-05:00Day 154: The Lord's Prayer, part 7<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc106wlc195.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 106<br />Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 195</a> </div><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q106" name="Q106"><b>Q. 106.</b></a> <i>What do we pray for in the sixth petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the sixth petition, (which is, "<i>And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil</i> [<a id="p230" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p230)" name="p230">o</a>]",) we pray, That God would either keep us from being tempted to sin [<a id="p231" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p231)" name="p231">p</a>], or support and deliver us when we are tempted [<a id="p232" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p232)" name="p232">q</a>].<br /><p></p><p>[o] <b>Matthew 6:13</b></p><p>[p] <b>Matthew 26:41</b> Watch and <i>pray, that ye enter not into temptation</i>: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</p><p>[q] <b>2 Corinthians 12:7</b> And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. <b>Ver.8</b> <i>For this thing I besought the Lord </i>thrice, that it might depart from me.</p><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q195" name="Q195"><b>Q.195</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What do we pray for in the sixth petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the sixth petition, (which is, <i>And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil </i>[<a id="p1316" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1276)" name="p1276">d</a>],) acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations [<a id="p1317" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1277)" name="p1277">e</a>]; that Satan [<a id="p1318" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1278)" name="p1278">f</a>], the world [<a id="p1319" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1279)" name="p1279">g</a>], and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us [<a id="p1320" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1280)" name="p1280">h</a>]; and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption [<a id="p1321" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1281)" name="p1281">i</a>], weakness, and want of watchfulness [<a id="p1322" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1282)" name="p1282">k</a>], are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations [<a id="p1323" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1283)" name="p1283">l</a>], but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them [<a id="p1324" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1284)" name="p1284">m</a>]; and worthy to be left under the power of them [<a id="p1325" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1285)" name="p1285">n</a>]: we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it [<a id="p1326" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1286)" name="p1286">o</a>], subdue the flesh [<a id="p1327" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1287)" name="p1287">p</a>], and restrain Satan [<a id="p1328" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1288)" name="p1288">q</a>], order all things [<a id="p1329" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1289)" name="p1289">r</a>], bestow and bless all means of grace [<a id="p1330" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1290)" name="p1290">s</a>], and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his providence be kept from being tempted to sin [<a id="p1331" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1291)" name="p1291">t</a>]; or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation [<a id="p1332" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1292)" name="p1292">v</a>]; or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it [<a id="p1333" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1293)" name="p1293">w</a>], and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof [<a id="p1334" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1294)" name="p1294">x</a>]: that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected [<a id="p1335" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1295)" name="p1295">y</a>], Satan trodden under our feet [<a id="p1336" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1296)" name="p1296">z</a>], and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever [<a id="p1337" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1297)" name="p1297">a</a>].<br /><p></p><p>In the sixth petition, (which is, <i>And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil </i>[<a id="p1558" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1276)" name="p1276">d</a>],)</p><p>[<a id="p1276" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1276" name="p1276">d</a>] <b>Matthew 6:13</b></p><p>acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations [<a id="p1559" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1277)" name="p1277">e</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1277" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1277" name="p1277">e</a>] <b>2 Chronicles 32:31</b> Howbeit <i>in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon</i>, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, <i>God left him, to try him</i>, that he might know all that was in his heart.</p><p>that Satan [<a id="p1560" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1278)" name="p1278">f</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1278" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1278" name="p1278">f</a>] <b>1 Chronicles 21:1</b> And <i>Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.</i></p><p>the world [<a id="p1561" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1279)" name="p1279">g</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1279" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1279" name="p1279">g</a>] <b>Luke 21:34</b> And take heed to yourselves, <i>lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life</i>, and so that day come upon you unawares.<br /><b>Mark 4:19</b> <i>And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches</i>, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.</p><p>and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us [<a id="p1562" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1280)" name="p1280">h</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1280" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1280" name="p1280">h</a>] <b>James 1:14</b> But every man is tempted, <i>when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed</i>.</p><p>and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption [<a id="p1563" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1281)" name="p1281">i</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1281" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1281" name="p1281">i</a>] <b>Galatians 5:17</b> For <i>the flesh lusteth against the Spirit</i>, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.</p><p>weakness, and want of watchfulness [<a id="p1564" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1282)" name="p1282">k</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1282" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1282" name="p1282">k</a>] <b>Matthew 26:41</b> <i>Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation</i>: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</p><p>are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations [<a id="p1565" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1283)" name="p1283">l</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1283" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1283" name="p1283">l</a>] <b>Matthew 26:69-72</b> Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. <b>Ver.70 </b><i>But he denied before them all</i>, saying, I know not what thou sayest. <b>Ver.71 </b>And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. <b>Ver.72 </b>And <i>again he denied with an oath</i>, I do not know the man.<br /><b>Galatians 2:11-14</b> But when <i>Peter </i>was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, <i>because he was to be blamed</i>. <b>Ver.12 </b>For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and <i>separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision</i>. <b>Ver.13 </b>And <i>the other Jews dissembled likewise with him</i>; insomuch that <i>Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation</i>. <b>Ver.14 </b>But when I saw that <i>they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel</i>, I said unto Peter, etc.<br /><b>2 Chronicles 18:3</b> And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, <i>Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? </i>And he answered him, <i>I am as thou art, and my people as thy people</i>; and we will be with thee in the war.<br /><b>2 Chronicles 19:2 </b>And Jehu the son of Hanani <i>the seer </i>went out to meet him, and <i>said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>? </i>therefore is wrath upon thee from before the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>.</p><p>but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them [<a id="p1566" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1284)" name="p1284">m</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1284" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1284" name="p1284">m</a>] <b>Romans 7:23-24</b> But I see <i>another law in my members</i>, warring against the law of my mind, and <i>bringing me into captivity to the law of sin </i>which is in my members. <b>Ver.24 </b><i>O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?</i><br /><b>1 Chronicles 21:1-4</b> And <i>Satan stood up </i>against Israel, and <i>provoked David to number Israel</i>. <b>Ver.2 </b><i>And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan</i>; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. <b>Ver.3 </b>And Joab answered, The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my Lord’s servants? <i>why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?</i> <b>Ver.4 </b>Nevertheless <i>the king’s word prevailed against Joab</i>. Wherefore Joab departed, etc.<br /><b>2 Chronicles 16:7-10</b> And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. <b>Ver.8 </b>Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, he delivered them into thine hand. <b>Ver.9 </b>For the eyes of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. <b>Ver.10 </b><i>Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time</i>.</p><p>and worthy to be left under the power of them [<a id="p1567" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1285)" name="p1285">n</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1285" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1285" name="p1285">n</a>] <b>Psalm 81:11-12</b> <i>But my people would not hearken </i>to my voice; and Israel would none of me. <b>Ver.12 </b><i>So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust</i>: and they walked in their own counsels.</p><p>we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it [<a id="p1568" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1286)" name="p1286">o</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1286" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1286" name="p1286">o</a>] <b>John 17:15 </b>I <i>pray </i>not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but <i>that thou shouldest keep them from the evil</i>.</p><p>subdue the flesh [<a id="p1569" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1287)" name="p1287">p</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1287" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1287" name="p1287">p</a>] <b>Psalm 51:10</b> <i>Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me</i>.<br /><b>Psalm 119:133</b> Order my steps in thy word: and <i>let not any iniquity have dominion over me</i>.</p><p>and restrain Satan [<a id="p1570" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1288)" name="p1288">q</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1288" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1288" name="p1288">q</a>] <b>2 Corinthians 12:7-8</b> And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, <i>there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me</i>, lest I should be exalted above measure. <b>Ver.8 </b>For this thing <i>I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me</i>.</p><p>order all things [<a id="p1571" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1289)" name="p1289">r</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1289" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1289" name="p1289">r</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 10:12-13</b> Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. <b>Ver.13 </b>There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, <i>who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape</i>, that ye may be able to bear it.</p><p>bestow and bless all means of grace [<a id="p1572" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1290)" name="p1290">s</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1290" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1290" name="p1290">s</a>] <b>Hebrews 13:20-21</b> Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, <b>Ver.21 </b><i>Make you perfect in every good work to do his will</i>, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; etc.</p><p>and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his <a href="http://kevincraig.us/religion/providence.htm">providence</a> be kept from being tempted to sin [<a id="p1573" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1291)" name="p1291">t</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1291" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1291" name="p1291">t</a>] <b>Matthew 26:41</b> <i>Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation</i>:<br /><b>Psalm 19:13</b> <i>Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins</i>; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.</p><p>or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation [<a id="p1574" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1292)" name="p1292">v</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1292" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1292" name="p1292">v</a>] <b>Ephesians 3:14-17</b> For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, <b>Ver.15 </b>Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, <b>Ver.16 </b><i>That he would grant you</i>, according to the riches of his glory, <i>to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man</i>; <b>Ver.17 </b>That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;<br /><b>1 Thessalonians 3:13 </b>To the end he may <i>stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God</i>, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.<br /><b>Jude Ver. 24</b> Now unto him <i>that is able to keep you from falling</i>, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,</p><p>or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it [<a id="p1575" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1293)" name="p1293">w</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1293" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1293" name="p1293">w</a>] <b>Psalm 51:12</b> <i>Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation</i>; and uphold me with thy free spirit.</p><p>and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof [<a id="p1576" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1294)" name="p1294">x</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1294" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1294" name="p1294">x</a>] <b>1 Peter 5:8-10 </b><i>Be sober, be vigilant</i>; because your adversary the <i>devil</i>, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: <b>Ver.9 </b><i>Whom resist stedfast in the faith</i>, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. <b>Ver.10 </b>But <i>the God </i>of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, <i>after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you</i>.</p><p>that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected [<a id="p1577" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1295)" name="p1295">y</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1295" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1295" name="p1295">y</a>] <b>2 Corinthians 13:7 </b>Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. <b>Ver.9</b> For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and <i>this also we wish, even your perfection</i>.</p><p>Satan trodden under our feet [<a id="p1578" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1296)" name="p1296">z</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1296" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1296" name="p1296">z</a>] <b>Romans 16:20 </b>And the God of peace shall <i>bruise Satan under your feet shortly</i>.<br /><b>Zechariah 3:2 </b>And <i>the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> said unto Satan, The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> rebuke thee, O Satan</i>; even the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?<br /><b>Luke 22:31-32</b> And the Lord said, <i>Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat</i>: <b>Ver.32 </b><i>But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not</i>: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.</p><p>and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever [<a id="p1579" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1297)" name="p1297">a</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1297" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1297" name="p1297">a</a>] <b>John 17:15 </b>I <i>pray </i>not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but <i>that thou shouldest keep them from the evil</i>.<br /><b>1 Thessalonians 5:23</b> And the very <i>God </i>of peace <i>sanctify you wholly; </i>and <i>I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.</i></p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 154</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q106.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_106.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_106.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_106.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_106.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_106.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-15658439463212208032010-04-10T03:45:00.004-05:002010-04-10T04:01:35.353-05:00Day 153: The Lord's Prayer, part 6<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc105wlc194.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 105;<br />Larger Catechism Q. 194</a> </div><table cellpadding="4" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><blockquote><p><b><span style="font-size:85%;">WSC 98; WLC 178<br /></span><i>What is prayer?</i><br />A.</b> Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, by the help of his Spirit, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.</p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Westminster Shorter Catechism</strong><br /><a id="Q105" name="Q105"><b>Q. 105.</b></a> <i>What do we pray for in the fifth petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the fifth petition, (which is, "<i>And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors</i> [<a id="p227" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p227)" name="p227">l</a>]",) we pray That God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins [<a id="p228" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p228)" name="p228">m</a>]; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others [<a id="p229" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p229)" name="p229">n</a>].<br /><br /><p>[l] <strong>Matthew 6:12</strong> </p><p>we pray That God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins [<a id="p1556" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p228)" name="p228">m</a>]; </p><p>[m] <b>Psalm 51:1</b> <i>Have mercy upon me</i>, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies <i>blot out my transgressions</i>. <b>Ver.2</b> <i>Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin</i>. <b>Ver.7</b> <i>Purge me </i>with hyssop, and I shall be clean; <i>wash me</i>, and I shall be whiter than snow. <b>Ver.9</b> <i>Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities</i>.<b><br /><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/daniel_9.htm">Daniel 9</a>:17</b> Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. <b>Ver.18 </b>O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies. <b>Ver.19</b> <i>O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive</i>; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, <i>for thine own sake</i>, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.</p>which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others [<a id="p1557" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p229)" name="p229">n</a>].<br /><p>[n] <b>Luke 11:4</b> And forgive us our sins; <i>for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us</i>.<b><br />Matthew 18:35</b> So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, <i>if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses</i>.</p><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q194" name="Q194"><b>Q.194</b></a>. <i>What do we pray for in the fifth petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the fifth petition, (which is, <i>Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors </i>[<a id="p1338" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1268)" name="p1268">v</a>],) acknowledging, that we and all others are guilty both of original and actual sin, and thereby become debtors to the justice of God; and that neither we, nor any other creature, can make the least satisfaction for that debt [<a id="p1339" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1269)" name="p1269">w</a>]: we pray for ourselves and others, that God of his free grace would, through the obedience and satisfaction of Christ, apprehended and applied by faith, acquit us both from the guilt and punishment of sin [<a id="p1340" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1270)" name="p1270">x</a>], accept us in his Beloved [<a id="p1341" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1271)" name="p1271">y</a>]; continue his favour and grace to us [<a id="p1342" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1272)" name="p1272">z</a>], pardon our daily failings [<a id="p1343" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1273)" name="p1273">a</a>], and fill us with peace and joy, in giving us daily more and more assurance of forgiveness [<a id="p1344" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1274)" name="p1274">b</a>]; which we are the rather emboldened to ask, and encouraged to expect, when we have this testimony in ourselves, that we from the heart forgive others their offenses [<a id="p1345" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1275)" name="p1275">c</a>].<br /><p></p><p>In the fifth petition, (which is, <i>Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors </i>[<a id="p1548" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1268)" name="p1268">v</a>],) </p><p>[<a id="p1268" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1268" name="p1268">v</a>] <b>Matthew 6:12</b> </p><p>acknowledging, that we and all others are guilty both of original and actual sin, and thereby become debtors to the justice of God; and that neither we, nor any other creature, can make the least satisfaction for that debt [<a id="p1549" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1269)" name="p1269">w</a>]: </p><p>[<a id="p1269" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1269" name="p1269">w</a>] <b>Romans 3 from Verse 9 to 22 </b><b>Ver.9 </b>What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, <i>that they are all under sin</i>; <b>Ver.10 </b>As it is written, There is <i>none righteous, no, not one</i>: <b>Ver.11 </b>There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. <b>Ver.12 </b>They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one, etc. <b>Ver.19</b> That every mouth may be stopped, and <i>all the world may become guilty before God</i>, etc.<br /><b>Matthew 18:24</b> And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. <b>Ver.25 </b>But <i>forasmuch as he had not to pay</i>, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.<br /><b>Psalm 130:3</b> <i>If thou, L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand</i>? <b>Ver.4 </b>But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.</p><p>we pray for ourselves and others, that God of his free grace would, through the obedience and satisfaction of Christ, apprehended and applied by faith, acquit us both from the guilt and punishment of sin [<a id="p1550" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1270)" name="p1270">x</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1270" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1270" name="p1270">x</a>] <b>Romans 3:24-26</b> Being <i>justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus</i>: <b>Ver.25 </b>Whom God hath set forth to be <i>a propitiation through faith in his blood</i>, to declare his righteousness <i>for the remission of sins that are past</i>, through the forbearance of God; <b>Ver.26 </b>To declare, I say, at this time his <i>righteousness</i>: that he might be just, and <i>the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus</i>.<br /><b>Hebrews 9:22</b> And almost all things are by the law <i>purged with blood</i>; and <i>without shedding of blood is no remission</i>.</p><p>accept us in his Beloved [<a id="p1551" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1271)" name="p1271">y</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1271" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1271" name="p1271">y</a>] <b>Ephesians 1:6</b> To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath <i>made us accepted in the Beloved</i>. <b>Ver.7 </b>In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;</p><p>continue his favour and grace to us [<a id="p1552" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1272)" name="p1272">z</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1272" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1272" name="p1272">z</a>] <b>2 Peter 1:2</b> <i>Grace and peace be multiplied unto you</i> through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,</p><p>pardon our daily failings [<a id="p1553" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1273)" name="p1273">a</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1273" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1273" name="p1273">a</a>] <b>Hosea 14:2</b> Take with you words, and turn to the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>: <i>say unto him, Take away all iniquity</i>, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.<br /><b>Jeremiah 14:7</b> O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, <i>though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee</i>.</p><p>and fill us with peace and joy, in giving us daily more and more assurance of forgiveness [<a id="p1554" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1274)" name="p1274">b</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1274" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1274" name="p1274">b</a>] <b>Romans 15:13 </b>Now the God of hope <i>fill you with all joy and peace in believing</i>, that ye may <i>abound in hope</i>, through the power of the Holy Ghost.<br /><b>Psalm 51:7</b> Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. <b>Ver.8 </b><i>Make me to hear joy and gladness</i>; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. <b>Ver.9 </b>Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. <b>Ver.10 </b>Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. <b>Ver.12</b> <i>Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation</i>; and uphold me with thy free spirit.</p><p>which we are the rather emboldened to ask, and encouraged to expect, when we have this testimony in ourselves, that we from the heart forgive others their offenses [<a id="p1555" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1275)" name="p1275">c</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1275" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1275" name="p1275">c</a>] <b>Luke 11:4</b> And <i>forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is <a href="http://westminster180.com/opheilo.htm">indebted</a> to us</i>.<br /><b>Matthew 6:14 </b>For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:.<br /><b>Matthew 18:35 </b>So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 153</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q105.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_105.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_105.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_105.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_105.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_105.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li><li>"<a href="http://westminster180.com/opheilo.htm">opheilo</a>"</li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-90032498698464808822010-04-09T05:30:00.002-05:002010-04-09T05:38:52.063-05:00Day 152: The Lord's Prayer, part 5<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc104wlc193.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 104<br />Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 193</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /><a id="Q104" name="Q104">Q. 104.</a> </b><i>What do we pray for in the fourth petition?</i><br />A. In the fourth petition, (which is, "<i>Give us this day our daily bread</i> [<a id="p225" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p225)" name="p225">i</a>]",) we pray, That of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them [<a id="p226" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p226)" name="p226">k</a>].<br /><p>[i] <b>Matthew 6:11</b></p><br /><p>[k] <b><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tP7DpP69ehMJ:www.biblebrowser.com/proverbs/30-8.htm+%22competent+portion+of+the+good+things+of+this+life%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">Proverbs 30:8</a></b> Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; <i>feed me with food convenient for me</i>: <b>Ver.9</b> Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.<b><br />Genesis 28:20</b> And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and <i>will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on</i>.<b><br />1 Timothy 4:4</b> For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: <b>Ver.5</b> For <i>it is sanctified by </i>the word of God and <i>prayer</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q193" name="Q193"><b>Q.193</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What do we pray for in the fourth petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the fourth petition, (which is, <i>Give us this day our daily bread </i>[<a id="p1346" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1256)" name="p1256">h</a>],) acknowledging, that in Adam, and by our own sin, we have forfeited our right to all the outward blessings of this life, and deserve to be wholly deprived of them by God, and to have them cursed to us in the use of them [<a id="p1347" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1257)" name="p1257">i</a>]; and that neither they of themselves are able to sustain us [<a id="p1348" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1258)" name="p1258">k</a>], nor we to merit [<a id="p1349" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1259)" name="p1259">l</a>], or by our own industry to procure them [<a id="p1350" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1260)" name="p1260">m</a>]; but prone to desire [<a id="p1351" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1261)" name="p1261">n</a>], get [<a id="p1352" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1262)" name="p1262">o</a>], and use them unlawfully [<a id="p1353" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1263)" name="p1263">p</a>]: we pray for ourselves and others, that both they and we, waiting upon the providence of God from day to day in the use of lawful means, may, of his free gift, and as to his fatherly wisdom shall seem best, enjoy a competent portion of them [<a id="p1354" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1264)" name="p1264">q</a>]; and have the same continued and blessed unto us in our holy and comfortable use of them [<a id="p1355" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1265)" name="p1265">r</a>], and contentment in them [<a id="p1356" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1266)" name="p1266">s</a>]; and be kept from all things that are contrary to our temporal support and comfort [<a id="p1357" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1267)" name="p1267">t</a>].</p><p>In the fourth petition, (which is, <i>Give us this day our daily bread </i>[<a id="p1536" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1256)" name="p1256">h</a>],)</p><p>[<a id="p1256" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1256" name="p1256">h</a>] <b>Matthew 6:11</b></p><p>acknowledging, that in Adam, and by our own sin, we have forfeited our <a href="http://kevincraig.us/rights.htm">right</a> to all the outward <a href="http://kevincraig.us/blessings.htm">blessings</a> of this life, and deserve to be wholly deprived of them by God, and to have them cursed to us in the use of them [<a id="p1537" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1257)" name="p1257">i</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1257" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1257" name="p1257">i</a>] <b>Genesis 2:17 </b>But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for <i>in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.</i><br /><b>Genesis 3:17</b> And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: <i>cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it </i>all the days of thy life;<br /><b>Romans 8:20</b> For <i>the creature was made subject to vanity</i>, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, <b>Ver.21 </b>Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. <b>Ver.22 </b>For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.<br /><b>Jeremiah 5:25</b> <i>Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you</i>.<br /><b><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-stages-of-deuteronomy-8.html">Deuteronomy 28</a> from Verse 15 to the end of the Chapter.</b> <b>Ver.15 </b>But it shall come to pass, <i>if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> thy God</i>, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that <i>all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee</i>: <b>Ver.16 </b><i>Cursed </i>shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the <i>field</i>. <b>Ver.17 </b><i>Cursed </i>shall be thy <i>basket </i>and thy <i>store</i>, etc.</p><p>and that neither they of themselves are able to sustain us [<a id="p1538" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1258)" name="p1258">k</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1258" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1258" name="p1258">k</a>] <b>Deuteronomy 8:3</b> And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know <i>that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> doth man live</i>.</p><p>nor we to merit [<a id="p1539" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1259)" name="p1259">l</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1259" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1259" name="p1259">l</a>] <b>Genesis 32:10</b> <i>I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies</i>, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; etc.</p><p>or by our own industry to procure them [<a id="p1540" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1260)" name="p1260">m</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1260" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1260" name="p1260">m</a>] <b><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-stages-of-deuteronomy-8.html">Deuteronomy 8</a>:17</b> And <i>thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth</i>. <b>Ver.18 </b>But thou shalt remember <i>the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> thy God</i>: for <i>it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth</i>, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.</p><p>but prone to desire [<a id="p1541" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1261)" name="p1261">n</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1261" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1261" name="p1261">n</a>] <b>Jeremiah 6:13</b> For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them <i>every one is given to covetousness</i>; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.<br /><b>Mark 7:21</b> For <i>from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts</i>, adulteries, fornications, murders, <b>Ver.22 </b>Thefts, <i>covetousness</i>, wickedness, deceit, etc.</p><p>get [<a id="p1542" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1262)" name="p1262">o</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1262" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1262" name="p1262">o</a>] <b>Hosea 12:7</b> He is a merchant, the <i>balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.</i></p><p>and use them unlawfully [<a id="p1543" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1263)" name="p1263">p</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1263" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1263" name="p1263">p</a>] <b>James 4:3 </b>Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, <i>that ye may consume it upon your lusts</i>.</p><p>we pray for ourselves and others, that both they and we, waiting upon the <a href="http://kevincraig.us/religion/providence.htm">providence</a> of God from day to day in the use of lawful means, may, of his free gift, and as to his fatherly wisdom shall seem best, enjoy a competent portion of them [<a id="p1544" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1264)" name="p1264">q</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1264" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1264" name="p1264">q</a>] <b>Genesis 43:12-14</b> And <i>take double money in your hand</i>; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: <b>Ver.13 </b><i>Take also your brother</i>, and arise, go again unto the man: <b>Ver.14 </b>And <i>God Almighty give you mercy before the man</i>.<br /><b>Genesis 28:20</b> And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, <i>If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on</i>,<br /><b>Ephesians 4:28</b> Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, <i>working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth</i>.<br /><b>2 Thessalonians 3:11-12</b> For we hear that there are some which <i>walk among you disorderly, working not at all</i>, but are busybodies. <b>Ver.12 </b>Now them that are such <i>we command and exhort </i>by our Lord Jesus Christ, <i>that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread</i>.<br /><b>Philippians 4:6</b> <i>Be careful for nothing</i>; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</p><p>and have the same continued and blessed unto us in our holy and comfortable use of them [<a id="p1545" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1265)" name="p1265">r</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1265" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1265" name="p1265">r</a>] <b>1 Timothy 4:3-5</b> Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from <i>meats</i>, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. <b>Ver.4 </b><i>For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving</i>: <b>Ver.5 </b><i>For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer</i>.</p><p>and contentment in them [<a id="p1546" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1266)" name="p1266">s</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1266" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1266" name="p1266">s</a>] <b>1 Timothy 6:6 </b>But godliness with contentment is great gain. <b>Ver.7 </b>For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. <b>Ver.8 </b>And <i>having food and raiment let us be therewith content</i>.</p><p>and be kept from all things that are contrary to our temporal support and comfort [<a id="p1547" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1267)" name="p1267">t</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1267" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1267" name="p1267">t</a>] <b><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tP7DpP69ehMJ:www.biblebrowser.com/proverbs/30-8.htm+%22competent+portion+of+the+good+things+of+this+life%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">Proverbs 30:8</a> </b>Remove far from me vanity and lies: <i>give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me</i>: <b>Ver.9 </b><i>Lest I be full</i>, and deny thee, and say, Who is the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>? or <i>lest I be poor</i>, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 152</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul type="disk"><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q104.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_104.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_104.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_104.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_104.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_104.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li><li>Gary North, <a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-stages-of-deuteronomy-8.html">The Five Stages of Deuteronomy 8</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-89732655183649894662010-04-09T04:41:00.002-05:002010-04-09T04:46:56.085-05:00The Five Stages of Deuteronomy 8<h3 align="center">TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS</h3><p align="center"><i>Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:<br />but righteousness delivereth from death </i>(Prov. 10:2).</p><hr /><br /><p>There are two truths taught by this proverb: (1) there are measurable treasures that are the result of wickedness; (2) righteousness delivers men from death. Both of these truths demand an explanation derived from the texts of the Bible.</p><p>1. <i>Wealthy wicked</i>: The problem of the covenant-breaking wealthy plagued Asaph. “For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men” (Ps. 73:3–5). But Asaph then asserted that their success is the basis of their subsequent downfall: “Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than their heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily” (Ps. 73:6–8). They do not believe that God sees their deeds: “And they say, How doth God know? And, Is there knowledge in the most high? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches” (Ps. 73:11–12). The message is clear: ungodly men prosper. The exegetical challenge is to make sense of this principle in light of the outline of Deuteronomy 28, which proclaims that godly societies prosper, and rebellious societies are destroyed by the judgment of God. Does this principle not also apply to individuals? Is there a disconnect between economic causation for individuals and society? <b>The outline in Deuteronomy 8 provides the key. It presents a stage theory of development.</b></p><ul><li>First, God gives covenant-keepers His Bible- revealed law, so that they might preserve and expand their wealth. Then He gives them a capital base to work with (8:1).[1]</li><li>Second, they begin to prosper. This prosperity is supposed to confirm their faith in the reliability of God’s covenant: “. . . for it is he that giveth thee the power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” (8:18).[2] The external blessings are to serve as spiritual reinforcement.</li><li>Third, people are tempted to forget God, and to assert their autonomy. God warns men against this sin: “And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth” (8:17).[3]</li><li>Fourth, there is a period of judgment against those who rebel against God in this fashion (8:19 –20).[4]</li></ul><p>There is a fifth possible stage: restoration (Isa. 2). There are two kinds of negative judgment: judgment unto restoration and judgment unto oblivion. Whether a society experiences restoration depends upon the ethical response of the society to God’s judgment.</p><p>The Bible is clear: there are covenantal blessings and cursings that involve the whole society. The Bible is equally clear about the possibility of wealthy wicked people. They may be wealthy in any of the five stages, but wealth in the hands of wicked people as a class is characteristic of the third stage: autonomy and rebellion, which is the prelude to stage four, i.e., the comprehensive judgment of God.</p><p>The point made by this proverb is that the treasure held by the ungodly person profits him nothing. In other words, he has made <i>an entrepreneurial error</i> by thinking that the pay-off was worth the corruption necessary to obtain it. The wicked man’s efforts produce a personal loss.</p><p>Does this mean that wealth as such is unprofitable? No; it means that wealth is unprofitable for the wicked individual. There is <i>objective value </i>in a treasure – objective in the sense that God imputes value to it – but the wicked man does not appropriate this value without also gaining the vengeance of God. He sees only the value of the treasure and the ethical cost of attaining it; he does not see the hidden costs of rebellion. Thus, the subjective value of this treasure to the wicked is ultimately negative, what Proverbs 25:22 describes as “coals of fire” on the heads of the unrighteous.[5]</p><p>2. <i>Mortality tables</i>: Long life is characteristic of covenant-keeping men. Men who honor their parents have long lives (Ex. 20:12 ).[6] Long life is a universally agreed-upon blessing. Thus, all people can see this beneficial biological result of godliness in society as a whole (Deut. 4:6–8),[7] and they are thereby encouraged to enter into a covenant with God. Righteous men, in the aggregate, are delivered from death for a longer period of time than unrighteous men are. Individual righteous men may die young, and individual wicked men may die old, but in the aggregate, long life goes to the righteous. Because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23), all men eventually die, in time and on earth.[8] Nevertheless, long life points to eternal life. Men to whom the righteousness of Christ is imputed by God’s grace can expect eternal life and therefore long lives on earth. The gift of eternal life, which is publicly manifested at the final judgment, is preceded by an earthly parallel – not for every righteous man, but for men in general who adhere in general to the provisions of biblical law.</p><p>People in Third World nations have shorter life expectancies than people in Western, industrial countries. Why? Because Third World nations are characterized by such afflictions as animism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and imported Western socialism. Socialism came early to these nations during their period of Westernization, not a century after free market economics created a massive capital base, as was the case in the industrial West. The oil-rich Muslem nations are exceptions to the rule regarding paganism, but their wealth is dependent upon the productivity of the West, which has discovered valuable uses for oil. Japan also has escaped the economic curses of paganism by imitating Western law and western technology. The Japanese have also adopted a Western, linear view of time, as well as Western doctrines of thrift and hard, smart work. Japan has adopted a Protestant ethic without adopting Protestant theology. The result has been rising per capita wealth. China after 1978 imitated Japan, with similar economic results.</p><p>Humanism is steadily eroding the capital base of the West, and if State regulation of the economy continues to be enforced by Western civil governments, then the West will eventually become poor by comparison to Asia. But, in terms of external law, the legal codes of Western nations are still closer to biblical law than the law codes of Third World nations are. So is Western humanism’s view of linear time. The difference can be seen by comparing mortality tables of various societies.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Why do we see the wicked prosper? This question bothered Asaph. It bothers most covenant-keeping people at some point in their lives. There has to be an explanation that is consistent with what the Bible teaches about historical cause and effect.</p><p>Deuteronomy 8 presents a five-stage theory of history: from poverty to wealth to either poverty or greater wealth. Some wicked people prosper in every stage, but the third stage – wealth unto autonomy – offers the great threat to the continued success of society. Autonomy brings the historical wrath of God.</p><p>There are visible signs of a society that adheres to the principles of biblical law. One example is longer life. The West has enjoyed this since the at least mid-nineteenth century, when the social order more fully adopted biblical principles of private ownership and independence from the State. This longer life span is seen in lower life insurance rates.</p><hr /><br /><h3>Notes</h3><p>1. Gary North, <i>Inheritance and Dominion: An Economic Commentary on Deuteronomy</i>, 2nd electronic edition (Harrisonburg, Virginia: Dominion Educational Ministries, Inc., [1999] 2003), ch. 17.</p><p>2. <i>Ibid</i>., ch. 21.</p><p>3. <i>Idem</i>.</p><p>4. <i>Ibid</i>., ch. 22. 107</p><p>5. Chapter 75.</p><p>6. Gary North, <i>The Sinai Strategy: Economics and the Ten Commandments </i>(Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1986), ch. 5.</p><p>7. North, <i>Inheritance</i>, ch. 8.</p><p>8. The only exceptions: those alive at the time of the Second Coming (I Thess. 4:17 ).</p><hr /><br /><p>From:</p><p>Gary North, <i><a href="http://www.garynorth.com/public/2519.cfm">Gods Success Manual: An Economic Commentary on Proverbs</a></i>, GaryNorth.com, Inc., 2007.</p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-63989932845351141682010-04-08T04:07:00.002-05:002010-04-08T04:20:37.623-05:00Day 151: The Lord's Prayer, part 4<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc103wlc192.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 103;<br />Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 192;</a> </div><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /><a id="Q103" name="Q103">Q. 103.</a> </b><i>What do we pray for in the third petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the third petition, (which is, "<i>Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven</i> [<a id="p222" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p222)" name="p222">f</a>]",) we pray, That God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things [<a id="p223" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p223)" name="p223">g</a>], as the angels do in heaven [<a id="p224" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p224)" name="p224">h</a>]. <p></p><p>In the third petition, (which is, "<i>Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven </i>[<a id="p1515" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p222)" name="p222">f</a>]",)</p><p>[f] <b>Matthew 6:10</b></p><p>we pray, That God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things [<a id="p1516" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p223)" name="p223">g</a>],</p><p>[g] <b>Psalm 67 throughout.<br />Psalm 119:36</b> <i>Incline my heart unto thy testimonies</i>, and not to covetousness.<b><br />Matthew 26:39</b> And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: <i>nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt</i>.<b><br />2 Samuel 15:25</b> And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; <i>if I shall find favour in the eyes of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation.<b><br />Job 1:21 </b>And (Job) said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: <i>the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> gave, and the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> hath taken away; blessed be the name of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>.</p><p>as the angels do in heaven [<a id="p1517" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p224)" name="p224">h</a>].</p><p>[h] <b>Psalm 103:20</b> Bless the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, <i>hearkening unto the voice of his word</i>. <b>Ver.21</b> Bless ye the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, all ye his hosts; <i>ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure</i>.</p><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q192" name="Q192"><b>Q.192</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What do we pray for in the third petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the third petition, (which is, <i>Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven </i>[<a id="p1358" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1238)" name="p1238">o</a>],) acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God [<a id="p1359" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1239)" name="p1239">p</a>], but prone to rebel against his Word [<a id="p1360" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1240)" name="p1240">q</a>], to repine and murmur against his providence [<a id="p1361" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1241)" name="p1241">r</a>], and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil [<a id="p1362" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1242)" name="p1242">s</a>]: we pray, that God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness [<a id="p1363" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1243)" name="p1243">t</a>], weakness [<a id="p1364" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1244)" name="p1244">v</a>], indisposedness [<a id="p1365" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1245)" name="p1245">w</a>], and perverseness of heart [<a id="p1366" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1246)" name="p1246">x</a>]; and by his grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things [<a id="p1367" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1247)" name="p1247">y</a>], with the like humility [<a id="p1368" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1248)" name="p1248">z</a>], cheerfulness [<a id="p1369" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1249)" name="p1249">a</a>], faithfulness [<a id="p1370" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1250)" name="p1250">b</a>], diligence [<a id="p1371" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1251)" name="p1251">c</a>], zeal [<a id="p1372" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1252)" name="p1252">d</a>], sincerity [<a id="p1373" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1253)" name="p1253">e</a>], and constancy [<a id="p1374" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1254)" name="p1254">f</a>], as the angels do in heaven [<a id="p1375" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1255)" name="p1255">g</a>].<br /><p></p><p>In the third petition, (which is, <i>Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven</i> [<a id="p1518" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1238)" name="p1238">o</a>],)</p><p>[<a id="p1238" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1238" name="p1238">o</a>] <b>Matthew 6:10</b></p><p>acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God [<a id="p1519" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1239)" name="p1239">p</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1239" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1239" name="p1239">p</a>] <b>Romans 7:18</b> <i>For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing</i>: for to will is present with me; but <i>how to perform that which is good I find not</i>.<br /><b>Job 21:14 </b>Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for <i>we desire not the knowledge of thy ways</i>.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 2:14</b> But the natural man <i>receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God</i>: for they are foolishness unto him: <i>neither can he know them</i>, because they are spiritually discerned.</p><p>but prone to rebel against his Word [<a id="p1520" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1240)" name="p1240">q</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1240" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1240" name="p1240">q</a>] <b>Romans 8:7</b> Because <i>the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law </i>of God, <i>neither indeed can be</i>.</p><p>to repine and murmur against his <a href="http://kevincraig.us/religion/providence.htm">providence</a> [<a id="p1521" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1241)" name="p1241">r</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1241" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1241" name="p1241">r</a>] <b>Exodus 17:7</b> And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of <i>the chiding of the children of Israel</i>, and because they <i>tempted the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>, saying, Is the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> among us, or not?<br /><b>Numbers 14:2</b> And <i>all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron</i>: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!</p><p>and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil [<a id="p1522" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1242)" name="p1242">s</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1242" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1242" name="p1242">s</a>] <b>Ephesians 2:2 </b>Wherein in time past <i>ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience</i>:</p><p>we pray, that God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness [<a id="p1523" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1243)" name="p1243">t</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1243" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1243" name="p1243">t</a>] <b>Ephesians 1:17-18</b> That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may <i>give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him</i>: <b>Ver.18 </b><i>The eyes of your understanding being enlightened</i>; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,</p><p>weakness [<a id="p1524" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1244)" name="p1244">v</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1244" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1244" name="p1244">v</a>] <b>Ephesians 3:16</b> That he would <i>grant you</i>, according to the riches of his glory, <i>to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man</i>;</p><p>indisposedness [<a id="p1525" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1245)" name="p1245">w</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1245" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1245" name="p1245">w</a>] <b>Matthew 26:40-41</b> And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? <b>Ver.41</b> <i>Watch and pray</i>, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, <i>but the flesh is weak</i>.</p><p>and perverseness of heart [<a id="p1526" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1246)" name="p1246">x</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1246" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1246" name="p1246">x</a>] <b>Jeremiah 31:18-19</b> I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, <i>as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned</i>; for thou art the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> my God. <b>Ver.19 </b>Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.</p><p>and by his grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things [<a id="p1527" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1247)" name="p1247">y</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1247" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1247" name="p1247">y</a>] <b>Psalm 119:1</b> Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>. <b>Ver.8</b> I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. <b>Ver.35 </b><i>Make me to go in the path of thy commandments</i>; for therein do I delight. <b>Ver.36 </b><i>Incline my heart unto thy testimonies</i>, and not to covetousness.<br /><b>Acts 21:14</b> And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, <i>The will of the Lord be done</i>.</p><p>with the like humility [<a id="p1528" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1248)" name="p1248">z</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1248" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1248" name="p1248">z</a>] <b>Micah 6:8 </b>He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and <i>to walk humbly with thy God</i>?</p><p>cheerfulness [<a id="p1529" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1249)" name="p1249">a</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1249" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1249" name="p1249">a</a>] <b>Psalm 100:2 </b><i>Serve the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> with gladness</i>: come before his presence <i>with singing</i>.<br /><b>Job 1:21</b> And (Job) said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> gave, and the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> hath taken away; <i>blessed be the name of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>.<br /><b>2 Samuel 15:25-26</b> And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: <b>Ver.26 </b>But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; <i>behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him</i>.</p><p>faithfulness [<a id="p1530" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1250)" name="p1250">b</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1250" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1250" name="p1250">b</a>] <b>Isaiah 38:3</b> And said, Remember now, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, I beseech thee, how <i>I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart</i>, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.</p><p>diligence [<a id="p1531" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1251)" name="p1251">c</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1251" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1251" name="p1251">c</a>] <b>Psalm 119:4-5</b> Thou hast commanded us to <i>keep thy precepts diligently</i>.<b>Ver.5 </b><i>O that my ways were directed </i>to keep thy statutes!</p><p>zeal [<a id="p1532" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1252)" name="p1252">d</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1252" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1252" name="p1252">d</a>] <b>Romans 12:11 </b>Not slothful in business; <i>fervent in spirit; serving the Lord</i>;</p><p>sincerity [<a id="p1533" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1253)" name="p1253">e</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1253" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1253" name="p1253">e</a>] <b>Psalm 119:80</b> <i>Let my heart be sound in thy statutes</i>; that I be not ashamed.</p><p>and constancy [<a id="p1534" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1254)" name="p1254">f</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1254" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1254" name="p1254">f</a>] <b>Psalm 119:112</b> I have inclined mine heart <i>to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end</i>.</p><p>as the angels do in heaven [<a id="p1535" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1255)" name="p1255">g</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1255" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1255" name="p1255">g</a>] <b>Isaiah 6:2-3</b> Above it stood the <i>seraphims</i>: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. <b>Ver.3 </b>And <i>one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts</i>: the whole earth is full of his glory.<br /><b>Psalm 103:20-21</b> <i>Bless the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, ye his angels</i>, that excel in strength, that <i>do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word</i>. <b>Ver.21 </b>Bless ye the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, all <i>ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure</i>.<br /><b>Matthew 18:10</b> Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven <i>their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 151</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q103.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_103.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_103.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_103.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_103.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_103.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-45971915667094951492010-04-07T02:17:00.003-05:002010-04-07T11:29:35.990-05:00Day 150: The Lord's Prayer, part 3<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc102wlc191.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 102;<br />Larger Catechism Q. 191</a> </div><div align="center"><hr /></div><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q102" name="Q102"><b>Q. 102.</b></a> <i>What do we pray for in the second petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the second petition, (which is, "Thy kingdom come [<a id="p217" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p217)" name="p217">a</a>]",) we pray, That Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed [<a id="p218" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p218)" name="p218">b</a>]; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced [<a id="p219" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p219)" name="p219">c</a>], ourselves and others brought into it, kept in it [<a id="p220" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p220)" name="p220">d</a>]; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened [<a id="p221" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p221)" name="p221">e</a>].</p><p>In the second petition, (which is, "Thy kingdom come [<a id="p1497" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p217)" name="p217">a</a>]",)</p><p>[a] <b>Matthew 6:10</b></p><p>we pray, That Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed [<a id="p1498" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p218)" name="p218">b</a>];</p><p>[b] <b>Psalm 68:1</b> Let God arise, <i>let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him</i>. <b>Ver.18</b> Thou hast ascended on high, <i>thou hast led captivity captive</i>: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God might dwell among them.</p><p>and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced [<a id="p1499" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p219)" name="p219">c</a>],</p><p>[c] <b>Revelation 12:10</b> And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, <i>Now is come </i>salvation, and strength, and <i>the kingdom of our God</i>, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. <b>Ver.11 </b>And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.</p><p>ourselves and others brought into it, kept in it [<a id="p1500" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p220)" name="p220">d</a>];</p><p>[d] <b>2 Thessalonians 3:1</b> Finally, brethren, <i>pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course</i>, and be glorified, even as it is with you.<b><br />Romans 10:1</b> Brethren, my heart’s desire and <i>prayer to God </i>for Israel is, <i>that they might be saved</i>.<b><br />John 17:9</b> <i>I pray for them</i>: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. <b>Ver.20</b> <i>Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe </i>on me through their word.</p><p>and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened [<a id="p1501" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p221)" name="p221">e</a>].</p><p>[e] <b>Revelation 22:20</b> He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly: Amen. Even so, <i>come, Lord Jesus</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q191" name="Q191"><b>Q.191</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What do we pray for in the second petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the second petition, (which is, Thy kingdom come [<a id="p1376" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1225)" name="p1225">a</a>],) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan [<a id="p1377" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1226)" name="p1226">b</a>], we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be destroyed [<a id="p1378" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1227)" name="p1227">c</a>], the gospel propagated throughout the world [<a id="p1379" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1228)" name="p1228">d</a>], the Jews called [<a id="p1380" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1229)" name="p1229">e</a>], the fullness of the Gentiles brought in [<a id="p1381" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1230)" name="p1230">f</a>]; the church furnished with all gospel-officers and ordinances [<a id="p1382" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1231)" name="p1231">g</a>], purged from corruption [<a id="p1383" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1232)" name="p1232">h</a>], countenanced and maintained by the civil magistrate [<a id="p1384" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1233)" name="p1233">i</a>]: that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their sins, and the confirming, comforting, and building up of those that are already converted [<a id="p1385" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1234)" name="p1234">k</a>]: that Christ would rule in our hearts here [<a id="p1386" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1235)" name="p1235">l</a>], and hasten the time of his second coming, and our reigning with him forever [<a id="p1387" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1236)" name="p1236">m</a>]: and that he would be pleased so to exercise the kingdom of his power in all the world, as may best conduce to these ends [<a id="p1388" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1237)" name="p1237">n</a>].</p><p>In the second petition, (which is, Thy kingdom come [<a id="p1502" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1225)" name="p1225">a</a>],)</p><p>[<a id="p1225" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1225" name="p1225">a</a>] <b>Matthew 6:10</b> Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.</p><p>acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan [<a id="p1503" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1226)" name="p1226">b</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1226" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1226" name="p1226">b</a>] <b>Ephesians 2:2-3</b> Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, <i>according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience</i>: <b>Ver.3 </b>Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, <i>fulfilling the desires of the flesh </i>and of the mind; and <i>were by nature the children of wrath</i>, even as others.</p><p>we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be destroyed [<a id="p1504" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1227)" name="p1227">c</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1227" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1227" name="p1227">c</a>] <b>Psalm 68:1</b> <i>Let God arise</i>, <i>let his enemies be scattered:</i> let them also that hate him flee before him. <b>Ver.18</b> Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast<i> led captivity captive</i>: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God might dwell among them.<br /><b>Revelation 12:10-11</b> And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, <i>Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ</i>: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. <b>Ver.11 </b>And <i>they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb</i>, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.</p><p>the gospel propagated throughout the world [<a id="p1505" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1228)" name="p1228">d</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1228" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1228" name="p1228">d</a>] <b>2 Thessalonians 3:1 </b>Finally, brethren, <i>pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified</i>, even as it is with you:</p><p>the Jews called [<a id="p1506" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1229)" name="p1229">e</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1229" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1229" name="p1229">e</a>] <b>Romans 10:1</b> Brethren, <i>my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved</i>.</p><p>the fullness of the Gentiles brought in [<a id="p1507" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1230)" name="p1230">f</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1230" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1230" name="p1230">f</a>] <b>John 17:9</b> I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. <b>Ver.20</b> <i>Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word</i>;<br /><b>Romans 11:25-26</b> For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, <i>until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in</i>. <b>Ver.26 </b>And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:<br /><b>Psalm 67 throughout</b>. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us, etc.</p><p>the church furnished with all gospel-officers and ordinances [<a id="p1508" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1231)" name="p1231">g</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1231" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1231" name="p1231">g</a>] <b>Matthew 9:38 </b><i>Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest</i>.<br /><b>2 Thessalonians 3:1</b> Finally, brethren, <i>pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified</i>, even as it is with you:</p><p>purged from corruption [<a id="p1509" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1232)" name="p1232">h</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1232" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1232" name="p1232">h</a>] <b>Malachi 1:11</b> For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place <i>incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen</i>, saith the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> of hosts.<br /><b>Zephaniah 3:9</b> For then <i>will I turn to the people a pure language</i>, that they may all call upon the name of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, to serve him with one consent.</p><p>countenanced and maintained by the civil magistrate [<a id="p1510" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1233)" name="p1233">i</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1233" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1233" name="p1233">i</a>] <b>1 Timothy 2:1-2</b> I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; <b>Ver.2 </b><i>For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty</i>.</p><p>that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their sins, and the confirming, comforting, and building up of those that are already converted [<a id="p1511" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1234)" name="p1234">k</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1234" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1234" name="p1234">k</a>] <b>Acts 4:29-30</b> And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: <i>and grant </i>unto thy servants, <i>that with all boldness they may speak thy word</i>, <b>Ver.30 </b>By stretching forth thine hand to heal; <i>and that signs and wonders may be done </i>by the name of thy holy child Jesus.<br /><b>Ephesians 6:18-20</b> <i>Praying </i>always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; <b>Ver.19 </b>And <i>for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel</i>, <b>Ver.20 </b>For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may <i>speak boldly, as I ought to speak</i>.<br /><b>Romans 15:29</b> And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. <b>Ver.30 </b>Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye <i>strive together with me in your prayers to God for me</i>; <b>Ver.32</b> <i>That I may come unto you with joy </i>by the will of God, <i>and may with you be refreshed</i>.<br /><b>2 Thessalonians 1:11</b> Wherefore also <i>we pray </i>always for you, <i>that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power</i>:<br /><b>2 Thessalonians 2:16-17</b> Now our <i>Lord Jesus Christ </i>himself, and <i>God</i>, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, <b>Ver.17 </b><i>Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work</i>.</p><p>that Christ would rule in our hearts here [<a id="p1512" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1235)" name="p1235">l</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1235" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1235" name="p1235">l</a>] <b>Ephesians 3:14-20</b> For this cause <i>I bow my knees </i>unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, <b>Ver.15 </b>Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, <b>Ver.16 </b>That he would <i>grant you</i>, according to the riches of his glory, <i>to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man</i>; <b>ver.17 </b><i>That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith</i>; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, <b>ver.18 </b>May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; <b>Ver.19 </b>And <i>to know the love of Christ</i>, which passeth knowledge, that ye might <i>be filled with all the fulness of God</i>. <b>Ver.20 </b>Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,</p><p>and hasten the time of his second coming, and our reigning with him forever [<a id="p1513" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1236)" name="p1236">m</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1236" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1236" name="p1236">m</a>] <b>Revelation 22:20</b> He which testifieth these things saith, <i>Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus</i>.</p><p>and that he would be pleased so to exercise the kingdom of his power in all the world, as may best conduce to these ends [<a id="p1514" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1237)" name="p1237">n</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1237" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1237" name="p1237">n</a>] <b>Isaiah 64:1-2</b> <i>Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down</i>, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, <b>Ver.2 </b>As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, <i>to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence</i>!<br /><b>Revelation 4:8-11</b> And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. <b>Ver.9 </b>And when <i>those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him </i>that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, <b>Ver.10 </b>The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, <b>Ver.11 </b><i>Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory </i>and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 150</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q102.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_102.html">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_102.html">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_102.html">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_102.html">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_102.html">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li><li>James B. Jordan: <ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060212071641/http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/bh/bh027.htm">No. 27: The Future of Israel Reexamined, Part 1</a> </li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060212071655/http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/bh/bh028.htm">No. 28: The Future of Israel Reexamined, Part 2</a> </li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060212071238/http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/bh/bh029.htm">No. 29: The Future of Israel Reexamined, Part 3</a> </li></ul></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-53596535617665307662010-04-06T03:50:00.003-05:002010-04-06T04:09:49.578-05:00Day 149: The Lord's Prayer, part 2<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc190.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q.190</a> </div><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><blockquote><b><span style="font-size:85%;">WSC 98; WLC 178<br /></span><i>What is prayer?</i><br />A.</b> Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, by the help of his Spirit, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies. </blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q197" name="Q101"><b>Q. 101.</b></a> <i>What do we pray for in the first petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the first petition, (which is, "Hallowed be thy name,") we pray, That God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.</p><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q190" name="Q190"><b>Q.190</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What do we pray for in the first petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the first petition, (which is, Hallowed by thy name [<a id="p1389" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1210)" name="p1210">k</a>],) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God aright [<a id="p1390" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1211)" name="p1211">l</a>], we pray, that God would by his grace enable and incline us and others to know, to acknowledge, and highly to esteem him [<a id="p1391" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1212)" name="p1212">m</a>], his titles [<a id="p1392" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1213)" name="p1213">n</a>], attributes [<a id="p1393" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1214)" name="p1214">o</a>], ordinances, Word [<a id="p1394" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1215)" name="p1215">p</a>], works, and whatsoever he is pleased to make himself known by [<a id="p1395" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1216)" name="p1216">q</a>]; and to glorify him in thought, word [<a id="p1396" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1217)" name="p1217">r</a>], and deed [<a id="p1397" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1218)" name="p1218">s</a>]: that he would prevent and remove atheism [<a id="p1398" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1219)" name="p1219">t</a>], ignorance [<a id="p1399" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1220)" name="p1220">v</a>], idolatry [<a id="p1400" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1221)" name="p1221">w</a>], profaneness [<a id="p1401" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1222)" name="p1222">x</a>], and whatsoever is dishonorable to him [<a id="p1402" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1223)" name="p1223">y</a>]; and, by his over-ruling providence, direct and dispose of all things to his own glory [<a id="p1403" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1224)" name="p1224">z</a>].</p><p>In the first petition, (which is, Hallowed by thy name [<a id="p1482" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1210)" name="p1210">k</a>],) </p><p>[<a id="p1210" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1210" name="p1210">k</a>] <b>Matthew 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.</p><p>acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God aright [<a id="p1483" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1211)" name="p1211">l</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1211" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1211" name="p1211">l</a>] <b>2 Corinthians 3:5</b> <i>Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves</i>; but our sufficiency is of God;<br /><b>Psalm 51:15</b> <i>O Lord, open thou my lips</i>; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.</p><p>we pray, that God would by his grace enable and incline us and others to know, to acknowledge, and highly to esteem him [<a id="p1484" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1212)" name="p1212">m</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1212" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1212" name="p1212">m</a>] <b>Psalm 67:2-3</b> <i>That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations</i>. <b>Ver.3 </b><i>Let the people praise thee, O God</i>; let all the people praise thee.</p><p>his titles [<a id="p1485" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1213)" name="p1213">n</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1213" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1213" name="p1213">n</a>] <b>Psalm 83:18</b> <i>That men may know that thou, whose name alone is J<span style="font-size:85%;">EHOVAH</span></i>, art the most high over all the earth.</p><p>attributes [<a id="p1486" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1214)" name="p1214">o</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1214" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1214" name="p1214">o</a>] <b>Psalm 86:10</b> For <i>thou art great</i>, and <i>doest wondrous things</i>: thou art God alone. <b>Ver.11</b> Teach me thy way, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. <b>Ver.12 </b><i>I will praise thee</i>, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. <b>Ver.13 </b><i>For great is thy mercy </i>toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. <b>Ver.15</b> But thou, O Lord, art a <i>God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth</i>. </p><p>ordinances, Word [<a id="p1487" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1215)" name="p1215">p</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1215" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1215" name="p1215">p</a>] <b>2 Thessalonians 3:1</b> Finally, brethren, <i>pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified</i>, even as it is with you:<br /><b>Psalm 147:19 </b>He <i>sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel</i>. <b>Ver.20 </b>He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. <i>Praise ye the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>.<br /><b>Psalm 138:1 </b><i>I will praise thee with my whole heart</i>: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. <b>Ver2 </b>I will worship toward thy holy temple, and <i>praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name</i>. <b>Ver.3 </b>In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.<br /><b>2 Corinthians 2:14-15</b> Now <i>thanks be unto God</i>, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and <i>maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place</i>. <b>Ver.15 </b>For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:</p><p>works, and whatsoever he is pleased to make himself known by [<a id="p1488" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1216)" name="p1216">q</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1216" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1216" name="p1216">q</a>] <b>Psalm 145. throughout.</b> <i>I will extol thee, my God, O King</i>, etc.;<br /><b>Psalm 8. throughout.</b> O Lord our Lord, <i>how excellent is thy name </i>in all the earth! etc.</p><p>and to glorify him in thought, word [<a id="p1489" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1217)" name="p1217">r</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1217" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1217" name="p1217">r</a>] <b>Psalm 103:1</b> <i>Bless the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, O my soul: and all that is within me</i>, bless his holy name.<br /><b>Psalm 19:14</b> <i>Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart</i>, be acceptable in thy sight, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, my strength, and my redeemer.</p><p>and deed [<a id="p1490" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1218)" name="p1218">s</a>]: </p><p>[<a id="p1218" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1218" name="p1218">s</a>] <b>Philippians 1:9</b> <i>And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more </i>in knowledge and in all judgment; <b>Ver.11 </b><i>Being filled with the fruits of righteousness</i>, which are by Jesus Christ, <i>unto the glory and praise of God.</i></p><p>that he would prevent and remove atheism [<a id="p1491" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1219)" name="p1219">t</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1219" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1219" name="p1219">t</a>] <b>Psalm 67:1 </b>God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. <b>Ver.2 </b><i>That thy way may be known upon earth</i>, thy saving health among all nations. <b>Ver.3 </b><i>Let the people praise thee, O God</i>; let all the people praise thee. <b>Ver.4 </b>O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.</p><p>ignorance [<a id="p1492" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1220)" name="p1220">v</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1220" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1220" name="p1220">v</a>] <b>Ephesians 1:17</b> That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, <i>may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him</i>: <b>Ver.18 </b><i>The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know </i>what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,</p><p>idolatry [<a id="p1493" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1221)" name="p1221">w</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1221" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1221" name="p1221">w</a>] <b>Psalm 97:7 </b><i>Confounded be all they that serve graven images</i>, that <i>boast </i>themselves of <i>idols</i>: worship him, all ye gods.</p><p>profaneness [<a id="p1494" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1222)" name="p1222">x</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1222" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1222" name="p1222">x</a>] <b>Psalm 74:18</b> <i>Remember this</i>, that the <i>enemy hath reproached, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name</i>. <b>Ver.22</b> <i>Arise</i>, O God, plead thine own cause: <i>remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily</i>. <b>Ver.23 </b>Forget not the voice of thine enemies: <i>the tumult of those that rise up against thee </i>increaseth continually.</p><p>and whatsoever is dishonorable to him [<a id="p1495" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1223)" name="p1223">y</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1223" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1223" name="p1223">y</a>] <b>2 Kings 19:15</b> And Hezekiah prayed before the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, and said, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. <b>Ver.16 </b>L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, thine eyes, and see: <i>and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God</i>.</p><p>and, by his <a href="http://kevincraig.us/religion/providence.htm">over-ruling providence</a>, direct and dispose of all things to his own glory [<a id="p1496" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1224)" name="p1224">z</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1224" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1224" name="p1224">z</a>] <b>2 Chronicles 20:6</b> And [Jehoshaphat] said, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of our fathers, <i>art not thou God in heaven</i>? <i>and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen</i>? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? <b>Ver.10</b> <i>And now, behold, the children of Ammon </i>and <i>Moab </i>and <i>mount Seir</i>, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; <b>Ver.11 </b><i>Behold</i>, I say, how they reward us, to come <i>to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us </i>to inherit. <b>Ver.12 </b><i>O our God, wilt thou not judge them</i>? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: <i>but our eyes are upon thee</i>.<br /><b>Psalm 83 throughout</b>. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, etc.<br /><b>Psalm 140:4</b> Keep me, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. <b>Ver.8</b> <i>Grant not, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, the desires of the wicked</i>: further not his wicked device; <i>lest they exalt themselves</i>. Selah.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 149</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><p>Shorter Catechism Q. 101</p><ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q101.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_101.html">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_101.html">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_101.html">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_101.html">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_101.html">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">[Q.98-107]</span></li></ul></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-90686296832102853892010-04-05T02:50:00.003-05:002010-04-05T04:22:39.229-05:00Day 148: The Lord's Prayer, part 1<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc184wsc099wlc186-88wsc100wlc189wsc101.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q.184;<br />Shorter Catechism Q.99;<br />Larger Catechism Q.186-88; Shorter Catechism Q. 100;<br />Larger Catechism Q.189; Shorter Catechism Q.101</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q184" name="Q184"><b>Q.184</b></a><b>.</b> <i>For what things are we to pray?</i><br /><b>A.</b> We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God [<a id="p1181" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1181)" name="p1181">e</a>], the welfare of the church [<a id="p1182" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1182)" name="p1182">f</a>], our own [<a id="p1183" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1183)" name="p1183">g</a>] or others, good [<a id="p1184" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1184)" name="p1184">h</a>]; but not for anything that is unlawful [<a id="p1185" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1185)" name="p1185">i</a>].</p><p>We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God [<a id="p1181" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1181)" name="p1181">e</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1181" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1181" name="p1181">e</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, <i>Hallowed be thy name</i>.</p><p>the welfare of the church [<a id="p1182" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1182)" name="p1182">f</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1182" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1182" name="p1182">f</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 51:18</b> Do good in thy good pleasure unto <i>Zion</i>: build thou the walls of <i>Jerusalem</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 122:6 </b>Pray for <i>the peace of Jerusalem</i>: they shall prosper that love thee.</p><p>our own [<a id="p1183" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1183)" name="p1183">g</a>] </p><p>[<a id="p1183" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1183" name="p1183">g</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 7:11</b> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give <i>good things to them that ask him</i>?</p><p>or others, good [<a id="p1184" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1184)" name="p1184">h</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1184" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1184" name="p1184">h</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 125:4</b> Do <i>good</i>, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, unto <i>those that be good</i>, and to them that are upright in their hearts.</p><p>but not for anything that is unlawful [<a id="p1185" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1185)" name="p1185">i</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1185" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1185" name="p1185">i</a>] <b>1 John 5:14</b> And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask <i>any thing according to his will</i>, he heareth us:</p><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q99" name="Q99"><b>Q. 99.</b></a> <i>What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer [<a id="p209" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p209)" name="p209">r</a>]; but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called "The Lord's Prayer." [<a id="p210" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p210)" name="p210">s</a>].<br /><p></p><p>[r] <b>1 John 5:14</b> And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we <i>ask</i> any thing <i>according to his will</i>, he heareth us.</p><p>[s] <b>Matthew 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father, etc.<br />Compared with <b>Luke 11:2,3,4</b> And he said unto them, <i>When ye pray, say</i>, Our Father, etc.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q186" name="Q186"><b>Q.186</b></a>. <i>What rule hath God given for our direction in the duty of prayer?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in the duty of prayer [<a id="p1201" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1201)" name="p1201">a</a>]; but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which our Savior Christ taught his disciples, commonly called The Lord’s Prayer [<a id="p1202" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1202)" name="p1202">b</a>].<br /><p></p><p>[<a id="p1201" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1201" name="p1201">a</a>] <b>1 John 5:14</b> And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, <i>if we ask any thing according to his will</i>, he heareth us:</p><p>[<a id="p1202" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1202" name="p1202">b</a>] <b>Matthew 6:9-13</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: <i>Our Father </i>etc.<br /><b>Luke 11:2,3,4</b> And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, <i>Our Father</i> etc.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q187" name="Q187"><b>Q.187</b></a><b>.</b> <i>How is the Lord’s Prayer to be used?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The Lord’s Prayer is not only for direction, as a pattern, according to which we are to make other prayers; but may also be used as a prayer, so that it be done with understanding, faith, reverence, and other graces necessary to the right performance of the duty of prayer [<a id="p1410" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1203)" name="p1203">c</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1203" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1203" name="p1203">c</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Compared with<br /><b>Luke 11:2</b> And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. (See above in letter [#b].)</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q188" name="Q188"><b>Q.188</b></a>. <i>Of how many parts doth the Lord’s Prayer consist?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The Lord’s Prayer consists of three parts; a preface, petitions, and a conclusion.</p><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q100" name="Q100"><b>Q. 100.</b></a> <i>What doth the preface of the Lord’s prayer teach us?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The preface of the Lord’s prayer, (which is, "Our Father which art in heaven [<a id="p211" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p211)" name="p211">t</a>]",) teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence, as children to a father, able and ready to help us [<a id="p212" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p212)" name="p212">v</a>]; and that we should pray with and for others [<a id="p213" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p213)" name="p213">w</a>].<br /><p></p><p>[t] <b>Matthew 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed by thy name.</p><p>[v] <b>Romans 8:15</b> For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby <i>we cry, Abba, Father</i>.<b><br />Luke 11:13</b> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; <i>how much more shall your heavenly Father </i>give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</p><p>[w] <b>Acts 12:5</b> Peter therefore was kept in prison; but <i>prayer was made </i>without ceasing of the church unto God for him.<b><br />1 Tim. 2:1</b> I exhort therefore, that, first of all, <i>supplications, prayers, intercessions, </i>and giving of thanks, be made for all men; <b>Ver.2</b> <i>For kings, and for all that are in authority</i>; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.</p><hr /><br /><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q189" name="Q189"><b>Q.189</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What doth the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The preface of the Lord’s Prayer (contained in these words, Our Father which art in heaven [<a id="p1404" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1204)" name="p1204">d</a>],) teacheth us, when we pray, to draw near to God with confidence of his fatherly goodness, and our interest therein [<a id="p1405" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1205)" name="p1205">e</a>]; with reverence, and all other childlike dispositions [<a id="p1406" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1206)" name="p1206">f</a>], heavenly affections [<a id="p1407" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1207)" name="p1207">g</a>], and due apprehensions of his sovereign power, majesty, and gracious condescension [<a id="p1408" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1208)" name="p1208">h</a>]: as also, to pray with and for others [<a id="p1409" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1209)" name="p1209">i</a>].<br /><p></p><p>The preface of the Lord’s Prayer (contained in these words, Our Father which art in heaven [<a id="p1476" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1204)" name="p1204">d</a>],)</p><p>[<a id="p1204" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1204" name="p1204">d</a>] <b>Matthew 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.</p><p>teacheth us, when we pray, to draw near to God with confidence of his fatherly goodness, and our interest therein [<a id="p1477" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1205)" name="p1205">e</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1205" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1205" name="p1205">e</a>] <b>Luke 11:13</b> If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: <i>how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</i><br /><b>Romans 8:15</b> For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, <i>whereby we cry, Abba, Father</i>.</p><p>with reverence, and all other childlike dispositions [<a id="p1478" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1206)" name="p1206">f</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1206" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1206" name="p1206">f</a>] <b>Isaiah 64:9 </b>Be not wroth very sore, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, neither remember iniquity for ever: <i>behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people</i>.</p><p>heavenly affections [<a id="p1479" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1207)" name="p1207">g</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1207" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1207" name="p1207">g</a>] <b>Psalm 123:1</b> <i>Unto thee lift I up mine eyes</i>, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.<br /><b>Lamentations 3:41</b> <i>Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God </i>in the heavens.</p><p>and due apprehensions of his sovereign power, majesty, and gracious condescension [<a id="p1480" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1208)" name="p1208">h</a>]:</p><p>[<a id="p1208" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1208" name="p1208">h</a>] <b>Isaiah 63:15-16</b> Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: <i>where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me?</i> are they restrained? <b>Ver.16</b> Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: <i>thou</i>, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, <i>art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting</i>.<br /><b>Nehemiah 1:4-6</b> And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and <i>prayed</i> before the God of heaven, <b>Ver.5 </b>And said, I beseech thee, <i>O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> God of heaven</i>, the great and terrible God, <i>that keepeth covenant and mercy </i>for them that love him and observe his commandments: <b>Ver.6 </b>Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.</p><p>as also, to pray with and for others [<a id="p1481" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1209)" name="p1209">i</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1209" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1209" name="p1209">i</a>] <b>Acts 12:5</b> Peter therefore was kept in prison: but <i>prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.</i></p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q101" name="Q101"><b>Q. 101.</b></a> <i>What do we pray for in the first petition?</i><br /><b>A.</b> In the first petition, (which is, "Hallowed be thy name [<a id="p214" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p214)" name="p214">x</a>]",) we pray, That God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known [<a id="p215" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p215)" name="p215">y</a>]; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory [<a id="p216" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p216)" name="p216">z</a>].</p><p>[x] <b>Matthew 6:9</b> After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed by thy name.</p><p>[y] <b>Psalm 67:2</b> That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. <b>Ver.3</b> <em>Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee</em>.</p><p>[z] <b>Psalm 83 throughout.</b></p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 148</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><p>Shorter Catechism <b>Question 99</b></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">[Q.98-107]</span></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q099.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_099.html">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_099.html">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_099.html">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_099.html">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_099.html">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><p><b>Question 100</b></p><ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q100.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_100.html">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_100.html">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_100.html">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_100.html">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_100.html">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><p><b>Question 101</b></p><ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q101.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_101.html">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_101.html">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_101.html">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_101.html">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_101.html">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-45026848807973408652010-04-03T02:27:00.003-05:002010-04-05T02:50:04.821-05:00Day 147: How to Pray, part 3<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc185wcf21_4wlc183.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q.185;<br />Confession of Faith, chapter 21 section 4;<br />Larger Catechism Q.183</a><br /><br /></div><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><blockquote><p><b><span style="font-size:85%;">WSC 98; WLC 178<br /></span><i>What is prayer?</i><br />A.</b> Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, by the help of his Spirit, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.</p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q185" name="Q185"><b>Q.185</b></a>. <i>How are we to pray?</i><br /><b>A.</b> We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God [<a id="p1186" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1186)" name="p1186">k</a>], and deep sense of our own unworthiness [<a id="p1187" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1187)" name="p1187">l</a>], necessities [<a id="p1188" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1188)" name="p1188">m</a>], and sins [<a id="p1189" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1189)" name="p1189">n</a>]; with penitent [<a id="p1190" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1190)" name="p1190">o</a>], thankful [<a id="p1191" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1191)" name="p1191">p</a>], and enlarged hearts [<a id="p1192" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1192)" name="p1192">q</a>]; with understanding [<a id="p1193" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1193)" name="p1193">r</a>], faith [<a id="p1194" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1194)" name="p1194">s</a>], sincerity [<a id="p1195" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1195)" name="p1195">t</a>],<br />fervency [<a id="p1196" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1196)" name="p1196">v</a>], love [<a id="p1197" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1197)" name="p1197">w</a>], and perseverance [<a id="p1198" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1198)" name="p1198">x</a>], waiting upon him [<a id="p1199" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1199)" name="p1199">y</a>], with humble submission to his will [<a id="p1200" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1200)" name="p1200">z</a>].</p><p>We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God [<a id="p1447" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1186)" name="p1186">k</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1186" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1186" name="p1186">k</a>] <b>Ecclesiastes</b><b> 5:1</b> <i>Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God</i>, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.</p><p>and deep sense of our own unworthiness [<a id="p1448" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1187)" name="p1187">l</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1187" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1187" name="p1187">l</a>] <b>Genesis</b><b> 18:27</b> And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, which am <i>but dust and ashes</i>:<br /><b>Genesis</b><b> 32:10</b> I am <i>not worthy of the least of all the mercies</i>, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; etc.</p><p>necessities [<a id="p1449" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1188)" name="p1188">m</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1188" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1188" name="p1188">m</a>] <b>Luke 15:17-19</b> And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and <i>I perish with hunger</i>! <b>Ver.18 </b>I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, <i>I have sinned against heaven, and before thee</i>, <b>Ver.19 </b>And am <i>no more worthy to be called thy son</i>: make me as one of thy hired servants.</p><p>and sins [<a id="p1450" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1189)" name="p1189">n</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1189" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1189" name="p1189">n</a>] <b>Luke 18:13</b> And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a <i>sinner</i>. <b>Ver.14 </b>I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.</p><p>with penitent [<a id="p1451" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1190)" name="p1190">o</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1190" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1190" name="p1190">o</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 51:17</b> The sacrifices of God are <i>a broken spirit</i>: <i>a broken and a contrite heart</i>, O God, thou wilt not despise.</p><p>thankful [<a id="p1452" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1191)" name="p1191">p</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1191" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1191" name="p1191">p</a>] <b>Philippians</b><b> 4:6 </b>Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication <i>with thanksgiving</i> let your requests be made known unto God.</p><p>and enlarged hearts [<a id="p1453" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1192)" name="p1192">q</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1192" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1192" name="p1192">q</a>] <b>1 Samuel 1:15</b> And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but <i>have poured out my soul before the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span></i>.<br /><b>1 Samuel 2:1</b> And <a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/01_postmilprayer.htm">Hannah</a> prayed, and said, <i>My heart rejoiceth </i>in the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, mine horn is exalted in the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>: <i>my mouth is enlarged </i>over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.</p><p>with understanding [<a id="p1454" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1193)" name="p1193">r</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1193" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1193" name="p1193">r</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 14:15</b> What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray <i>with the understanding </i>also: etc.</p><p>faith [<a id="p1455" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1194)" name="p1194">s</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1194" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1194" name="p1194">s</a>] <b>Mark 11:24</b> Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, <i>believe that ye receive them</i>, and ye shall have them.<br /><b>James 1:6</b> But let him <i>ask in faith, nothing wavering</i>: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.</p><p>sincerity [<a id="p1456" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1195)" name="p1195">t</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1195" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1195" name="p1195">t</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 145:18</b> The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him <i>in truth</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 17:1</b> Hear the right, O L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, <i>that goeth not out of feigned lips</i>.</p><p>fervency [<a id="p1457" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1196)" name="p1196">v</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1196" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1196" name="p1196">v</a>] <b>James 5:16</b> The <i>effectual fervent </i>prayer of a righteous man availeth much.</p><p>love [<a id="p1458" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1197)" name="p1197">w</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1197" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1197" name="p1197">w</a>] <b>1 Timothy 2:8</b> I will therefore that men <i>pray </i>every where, lifting up holy hands, <i>without wrath </i>and doubting.</p><p>and perseverance [<a id="p1459" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1198)" name="p1198">x</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1198" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1198" name="p1198">x</a>] <b>Ephesians</b><b> 6:18</b> <i>Praying </i>always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and <i>watching thereunto with all perseverance </i>and supplication for all saints;</p><p>waiting upon him [<a id="p1460" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1199)" name="p1199">y</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1199" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1199" name="p1199">y</a>] <b>Micah 7:7</b> Therefore I will look unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>; I will <i>wait for the God of my salvation</i>: my God will hear me.</p><p>with humble submission to his will [<a id="p1461" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1200)" name="p1200">z</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1200" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1200" name="p1200">z</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 26:39</b> And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and <i>prayed</i>, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless <i>not as I will, but as thou wilt</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith</b>, <b>Chapter 21<br />IV.</b> Prayer is to be made for things lawful [<a id="p13" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p13)" name="p13">n</a>]; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter [<a id="p14" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p14)" name="p14">o</a>]: but not for the dead [<a id="p15" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p15)" name="p15">p</a>], nor for those of whom it may be known that they have sinned the sin unto death [<a id="p16" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p16)" name="p16">q</a>].</p><p>Prayer is to be made for things lawful [<a id="p1462" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p13)" name="p13">n</a>]; </p><p>[n] <b>1 John 5:14</b> And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we <i>ask</i> any thing <i>according to his will</i>, he heareth us.</p><p>and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter [<a id="p1463" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p14)" name="p14">o</a>]: </p><p>[o] <b>1 Timothy 2:1</b> I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, <i>be made for all men</i>; <b>Ver.2</b> For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.<br /><b>John 17:20</b> <i>Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe </i>on me through their word.<br /><b>2 Samuel 7:29</b> Therefore now let it please thee to <i>bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever </i>before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing <i>let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever</i>.<br /><b>Ruth 4:12</b> And let <i>thy house be like the house of Pharez</i>, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.</p><p>but not for the dead [<a id="p1464" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p15)" name="p15">p</a>], </p><p>[p] <b>2 Samuel 12:21</b> Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst <i>fast and weep for the child, while it was alive</i>; but when <i>the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread</i>. <b>Ver.22</b> And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? <b>Ver.23</b> <i>But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast</i>? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.<br /><b>With Luke 16:25</b> But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou <i>in thy lifetime receivedst </i>thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: <i>but now </i>he is comforted, and thou art tormented. <b>Ver.26</b> And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; <i>neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence</i>.<br /><b>Revelation</b><b> 14:13</b> And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, <i>Blessed</i> are the dead which <i>die in the Lord </i>from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and <i>their works do follow them</i>.</p><p>nor for those of whom it may be known that they have sinned the sin unto death [<a id="p1465" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p16)" name="p16">q</a>].</p><p>[q] <b>1 John 5:16 </b>If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. <i>There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q183" name="Q183"><b>Q.183</b></a>. <i>For whom are we to pray?</i><br /><b>A.</b> We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth [<a id="p1171" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1171)" name="p1171">t</a>]; for magistrates [<a id="p1172" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1172)" name="p1172">v</a>], and ministers [<a id="p1173" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1173)" name="p1173">w</a>]; for ourselves [<a id="p1174" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1174)" name="p1174">x</a>], our brethren [<a id="p1175" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1175)" name="p1175">y</a>], yea, our enemies [<a id="p1176" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1176)" name="p1176">z</a>]; and for all sorts of men living [<a id="p1177" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1177)" name="p1177">a</a>], or that shall live hereafter [<a id="p1178" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1178)" name="p1178">b</a>]; but not for the dead [<a id="p1179" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1179)" name="p1179">c</a>], nor for those that are known to have sinned the sin unto death [<a id="p1180" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1180)" name="p1180">d</a>].</p><p>We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth [<a id="p1466" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1171)" name="p1171">t</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1171" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1171" name="p1171">t</a>] <b>Ephesians</b><b> 6:18</b> Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for <i>all saints</i>;<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 28:9</b> Save <i>thy people</i>, and bless <i>thine inheritance</i>: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.</p><p>for magistrates [<a id="p1467" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1172)" name="p1172">v</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1172" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1172" name="p1172">v</a>] <b>1 Timothy 2:1-2</b> I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for <i>all men</i>; <b>Ver.2 </b>For <i>kings</i>, and for <i>all that are in authority</i>; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.</p><p>and ministers [<a id="p1468" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1173)" name="p1173">w</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1173" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1173" name="p1173">w</a>] <b>Colossians</b><b> 4:3</b> Withal praying also for <i>us</i>, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:</p><p>for ourselves [<a id="p1469" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1174)" name="p1174">x</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1174" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1174" name="p1174">x</a>] <b>Genesis</b><b> 32:11</b> Deliver <i>me</i>, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.</p><p>our brethren [<a id="p1470" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1175)" name="p1175">y</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1175" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1175" name="p1175">y</a>] <b>James 5:16</b> Confess your faults one to another, and pray <i>one for another</i>, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.</p><p>yea, our enemies [<a id="p1471" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1176)" name="p1176">z</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1176" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1176" name="p1176">z</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 5:44</b> But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and <i>pray for them which despitefully use you</i>, and persecute you;</p><p>and for all sorts of men living [<a id="p1472" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1177)" name="p1177">a</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1177" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1177" name="p1177">a</a>] <b>1 Timothy 2:1-2</b> I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for <i>all men</i>; <b>Ver.2 </b>For <i>kings</i>, and for <i>all that are in authority</i>; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.</p><p>or that shall live hereafter [<a id="p1473" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1178)" name="p1178">b</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p1178" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1178" name="p1178">b</a>] <b>John 17:20</b> Neither pray I for these alone, but for <i>them also which shall believe on me through their word</i>;<br /><b>2 Samuel 7:29</b> Therefore now let it please thee to bless <i>the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee</i>: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing <i>let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever</i>.</p><p>but not for the dead [<a id="p1474" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1179)" name="p1179">c</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1179" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1179" name="p1179">c</a>] <b>2 Samuel 12:21-23</b> Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. <b>Ver.22 </b>And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? <b>Ver.23 </b>But <i>now he is dead, wherefore should I fast</i>? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.</p><p>nor for those that are known to have sinned the sin unto death [<a id="p1475" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1180)" name="p1180">d</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1180" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1180" name="p1180">d</a>] <b>1 John 5:16</b> If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: <i>I do not say that he shall pray for it</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 147</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q098.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;"></span> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_098.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_098.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_098.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_098.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_098.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/mm._XXI_Worship.mp3">C<span style="font-size:85%;">HAPTER</span> XXI. - Of Religious Worship, [Prayer,] and the Sabbath Day</a> - Exposition by Gordon H. Clark <p></p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-45509606253255794562010-04-02T03:37:00.003-05:002010-04-02T03:45:43.940-05:00Day 146: How to Pray, part 2<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc181-182wcf21_3.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q.181-182;<br />Confession of Faith chapter 21 section 3</a> </div><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><blockquote><p><b><span style="font-size:85%;">WSC 98; WLC 178<br /></span><i>What is prayer?</i><br />A.</b> Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, by the help of his Spirit, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.</p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q181" name="Q181"><b>Q.181</b></a><b>.</b> <i>Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator [<a id="p1167" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1167)" name="p1167">p</a>]; and there being none in heaven or earth appointed to, or fit for, that glorious work but Christ alone [<a id="p1168" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1168)" name="p1168">q</a>], we are to pray in no other name but his only [<a id="p1169" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1169)" name="p1169">r</a>].</p><p>The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator [<a id="p1437" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1167)" name="p1167">p</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1167" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1167" name="p1167">p</a>] <b>John 14:6</b> Jesus saith unto him, I am <i>the way</i>, the truth, and the life: <i>no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</i>.<br /><b>Isaiah</b><b> 59:2</b> But <i>your iniquities have separated between you and your God</i>, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.<br /><b>Ephesians</b><b> 3:12</b> <i>In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him</i>.</p><p>and there being none in heaven or earth appointed to, or fit for, that glorious work but Christ alone [<a id="p1438" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1168)" name="p1168">q</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1168" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1168" name="p1168">q</a>] <b>John 6:27</b> Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for <i>him hath God the Father sealed</i>.<br /><b>Hebrews</b><b> 7:25</b> Wherefore he is <i>able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him</i>, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. <b>Ver.26 </b>For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; <b>Ver.27 </b>Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.<br /><b>1 Timothy 2:5</b> For there is one God, and <i>one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus</i>;</p><p>we are to pray in no other name but his only [<a id="p1439" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1169)" name="p1169">r</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1169" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1169" name="p1169">r</a>] <b>Colossians</b><b> 3:17 </b>And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, <i>do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him</i>.<br /><b>Hebrews</b><b> 13:15</b> <i>By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually</i>, that is, the fruit of our lips <i>giving thanks to his name</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q182" name="Q182"><b>Q.182</b></a><b>.</b> <i>How doth the Spirit help us to pray?</i><br /><b>A.</b> We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helpeth our infirmities, by enabling us to understand both for whom, and what, and how prayer is to be made; and by working and quickening in our hearts (although not in all persons, nor at all times, in the same measure) those apprehensions, affections, and graces which are requisite for the right performance of that duty [<a id="p1170" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1170)" name="p1170">s</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1170" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1170" name="p1170">s</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 8:26-27</b> Likewise <i>the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities</i>: for <i>we know not what we should pray for as we ought</i>: but the <i>Spirit itself </i>maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. <b>Ver.27 </b>And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because <i>he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 10:17</b> L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: <i>thou wilt prepare their heart</i>, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:<br /><b>Zechariah</b><b> 12:10</b> And <i>I will pour upon the house of David</i>, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, <i>the spirit of grace and of supplications</i>: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn, etc.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 21, Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath-Day<br />III.</b> Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship [<a id="p6" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p6)" name="p6">f</a>], is by God required of all men [<a id="p7" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p7)" name="p7">g</a>]: and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son [<a id="p8" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p8)" name="p8">h</a>], by the help of His Spirit [<a id="p9" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p9)" name="p9">i</a>], according to His will [<a id="p10" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p10)" name="p10">k</a>], with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love and perseverance [<a id="p11" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p11)" name="p11">l</a>]; and, if vocal, in a known tongue [<a id="p12" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p12)" name="p12">m</a>].</p><p>Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship [<a id="p1440" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p6)" name="p6">f</a>], </p><p>[f] <b>Philippians</b><b> 4:6</b> Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by <i>prayer and supplication with thanksgiving</i> let your requests be made known unto God.</p><p>is by God required of all men [<a id="p1441" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p7)" name="p7">g</a>]: </p><p>[g] <b>Psalm</b><b> 65:2</b> O thou that hearest prayer, <i>unto thee shall all flesh come</i>.</p><p>and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son [<a id="p1442" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p8)" name="p8">h</a>], </p><p>[h] <b>John 14:13</b> And whatsoever ye shall ask <i>in my name</i>, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <b>Ver.14</b> If ye shall ask any thing <i>in my name</i>, I will do it.<br /><b>1 Peter 2:5</b> Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up <i>spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ</i>.</p><p>by the help of His Spirit [<a id="p1443" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p9)" name="p9">i</a>], </p><p>[i] <b>Romans</b><b> 8:26</b> Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the <i>Spirit itself maketh intercession for us</i> with groanings which cannot be uttered.</p><p>according to His will [<a id="p1444" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p10)" name="p10">k</a>], </p><p>[k] <b>1 John 5:14</b> And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we <i>ask</i> any thing <i>according to his will</i>, he heareth us.</p><p>with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love and perseverance [<a id="p1445" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p11)" name="p11">l</a>]; </p><p>[l] <b>Psalm</b><b> 47:7</b> For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises <i>with understanding</i>.<br /><b>Ecclesiastes</b><b> 5:1</b> <i>Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God</i>, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. <b>Ver.2</b> <i>Be not rash with thy mouth</i>, and <i>let not thine heart be hasty</i> to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.<br /><b>Hebrews</b><b> 12:28 </b>Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may <i>serve God </i>acceptably with <i>reverence and godly fear</i>:<br /><b>Genesis</b><b> 18:27</b> And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, <i>I have taken upon me to speak unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>, which am but dust and ashes</i>.<br /><b>James 5:16</b> Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual <i>fervent prayer </i>of a righteous man <i>availeth much</i>.<br /><b>James 1:6</b> But let him ask <i>in faith, nothing wavering</i>. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. <b>Ver.7</b> For let <i>not </i>that man <i>think </i>that <i>he shall receive </i>any thing of the Lord.<br /><b>Mark 11:24</b> Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, <i>believe that ye receive them</i>, and ye shall have them.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 6:12</b> And forgive us our debts, <i>as we forgive our debtors</i>. <b>Ver.14</b> For <i>if ye forgive </i>men their trespasses, <i>your heavenly Father will also forgive you</i>: <b>Ver.15</b> But <i>if ye forgive not </i>men their trespasses, <i>neither will your Father forgive </i>your trespasses.<br /><b>Colossians</b><b> 4:2</b> <i>Continue in prayer</i>, and <i>watch in the same </i>with thanksgiving;<br /><b>Ephesians</b><b> 6:18</b> <i>Praying always </i>with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto <i>with all perseverance </i>and supplication for all saints.</p><p>and, if vocal, in a known tongue [<a id="p1446" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p12)" name="p12">m</a>].</p><p>[m] <b>1 Corinthians 14:14</b> For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 146</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q098.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;"></span> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_098.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_098.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_098.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_098.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_098.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-65277636199522924942010-04-01T03:31:00.003-05:002010-04-01T04:25:27.896-05:00Day 145: How to Pray, part 1<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc098wlc178-180.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q.98;<br />Larger Catechism Q. 178-180</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q98" name="Q98"><b>Q. 98.</b></a> <i>What is prayer?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God [<a id="p204" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=71389b07131330259957#(p204)" name="p204">m</a>] for things agreeable to his will [<a id="p205" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p205)" name="p205">n</a>], in the name of Christ [<a id="p206" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p206)" name="p206">o</a>], with confession of our sins [<a id="p207" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p207)" name="p207">p</a>], and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies [<a id="p208" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p208)" name="p208">q</a>].</p><p>Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God [<a id="p1423" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p204)" name="p204">m</a>]</p><p>[m] <b>Psalm 62:8</b> Trust in him at all times; ye people, <i>pour out your heart before him</i>: God is a refuge for us. Selah.</p><p>for things agreeable to his will [<a id="p1420" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p205)" name="p205">n</a>],</p><p>[n] <b>1 John 5:14</b> And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, <i>if we ask any thing according to his will</i>, he heareth us.</p><p>in the name of Christ [<a id="p1419" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p206)" name="p206">o</a>],</p><p>[o] <b>John 16:23</b> And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, <i>Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name</i>, he will give it you.</p><p>with confession of our sins [<a id="p1416" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p207)" name="p207">p</a>],</p><p>[p] <b>Psalm 32:5</b> <i>I acknowledged my sin unto thee</i>, and mine iniquity have I not hid. <i>I said, I will confess my transgressions </i>unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. <b>Ver.6</b> <i>For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee </i>in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.<br /><b><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/daniel_9.htm">Daniel 9:4</a></b> And <i>I prayed unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> </i>my God, and <i>made my confession</i>, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments.</p><p>and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies [<a id="p1412" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p208)" name="p208">q</a>].</p><p>[q] <b>Philippians 4:6</b> Be careful for nothing: but in every thing <i>by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving</i>, let your requests be made known unto God.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q178" name="Q178"><b>Q.178</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What is prayer?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God [<a id="p1150" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1150)" name="p1150">x</a>], in the name of Christ [<a id="p1151" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1151)" name="p1151">y</a>], by the help of his Spirit [<a id="p1152" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1152)" name="p1152">z</a>]; with confession of our sins [<a id="p1153" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1153)" name="p1153">a</a>], and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies [<a id="p1154" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1154)" name="p1154">b</a>].</p><p>Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God [<a id="p1424" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1150)" name="p1150">x</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1150" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1150" name="p1150">x</a>] <b>Psalm 62:8</b> Trust in him at all times; ye people, <i>pour out your heart before him</i>: God is a refuge for us. Selah.</p><p>in the name of Christ [<a id="p1421" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1151)" name="p1151">y</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p1422" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1151" name="p1151">y</a>] <b>John 16:23</b> And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall <i>ask the Father in my name</i>, he will give it you.</p>by the help of his Spirit [<a id="p1417" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1152)" name="p1152">z</a>];<br /><p></p><p>[<a id="p1418" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1152" name="p1152">z</a>] <b>Romans 8:26</b> Likewise <i>the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities</i>: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the <i>Spirit itself maketh intercession for us </i>with groanings which cannot be uttered.</p>with confession of our sins [<a id="p1415" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1153)" name="p1153">a</a>],<br /><p></p><p>[<a id="p1414" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1153" name="p1153">a</a>] <b>Psalm 32:5-6</b> <i>I acknowledge my sin unto thee</i>, and mine iniquity have I not hid. <i>I said, I will confess my transgressions </i>unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. <b>Ver.6</b> For this shall every one that is godly <i>pray unto thee </i>in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.<br /><b><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/daniel_9.htm">Daniel 9:4</a></b> And <i>I prayed unto the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> my God</i>, and <i>made my confession</i>, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, etc.</p><p>and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies [<a id="p1413" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1154)" name="p1154">b</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1411" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1154" name="p1154">b</a>] <b>Philippians 4:6 </b>Be careful for nothing; but in every thing <i>by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God</i></p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q179" name="Q179"><b>Q.179</b></a><b>.</b> <i>Are we to pray unto God only?</i><br /><b>A.</b> God only being able to search the hearts [<a id="p1155" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1155)" name="p1155">c</a>], hear the requests [<a id="p1156" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1156)" name="p1156">d</a>], pardon the sins [<a id="p1157" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1157)" name="p1157">e</a>], and fulfill the desires of all [<a id="p1158" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1158)" name="p1158">f</a>]; and only to be believed in [<a id="p1159" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1159)" name="p1159">g</a>], and worshipped with religious worship [<a id="p1160" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1160)" name="p1160">h</a>]; prayer, which is a special part thereof [<a id="p1161" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1161)" name="p1161">i</a>], is to be made by all to him alone [<a id="p1162" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1162)" name="p1162">k</a>], and to none other [<a id="p1163" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1163)" name="p1163">l</a>].</p><p>God only being able to search the hearts [<a id="p1425" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1155)" name="p1155">c</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1155" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1155" name="p1155">c</a>] <b>1 Kings 8:39</b> Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, <i>whose heart thou knowest</i>; (for thou, <i>even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men</i>;)<br /><b>Acts 1:24</b> And they prayed, and said, <i>Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men</i>, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,<br /><b>Romans 8:27</b> And <i>he that searcheth the hearts knoweth </i>what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.</p><p>hear the requests [<a id="p1426" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1156)" name="p1156">d</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1156" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1156" name="p1156">d</a>] <b>Psalm 65:2</b> O thou <i>that hearest prayer</i>, unto thee shall all flesh come.</p><p>pardon the sins [<a id="p1427" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1157)" name="p1157">e</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1157" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1157" name="p1157">e</a>] <b>Micah 7:18</b> Who is a God like unto thee, <i>that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression </i>of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.</p><p>and fulfill the desires of all [<a id="p1428" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1158)" name="p1158">f</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1158" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1158" name="p1158">f</a>] <b>Psalm 145:18-19</b> The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. <b>Ver.19 </b>He will <i>fulfil the desire of them that fear him</i>: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.</p><p>and only to be believed in [<a id="p1429" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1159)" name="p1159">g</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1159" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1159" name="p1159">g</a>] <b>Romans 10:14</b> <i>How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed</i>?</p><p>and worshipped with religious worship [<a id="p1430" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1160)" name="p1160">h</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1160" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1160" name="p1160">h</a>] <b>Matthew 4:10</b> Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, <i>Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve</i>.</p><p>prayer, which is a special part thereof [<a id="p1431" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1161)" name="p1161">i</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1161" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1161" name="p1161">i</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 1:2</b> Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with <i>all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord</i>, both theirs and ours:</p><p>is to be made by all to him alone [<a id="p1432" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1162)" name="p1162">k</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1162" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1162" name="p1162">k</a>] <b>Psalm 50:15</b> And <i>call upon me </i>in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.</p><p>and to none other [<a id="p1433" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1163)" name="p1163">l</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1163" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1163" name="p1163">l</a>] <b>Romans 10:14</b> How then shall they call <i>on him in whom they have not believed</i>?</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q180" name="Q180"><b>Q.180</b></a>. <i>What is it to pray in the name of Christ?</i><br /><b>A.</b> To pray in the name of Christ is, in obedience to his command, and in confidence on his promises, to ask mercy for his sake [<a id="p1164" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1164)" name="p1164">m</a>]; not by bare mentioning of his name [<a id="p1165" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1165)" name="p1165">n</a>], but by drawing our encouragement to pray, and our boldness, strength, and hope of acceptance in prayer, from Christ and his mediation [<a id="p1166" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1166)" name="p1166">o</a>].</p><p>To pray in the name of Christ is, in obedience to his command, and in confidence on his promises, to ask mercy for his sake [<a id="p1434" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1164)" name="p1164">m</a>];</p><p>[<a id="p1164" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1164" name="p1164">m</a>] <b>John 14:13-14</b> And whatsoever ye shall <i>ask in my name</i>, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <b>Ver.14 </b>If ye shall <i>ask any thing </i>in my name, I will do it.<br /><b>John 16:24 </b>Hitherto have ye <i>asked nothing in my name</i>: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.<br /><b><a href="http:///">Daniel</a></b><a href="http:///"><b> 9:17</b></a> Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, <i>for the Lord’s sake</i>.</p><p>not by bare mentioning of his name [<a id="p1435" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1165)" name="p1165">n</a>],</p><p>[<a id="p1165" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1165" name="p1165">n</a>] <b>Matthew 7:21</b> <i>Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord</i>, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.</p><p>but by drawing our encouragement to pray, and our boldness, strength, and hope of acceptance in prayer, from Christ and his mediation [<a id="p1436" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1166)" name="p1166">o</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p1166" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p1166" name="p1166">o</a>] <b>Hebrews 4:14-16</b> <i>Seeing then that we have a great high priest</i>, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. <b>Ver.15 </b>For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. <b>Ver.16 </b><i>Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace</i>, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.<br /><b>1 John 5:13-15</b> These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and <i>that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God</i>. <b>Ver.14 </b><i>And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us</i>: <b>Ver.15 </b>And if we know that he hear us, <i>whatsoever we ask, we know </i>that we have <i>the petitions that we desired of him</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 145</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</p></i><ul><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html" target="_blank">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_098-107.html" target="_blank">The Means of Grace: The Sacraments: Prayer</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q098.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_098.html" target="_blank">Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</a> <li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_098.html" target="_blank">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_098.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_098.html" target="_blank">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_098.html" target="_blank">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-44528839029669470092010-03-31T05:05:00.002-05:002010-03-31T05:18:19.874-05:00Day 144: Of the Last Judgment, part 2<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wcf33_3.mp3">Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 33, section 3</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>III.</b> As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin; and for the greater consolation of the godly in their adversity [<a id="p6" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p6)" name="p6">f</a>]: so will He have that day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will come; and may be ever prepared to say, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly, Amen [<a id="p7" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p7)" name="p7">g</a>].</p><p>[f] <b>2 Peter 3:11</b> Seeing then that all these things shall be <a href="http://notcomingsoon.net/liquefy.htm">dissolved</a>, <i>what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation </i>and godliness. <b>Ver.14</b> Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent <i>that ye may be found of him in peace</i>, without spot, and blameless.<br /><b>2 Corinthians 5:10</b> For <i>we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ</i>; that every one may <i>receive the things </i>done in his body, according to that he hath done, <i>whether it be good or bad</i>. <b>Ver.11</b> Knowing therefore <i>the terror of the Lord</i>, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.<br /><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#Thessalonians">2 Thessalonians 1:5</a></b> Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, <i>that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God</i>, for which ye also suffer: <b>Ver.6</b> Seeing it is <i>a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation </i>to them that trouble you; <b>Ver.7</b> And to you who are troubled <i>rest with us</i>, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,<br /><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#Luke">Luke 21:27</a> </b>And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. <b>Ver.28</b> And when these things begin to come to pass, <i>then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh</i>.<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 8:23</b> And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, <i>waiting for the adoption</i>, to wit, <i>the redemption of our body</i>. <b>Ver.24</b> For we are <i>saved by hope</i>: but <i>hope that is seen is not hope</i>: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? <b>Ver.25</b> But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.</p><p>[g] <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#Matthew">Matthew</a> 24:36,42,43,44</b><br /><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#Luke">Mark 13:35</a></b> Watch ye therefore: <i>for ye know not when the master of the house cometh</i>, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: <b>Ver.36</b> Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. <b>Ver.37</b> And what I say unto you <i>I say unto all, Watch</i>.<br /><b>Luke 12:35</b> Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; <b>Ver.36</b> And ye yourselves like unto men <i>that wait for their lord</i>, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, <i>they say open unto him immediately</i>.<br /><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#Revelation">Revelation 22:20</a></b> He which testifieth these things saith, Surely <i>I come quickly</i>. Amen. <i>Even so, come, Lord Jesus</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 144</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><p><a href="http://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/ss._XXXIII_LastJudgment.mp3">C<span style="font-size:85%;">HAPTER</span> XXXIII. - Of the Last Judgment</a> - Commentary by Gordon H. Clark</p><p><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/shaw/shaw_33.html">Chapter XXXIII.</a> Of the Last Judgment - Exposition by Robert Shaw</p><p><a href="http://www.rtrc.net/documents/wcf/hodge/wcfaah33.htm">Chapter 33: Of the Last Judgment</a> - Commentary by A.A. Hodge</p><p><a href="http://www.dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3638:Westminster-XXXIII-Of-the-Last-Judgment&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">Westminster XXXIII: Of the Last Judgment</a> - Douglas Wilson</p><hr /><br /><dl><dt><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTINC/70/pretpages.htm" target="_blank">Preterism</a>: </dt></dl><blockquote><p align="left"><a name="what"><span pt style="font-size:10;">From</span></a><span pt style="font-size:10;"> Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)</span><span pt style="font-size:10;"></p><p align="left"><a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=Preterist&db=*">Preterist</a> \<a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=Pret&db=*">Pret</a>"er*<a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=ist&db=*">ist</a>\, n. [<a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=Pref&db=*">Pref</a>. <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=preter&db=*">preter</a>- + -<a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=ist&db=*">ist</a>.]<br />1. <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=One&db=*">One</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=whose&db=*">whose</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=chief&db=*">chief</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=interest&db=*">interest</a> is in <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=the&db=*">the</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=past&db=*">past</a>; <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=one&db=*">one</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=who&db=*">who</a><br /><a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=regards&db=*">regards</a><br /><a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=the&db=*">the</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=past&db=*">past</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=with&db=*">with</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=most&db=*">most</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=pleasure&db=*">pleasure</a> or <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=favor&db=*">favor</a>.<br /><br /><strong>2. (<a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=Theol&db=*">Theol</a>.) <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=One&db=*">One</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=who&db=*">who</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=believes&db=*">believes</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=the&db=*">the</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=prophecies&db=*">prophecies</a> of <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=the&db=*">the</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=Apocalypse&db=*">Apocalypse</a><br /><br />to <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=have&db=*">have</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=been&db=*">been</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=already&db=*">already</a> <a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=fulfilled&db=*">fulfilled</a>. --<a href="http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=Farrar&db=*">Farrar</a>.</strong></p></blockquote></span><dl><dt><b>Premillennialism vs. Postmillennialism</b></dt><dd>In the Westminster Standards, the Day of Judgment and Resurrection come at the same day.</dd><dt> </dt><dt><b>Principle: Interpret unclear verses in light of clear verses</b></dt><dd>don't grasp at the dramatic / novel / sensational</dd></dl><ul><li>Clear in quality: <a href="http://notcomingsoon.net/mt16x3.htm" target="_blank">Coming on His Throne</a> (Matthew 16/Mark 8/Luke 9)</li><li>Clear in quantity: <a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/heaven/101.htm" target="_blank">101 "Any Moment" Verses</a> ("at hand" "quickly")</li></ul><hr /><br /><p><b>2 <a name="Thessalonians">Thessalonians</a> 1<br /></b><sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29647">1</sup> Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,<br />To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:<br /><sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29648">2</sup> Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<br /><sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29649">3</sup> We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29650">4</sup> so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29651">5</sup> <i>which is</i> manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29652">6</sup> since <i>it is</i> a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29653">7</sup> and to <i>give</i> you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29654">8</sup> in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29655">9</sup> These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-29656">10</sup> when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.</p><b>Jews at <a href="http://www.biblestudy.org/biblepic/picture-of-greek-marketplace-at-thessalonica.html" target="_blank">Thessalonica</a><br />Acts 17</b><br /><p><sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27525">5</sup> But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27526">6</sup> But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27527">7</sup> Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.” <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27528">8</sup> And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27529">9</sup> So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. <p> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27530">10</sup> Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27531">11</sup> These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily <i>to find out</i> whether these things were so. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-27532">12</sup></p><hr /><br /><p><b>Matthew-Mark-<a name="Luke">Luke</a></b></p><p><a name="Matthew">Matthew</a> 24:26 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh</p><p><a href="http://vftonline.org/xmaspiracy/1/olivet_parallels.htm" target="_blank">Matthew 24 - Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple</a> - The Synoptic Parallels</p><p>Begin reading Matthew 24 in Matthew 23</p><hr /><br /><p><b>"Coming Quickly" in <a name="Revelation">Revelation</a></b></p><p>"to show to His bond-servants, the things which must shortly take place." (Rev. 1:1)<br /><br />"The time is near." (Rev. 1:3)<br /><br />"Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come." (Rev. 2:25)<br /><br />"I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is about to come upon the whole land." (Rev. 3:10)<br /><br />"I am coming quickly." (Rev. 3:11)<br /><br />"And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron." (Rev. 12:5)<br /><br />"And in her [the Great City Babylon] was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth." (Rev. 18:24; Compare <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.%2023:35-36&version=NKJV">Matt. 23:35-36</a>; <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lk.%2011:50-51&version=NKJV">Lk. 11:50-51</a>)<br /><br />"to show to His bond-servants the things which must shortly take place." (Rev. 22:6)<br /><br />"Behold, I am coming quickly. " (Rev. 22:7)<br /><br />"Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near." (Rev. 22:10; Compare <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Dan.%208:26&version=NKJV">Dan. 8:26</a>)<br /><br />"Behold, I am coming quickly." (Rev. 22:12)<br /><br />"Yes, I am coming quickly." (Rev. 22:20) <hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-29917054166334088752010-03-30T04:45:00.002-05:002010-03-30T04:57:28.360-05:00Day 143: Of the Last Judgment, part 1<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc089wcf33_2wsc038wlc090.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 89;<br />Confession of Faith chapter 33 section 2;<br />Shorter Catechism Q. 38; Larger Catechism Q. 90</a> </div><p></p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q89" name="Q89"><b>Q.89</b></a>. <i>What shall be done to the wicked at the day of judgment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> At the day of judgment, the wicked shall be set on Christ's left hand [<a id="p425" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p385)" name="p385">a</a>], and, upon clear evidence, and full conviction of their own consciences [<a id="p426" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p386)" name="p386">b</a>], shall have the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them [<a id="p427" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p387)" name="p387">c</a>]; and thereupon shall be cast out from the favourable presence of God, and the glorious fellowship with Christ, his saints, and all his holy angels, into hell, to be punished with unspeakable torments, both of body and soul, with the devil and his angels forever [<a id="p428" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p388)" name="p388">d</a>].</p><p>At the day of judgment, the wicked shall be set on Christ's left hand [<a id="p473" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p385)" name="p385">a</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p385" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p385" name="p385">a</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 25:33</b> And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, <i>but the goats on the left</i>.</p><p>and, upon clear evidence, and full conviction of their own consciences [<a id="p474" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p386)" name="p386">b</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p386" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p386" name="p386">b</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 2:15-16</b> Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, <i>their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing </i>or else excusing one another;) <b>Ver.16 </b>In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.</p><p>shall have the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them [<a id="p475" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p387)" name="p387">c</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p387" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p387" name="p387">c</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 25:41-43</b> Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, <i>Depart from me, ye cursed</i>, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: <b>Ver.42 </b>For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: <b>Ver.43 </b>I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.</p><p>and thereupon shall be cast out from the favourable presence of God, and the glorious fellowship with Christ, his saints, and all his holy angels, into hell, to be punished with unspeakable torments, both of body and soul, with the devil and his angels forever [<a id="p476" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p388)" name="p388">d</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p388" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p388" name="p388">d</a>] <b>Luke 16:26 </b>And beside all this, between us and you there is <i>a great gulf fixed</i>: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; <i>neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence</i>.<br /><b>2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</b> <i>In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God</i>, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: <b>Ver.9 </b><i>Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord</i>, and from the glory of his power;</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 33<br />II.</b> The end of God’s appointing this day is for the manifestation of the glory of His mercy, in the eternal salvation of the elect; and of His justice, in the damnation of the reprobate, who are wicked and disobedient. For then shall the righteous go into everlasting life, and receive that fulness of joy and refreshing, which shall come from the presence of the Lord; but the wicked who know not God, and obey not the Gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast into eternal torments, and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power [<a id="p5" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p5)" name="p5">e</a>].</p><p>[e] [<a href="http://kevincraig.us/mercy.htm"><strong>Matthew 25:31</strong></a><strong> to the end</strong>]<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 2:5</b> But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath <i>against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God</i>; <b>Ver.6</b> Who will render to every man according to his deeds:<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 9:22</b> What if God, <i>willing to shew his wrath</i>, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the <i>vessels of wrath fitted to destruction</i>: <b>Ver.23</b> And that he might make <i>known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory</i>?<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 25:21</b> His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: <i>enter thou into the joy of thy lord</i>.<br /><b>Acts 3:19</b> Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your <i>sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord</i>;<br /><b><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%201:7-10&version=NKJV">2 Thessalonians 1:7-10</a> [See in the Bible]</b></p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism</b><a id="Q38" name="Q38"><br /><b>Q. 38.</b></a> <i>What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?</i><br /><b>A.</b> At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory [<a id="p93" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p93)" name="p93">w</a>], shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment [<a id="p94" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p94)" name="p94">x</a>], and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God [<a id="p95" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p95)" name="p95">y</a>] to all eternity [<a id="p96" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p96)" name="p96">z</a>].</p><p>At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory [<a id="p477" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p93)" name="p93">w</a>], </p><p>[w] <b>1 Corinthians 15:43</b> It is sown in dishonour,<i> it is raised in glory</i>: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.</p><p>shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment [<a id="p478" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p94)" name="p94">x</a>], </p><p>[x] <b>Matthew</b><b> 25:23 </b>His lord said unto him, <i>Well done, good and faithful servant</i>; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 10:32</b> Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, <i>him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven</i>.</p><p>and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God [<a id="p479" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p95)" name="p95">y</a>] </p><p>[y] <b>1 John 3:2</b> Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for <i>we shall see him as he is</i>.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 13:12</b> For now we see through a glass, darkly; but <i>then face to face</i>: now I know in part; but <i>then shall I know even as also I am known</i>.</p><p>to all eternity [<a id="p480" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p96)" name="p96">z</a>].</p><p>[z] <b>1 Thessalonians 4:17</b> Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and <i>so shall we ever be with the Lord</i>. <b>Ver.18</b> Wherefore comfort one another with these words.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q90" name="Q90"><br /><b>Q.90</b></a>. <i>What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Christ in the clouds [<a id="p429" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p389)" name="p389">e</a>], shall be set on his right hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted [<a id="p430" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p390)" name="p390">f</a>], shall join with him in the judging of reprobate angels and men [<a id="p431" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p391)" name="p391">g</a>], and shall be received into heaven [<a id="p432" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p392)" name="p392">h</a>], where they shall be fully and forever freed from all sin and misery [<a id="p433" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p393)" name="p393">i</a>]; filled with inconceivable joys [<a id="p434" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p394)" name="p394">k</a>], made perfectly holy and happy both in body and soul, in the company of innumerable saints and holy angels [<a id="p435" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p395)" name="p395">l</a>], but especially in the immediate vision and fruition of God the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, to all eternity [<a id="p436" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p396)" name="p396">m</a>]. And this is the perfect and full communion, which the members of the invisible church shall enjoy with Christ in glory, at the resurrection and day of judgment.</p><p>At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Christ in the clouds [<a id="p481" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p389)" name="p389">e</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p389" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p389" name="p389">e</a>] <b>1 Thessalonians 4:17</b> Then we which are alive and remain shall be <i>caught up together with them </i>in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.</p><p>shall be set on his right hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted [<a id="p482" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p390)" name="p390">f</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p390" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p390" name="p390">f</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 25:33</b> And <i>he shall set the sheep on his right hand</i>, but the goats on the left.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 10:32</b> Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, <i>him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven</i>.</p><p>shall join with him in the judging of reprobate angels and men [<a id="p483" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p391)" name="p391">g</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p391" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p391" name="p391">g</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 6:2-3</b> <i>Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world</i>? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? <b>Ver.3 </b><i>Know ye not that we shall judge angels</i>? how much more things that pertain to this life?</p><p>and shall be received into heaven [<a id="p484" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p392)" name="p392">h</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p392" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p392" name="p392">h</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 25:34</b> Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, <i>Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom </i>prepared for you from the foundation of the world: <b>Ver.46</b> And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but <i>the righteous into life eternal</i>.</p><p>where they shall be fully and forever freed from all sin and misery [<a id="p485" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p393)" name="p393">i</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p393" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p393" name="p393">i</a>] <b>Ephesians</b><b> 5:27</b> That he might <i>present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle</i>, or any such thing; but <i>that it should be holy and without blemish</i>.<br /><b>Revelation 14:13</b> And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, <i>that they may rest from their labours</i>; and their works do follow them.</p><p>filled with inconceivable joys [<a id="p486" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p394)" name="p394">k</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p394" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p394" name="p394">k</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 16:11</b> Thou wilt shew me the path of life: <i>in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore</i>.</p><p>made perfectly holy and happy both in body and soul, in the company of innumerable saints and holy angels [<a id="p487" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p395)" name="p395">l</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p395" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p395" name="p395">l</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 12:22-23</b> But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and <i>to an innumerable company of angels</i>, <b>Ver.23 </b><i>To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven</i>, and to God the Judge of all, and <i>to the spirits of just men made perfect</i>,</p><p>but especially in the immediate vision and fruition of God the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, to all eternity [<a id="p488" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p396)" name="p396">m</a>]. </p><p>[<a id="p396" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p396" name="p396">m</a>] <b>1 John 3:2</b> Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for <i>we shall see him as he is</i>.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 13:12</b> For now <i>we see </i>through a glass, darkly; but <i>then face to face</i>: now I know in part; but <i>then shall I know even as also I am known</i>.<br /><b>1 Thessalonians 4:17-18</b> Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and <i>so shall we ever be with the Lord</i>. <b>Ver.18 </b>Wherefore comfort one another with these words.</p><p>And this is the perfect and full communion, which the members of the invisible church shall enjoy with Christ in glory, at the resurrection and day of judgment.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>End of Lesson, Day 143</b></p><hr /><br /><p><i>For Further Study:</i></p><p><a href="http://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/ss._XXXIII_LastJudgment.mp3">C<span style="font-size:85%;">HAPTER</span> XXXIII. - Of the Last Judgment</a> - Commentary by Gordon H. Clark</p><p><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/shaw/shaw_33.html">Chapter XXXIII.</a> Of the Last Judgment - Exposition by Robert Shaw</p><p><a href="http://www.rtrc.net/documents/wcf/hodge/wcfaah33.htm">Chapter 33: Of the Last Judgment</a> - Commentary by A.A. Hodge</p><p><a href="http://www.dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3638:Westminster-XXXIII-Of-the-Last-Judgment&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">Westminster XXXIII: Of the Last Judgment</a> - Douglas Wilson</p><p><b>Shorter Catechism Q. 38:</b></p><ul type="disk"><li>Francis R. Beattie's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_ToC.html">The Presbyterian Standards</a> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/beattie/wsc_be_038.html">The Resurrection and the General Judgment</a></li></ul><li>James Fisher's <a href="http://www.crta.org/documents/fisher/q0038.html" target="_blank">Catechism on the Catechism</a> <li>John Flavel's <i>Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism</i> <ul type="circle"><li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_038_a.html">Of Christ's Acknowledging Believers</a> <li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_038_b.html">Of Christ's Acquitting Believers</a> <li><a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/flavel/wsc_fl_038_c.html">Of the Full Enjoyment of God</a></li></ul><li>Matthew Henry's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/henry/wsc_he_038.html">A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's</a> <li>Thomas Vincent's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/vincent/wsc_vi_038.html">The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture</a> <li>Thomas Watson's <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/watson/wsc_wa_038.html">Body of Divinity</a> <li>John Whitecross' <a href="http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/whitecross/wsc_wh_038.html">The Shorter Catechism Illustrated</a></li></ul><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-61839539687057439052010-03-29T03:37:00.002-05:002010-03-29T03:56:19.100-05:00Day 142: The Resurrection of the Dead<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc087wcf32_2-3wlc88wcf33_1.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism Q.87;<br />Confession of Faith chapter 32 sections 2-3;<br />Larger Catechism Q. 88;<br />Confession of Faith chapter 33 section 1</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q87" name="Q87"><br /><b>Q.87</b></a>. <i>What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?</i><br /><b>A.</b> We are to believe that at the last day there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust [<a id="p419" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p379)" name="p379">t</a>]: when they that are then found alive shall in a moment be changed; and the selfsame bodies of the dead which were laid in the grave, being then again united to their souls forever, shall be raised up by the power of Christ [<a id="p420" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p380)" name="p380">v</a>]. The bodies of the just, by the Spirit of Christ, and by virtue of his resurrection as their head, shall be raised in power, spiritual, incorruptible, and made like to his glorious body [<a id="p421" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p381)" name="p381">w</a>]; and the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in dishonour by him, as an offended judge [<a id="p422" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p382)" name="p382">x</a>].</p><p>We are to believe that at the last day there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust [<a id="p465" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p379)" name="p379">t</a>]: </p><p>[<a id="p379" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p379" name="p379">t</a>] <b>Acts 24:15</b> And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that <i>there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust</i>.</p><p>when they that are then found alive shall in a moment be changed; and the selfsame bodies of the dead which were laid in the grave, being then again united to their souls forever, shall be raised up by the power of Christ [<a id="p466" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p380)" name="p380">v</a>]. </p><p>[<a id="p380" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p380" name="p380">v</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 15:51-53</b> Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but <i>we shall all be changed</i>, <b>Ver.52 </b><i>In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye</i>, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and <i>the dead shall be raised </i>incorruptible, and <i>we shall be changed</i>. <b>Ver.53 </b>For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.<br /><b>1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 </b>For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that <i>we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord </i>shall not prevent them which are asleep. <b>Ver.16 </b>For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and <i>the dead in Christ shall rise first</i>: <b>Ver.17 </b>Then <i>we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them </i>in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and <i>so shall we ever be with the Lord</i>.<br /><b>John 5:28-29</b> Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the <i>graves </i>shall hear his voice, <b>Ver.29 </b>And <i>shall come forth</i>; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and <i>they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation</i>.</p><p>The bodies of the just, by the Spirit of Christ, and by virtue of his resurrection as their head, shall be raised in power, spiritual, incorruptible, and made like to his glorious body [<a id="p467" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p381)" name="p381">w</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p381" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p381" name="p381">w</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 15:21-23</b> For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. <b>Ver.22 </b>For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. <b>Ver.23 </b>But every man in his own order: <i>Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s </i>at his coming. <b>Ver.42</b> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; <i>it is raised in incorruption</i>: <b>Ver.43 </b>It is sown in dishonour; <i>it is raised in glory</i>: it is sown in weakness; <i>it is raised in power</i>: <b>Ver.44 </b>It is sown a natural body; <i>it is raised a spiritual body</i>. <br /><b>Philippians</b><b> 3:21</b> Who shall <i>change our vile body</i>, that it may be fashioned <i>like unto his glorious body</i>, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.</p><p>and the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in dishonour by him, as an offended judge [<a id="p468" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p382)" name="p382">x</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p382" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p382" name="p382">x</a>] <b>John 5:27-29</b> And hath <i>given him authority to execute judgment </i>also, because he is the Son of man. <b>Ver.28 </b>Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the <i>graves</i> shall hear his voice, <b>Ver.29 </b>And <i>shall come forth</i>; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and <i>they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation</i>.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 25:33</b> And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, <i>but the goats on the left</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 32<br />II.</b> At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed [<a id="p5" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p5)" name="p5">e</a>]: and all the dead shall be raised up, with the selfsame bodies, and none other (although with different qualities), which shall be united again to their souls forever [<a id="p6" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p6)" name="p6">f</a>].</p><p>[e] <b>1 Thessalonians 4:17</b> <i>Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together </i>with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 15:51</b> Behold, I shew you a mystery; <i>We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed</i>, <b>Ver.52</b> <i>In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye</i>, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and <i>we shall be changed</i>.</p><p>[f] <b>Job 19:26</b> And though after my skin worms destroy this body, <i>yet in my flesh shall I see God</i>: <b>Ver.27</b> Whom I shall see for myself, and <i>mine eyes shall behold, and not another</i>; though my reins be consumed within me.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 15:42</b> So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; <i>it is raised in incorruption</i>: <b>Ver.43</b> It is sown in dishonour; <i>it is raised in glory</i>: it is sown in weakness; <i>it is raised in power</i>: <b>Ver.44</b> It is sown a natural body; <i>it is raised a spiritual body</i>. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.</p><p><b>III.</b> The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor: the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honor; and be made conformable to His own glorious body [<a id="p7" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p7)" name="p7">g</a>].</p><p>[g] <b>Acts 24:15</b> And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be <i>a resurrection of the dead</i>, both of the <i>just </i>and <i>unjust</i>.<br /><b>John 5:28</b> Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which <i>all that are in the graves shall hear his voice</i>, <b>Ver.29</b> And shall come forth; they that <i>have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation</i>.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 15:43</b> It is sown in dishonour; <i>it is raised in glory</i>: it is sown in weakness; <i>it is raised in power</i>:<br /><b>Philippians</b><b> 3:2</b> Who <i>shall change our vile body</i>, that it may be <i>fashioned like unto his glorious body</i>, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q88" name="Q88"><br /><b>Q.88</b></a>. <i>What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgment of angels and men [<a id="p423" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p383)" name="p383">y</a>]; the day and hour whereof no man knoweth, that all may watch and pray, and be ever ready for the coming of the Lord [<a id="p424" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p384)" name="p384">z</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p383" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p383" name="p383">y</a>] <b>2 Peter 2:4</b> For if God spared not the <i>angels</i> that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, <i>to be reserved unto judgment</i>;<br /><b>Jude 6 </b>And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath <i>reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day</i>. <b>Ver.7 </b>Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, <i>suffering the vengeance of eternal fire</i>. <b>Ver.14</b> And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, <i>Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints</i>, <b>Ver.15</b> <i>To execute judgment upon all</i>, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 25:46</b> And <i>these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal</i>.</p><p>[<a id="p384" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p384" name="p384">z</a>] <b>Matthew</b><b> 24:36</b> <i>But of that day and hour knoweth no man</i>, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. <b>Ver.42</b> <i>Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come</i>. <b>Ver.44</b> <i>Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh</i>.<br /><b>Luke 21:35-36</b> For <i>as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth</i>. <b>Ver.36 </b><i>Watch ye therefore, and pray always</i>, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, <i>and to stand before the Son of man</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 33.<br />I.</b> God has appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ [<a id="p1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1)" name="p1">a</a>], to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father [<a id="p2" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p2)" name="p2">b</a>]. In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged [<a id="p3" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p3)" name="p3">c</a>], but likewise all persons that have lived upon earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil [<a id="p4" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p4)" name="p4">d</a>].</p><p>God has appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ [<a id="p469" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1)" name="p1">a</a>], </p><p>[a] <b>Acts 17:31</b> Because he <i>hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained</i>; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.</p><p>to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father [<a id="p470" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p2)" name="p2">b</a>]. </p><p>[b] <b>John 5:22</b> For the Father judgeth no man, <i>but hath committed all judgment unto the Son</i>: <b>Ver.27</b> And <i>hath given him authority to execute judgment </i>also, because he is the Son of man.</p><p>In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged [<a id="p471" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p3)" name="p3">c</a>], </p><p>[c] <b>1 Corinthians 6:3</b> Know ye not that <i>we shall judge angels</i>? how much more things that pertain to this life?<br /><b>Jude 6</b> And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he <i>hath reserved in everlasting chains </i>under darkness unto <i>the judgment of the great day</i>.<br /><b>2 Peter 2:4 </b>For if God <i>spared not the angels </i>that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, <i>to be reserved unto judgment</i>.</p><p>but likewise all persons that have lived upon earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil [<a id="p472" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p4)" name="p4">d</a>].</p><p>[d] <b>2 Corinthians 5:10</b> For <i>we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ</i>; that every one may <i>receive the things </i>done in his body, according to that he hath done, <i>whether it be good or bad</i>.<br /><b>Ecclesiastes</b><b> 12:14 </b>For God shall <i>bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil</i>.<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 2:16</b> In the day when <i>God shall judge the secrets of men </i>by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.<br /><b>Romans</b><b> 14:10</b> But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for <i>we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ</i>. <b>Ver.12</b> So then <i>every one of us shall give account of himself to God</i>.<br /><b>Matthew</b><b> 12:36</b> But I say unto you, That <i>every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment</i>. <b>Ver.37</b> <i>For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><a href="http://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/s1._XXXII_AfterDeath.mp3">C<span style="font-size:85%;">HAPTER</span> XXXII. - Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Commentary by Gordon H. Clark</p><p><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/shaw/shaw_32.html">Chapter XXXII.</a> Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead - Exposition by Robert Shaw</p><p><a href="http://www.rtrc.net/documents/wcf/hodge/wcfaah32.htm">Chapter 32: Of the Sate of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Commentary by A.A. Hodge</p><p><a href="http://dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3605:Westminster-XXXII-Of-the-State-of-Men-After-Death-and-of-the-Resurrection-of-the-Dead&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">Westminster XXXII: Of the State of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Douglas Wilson</p><p><hr /><br /><p></p>Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-579416924776998732010-03-28T05:59:00.003-05:002010-03-28T09:42:45.942-05:00Day 141: Of the State Of Men after Death<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wcf32_1wsc37wlc86.mp3">Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 32, section 1;<br />Shorter Catechism Q.37; Larger Catechism Q.86</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Confession, Chapter 32<br /><span style="color:#0000af;">Of the State Of Men after Death, and Of the Resurrection Of the Dead</span><br />I.</b> The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption [<a id="p1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1)" name="p1">a</a>]: but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them [<a id="p2" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p2)" name="p2">b</a>]: the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies [<a id="p3" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p3)" name="p3">c</a>]. And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day [<a id="p4" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p4)" name="p4">d</a>]. Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledges none.</p>The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption [<a id="p448" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p1)" name="p1">a</a>]:<br /><br /><p>[a] <b>Genesis</b><b> 3:19</b> In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, <i>till thou return unto the ground</i>; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and <i>unto dust shalt thou return</i>.<br /><b>Acts 13:36</b> For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and <i>was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption</i>.</p><p>but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them [<a id="p449" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p2)" name="p2">b</a>]: </p><p>[b] <b>Luke 23:43</b> And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, <i>To day shalt thou be with me in paradise</i>.<br /><b>Ecclesiastes</b><b> 12:7</b> Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and <i>the spirit shall return unto God who gave it</i>.</p><p>the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies [<a id="p450" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p3)" name="p3">c</a>]. </p><p>[c] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 12:23</b> [22: But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,] To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to <i>God the Judge</i> of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.<br /><b>2 Corinthians 5:1</b> For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, <i>we have a building of God</i>, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. <b>Ver.6</b> Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. <b>Ver.8</b> We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be <i>absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord</i>.<br /><b>Philippians</b><b> 1:23</b> For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire <i>to depart, and to be with Christ</i>; which is far better.<br /><b>With Acts 3:21</b> Whom the <i>heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things</i>, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.<br /><b>Ephesians</b><b> 4:10</b> He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that <i>he might fill all things</i>.</p><p>And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day [<a id="p451" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p4)" name="p4">d</a>]. Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledges none.</p><p>[d] <b>Luke 16:23</b> And <i>in hell he lifted </i>up his eyes, <i>being in torments</i>, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. <b>Ver.24</b> And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; <i>for I am tormented in this flame</i>.<br /><b>Acts 1:25</b> That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that <i>he might go to his own place</i>.<br /><b>Jude 6</b> And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he <i>hath reserved in everlasting chains </i>under darkness unto <i>the judgment of the great day</i>. <b>Ver.7</b> Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, <i>suffering the vengeance of eternal fire</i>.<br /><b>1 Peter 3:19</b> By which also he went and preached unto <i>the spirits in prison</i>.</p><p>Recall <a href="http://www.dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3605:Westminster-XXXII-Of-the-State-of-Men-After-Death-and-of-the-Resurrection-of-the-Dead&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">the suggestion</a> by Douglas Wilson, which we read yesterday:</p><blockquote><p>The Confession says that besides heaven and hell, the Scripture does not acknowledge any other place, which I think is overstated. In the interests of combating Roman Catholic merit-mongering, the Westminster fathers fell short of what Scripture actually teaches. Hades or Sheol is not the same as Gehenna, and it is a place for departed spirits. Prior to the resurrection of Christ, Hades also contained Paradise, or the bosom of Abraham. This does not lend any credence to the Romanist views of purgation, but the existence of more than two places should still be acknowledged. The Church should at some time revise the Confession to say that there are no more than two final or ultimate destinations.</p></blockquote><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism</b><a id="Q37" name="Q37"><br /><b>Q. 37.</b></a> <i>What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness [<a id="p88" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p88)" name="p88">q</a>], and do immediately pass into glory [<a id="p89" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p89)" name="p89">r</a>]; and their bodies, being still united to Christ [<a id="p90" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p90)" name="p90">s</a>], do rest in their graves [<a id="p91" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p91)" name="p91">t</a>] till the resurrection [<a id="p92" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p92)" name="p92">v</a>].</p><p>The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness [<a id="p452" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p88)" name="p88">q</a>], </p><p>[q] <b>Hebrews 12:23</b> [22: But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,] To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and <i>to the spirits of just men made perfect</i>.</p><p>and do immediately pass into glory [<a id="p453" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p89)" name="p89">r</a>]; </p><p>[r] <b>2 Corinthians 5:1</b> For we know, that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle <i>were dissolved, we have a building of God</i>, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. <b>Ver.6</b> Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at <i>home in the body, we are absent from the Lord</i>: <b>Ver.8</b> We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be <i>absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord</i>.<br /><b>Philippians 1:23 </b>For I am in strait betwixt two, having a desire <i>to depart</i>, <i>and to be with Christ</i>; which is far better.<br /><b>Luke 23:43</b> And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, <i>To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise</i>.</p><p>and their bodies, being still united to Christ [<a id="p454" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p90)" name="p90">s</a>], </p><p>[s] <b>1 Thessalonians 4:14</b> For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, even so them also <i>which sleep in Jesus </i>will God bring with him.</p><p>do rest in their graves [<a id="p455" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p91)" name="p91">t</a>] </p><p>[t] <b>Isaiah 57:2</b> He shall enter into peace: <i>they shall rest in their beds</i>, each one walking in his uprightness.</p><p>till the resurrection [<a id="p456" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p92)" name="p92">v</a>].</p><p>[v] <b>Job 19:26</b> And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet <i>in my flesh shall I see God</i>: <b>Ver.27</b> <i>Whom I shall see for myself</i>, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q86" name="Q86"><br /><b>Q.86</b></a>. <i>What is the communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death is, in that their souls are then made perfect in holiness [<a id="p411" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p371)" name="p371">l</a>], and received into the highest heavens [<a id="p412" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p372)" name="p372">m</a>], where they behold the face of God in light and glory [<a id="p413" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p373)" name="p373">n</a>], waiting for the full redemption of their bodies [<a id="p414" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p374)" name="p374">o</a>], which even in death continue united to Christ [<a id="p415" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p375)" name="p375">p</a>], and rest in their graves as in their beds [<a id="p416" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p376)" name="p376">q</a>], till at the last day they be again united to their souls [<a id="p417" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p377)" name="p377">r</a>]. Whereas the souls of the wicked are at their death cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day [<a id="p418" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p378)" name="p378">s</a>].</p><p>The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death is, in that their souls are then made perfect in holiness [<a id="p457" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p371)" name="p371">l</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p371" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p371" name="p371">l</a>] <b>Hebrews 12:23</b> [22: But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,] To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and <i>to the spirits of just men made perfect</i>.</p><p>and received into the highest heavens [<a id="p458" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p372)" name="p372">m</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p372" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p372" name="p372">m</a>] <b>2 Corinthians 5:1</b> For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a <i>building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens</i>. <b>Ver.6</b> Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: <b>Ver.8</b> We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be <i>absent from the body</i>, and to be <i>present with the Lord</i>.<br /><b>Philippians 1:23</b> For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire <i>to depart</i>, <i>and to be with Christ; which is far better</i>:<br /><b>Acts 3:21</b> <i>Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things</i>, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.<br /><b>And with Ephesians 4:10</b> He that descended is the same also that <i>ascended up far above all heavens</i>, that he might fill all things.)</p><p>where they behold the face of God in light and glory [<a id="p459" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p373)" name="p373">n</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p373" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p373" name="p373">n</a>] <b>1 John 3:2</b> Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for <i>we shall see him as he is</i>.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 13:12</b> For now we see through a glass, darkly; <i>but then face to face</i>: now I know in part; but <i>then shall I know even as also I am known</i>.</p><p>waiting for the full redemption of their bodies [<a id="p460" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p374)" name="p374">o</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p374" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p374" name="p374">o</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 8:23</b> And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, <i>waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 16:9</b> Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: <i>my flesh also shall rest in hope</i>.</p><p>which even in death continue united to Christ [<a id="p461" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p375)" name="p375">p</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p375" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p375" name="p375">p</a>] <b>1 Thessalonians 4:14 </b>For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also <i>which sleep in Jesus</i> will God bring with him.</p><p>and rest in their graves as in their beds [<a id="p462" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p376)" name="p376">q</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p376" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p376" name="p376">q</a>] <b>Isaiah</b><b> 57:2</b> He shall enter into peace: <i>they shall rest in their beds</i>, each one walking in his uprightness.</p><p>till at the last day they be again united to their souls [<a id="p463" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p377)" name="p377">r</a>]. </p><p>[<a id="p377" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p377" name="p377">r</a>] <b>Job 19:26-27</b> And though after my skin worms destroy this body, <i>yet in my flesh shall I see God</i>: <b>Ver.27 </b>Whom I shall see for myself, and <i>mine eyes shall behold</i>, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.</p><p>Whereas the souls of the wicked are at their death cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day [<a id="p464" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p378)" name="p378">s</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p378" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p378" name="p378">s</a>] <b>Luke 16:23-24</b> And <i>in hell he lifted up his eyes</i>, <i>being in torments</i>, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. <b>Ver.24 </b>And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for <i>I am tormented in this flame</i>.<br /><b>Acts 1:25</b> That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, <i>that he might go to his own place</i>.<br /><b>Jude 6-7</b> And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath <i>reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day</i>. <b>Ver.7 </b>Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, <i>suffering the vengeance of eternal fire</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><a href="http://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/s1._XXXII_AfterDeath.mp3">C<span style="font-size:85%;">HAPTER</span> XXXII. - Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Commentary by Gordon H. Clark</p><p><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/shaw/shaw_32.html">Chapter XXXII.</a> Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead - Exposition by Robert Shaw</p><p><a href="http://www.rtrc.net/documents/wcf/hodge/wcfaah32.htm">Chapter 32: Of the Sate of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Commentary by A.A. Hodge</p><p><a href="http://dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3605:Westminster-XXXII-Of-the-State-of-Men-After-Death-and-of-the-Resurrection-of-the-Dead&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">Westminster XXXII: Of the State of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Douglas Wilson</p><p><a href="http://www.heavendwellers.com/hd_rich_man_and_lazarus.htm">R<span style="font-size:85%;">ICH</span> M<span style="font-size:85%;">AN</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">AND</span> L<span style="font-size:85%;">AZARUS</span></a></p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-28376279568444330182010-03-27T05:42:00.000-05:002010-03-27T05:42:49.819-05:00Day 140: Of Communion of Saints, part 3<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wlc082_84-85.mp3">Westminster Larger Catechism, Q. 82, 84-85</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/03/not-day-140-scenes-from-coming.html">Explanation of How we Got Here</a> from the Tenth Commandment</p><p>"<a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTINC/70/pretpages.htm">Preterism</a>" - prophecies fulfilled in the <i><b>past<br /></b></i><a href="http://notcomingsoon.net/mt16x3.htm">Coming on His Throne in Judgment</a> - Matthew 16/Mark 8/Luke 9</p><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q82" name="Q82"><br /><b>Q.82</b></a>. <i>What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is</p><ul><li>in this life [<a id="p397" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p357)" name="p357">w</a>],</li><li>immediately after death [<a id="p398" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p358)" name="p358">x</a>], </li><li>and at last perfected at the resurrection and day of judgment [<a id="p399" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p359)" name="p359">y</a>].</li></ul><p>[<a id="p357" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p357" name="p357">w</a>] <b>2 Corinthians 3:18</b> But we all, <i>with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord</i>, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.</p><p>[<a id="p358" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p358" name="p358">x</a>] <b>Luke 23:43</b> And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, <i>To day shalt thou be with me in paradise</i>.</p><ul><li><strong>Luke 16:23<br /></strong>And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.</li><li><strong>2 Corinthians 12:4<br /></strong>how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.</li><li><strong>Revelation 2:7</strong><br />“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’</li></ul><p>Douglas Wilson <a href="http://www.dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3605:Westminster-XXXII-Of-the-State-of-Men-After-Death-and-of-the-Resurrection-of-the-Dead&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">writes</a>:</p><blockquote>In the interests of combating Roman Catholic merit-mongering, the Westminster fathers fell short of what Scripture actually teaches. Hades or Sheol is not the same as Gehenna, and it is a place for departed spirits. Prior to the resurrection of Christ, Hades also contained Paradise, or the bosom of Abraham. This does not lend any credence to the Romanist views of purgation, but the existence of more than two places should still be acknowledged. <b>The Church should at some time revise the Confession. . . .</b></blockquote><p>[<a id="p359" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p359" name="p359">y</a>] <b>1 Thessalonians 4:1</b>7 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to <i>meet the Lord in the air</i>: and <i>so shall we ever be with the Lord</i>.</p><p><a href="http://vftonline.org/VFTprayer/heaven/bereans.htm">Be a Berean</a></p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q84" name="Q84"><br /><b>Q.84</b></a>. <i>Shall all men die?</i><br /><b>A.</b> Death being threatened as the wages of sin [<a id="p404" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p364)" name="p364">d</a>], it is appointed unto all men once to die [<a id="p405" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p365)" name="p365">e</a>]; for that all have sinned [<a id="p406" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p366)" name="p366">f</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p364" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p364" name="p364">d</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 6:23</b> For <i>the wages of sin is death</i>; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</p><p>[<a id="p365" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p365" name="p365">e</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 9:27</b> And as <i>it is appointed unto men once to die</i>, but after this the judgment:</p><p>[<a id="p366" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p366" name="p366">f</a>] <b>Romans</b><b> 5:12</b> Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and <i>death by sin</i>; and <i>so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned</i>:</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q85" name="Q85"><br /><b>Q.85</b></a>. <i>Death, being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered from death, seeing all their sins are forgiven in Christ?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered from the sting and curse of it [<a id="p407" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p367)" name="p367">g</a>]; so that, although they die, yet it is out of God’s love [<a id="p408" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p368)" name="p368">h</a>], to free them perfectly from sin and misery [<a id="p409" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p369)" name="p369">i</a>], and to make them capable of further communion with Christ in glory, which they then enter upon [<a id="p410" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p370)" name="p370">k</a>].</p><p>The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered from the sting and curse of it [<a id="p444" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p367)" name="p367">g</a>]; </p><p>[<a id="p367" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p367" name="p367">g</a>] <b>1 Corinthians 15:26</b> <i>The last enemy </i>that shall be destroyed is death. <b>Ver.55</b> <i>O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory</i>? <b>Ver.56 </b>The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. <b>Ver.57 </b>But thanks be to God, which <i>giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ</i>.<br /><b>Hebrews</b><b> 2:15</b> And <i>deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage</i>.</p><p>so that, although they die, yet it is out of God’s love [<a id="p445" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p368)" name="p368">h</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p368" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p368" name="p368">h</a>] <b>Isaiah</b><b> 57:1-2</b> The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that <i>the righteous is taken away from the evil to come</i>. <b>Ver.2 </b><i>He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds</i>, each one walking in his uprightness.<br /><b>2 Kings 22:20 </b>Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and <i>thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace</i>; and <i>thine eyes shall not see all the <a href="http://vftonline.org/Patriarchy/predestination/sendevil.htm">evil which I will bring</a> upon this place. And they brought the king word again</i>.</p><p>to free them perfectly from sin and misery [<a id="p446" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p369)" name="p369">i</a>], </p><p>[<a id="p369" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p369" name="p369">i</a>] <b>Revelation 14:13</b> And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, <i>that they may rest from their labours</i>; and their works do follow them.<br /><b>Ephesians</b><b> 5:27</b> That he might <i>present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle</i>, or any such thing; but that it should be <i>holy and without blemish</i>.</p><p>and to make them capable of further communion with Christ in glory, which they then enter upon [<a id="p447" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#(p370)" name="p370">k</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p370" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7138907131330259957&postID=2837627956844433018#p370" name="p370">k</a>] <b>Luke 23:43</b> And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, <i>To day shalt thou be with me in paradise</i>.<br /><b>Philippians</b><b> 1:23</b> For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire <i>to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better</i>:</p><hr /><br /><strong>End of Lesson, Day 140</strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><em>For Further Study:</em><br /><p><a href="http://www.trinitylectures.org/MP3/s1._XXXII_AfterDeath.mp3">C<span style="font-size:85%;">HAPTER</span> XXXII. - Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Commentary by Gordon H. Clark</p><p><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/shaw/shaw_32.html">Chapter XXXII.</a> Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead - Exposition by Robert Shaw</p><p><a href="http://www.rtrc.net/documents/wcf/hodge/wcfaah32.htm">Chapter 32: Of the Sate of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Commentary by A.A. Hodge</p><p><a href="http://dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3605:Westminster-XXXII-Of-the-State-of-Men-After-Death-and-of-the-Resurrection-of-the-Dead&catid=52:notes-on-westminster">Westminster XXXII: Of the State of Men After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead</a> - Douglas Wilson</p>Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-57169998274531218272010-03-26T02:44:00.004-05:002010-03-26T05:13:26.950-05:00Not Day 140: Scenes from Coming Attractions<div align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/eschatology-preview.mp3">Eschatology: Scenes from Coming Attractions</a> </div><hr /><br /><p><b>Review:</b></p><p><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-60-of-law-of-god-part-1.html" target="_blank">Day 60: Of the Law of God, part 1</a> <span style="font-size:78%;">[new window]</span></p><dl><dt><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q91" name="Q82"><br /></a><a id="Q103" name="Q82"><b>Q.82</b></a>. <i>What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is </dt><dd>• in this life,<br />• immediately after death,<br />• and at last perfected at the resurrection and day of judgment.</dd><dt> </dt><dt>We covered "in this life" on <a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-101-of-communion-of-saints-part-2.html">Day 101: Of Communion of Saints, part 2</a>:</dt></dl><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism</b><a id="Q92" name="Q36"><br /><b>Q. 36.</b></a> <i>What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?</i> <p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q93" name="Q83"><br /><b>Q.83</b></a>. <i>What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy in this life?</i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><p><b>Preview</b></p><p><b>Now we're ready for "</b>The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ"</p><dl><dd>• immediately after death,<br />• and at last perfected at the resurrection and day of judgment.</dd></dl><p>covered in Larger Catechism Q 84-90<br />and Confession of Faith, last two chapters, 32-33</p><p>Here are "scenes from coming attractions:"</p><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q94" name="Q84"><br /><b>Q.84</b></a>. <i>Shall all men die?</i></p><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q95" name="Q85"><br /><b>Q.85</b></a>. <i>Death, being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered from death, seeing all their sins are forgiven in Christ?</i> <p><b>Westminster Confession, Chapter 32 </b>"<a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/wcf_with_proofs/ch_XXXII.html" target="body">Of the State Of Men after Death, and Of the Resurrection Of the Dead</a>" section 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism</b><a id="Q96" name="Q37"><br /><b>Q. 37.</b></a> <i>What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?</i> <p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q97" name="Q86"><br /><b>Q.86</b></a>. <i>What is the communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death?</i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><p>According the Westminster Standards, there is a period of time between death and the Second Coming, which is the next great event, which we looked at briefly on <a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-35-of-christ-mediator-part-11.html">Day 35: Of Christ the Mediator, part 11</a>:</p><p><b>Q. 56.</b> <i>How is Christ to be exalted in his coming again to judge the world?</i></p><p><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2009/12/christs-coming-to-judge-world.html">Christ's Coming to Judge the World</a></p><ul><li>Premillennial</li><li>Postmillennial</li><li>Amillennial</li></ul><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q98" name="Q87"><br /><b>Q.87</b></a>. <i>What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?</i> <p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 32, sections 2-3</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q99" name="Q88"><br /><b>Q.88</b></a>. <i>What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?</i> <p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 33</b>, "<a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/wcf_with_proofs/ch_XXXIII.html" target="body">Of the Last Judgment</a>," section 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q100" name="Q89"><b>Q.89</b></a>. <i>What shall be done to the wicked at the day of judgment?</i> <p><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 33 section 2.</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism</b><a id="Q101" name="Q38"><br /><b>Q. 38.</b></a> <i>What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?</i> <p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism</b><a id="Q102" name="Q90"><br /><b>Q.90</b></a>. <i>What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?</i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><hr /><br /><table cellpadding="4" width="100%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><b>Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 33 section 3.</b> As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin; and for the greater consolation of the godly in their adversity [<a id="p442" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p6)" name="p6">f</a>]: so will He have that day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will come; and may be ever prepared to say, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly, Amen [<a id="p443" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p7)" name="p7">g</a>].</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>End of Preview</strong></p><strong><hr /> </strong><br /><p><strong>Previous Studies:</strong></p><p><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2009/11/enthronement-of-christ.html">The Enthronement of Christ</a></p><p><a href="http://westminster180.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-of-lord.html">"The Day of The Lord"</a></p><strong><hr /> </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong>Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-37247353833634107602010-03-25T04:17:00.002-05:002010-03-25T05:02:03.501-05:00Not Day 140 - Catch-Up Day<p align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/catch-up.mp3">Audio: Why a "Catch-up Day?"</a></p><hr /><br /><p>I'm declaring today a "catch-up day." Those of you who are behind schedule can catch up if you wish.</p><p>Yesterday I said I would pick up a couple of questions from the Larger Catechism on the Law of God, then consider the Exposition of the Lord's Prayer and the doctrine of prayer.</p><p>This was based on an earlier outline of our 180-day study based on a couple of Harmonies of the Westminster Standards which, as I mentioned before, were based on the Confession of Faith rather than the Larger Catechism. I had thought that the proper place to categorize the Doctrine of Prayer would be after the Tenth Commandment, "Thou shalt not covet." James talks about those who covet, and suggests that the answer to coveting is prayer:</p><dl><dd><span style="color:#000000;">James 4:2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.<br />James 5:1 Come now, <i>you</i> rich, <span style="font-size:78%;">2</span> Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. <span style="font-size:78%;">3</span> Your gold and silver are corroded, <span style="font-size:78%;">16</span> The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.</span></dd></dl><p>So this seemed like a good transition to the material in the Larger Catechism on prayer, as well as some material in the Confession from chapter 21.</p><p><span style="color:#000000;">Following this would be the doctrine of the Communion of Saints, Larger Catechism 82ff., and then </span>we would return to the last chapters of the Confession, on eschatology:</p><dl><p><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/wcf_with_proofs/ch_XXXII.html" target="new">Chapter XXXII -- Of the State Of Men after Death, and Of the Resurrection Of the Dead</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.reformed.org/documents/wcf_with_proofs/ch_XXXIII.html" target="new">Chapter XXXIII -- Of the Last Judgment</a> </p></dl><p>Personally, I like the material on prayer in the Catechism better than the material on eschatology in the Confession. The Confession ends with eschatology, which is certainly not inappropriate (what better position for <i>eschatology</i> -- the study of "<i><b>last </b>things</i>" -- than ... <em>last</em>). But I find that the section on prayer is encouraging and ending on this note will leave us with a positive agenda to walk away with, while the section on eschatology, I think, will not have as positive an impact. I'll explain that when we get there.</p><p>Today I'm going to be thinking about whether to follow the Confession and end with Eschatology, or follow the Catechism and end with prayer. If you have thoughts, post them to the blog or respond to this email.</p><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/178">Question 178: What is prayer?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/179">Question 179: Are we to pray unto God only?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/180">Question 180: What is it to pray in the name of Christ?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/181">Question 181: Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/182">Question 182: How does the Spirit help us to pray?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/183">Question 183: For whom are we to pray?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/184">Question 184: For what things are we to pray?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/185">Question 185: How are we to pray?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/186">Question 186: What rule has God given for our direction in the duty of prayer?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/187">Question 187: How is the Lord's Prayer to be used?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/188">Question 188: Of how many parts does the Lord's Prayer consist?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/189">Question 189: What does the preface of the Lord's Prayer teach us?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/190">Question 190: What do we pray for in the first petition?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/191">Question 191: What do we pray for in the second petition?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/192">Question 192: What do we pray for in the third petition?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/193">Question 193: What do we pray for in the fourth petition?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/194">Question 194: What do we pray for in the fifth petition?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/195">Question 195: What do we pray for in the sixth petition?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.catechizeme.com/catechisms/westminster_larger_catechism/questions/196">Question 196: What does the conclusion of the Lord's Prayer teach us?</a>Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138907131330259957.post-88784114158085044112010-03-24T04:47:00.002-05:002010-03-24T04:57:28.515-05:00Day 139: The Tenth Commandment<p align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/audio/wsc079-81wlc146-148.mp3">Westminster Shorter Catechism Q.79-81;<br />Larger Catechism Q.146-148</a></p><hr /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://westminster180.com/10th-table.htm">Table</a> </p><div align="center"><hr /></div><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q79" name="Q79"><b>Q. 79.</b></a> <i>Which is the tenth commandment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The tenth commandment is, <i>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s</i> [<a id="p161" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p161)" name="p161">r</a>].</p><p>[r] <b>Exodus</b><b> 20:17</b> </p><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q146" name="Q146"><b>Q.146</b></a><b>.</b> <i>Which is the tenth commandment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The tenth commandment is, <i>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shall not covet they neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s</i> [<a id="p913" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p913)" name="p913">a</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p920" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p913" name="p913">a</a>] <b>Exodus</b><b> 20:17</b> </p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q80" name="Q80"><b>Q. 80.</b></a> <i>What is required in the tenth commandment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition [<a id="p162" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p162)" name="p162">s</a>], with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his [<a id="p163" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p163)" name="p163">t</a>].</p><p>[s] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 13:5</b> Let your conversation be without covetousness; and <i>be content with such things as ye have</i>: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.<br /><b>1 Timothy 6:6</b> But godliness <i>with contentment </i>is great gain.</p><p>[t] <b>Job 31:29</b> <i>If I rejoiced at the destruction of him </i>that hated me, <i>or lifted up myself when evil found him</i>.<br /><b>Romans 12:15</b> <i>Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.</i><br /><b>1 Timothy 1:5</b> <i>Now, the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart</i>, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 13:4</b> <i>Charity suffereth long</i>, and is kind; <i>charity envieth not</i>; <i>charity vaunteth not itself</i>, is not puffed up, <b>Ver.5</b> <i>Doth not behave itself unseemly</i>, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; <b>Ver.6</b> Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; <b>Ver.7</b> <i>Beareth all things</i>, believeth all things, hopeth all things, <i>endureth all things</i>.</p><br /><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q147" name="Q147"><b>Q.147</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are the duties required in the tenth commandment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition [<a id="p914" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p914)" name="p914">b</a>], and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbour, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his [<a id="p915" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p915)" name="p915">c</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p921" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p914" name="p914">b</a>] <b>Hebrews</b><b> 13:5</b> Let your conversation be without covetousness; and <i>be content with such things as ye have</i>: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.<br /><b>1 Timothy 6:6</b> But <i>godliness with contentment </i>is great gain.</p><p>[<a id="p922" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p915" name="p915">c</a>] <b>Job 31:29</b> <i>If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me</i>, or lifted up myself when evil found him:<br /><b>Romans 12:15</b> <i>Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep</i>.<br /><b>Psalm</b><b> 122:7-9</b> <i>Peace be within thy walls</i>, and prosperity within thy palaces. <b>Ver.8 </b>For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, <i>Peace be within thee</i>. <b>Ver.9 </b>Because of the house of the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> our God <i>I will seek thy good</i>.<br /><b>1 Timothy 1:5</b> Now <i>the end of the commandment is charity </i>out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:<br /><b>Esther 10:3</b> For <i>Mordecai</i> the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, <i>seeking the wealth of his people</i>, and speaking peace to all his seed.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 13:4-7</b> <i>Charity suffereth long</i>, <i>and is kind</i>; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, <b>Ver.5 </b>Doth not behave itself unseemly, <i>seeketh not her own</i>, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; <b>Ver.6 </b>Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but <i>rejoiceth in the truth</i>; <b>Ver.7 </b><i>Beareth all things</i>, believeth all things, hopeth all things, <i>endureth all things</i>.</p><hr /><br /><p><b>Westminster Shorter Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q81" name="Q81"><b>Q. 81.</b></a> <i>What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate [<a id="p164" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p164)" name="p164">v</a>], envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour [<a id="p165" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p165)" name="p165">w</a>], and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his [<a id="p166" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p166)" name="p166">x</a>].</p><p>[v] <b>1 Kings 21:4</b> And Ahab came into his house <i>heavy and displeased </i>because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers: and <i>he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread</i>.<br /><b>Esther 5:13</b> <i>Yet all this availeth me nothing</i>, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 10:10</b> <i>Neither murmur ye</i>, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.</p><p>[w] <b>Galatians</b><b> 5:26</b> Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, <i>envying one another</i>.<br /><b>James 3:14</b> But <i>if ye have bitter envying </i>and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. <b>Ver.16</b> For <i>where envying and strife is</i>, there is confusion, and every evil work.</p><p>[x] <b>Romans 7:7</b> What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law: for <i>I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet</i>. <b>Ver.8</b> But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, <i>wrought in me all manner of concupiscence</i>. For without the law sin was dead.<br /><b>Romans 13:9</b> For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, <i>Thou shalt not covet</i>; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself [Leviticus 19:18].<br /><b>Deuteronomy 5:21</b> <i>Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour;s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.</i></p><p><b>Westminster Larger Catechism<br /></b><a id="Q148" name="Q148"><b>Q.148</b></a><b>.</b> <i>What are the sins forbidden in the tenth commandment?</i><br /><b>A.</b> The sins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, discontentment with our own estate [<a id="p916" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p916)" name="p916">d</a>]; envying [<a id="p917" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p917)" name="p917">e</a>] and grieving at the good of our neighbour [<a id="p918" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p918)" name="p918">f</a>], together with all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his [<a id="p919" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#(p919)" name="p919">g</a>].</p><p>[<a id="p916" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p916" name="p916">d</a>] <b>1 Kings 21:4</b> And <i>Ahab </i>came into his house <i>heavy and displeased </i>because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And <i>he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread</i>.<br /><b>Esther 5:13 </b>Yet <i>all this availeth me nothing</i>, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.<br /><b>1 Corinthians 10:10</b> <i>Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured</i>, and were destroyed of the destroyer.</p><p>[<a id="p917" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p917" name="p917">e</a>] <b>Galatians</b><b> 5:26</b> Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, <i>envying one another</i>.<br /><b>James 3:14</b> But if ye have <i>bitter envying </i>and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. <b>Ver.16</b> For <i>where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work</i>.</p><p>[<a id="p918" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p918" name="p918">f</a>] <b>Psalm</b><b> 112:9-10</b> He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; <i>his horn shall be exalted with honour</i>. <b>Ver.10 </b><i>The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth</i>, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.<br /><b>Nehemiah</b><b> 2:10</b> When <i>Sanballat </i>the Horonite, and <i>Tobiah </i>the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, <i>it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel</i>.</p><p>[<a id="p919" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7138907131330259957#p919" name="p919">g</a>] <b>Romans 7:7-8</b> What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for <i>I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet</i>. <b>Ver.8 </b>But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.<br /><b>Romans 13:9</b> For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, <i>Thou shalt not covet</i>; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.<br /><b>Colossians</b><b> 3:5</b> Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, <i>inordinate affection, evil concupiscence</i>, and <i>covetousness</i>, which is idolatry: <b><br />Deuteronomy 5:21</b> <i>Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house</i>, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.</p><hr /><br /><p><strong>End of Lesson, Day 139</strong></p><hr />Kevin Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928605106263140137noreply@blogger.com0