LOVE YOUR ENEMIES!!!!

The reason that we are to love our enemies is because God loved His enemies first. His love was displayed when His Son, Christ Jesus, died on the cross to provide the only way for humans, enemies of God, to be reconciled to him. So we should praise Him for that.

Praise God as the One who provides justice to the sinners and also justifies the sinner. Praise God for redeeming those who trust in His Son alone for salvation. Praise God for the destruction of those who are lawless before him. Praise God for giving you one more chance to believe before you face eternal damnation because of your sins.

Since the last update post.

It has been awhile since I had an update on my life. This post will give a short update on my life. This last semester was my hardest yet. I was finishing a paper from last deployment and also started Greek Class. I would have to work really hard this semester to maintain a decent GPA. My work load would include Genesis (which was one of my harder classes), Greek (the other hard class), Acts (it was kinda a joke), Church Ministry (which was a joke), and Theology (which was my best class). I was also in Worship Orchestra. I would finish this year with a 3.62.

What was more exciting that mid way through the year, I started dating a girl that I meet in one of my class. To protect her, I will not give her name. It has been great to get to know her over the past 3.5 months. I was also able to travel with her to her home and get to know her family.

This semester, I have another heavy load. I am taking Hermeneutics, Old Testament Backgrounds, another Greek class, Romans, Intro to Missions, and US. History. This should be a harder year. I also started to work at the computer lab on campus. This should be a fun an exciting time.

Well, there is a quick update of what is happening.

John MacArthur Quote

‎"The greatest persecutor of evangelical Christianity is probably liberal Christianity"

Whose presence is thus promised and pledged?

This is from GraceGems.org and is a daily e-mail I receive. I post this one because of the beauty which is in Christ. There was been a few edits from the original b/c of some format errors. The original content has not been changed.

Whose presence is thus promised and pledged?

(Octavius Winslow, Christ is Ever With You!" 1863)

"Lo, I am with you always--even unto the end of the world!" Matthew 28:20

Whose presence is thus promised and pledged?

It is the presence of Christ! The Christ who is God. "Immanuel, God with us!"

The Christ who . . .
made all worlds,
created all beings,
governs all empires,
controls all events!

The Christ who replenishes . . .
earth with beauty,
heaven with glory,
eternity with song!

The Christ before whom angels and archangels, principalities and powers bend, and at whose name every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that He is Lord!

The Christ . . .
whose glory is divine,
whose beauty is peerless,
whose wealth is boundless,
whose love is as infinite as His being!

The Christ who . . .
bore and put away your sins forever,
uplifted and forever removed your curse,
paid all your great debt to Divine justice,
sorrowed for you in the garden,
suffered and expired in your stead on the cross,
rose from the grave, ascended up to heaven, lives and intercedes for you, representing your person and presenting your prayers and praises with ineffable acceptance and delight--to His Father and your Father, to His God and your God.

"Lo, I am with you always! Mark! Behold! I the Incarnate God, I who opened my bleeding heart for your redemption on Calvary, I who am your dearest Friend--I am with you always, in all places, and at all times, unto the end of the world!"

O honored saint of God! You have . . .
the Divinest in the universe to love you,
the Mightiest in the universe to shield you,
the Loveliest in the universe to delight you,
the Dearest in the universe to soothe, cheer, and gladden you!
O favored disciple of Jesus--you have such a one ever at your side!

This is the promise of promises--the richest pearl of all the promises, exceeding in its mightiness and preciousness; while it is the substance, sweetness, and pledge of all the rest!

Commentary of 2 Timothy 3:1-4:13

FINAL UPDATE!!!!!!!! I have finished and now is posted on Google Doc. To read the whole Commentary click on any of the links or here.

UPDATED AGAIN!!!!! I have updated with the second point finished.

UPDATE!!!! I have updated the commentary proper. It has not been proof read. It is over 2 Timothy 3:1-13. I will take a while to download.

If you want to read my commentary as I work on it, you can.

To read the background info, click here.

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Please note, that there is some formating errors because it was written in Word and has line that are were not imported and also footnotes that did get imported.

Thanks Management.

1 Corinthians 7

I was reading 1 Corinthians 7 for a my daily Bible reading. I noticed Paul was not advocating the statement about not have sexual relations with a women.

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. (1 Corinthians 7:1-5, ESV)

Verse 1 says, "Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: 'It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.' " Paul received a letter where the people of Corinth must have said something about not having sex, married or unmarried. Paul will refute that statement over the next 4 verses.

I noticed that this because Paul says "but" to start verse 2. But is a contrasting word. What is really saying that it is better for husband and wife to have sex because it will help them to not have sexual sins. Paul starts this off with, "because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband." Corinth would be like Las Vegas today. Sexual sin was a normal everyday event. The main temple was to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. There was lots of temple prostitution in Corinth. It seems that the Church in Corinth said for no one can have sex. So Paul said no, men needs one wife and women need only their husband.

Paul in verse 3 and 4 tells men and women to give to their spouse their conjugal rights. Basically they should fulfill their duties to have sex.  The reason is that they do not control their bodies but the other member does.

Verse 5 then tells us that there can be a small amount of time to have sexual relations with your spouse. That time should be a time of prayer lest the devil temps the members with sexual immorality. It also is based on an agreeable amount of time by both parties, not because one is mad at the other.

It seems to say that married people should have sex when there is a desire to be intimate with each other. The neglecting of this desire can cause one or both members to sin in sexual immorality.  When it is neglected, it should be done for a short period of time and there needs to be an agreement. 

Now, this does not include single people. They are not to engage in sex because it was designed by God for the use in marriage. If they have having problems with lust, they need to get married (1 Cor.7:9).

Only by God's Sovereign Will

This past week has been one that only God could have orchestrated. I went to Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) in Washington D.C. for the morning service.  I got their at what I though was a good time and I was wrong. The only seats open were in the balcony and behind the pulpit. The service was amazing. There was lots of prayers and the songs were just Christ-centered. They were old hymns but there were some newer songs. The sermon was gospel-centered and the gospel was proclaimed. It was just a big encouragement to seat through.

After the service, the gentlemen seating next to me asked who I was. He saw my face and told me his name was Scott. I then said his full name and then he realized that we have meet before. We did meet the first time I was at CHBC in February. He asked if I had any plans for the day. I told him that my plans were to visit the National Mall and walk around (I thought about witnessing to people also). He invited me to lunch. We had lunch a the Eastern Market, which is only a couple of block from CHBC. We had a delightful time. We encouraged each other as I talked a little about what God had thought me through my deployment, especially James 4:6. We found out that we had lot in common with what we are dealing with in our lives.

After our talk, I would go on to the National Mall and he would meet with a member of CHBC. I would continue to think about the chat and the sermon. I would also attend the night service and be blessed with even more prayer and communion. It was just an amazing day in God's presence.

This happened because of God. CHBC is a larger church and I would have never seen Scott again unless God ordained the meeting, which he did. To God be all the glory.