Friday, June 29, 2012

Summer!

Summer is finally here! I am so happy about it.
I mean like...it is warm outside!!! Yay!
I weed-whacked weeds yesterday, so that was really nice to finally do! I have so many more weeds to do! Oh, the joys of farm life, aye?
Today, I weed-whacked some more...It was in the 90s F. today....I like the heat, but not the humidity....

Ohh, and I saw this really funny Youtube video...okay, I founds "tons" of funny ones, but I'll just share this one for now. :) Enjoy!! xD
Click link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=OHdO2U4PUwk

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Christian Sabbath, Part 4: The Meaning of the Sabbath by Rev. Brian Schwertley

I finished another excellent sermon by Rev. Brian Schwertley on "the Christian Sabbath". This time part 4--"The meaning of the Sabbath".  As I have said before, I highly recommend you all to listen to it. (And tell me what you think!)
God bless and may you glorify and enjoy the Lord...And keep His Sabbath Holy!


http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=340723136

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Today we went to a park with some friends...

Today we went to a park with some friends...

I took this picture when the sun was setting; isn't God's Creation just a wonder to behold! (This picture was not touched-up in any way.)


My one friend took this picture of me and I just "had" to share it. I was wearing my favourite shirt (It says, "Abortion stops a beating heart") and holding a baby, so we decided it would be a great combination for a picture.


Well, hope y'all enjoyed! I'll hopefully post more before the end  of the week.
But Goodnight for now! :)
Cheers!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Brian Schwertley on the public means of grace and the Lord’s Day

(Shared from:http://americancovenanter89.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/brian-schwertley-on-the-public-means-of-grace-and-the-lords-day/

Brian Schwertley

“The sabbath day is the day that God has set aside for the public worship of Himself. This involves preaching from the Bible, [1] reading the Word of God, [2] the administration of the sacraments, [3] the giving of tithes, [4] hearing the Word of God, [5] prayer to God, [6] and the singing of psalms. [7] Those who believe and teach that church attendance and public worship are optional do not understand the Scriptures. Those who claim Christ as Savior, yet neglect the public gathering of God’s covenant people on the Lord’s day, the day specifically set aside to honor Jesus Christ, are Christ-dishonoring hypocrites. “The New Testament sabbath being observed on the first day of the week, is without doubt designed particularly for the honor of Christ, and to be celebrated as an abiding memorial of his resurrection from the dead, by which he was declared to be the Son of God with power, and our accepted surety: for, as by dying he paid our debt, being ‘delivered for our offenses,’ so by his resurrection he took out our acquittance, for he ‘was raised again for our justification,’ Rom. iv. 25. The advancement of that despised Stone to be the head of the corner, was that which made this day remarkable, Ps. cxviii. 22, 24; and they who despise this dignified day, do in effect still trample upon that exalted Stone.” [8] When God has given us six days in which to conduct our affairs, the missing of public worship for sleep, business or personal pleasure is inexcusable. The state of our hearts is proved by our outward actions (Mt. 6:16-20); to neglect the public honoring of Jesus Christ for any reason other than illness or emergency proves that one’s love and allegiance to Christ are a sham.”
Rev. Brian M. Schwertley, The Christian Sabbath: Examined, Proved, Applied 

[1] Mt. 26:13; Mk. 16:15; Ac. 9:20, 17:10, 20:8; 1 Cor. 14:28; 2 Tim. 4:2.
[2 Mk. 4:16-20; Ac. 1:13, 13:15, 16:13; 1 Tim. 4:13; 1 Cor. 11:20; Rev. 1:13.
[3] Mt. 26:26-29, 28:19; Ac. 20:11; 1 Cor. 11:24-25. The neglect of public worship on the Lord’s Day shows not only a total disregard of the fourth commandment, but also a disregard of the sacrament of the Lord’s supper and God’s visible church. God instituted a government—an authority structure—for His visible church. The administration of the Lord’s supper is to be done on the Lord’s day by a duly-appointed minister of the gospel. The Lord’s supper is a public ordinance that is only for members of Christ’s visible church. It also is only to be taken after the preaching of God’s Word. In the Lord’s supper, Christ’s death is showed forth. Believers, by faith, spiritually feed upon Christ and are made “partakers of his body and blood with all his benefits.” To purposely avoid becoming a member of Christ’s visible church, and especially to spurn the Lord’s table, is in a sense a form ofself-excommunication. In the parable of the wedding feast those who refused to come because of various excuses (business, etc.) were cast into outer darkness (Mt. 22:1-14). Although this parable applies specifically to those who reject the gospel, what about those who spurn the Lord’s table in order to sleep in or go to the beach, etc.?
[4] 1 Cor. 16:1-2.
[5] Lk. 2:46, 4:20; Ac. 8:31, 20:9; Rom. 10:41; Jas. 1:22.
[6] Dt. 22:5; Mt. 6:9; 1 Cor. 11:13-15; Phil. 4:6; 1 Th. 5:17; Heb. 13:18; Jas. 1:5.
[7] 1 Chr. 16:9; Ps. 95:1-2, 105:2; 1 Cor. 14:26; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16.
[8] Matthew Henry, Works (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979), 1:125.