Posted by: thaishin | May 2, 2024

Our merciful, compassionate Christ by JC Ryle

Let us take comfort in the thought that the Lord Jesus does not cast off His believing people because of failures and imperfections. He knows what they are.

He takes them, as the husband takes the wife, with all their blemishes and defects, and once joined to Him by faith, will never leave them. He is a merciful and compassionate High-priest. It is His glory to pass over the transgressions of His people, and to cover their many sins. He knew what they were before conversion–wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved them. He knows what they will be after conversion–weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves them. He has undertaken to save them, notwithstanding all their shortcomings, and what He has undertaken He will perform.

source: http://www.jcryle.info

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Posted by: thaishin | April 27, 2024

Who are the Samaritans?

Question on openline radio on April 20, 2024 hour 1 @7:59

Listener:

My question is what was the group that make up the Samaritans? They were Jewish and what was the other group?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

https://www.moodyradio.org/radioplayer.aspx?episode=587539&hour=1

Summary of Answer:

The Samaritans was a people group who are descendants owing to the intermarriage of Jews and Assyrians. The Assyrian captivity started in 721 BC when the Assyrians conquered the ten northern tribes of Israel. They did two things: Firstly, they exiled the Jews to Assyria. Secondly, for those who remined, they brought the Assyrians to the land of Israel and there they intermarried and they became known as Samaritans. The Samaritans syncretized and corrupted the Torah to give the Samarian Pentateuch.

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Posted by: thaishin | April 20, 2024

6 marks of the believer’s growth in grace summary by JC Ryle

1. One mark of growth in grace, is increased HUMILITY. 

https://thaishin.blog/2023/11/27/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-1-by-jc-ryle

https://thaishin.blog/2023/12/04/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-1a-by-jc-ryle

2. Another mark of growth in grace, is increased FAITH and LOVE towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

https://thaishin.blog/2024/01/07/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-2-by-jc-ryle

3. Another mark of growth in grace, is increased HOLINESS of life and conduct. 

https://thaishin.blog/2024/01/24/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-3-by-jc-ryle

4. Another mark of growth in grace, is increased SPIRITUALITY of taste and mind.

https://thaishin.blog/2024/02/19/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-4-by-jc-ryle

5. Another mark of growth in grace, is increase in LOVE to others.

https://thaishin.blog/2024/03/03/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-5-by-jc-ryle

6. One more mark of growth in grace, is increased ZEAL and diligence in trying to do good to souls.

https://thaishin.blog/2024/03/24/6-marks-of-the-believers-growth-in-grace-part-6-by-jc-ryle

Source: http://www.jcryle.info

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Posted by: thaishin | March 31, 2024

Easter 03/31/2024

My Lord and my Saviour is risen!

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Posted by: thaishin | March 29, 2024

Good Friday 03/29/2024

Remembering the extreme pain He experienced on the cross for us.

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Posted by: thaishin | March 24, 2024

6 marks of the believer’s growth in grace part 6 by JC Ryle

One more mark of growth in grace, is increased ZEAL and diligence in trying to do good to souls. The man who is really growing, will take greater interest in the salvation of sinners every year. Missions at home and abroad, efforts of every kind to spread the gospel, attempts of any sort to increase gospel light and diminish gospel darkness — all these things will every year have a greater place in his attention.

He will not become “weary in well-doing,” just because he does not see every effort succeed. He will not care less for the progress of Christ’s cause on earth, as he grows older, though he will learn to expect less. He will just work on, whatever the result may be — giving, praying, speaking, visiting, according to his position — and count his work its own reward. One of the surest marks of spiritual decline — is a decreased interest about the souls of others, and the growth of Christ’s kingdom. Would anyone know whether he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for increased concern about the salvation of souls.

source: http://www.jcryle.info

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Posted by: thaishin | March 19, 2024

Was the Torah an oral recitation only?

Openline on Moody Radio March 9, hour 1 @28:58

Listener: I know that the first five books of the bible are attributed to Moses but how did they make it to actually being penned? I don’t think Moses had parchment paper, did he? Was it passed down orally? Who actually wrote it down? (extract of question)

Answer by Dr Michael Rydelnik:

https://www.moodyradio.org/radioplayer.aspx?episode=578072&hour=1

Summary of answer from Dr Michael Rydelnik (the second part of his answer):

Moses wrote the Torah at about 1400 BC. It could be that when his father-in-law Jethro suggested to him to delegate some of his responsibilities to God-fearing Israelites that possibly Moses found time to do some writing. Or possibly, Moses could be taking personal notes and maybe writing it down at the end of his life. The writings were done on skin, goat skins or lamb skins. That was Torah 1.0.

The Hebrew word for the Pentateuch was the Torah. Pentateuch is a greek word for Torah.

Ezra 7:10 says Ezra sought to practice it and also to teach it. Ezra was the one who edited the Torah. For example, he was the one who added the story of the death of Moses in Deuteronomy 34. Another example of editing that was done by Ezra was the change of the name Lachish, the name of the Canaanite city before it was conquered. In the bible, it is called Dan. That would be Torah 2.0.

What happened next was that the bible was beginning to be faithfully copied.

Scriptures:

Ezra 7

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. -nkjv

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. -kjv

10 For Ezra had firmly resolved to study the Law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. -nasb

10 For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. -niv

Deuteronomy 34

5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but no one knows his grave to this day. 7 Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. … -nkjv

5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: … -kjv

 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, in accordance with the word of the Lord. 6 And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows his burial place to this day. 7 Although Moses was 120 years old when he died, -nasb

5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | March 3, 2024

6 marks of the believer’s growth in grace part 5 by JC Ryle

Another mark of growth in grace, is increase in LOVE to others. The man whose soul is growing, is more full of love every year — of love to all men — but especially of love towards the brethren.

His love will show itself actively — in a growing disposition to do kindnesses, to take trouble for others, to be good-natured to everybody, to be generous, sympathizing, thoughtful, tender-hearted and considerate.

His love will show itself passively — in a growing disposition to be meek and patient towards all men, to put up with provocation and not stand upon his rights, to bear and forbear much rather than quarrel. A growing soul will try to put the best construction on other people’s conduct, and to believe all things and hope all things, even to the end. There is no surer mark of backsliding and falling off in grace — than an increasing disposition to find fault, pick holes, and see weak points in others. Would anyone know if he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for increasing love to others.

source: http://www.jcryle.info

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Posted by: thaishin | February 28, 2024

If Tyre is destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in Ezekiel, where is the Tyre mentioned in Acts 12?

Open line on 24 February 2024 hour 2@1:18

Listener:

I have a question, in Ezekiel, the Lord told Ezekiel that Tyre was going to be completely destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar would come and it would be completely destroyed. Yet Acts 12 talked about Herod quarrelling with Tyre and Sidon, when was it actually destroyed?

Answer from Michael Rydelnik:

https://www.moodyradio.org/radioplayer.aspx?episode=575471&hour=2

Summary of answer:

Tyre was defeated but not destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. Just a couple of hundred years later, Alexander the Great used the navies of multiple nations to besiege Tyre. The people of Tyre fled the city and went to an island off the coast of Tyre and hid there. The men of Alexander the Great went to Tyre and took all the buildings and all the rocks and tossed them into the sea and made Tyre a bare rock as prophesied in Ezekiel 26. They then built a causeway out to the island and they went to the city on the island. The city of Tyre in Acts 12 was rebuilt but not on the same site. Tyre still exists today in Lebanon.

Scripture:

Ezekiel 26

26 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,’ 3 therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. 4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord. -esv

26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

3 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. 5 It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. 6 Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ -njkv

26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord. -kjv

26 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,’ 3 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. 5 Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations, 6 and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord. -niv

Acts 12

20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king’s country. -nkjv

20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country. -kjv

20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain,[b] they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.  -esv

20 He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | February 19, 2024

6 marks of the believer’s growth in grace part 4 by JC Ryle

Another mark of growth in grace, is increased SPIRITUALITY of taste and mind. The man whose soul is growing, takes more interest in spiritual things every year. He does not neglect his duty in the world. He discharges faithfully, diligently and conscientiously — every relation of life, whether at home or abroad. But the things he loves best are spiritual things. The amusements and recreations of the world, have a continually decreasing place in his heart. He does not condemn them as downright sinful, nor say that those who have anything to do with them are going to Hell. He only feels that they have a constantly diminishing hold on his own affections — and gradually seem smaller and more trifling in his eyes. Spiritual companions, spiritual occupations, spiritual conversation — are of ever-increasing value to him. Would anyone know if he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for increasing spirituality of taste.

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