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My Husband, My brother in Christ
Christ Alone: The Object of Our Faith
The object of our faith is never ourselves, it is Christ alone.--my husband's response to Rob Bell
"We must not fondly imagine that we can do whatever we choose; but we may fairly expect that whenever God allots us a work, he will give us grace adequate to accomplish it. Peter walking on the sea without divine permission would be presumption to attempt, and an impossibility to perform; but Peter, with Christ's assent, might have walked across the Atlantic itself if his faith had not failed. So it is with you. If your Lord has called you to a work, rely upon him for the power to achieve it; he will not forsake you; but if it is merely your own whim or caprice which has thrust you into a position for which you are not qualified, you have no right to reckon upon the divine aid to speed your false steps. Blessed is he who goes to his Father and asks his counsel, for he shall always find that where God gives us guidance he will give us grace."--C.H. Spurgeon
"Peter had looked at the waves, and his faith was just strong enough to believe that Jesus could make him walk on the sea; but he had never taken the winds into his calculation. Had he thought of the winds as well as the waves, and reposed upon Jesus for the whole, I have no doubt his faith would have held out, and not have so fearfully given-way. The first two or three steps on the water had exhilarated him, and made him feel what wonders he was doing; but there came a rough blast which threatened to overthrow him, and as he could scarcely stand against so rude a wind upon so slippery a floor he began to be afraid. Something occurred which he had not foreseen, and in strange surprise he yielded to blank unbelief. Thus it often comes to pass with us. We arrange our faith according to our estimate of the perils and perplexities that lie in our path; we even plan the events that will probably happen to us, and we feel sure that we can trust God in all these circumstances; but a fresh contingency arises upon which we had never reckoned, a wind which we had not thought of, and forthwith our courage fails; we do not trust God for that."--more Spurgeon
"I have been sometimes full of joy in the Lord, and I have usually noticed that depression of spirits almost invariably follows, and that from some circumstances which at other times would have caused me the slightest disturbance. Satan knows how to use any trivial thing to spoil the lustre of our faith and the placidity of our joy. With what subtlety he will assail you! A difficulty you have been labouring under may have been removed by God's providence; you may be very grateful, and ready to set up your stone of thankfulness, and to praise the name of the Lord. Anon a new difficulty will be suggested. While you are blessing God for all his mercy, on a sudden some trouble like a squall occurs; it may not be worth mentioning, but it will assume such strange proportions that it covers up all your joys and leaves you a prey to unbelief. How watchful we ought to be against unbelief, for of all sins this is one of the most heinous. Like Jeroboam, of whom we read that he sinned himself and made Israel to sin, unbelief is itself a sin, and becomes the parent of all sorts of sins. We sometimes talk to one another about our doubts and fears as if they were infirmities to be pitied rather than crimes to be loathed, but we seldom talk to each other about the delinquencies of our conduct, such as angry tempers, hasty words, harsh judgments, unbecoming levity, or lax conversation. No; we should be ashamed to confess transgressions that are far too common among people professing godliness. Why is it that we do not blush to acknowledge our doubts that mistrust God, and our fears that stagger at his promise? Are they not quite as much sins against the commandment of the Lord and the duty of every faithful Christian as drunkenness, or dishonesty, or any offence against the moral law? To doubt the faithfulness of God is atrocious. Who can estimate the amount of virus there is in the sin of unbelief? It would stab at the very heart of God; it would pluck the crown from the head of Jehovah. Let us hate unbelief with all our hearts, and watch against it. Remember that it can attack us from any quarter of the compass unless we keep perpetual guard..."---Yep! More Spurgeon! And for the rest of this fabulous sermon go HERE
**To find out who the guy in the above video is click "comments" and read the 3rd comment.
Comments
Most excellent! Thanks for posting. Who is that man? He's on the mark.
Posted by: jen elslager | May 27, 2008 12:57 AM
Let us be more Berean than the Bereans
I have no idea who this guy is, but yes, in this video he is Scripturally on the mark.
Posted by: Lisa | May 27, 2008 04:20 AM
The guy in the video, named Cameron Buettel, has a blog called The Bottom Line. He is originally from Australia, but now pastors a church in Denmark and runs a website called Once Upon a cross where it is written: A Site for the New Generation of Christian Reformers; CONTENDERS for the Once for All delivered Faith; UPHOLDERS of the Holy Spirit inspired, innerrant, infallible, fully sufficient and totally trustworthy Bible; ADVOCATES for the purity of the glorious Gospel; PREACHERS of the Cross.
His links page points to both the T4G and Shepherd's conferences.
Posted by: Lisa Nunley | May 27, 2008 09:08 AM
Well done Cameron. Thanks for sharing this video.
More pastors should instruct their flock this way. Surely Rob Bell is popular all over. Could he be a "minister of righteousness" sent by the "angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14-15)?
Posted by: donsands | May 29, 2008 10:26 PM