In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day. –Exodus 20:11 (KJV)–
This verse shows that the days in the first chapter of Genesis were real twenty four hour days. For you compare like things to like. Just as God worked six days and rested on the seventh, so the Israelites were to do also. The comparison would make no sense if the days were “seven ages” or were “seven ages” that overlapped each other (Day Age Theory) or if there was a huge gap between the days (Gap Theory). These are modern compromises to accommodate the alleged geological ages with the Biblical account of creation. Further this verse allows one to determine the age of the universe. Using the Biblical genealogies (Gen. 5; 11:10-32), Bishop Ussher determined the date of creation to be 4004 B.C. Although this may be off by one or two percent, it is a very accurate estimate based on Biblical revelation, not man’s speculation.
–EDITOR OF JOHN GILL’S COMMENTARY ON EXODUS 20:11–
Douglas Hamp, The First Six Days (Yoel Press, 2007), ch. 7: “‘Days’ According to the Church Fathers.” Here is the AUDIO BOOK.
John Haley, Alleged Errors of the Bible (Whitaker House, 2019). Originally published in 1874, the year before Charles Finney died, under the title of An Examination of the Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible, he was also from the same denomination at the time: the Congregational Church. While Haley technically remained silent on the age of the earth in this book, he seems to align with a traditional literalist view of the Genesis 1 six day creation, and would be much more compatible as a resource for believers in young earth creation, than Geisler or Gleason Archer are. It was Charles Finney who said, “For SIX THOUSAND YEARS God has been hearing it, and still the world is spared, and the vengeance of God has not yet burst forth to smite all His guilty calumniators to Hell!” (Sermon: “The Excuses of Sinners Condemn God”).
Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin, 1991). This medieval church historian was a young earth creationist just like Josephus.
It shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. –Acts 2:17 (KJV)–
And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. –Acts 21:8-9 (KJV)–
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. –Titus 2:3-5 (KJV)–
Every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. –1 Corinthians 11:5 (KJV)–
MODERNISM, IT WAS THE SCISSOR APPROACH TO THE BIBLE; AND IT BELIEVED IN CUTTING OUT THE SUPERNATURAL. IT BELIEVED IN TAKING OUT THE MIRACLES AND EXPLAINING THEM AWAY. THEY DID NOT WANT A MIRACLE WORKING CHRIST. THEY DID NOT WANT A BIBLE THAT WAS MIRACULOUSLY INSPIRED. –IAN GOLIGHER (19:10)–
Clear evidence that Thomas Jefferson, the founding father of the United States of America, was an unbeliever in the Bible as the Word of God. He literally cut out every miraculous event in the Gospels with a razor and scissors; and pasted them into this 86-page book that he called The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (1820), also known as the Jefferson Bible. This is what modernism or liberal Christianity is all about.
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Charles Spurgeon, Sermons on New Testament Miracles (Kregel, 1995).
—. Sermons on the Miracles (Marshall, Morgan, & Scott, 1977).
THE REASON WHY NO YOUNG LADIES CAN BECOME MASONS, IS THE BECAUSE THE GOD OF FREEMASONRY IS THE MALE SEX ORGAN. –RON CARLSON (46:08)–
Let me translate that:
THE MASONIC LODGE
LITERALLYWORSHIPS
A PHALLIC DEMON. –J.B.–
A WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
17 Therefore,
“Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
18 And,
“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. –Matthew 5:10 (KJV)–
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross…Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. –Acts 2:23, 41 (NIV)–
Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. –Acts 8:1-2 (NIV)–
As I observe the responses to the assassination of Charlie Kirk this morning, I have a few things to say:
1. To those who are rejoicing in his death, shame on you. Remember, God has a day called Judgment Day. You’ll give an account for every idle word, for every deed done in darkness. God sees and knows all.
2. For those who are grieving the loss of Charlie, really grieve. It’s OK to be sad. It’s OK to cry. It’s even OK to be angry about this evil that has happened.
3. For those of you who are angry about the wicked responses to his death, don’t become like those people in your responses to them. Violence, threats, and revenge are not the answers to this. The Bible says that we need to respond to evil with good.
4. Pray for Charlie’s wife, children, family and friends. They’re the ones who are hurting the most and need comfort from God. Pray for our nation. And, YES, pray for the evil people behind this and the evil people who are rejoicing over this.
5. How would Charlie have you respond to this? BETTER YET, how would Jesus have you respond to this? Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7).
6. Lastly, in your grief over Charlie and thinking about the impact he may have had on you and this world, don’t deify him. God is not surprised by this. He is still on His throne. He is just, good and fair. Let Him use this for His glory! “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord. Therefore ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:14–21, NKJV).
–KERRIGAN SKELLY–
I’ve lost friends, soldiers, fellow police officers and family in my 35 years of life. The world keeps spinning and we are left here with a decision to make. How will we respond? Will we cower in fear and try to bide our time? Will we be paralyzed by the question “why?” We know why. Because evil exists. That’s it. That’s the why. There is evil in the world, but the Christian understands that we can and will overcome that evil with Christ. The Christian understands that we are not on the earth for a good time, but for a short time and for a mission. Some of our missions are seemingly cut short, some are prolonged. God is sovereign over all of it. As each leader, forerunner, or martyr passes, a baton is handed off. Not just to one single person, but to the body of Christ. To each of us individually and us as a whole collectively. My question to you is, will you finish what they started? Their race is over, but ours continues. May we all strive to hear, “Well done, My good and faithful servant,” as we run our race well, pointing a lost and broken generation to Christ every step of the way. Let us not lose hope, and let us not grow weary in doing good. “You’re up.”
–SHANE WINNINGS–
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Dr. Voddie Baucham, Fault Lines (Salem Books, 2021). AUDIO BOOK.
Dr. Hugh Pyle, The Truth About the Homosexuals (Sword of the Lord, 1978).
Adam Clarke, Christian Theology (Schmul, 1967), p. 355. Persecution, like a good broad-cast sowing, dispersed the seed of eternal life throughout the world…Satan and his children persecuted and drove them from city to city.
Stanley Gundry, ed. Five Views on Sanctification (Zondervan, 1987), chs. 1-3.
Marie King, ed. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Spire, 1980).
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