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STRONG.
–J.B.–

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered:
let them also that hate him flee before him.
–Psalm 68:1 (KJV)–

The righteous are those that love God and his ways enough to want to live by them; although they are not sinlessly perfect, they desire holiness, and strive for it with the grace of God helping them. They are opposed by enemies on all sides–agnostics, mainline liberals, evolutionists, homosexual sympathizers, abortionists, cheap grace dispensationalists, and cessationists who deny the work of the Holy Spirit. God will arise and set the righteous in families and overcome their enemies for them, if they will only trust God to do what they can’t do for themselves. Truth and godliness often blend together when we’re chasing and pursuing God himself instead of just trying to be qualified and licensed with denominations. The bibliography below should show you that I am not a confused man! That Sword of the Lord stuff is from an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) point of view on social and ethical issues. Deere and Grudem are mainly speaking from a ’90s Vineyard point of view, like John Wimber, on the subject of miraculous gifts. Most IFB pastors would NEVER step a foot in a Vineyard church; and probably vice versa. But I have! Because I care about the cause of God and truth!

–J.B.–

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Jeff Farnham, The Octopus of Humanism (Sword of the Lord, 2009).

Dr. Shelton Smith, Liberal Choices: Losing Causes (Sword of the Lord, 2000).

Dr. John R. Rice, Evolution or the Bible–Which? (Sword of the Lord, 1963).

—. The Murder of the Helpless Unborn…Abortion (Sword of the Lord, 1971).

Dr. Hugh Pyle, The Truth About the Homosexuals (Sword of the Lord, 1978).

Dr. Harald Lindstrom, Wesley and Sanctification (Zondervan, 1984).

Dr. Jack Deere, Why I Am Still Surprised by the Power of the Spirit (Zondervan, 2020).

Dr. Wayne Grudem, The Gift of Prophecy (Crossway, 2000), “Sufficiency of Scripture.”

Where do you stand
What is your statement
What is it you’re trying to say

What’s in your hand
What’s in your basement
What’s in the cards you don’t play

Are you holding the key
Or are you intending
To pick the lock of heaven’s gate

It’s confusing to me
The message you’re sending
And I don’t know if I can relate

What’s your line
Tell me why you wear your cross of gold
State of mind
Or does it find a way into your soul

Is it a flame
Is it a passion
A symbol of love living in you
(Living in you)

Or is it a game
Religion in fashion
Some kind of phase you’re going through

We all travel the extremes
From cellar to rafter
Looking for a place in the sun

So I’m trying to see
What you’re headed after
But I don’t know where you’re coming from

Whoa, oh, what’s your line
Tell me why you wear your cross of gold
State of mind
Or does it find a way into your soul

What’s your line
Tell me why you wear your cross of gold

For some it’s simply something
To wear around your neck
Just a chain, jewelry
It’s a decoration, it’s an icon, a proclamation
An icon of what
For some it’s simply something
To wear around your neck, just a chain
It means a lot more than that to me

What’s your line
Tell me why you wear your cross of gold
State of mind
Or does it find a way into your soul

What’s your line
Tell me why you wear your cross of gold
State of mind
Or does it find a way into your soul

Wanna tell me why, please tell me why
You wear your cross of gold

–Michael W. Smith, “Cross of Gold”–


We’re content to pitch our tent when the glory’s evident
Seldom do we know the glory came and went
Moving can seem dangerous in this stranger’s pilgrimage
Knowing that you can’t stand still, you cross the bridge

There’s a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief

And from faith to faith we grow
Towards the center of the flow
Where He beckons us to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Whoa!

Leap of faith without a net makes us want to hedge our bet
Water’s never part until our feet get wet, oh-oh
There’s a deeper place to go where the road seems hard to hoe
He who has begun this work won’t let it go (let it go)

There’s a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief
And from faith to faith we grow (oh-oh, oh-oh)
Towards the center of the flow
Where he beckons us to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief

And it takes so long to see the change
But we look around and it seems so strange
We have come so far, but the journey’s long
And we once were weak, but now we’re strong

There’s a higher place to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau
Beyond belief, beyond belief
And from faith to faith we grow
Towards the center of the flow
Where He beckons us to go
Beyond belief, beyond belief

Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh (oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
Ooh (oh-oh)

Beyond belief
There’s a higher place to go (ooh)
Beyond belief, beyond belief
Where we reach the next plateau (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Beyond belief, beyond belief

Ooh (oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)

Beyond belief
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Beyond belief, beyond belief

–Petra, “Beyond Belief”–


Oh won’t you come with me
To a hill called Calvary
See the face of a bruised and dying man
Can anyone explain
The mystery beyond the pain of this place
Where love is born again

Once and for all
He gave His life
He bled and died
The sacrifice for all
Who will take His name?
Once and for all

Oh won’t you come and see
The tide of all humanity, every race
They come on bended knee
We cannot close the door
That isn’t why He fought
The war of this place
Everyone can be free

Once and for all
Well, He gave His life
He bled and died
The sacrifice for all
Who will take His name?

Once and for all
Open wide the doors
There’s room for more
Tell all the world
That a heart can soar
When you call upon His holy name

Once and for all
There is freedom
Once and for all
There is healing
Love sealed it
Once and for all
Who will take His name?
Once and for all
Call upon His name

It goes on and on
Out to everyone
Who will call upon His name?
On the tide will turn
For all those who yearn
For a heart that burns
With His flame
Once and for all

–White Heart, “Once And For All”–

Let Your house be filled with Your glory Lord
(Let Your house be filled with Your glory Lord)
Let Your house be filled with Your praises Lord
(Let Your house be filled with Your praises Lord)

Let the redeemed of the Lord
Give You glory
And let the redeemed of the Lord
Sing Your praises
Let the redeemed of the Lord
Fall and worship You
Evermore (Evermore)
Evermore (Evermore)

–Vineyard Music, “Let the Redeemed”–

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The earth is the Lord’s
And everything that’s in it
And all of His people
All there be unto Him

He raised the land
Above the waters of the sea
And laid a strong foundation
In the ocean deep
The earth is the Lord’s

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
Who shall stand in His holy place?
The righteous will worship in His holy presence
And taste of His goodness and receive deliverance

These are the people that the Lord will bless
These are the ones who love His righteousness
The earth is the Lord’s

Open wide the gates
Open wide the ancient doors
And the King of Glory
The King will enter in

Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty
He is the Lord
Triumphant Lord

–The Maranatha! Singers, “Psalm 24 (The Earth Is the Lord’s)”–

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I, the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard my people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save
I have made the stars of night
I will make their darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night
I will go, Lord
If You lead me
I will hold Your people in my heart

I, the Lord of wind and flame
I will tend the poor and lame
I will set a feast for them
My hand will save
Finest bread I will provide
‘Til their hearts be satisfied
I will give my life to them
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night
I will go, Lord
If You lead me
I will hold Your people in my heart

–John Michael Talbot, “Here I Am, Lord”–

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The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
–Psalm 19:7 (KJV)–

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah…I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
–Hebrews 8:8, 10 (KJV)–

The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.
–Titus 2:11-12 (KJV)–

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
–John 1:29 (KJV)–

We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all…after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.
–Hebrews 10:10, 12 (KJV)–

The church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
–Acts 20:28 (KJV)–

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past…being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
–Romans 3:25; 5:9 (KJV)–

We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace.
–Ephesians 1:7 (KJV)–

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins…And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
–Colossians 1:14, 20 (KJV)–

Almost all things are by the law purged with blood;
and without shedding of blood is no remission.
–Hebrews 9:22 (KJV)–

Through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ…Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you…ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
–1 Peter 1:2, 9, 10, 18, 19 (KJV)–

If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin…If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
–1 John 1:7, 9 (KJV)–

Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.
–Revelation 1:5 (KJV)–

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Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest (BGEA, 1992).