Saints

Rom 1. 7

“To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called[ to be ] saints:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

>> Reminder: words in italics in the KJV were added – without these 2 words “saints” appears as a title more than a projected future. <<

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Oswald Chambers quote

“To say ‘Oh I’m no saint’ is acceptable to human pride but

it is unconscious blasphemy against God.”

– Oswald Chambers, from MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST

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Are you growing?

I’d guess 90+ percent of readers of my posts (separateholy.wordpress.com fb, google+) consider yourself a “christian.” That is a serious claim. Being a christian does not consist of 1.) Having parents who were “christians” when you were born 2.) Having been baptized (once/twice) 3.) Having joined a church 4.) Having a “head belief” that Jesus Christ was an historical Character. True Christians have been Born Again (Joh 3.7). That’s the beginning. Growth comes next (similar to physical childhood). Read the Bible, a Terrific Instruction Manual; be willing to increase in area “A,” decrease in “B,” cease and desist in another area. OK? Christ’s invitation to “Follow Me” (Mat 4.19) is rich and rewarding AND brings change/growth.

– eab, 3/21/17

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MAY I HAVE YOUR HAND – Daryl & Laura’s Wedding Song

May I have your hand and will you walk beside me,

Through all life’s day, all of life’s day?

Will you be here,

Whenever I fear the next bend in the road?

Will you be strong

When I’m tempted to go wrong?

Will you be my best friend,^[1] to the very, very, end?

Oh tell me, Oh tell me, Oh my love.

Chorus

Yes, yes, my love, Yes to all the above.

With God’s help I’ll prove tomorrow

All these words in joy and sorrow.

Yes, yes, my love,

We’ll press on through life toward heaven,

Forgiving and forgiven.

Yes, yes, my love.

2

May I have your hand and will you stand beside me,

Through tomorrows, all tomorrows?

Will you be have trust

When one of us must & faith seems so low?

Will you press upward,

When our friends move downward?

Will you for Christ be spent and will you be content?

Oh tell me, Oh tell me, Oh my love.

chorus

Yes, yes, my love, Yes to all the above.

With God’s help I’ll prove tomorrow

All these words in joy and sorrow.

Yes, yes, my love,

We’ll press on through life toward heaven,

Forgiving and forgiven.

Yes, yes, my love.

– eab, Mar. ‘90

^[1] While dating, Laura was known as “Daryl’s Friend.”

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Headed to home

I’m the last of four

with a 6 yr+ gap to my only brother. As I look back I realized Mom was very trusting considering this spacing and I was her “baby.” She allowed me to roam and later roam much farther. When 4-5 I was on a high bank looking down to the creek below when I saw a groundhog. He was big and he headed toward me! I made tracks toward my house. Later I realized (with little doubt) he was headed up the bank toward his house and was perhaps as scared of me as I was of him. Sometimes circumstances which frighten us are not as bad as they look. That other being (teacher/boss/other) which concerned us may also have not fully understood and been equally befuddled.

– eab, 3/23/17

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NIV revisers

The NIV revisers claim a, “Concern for clear and natural English…contemporary but not dated.”

Here’s a partial list of NIV’s “clear and contemporary” words and then AV’s “dated” archaic words

Eze 8.16 “…between the portico and the alter…” “…between the porch and the alter…

Dan 3.27 “…the satraps, prefects, governors…” “…the princes, governors & captains…”

Joh 5.2 “…surrounded by five covered colonnades.” “…having five porches”

Act 18.12 “…Gallio was proconsul of Achaia…” “Gallio was the deputy of Achaia…”

* LAST OF THREE ARTICLES *

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Ante-Nicene Quote – Irenaeus

Ante-Nicene Quote

. . . He whom they beheld [speaking of Christ] was not a mere phantasm, but an actual being of flesh and blood.

– Irenaeus from his AGAINST HERESIES

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