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Following, then, the holy fathers, we unite in teaching all men to confess the one and only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This selfsame one is perfect both in deity and in humanness; this selfsame one is also actually God and actually man, with a rational soul and a body. He is of the same reality as God as far as his deity is concerned and of the same reality as we ourselves as far as his humanness is concerned; thus like us in all respects, sin only excepted. Before time began he was begotten of the Father, in respect of his deity, and now in these 'last days,' for us and behalf of our salvation, this selfsame one was born of Mary the virgin, who is God-bearer in respect of his humanness. We also teach that we apprehend this one and only Christ-Son, Lord, only-begotten in two natures; and we do this without confusing the two natures, without transmuting one nature into the other, without dividing them into two separate categories, without contrasting them according to area or function. The distinctiveness of each nature is not nullified by the union. Instead, the 'properties' of each nature are conserved and both natures concur in one 'person' and in one reality. They are not divided or cut into two persons, but are together the one and only and only-begotten Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus have the prophets of old testified; thus the Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us; thus the Symbol of Fathers has handed down to us.
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Suffering in this life is at least partly a warning to us, a foretaste of the eternal suffering we deserve outside of Christ.
Michael Lawrence

    • Squeamish About Blood

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    Squeamish About Blood

    SQUEAMISH ABOUT BLOOD?

    Most people are squeamish about blood. They don’t want to see it, think about it, or talk about it. In this century, newer editions of hymnbooks of the large denominations have progressively eliminated references to the “blood of Christ”.

    The apostle Paul wrote, “In Him (Jesus Christ) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace…” (Ephesians 1:7 NKJ)

    If instead of dying on the cross, Jesus Christ had donated a pint every two months during His adult life, He would have given much more blood, but it wouldn’t have done us any good.

    The phrase “through His blood” in the New Testament contains the concept of sacrificial death for sin.

    John the Baptizer called Jesus “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” Every person who heard those words understood the story of the Passover Lamb, whose blood was put on the lintel and doorposts of the dwellings of the Israelites in Egypt. They remembered how the destroying angel had killed every firstborn child in Egypt who was not in a home protected by the blood of the lamb.

    The Lord Jesus not only died on the cross as a blood-sacrifice for sin, but rose again from the dead and lives today to be your King and Friend, and give you the Holy Spirit to lead and teach and empower you, IF YOU WILL ONLY PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM, and receive the life which He purchased for you with His own blood.

    We encourage you to read the New Testament seriously for yourself, especially John or Luke.

    But entrust yourself to Jesus right now. Don’t wait.

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