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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

While you may in charity assume that a Christian brother acts from pure motives, you dare not assume that your own heart is upright. You must be more charitable to others than you are to yourself. You have no access to a fellow Christian’s heart. No ability to test his inward devotion to the Lord, which is the all-important matter in using things indifferent. But you can scrutinize your own heart. You can examine your inner man to detect your own motives and aims for every act.
Walter Chantry

Because the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are perfectly united in their essence, the three persons of the Trinity must be perfectly united both (a) in their saving intentions and (b) their saving acts. What the Father wills must be what the Son wills, and what the Son wills must be what the Spirit wills. Those whom the Father intends to save must be the same exact number as those whom the Son intends to save, and those whom the Son intends to save must be the same exact number as those whom the Spirit intends to save. And since Scripture teaches (a) that the Father has chosen to save a particular people and not all without exception, and since it teaches (b) that the Spirit will regenerate that same particular people and not all without exception, it also teaches (c) that the Son has atoned for that same particular people and not all without exception. To say otherwise is to strike at the heart of the unity of the Triune God. It is to undermine the doctrine of the Trinity, the most fundamental doctrine of Christianity. Unity in the Trinity demands a particular redemption.
Mike Riccardi

    • Bible Reading: FEB01: Leviticus 4-6

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    The Book of Leviticus is filled with pictures of
    Christ and His work of redemption on the cross. The five
    sacrifices in chapters 1-7 illustrate various aspects of
    His life and work; and the Day of Atonement beautifully
    pictures His death on the cross. Of course, we do not
    practice the Levitical sacrifices today, because Christ
    was the one sacrifice that paid the complete debt of
    sin. Hebrews 10:14 tells us, “For by one offering he
    hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”

    This book reveals the awfulness of sin–it is
    not light and unimportant; it is a terrible thing in the
    eyes of God. The Jewish worshiper knew sin was a costly
    thing, for every sacrifice was very expensive. To atone
    for your sin and mine, the cost was the death of God’s
    only Son.

    We also see the holiness of God in this great
    book. He makes a distinction between the clean and
    unclean, and warns His people, “Ye shall be holy, for I
    am holy.” God still desires that His children be holy,
    separated from the world and its sin. A Christian cannot
    enjoy salvation if there is sin in his life. Though
    Satan is constantly declaring war, as he shoots his
    fiery darts of temptation at Christians, we should
    remember that, “Greater is he that is in you, than he
    that is in the world.” Our power over sin is only
    effective as we allow the One living IN us to also live
    THROUGH us–thus defeating Satan and his temptations.

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