These doctrines build upon one another. The doctrine of total depravity establishes what the Bible teaches about the spiritual condition of unregenerate man and leaves one with the question “Who can be saved?” The doctrine of unconditional election then answers the question by declaring God’s sovereign choice in choosing to save people despite their depravity and based solely on God’s sovereign choice to redeem for Himself people from every tribe, tongue and nation. Next, the doctrine of limited atonement explains how God can be perfectly just and yet redeem those sinful people and reconcile them to Himself. The only solution to the depravity of man was for God to provide a Redeemer who would act as their substitute and suffer the wrath of God for their sins. He did this in the death of Christ, who, having been crucified, completely and totally “canceled out the certificate of debt…having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14). That leads to another question: how can a spiritually dead sinner who is hostile to God have faith in the atoning work of Christ on the cross? That question is answered by the doctrine of grace that is known as irresistible grace, the “I” in the acronym TULIP.
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TAKE TIME OUT FOR TEN THINGS Wednesday

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#1 · September 21, 2004, 5:49 pm

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

"TAKE TIME OUT FOR TEN THINGS"

Take time out to work ~
It is  the price of success.

Take time out to think ~
It is the source of  power.

Take time out to play ~
It is the secret of youth.

Take  time out to read ~
It is the foundation of knowledge.

Take time out to  worship ~
It is the highway of reverence.

Take time out to help and  enjoy friends ~
This is the source of happiness.

Take time out to love  ~
It is the one sacrament of life.

Take time out to dream ~
It  hitches the soul to the stars.

Take time out to laugh ~
It is the  singing that eases life's load.

Take time out to pray ~
It helps bring  Christ near and washes the
dust of earth from our eyes.

--Author  Unknown

 
 
 

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"PAINTING THE PICTURE"

When my hair is thin and silvered,
and my time of toil is through;
when I've many years behind me,
and ahead of me a few;
I shall want to sit, I reckon,
sort of dreaming in the sun;
and recall the roads I've traveled
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I hope there'll be no picture
that I'll hate to look upon;
when the time to paint it better
or to wipe it out, is gone.

I hope there'll be no vision
of a hasty word I've said
that has left a trail of sorrow,
like a whip welt, sore and red.

And I hope my old age dreaming
will bring back no bitter scene
of a time when I was selfish,
or a time when I was mean.

When I'm getting old and feeble,
and I'm far along life's way,
I don't want to sit regretting
any bygone yesterday.

I am painting now the picture
that I'll want someday to see;
I am filling in a canvas
that will soon come back to me.

Though nothing great is on it,
and though nothing there is fine,
I shall want to look it over
when I'm old, and call it mine.

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