Battle for God's Truth

Matthew 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues

Oswald Chambers Christian Devotional Playlist Oswald Chambers  -  (1874-1917), Scottish Protestant minister and teacher Oswald Chambers was a prominent early twentieth century Scottish Protestant Christian minister and teacher, best known as the author of the widely-read devotional My Utmost for His Highest. Chambers was born 24 July 1874 in Aberdeen, Scotland to devout Baptist parents. He accepted Christ in his teen years. While walking home from a service conducted by Charles Spurgeon, he mentioned to his father that, had there been an opportunity, he would have become a Christian. Chambers developed quickly in his faith, but did not plan to go into ministry. He studied at Kensington Art School and attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied fine art and archaeology. But while at Edinburgh, he felt called to ministry, and transferred to Dunoon College. An unusually gifted student, Chambers soon started teaching classes and started a local society dedicated to Robe...

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Psalm 119:75 I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,     and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Ive wandered far away from God, Now I'm coming home; The paths of sin too long Ive trod, Lord, Im coming home.

Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

". . . the Lord, Who shall roar like a lion . . ." (Hosea 11:10)

A large video collection of classic hymns, contemporary Praise and Worship songs, and the works (audio books, devotional readings, and sermons) of men greatly used of God, such as: Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer, A.W. Pink, John Owen, Oswald Chambers, Andrew Murray, E.M. Bounds, John Bunyan, George Whitefield, and many more, covering topics on many aspects of the Christian life. May your time spent here be blessed. http://vid.io/x3F Christian Devotional Reading: As we Pass Along the Miry Paths of Life - Henry Law Henry Law Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC833CA5D5A43D67C Link to my "Christian Devotional Readings" Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Devotional-Readings/196846270398160?ref=hl Henry Law (1797-1884) was a prominent figure in the evangelical party of the Church of England in the early nineteenth century. A prolific practical teacher of the Scripture, he who wrote The Gospel in the Pentateuch, commentaries on the...

Nehemiah 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

Isaiah 49:13 King James Version (KJV)  13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

"Be killing sin, or it will be killing you." - John Owen

In All of Grace, C.H. Spurgeon outlines the plan of salvation in such clear, simple language that everyone can understand and be drawn to the Father. Any attempt to please God based upon our own works brings self-righteousness and coldness of heart. It is the free grace and mercy of God that makes the heart glow with warmth and thankfulness for God's love.The heartfelt goal of this dynamic classic is summed up in Spurgeon's final cry to the reader, "Meet me in heaven!!" "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." -- Revelation 22:17

Psalm 88 1 O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You. 2 Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave. 4 I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength, 5 Adrift among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And who are cut off from Your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Job 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:11-21 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. 12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God,...

Revelation 21:4 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

Romans 13:11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment

Psalm 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Psalm 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Christian Worship Song / Lyrics (Raw Demo) - Lord, You have Dealt well with Me (Psalm 119) Guitar, vocals. This is a very raw demo. Music written, owned and copyrighted by stack45ny. May God be glorified. Words based on Psalm 119. Guitar make and model: Gibson Les Paul Standard. Favorite contemporary Christian artist: Fred Hammond

Psalm 1 1  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2  But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4  The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6  For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Deuteronomy 32:35 (King James Version)  35To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Andrew Murray wrote "Working for God", a book of daily meditations for a month, as a sequel to "Waiting on God". The object of the book is, in Murray's own words, to remind all Christian workers of the greatness and the glory of the work in which God gives a share. It is the work of bringing people back to God -- but it must be done in God's way and in God's power. It is spiritual work, to be done by spiritual people. In this book we find valuable insights into the calling that all Christians have, to work for the Lord in some capacity or other. We also find how God's grace is sufficient, and that He can and will enable us to have fruitful lives; we really can trust God to show us how we can work effectively in His kingdom, perhaps in ways and with resources that we have not yet imagined! - Summary by Christopher Smith

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." (John 15:18-19)

Jeremiah 3 13 Only acknowledge your guilt—     you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods     under every spreading tree,     and have not obeyed me,’” declares the Lord.

"Many hypocrites are willing to embrace a saving Christ, but they are not willing to embrace a ruling Christ, a commanding Christ." Luke 19:27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.

The Romance of Missionary Heroism by John C Lambert (1857-1917) The title page gives this book the subtitle, "True stories of the intrepid bravery and stirring adventures of missionaries with uncivilized man, wild beasts, and the forces of nature in all parts of the world." The thrilling accounts in this collection include stories of Jacob Chamberlain's medical ministry in India, the dangers faced by Alexander Mackay in Uganda, James Chalmers' work among the headhunters of New Guinea, John Paton's mission to the South Sea cannibals, and the Hawaiian queen Kapiolani's challenge to the gods of the volcano. "Romantic" in the sense that these brave missionaries faced the unknown, but never "romanticized" -- all sacrificed home and luxury, and many suffered the loss of family, fortune, and even their lives.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Christopher Love - Zealous Christian Holding Communion With God, in Wrestling and Prayer Christopher Love was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1618. He was admitted to New Inn Hall, Oxford, in 1635, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1639. He met Mary Stone, the daughter of a London merchant; he married her, and the Loves had five children: two girls who died early in life, and three boys. The last son was born thirteen days after Love's death. Love was finally ordained as a Presbyterian in 1645, at St. Mary's Aldermanbury, London, which enabled him to work as a pastor at St. Ann and St. Agnes, Aldersgate. After preaching there for three years, Love became minister of St. Lawrence Jewry (about 600 feet from St. Ann's). He earned a great reputation for his eloquence and vigor in preaching, though he continued to offend Independents. Love was arrested on May 14, 1652, by Oliver Cromwell's forces for alleged involvement with the Presbyterians of Scotland who were raising mone...

Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Jeremiah 4:18 "Your own conduct and actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!"

Octavius Winslow - It is I! John 6:20 But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid." Mark 6:50 because they all saw him and were terrified.    Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Octavius Winslow playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0434F5E3E1C7DED8 Octavius Winslow 1808-78 Mary and Thomas Winslow went on to live in England and Octavius was born in Pentonville, then a village near London, on August 1, 1808. He was the tenth of 13 children. His name seems to have been given because he was then the eighth surviving child. Octavius's father was from a wealthy family but by 1815, following his retirement from the army, he suffered ill-health and the loss of his fortune due to one of several such national financial disasters that occurred in this period. A decision was made to move to America, but before Mr Winslow could join his wife and children in New York, he died. At the same time, their younges...

A large video collection of classic hymns, contemporary Praise and Worship songs, and the works (audio books, devotional readings, and sermons) of men greatly used of God, such as: Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer, A.W. Pink, John Owen, Oswald Chambers, Andrew Murray, E.M. Bounds, John Bunyan, George Whitefield, and many more, covering topics on many aspects of the Christian life. May your time spent here be blessed. http://vid.io/x3F James Smith - I shall sin no more! O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? (Romans 7:24) James Smith playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=096D74E48C1F1243 The links to my recently released new album, "A Message of Hope." The album is available on iTunes and Amazon: https://itunes.apple.com/album/a-message-of-hope/id731510259 http://www.amazon.com/A-Message-Hope-Rich-Moore/dp/B00G4O5808/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1382586058&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=rich+moore+a+message+...

A large video collection of classic hymns, contemporary Praise and Worship songs, and the works (audio books, devotional readings, and sermons) of men greatly used of God, such as: Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer, A.W. Pink, John Owen, Oswald Chambers, Andrew Murray, E.M. Bounds, John Bunyan, George Whitefield, and many more, covering topics on many aspects of the Christian life. May your time spent here be blessed. http://vid.io/x3F Audio Bible / New Testament Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8B99415A0015DA8D Gospel According to Matthew - Audio Bible Reading ( New Testament ) The Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew ( American Standard Version Bible / text ): http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201&version=NASB

The Holiest of All is a devotional exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was written towards the end of the nineteenth century and has since become a classic. Its pages lead the reader into a practical understanding of who Christ is, the power of his finished work on the Cross and his present intercession for believers. The author demonstrates how it is only a full understanding of who Jesus is and what he does for us that can bring us into a full and complete Christian life. (Summary by Christopher Smith)

Watson's devotional answers the many who ask, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" The author meditates on this passage from Romans 8: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." As the passage implies, Watson reminds his readers that while the godly may face harm, God uses that harm for their ultimate benefit according to his purposes. Even hardship and suffering become opportunities for Christians to strengthen their relationship with God. Later publications of A Divine Cordial bear the title All Things for Good, better representing the book's contents to modern readers.

1 John 5:4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

Philippians 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Proverbs 8:13 "...Pride and arrogance... I hate."

"Today we are so emphasizing the freedom of the human will that we are forgetting the sovereignty of God, consequently when we come up against the forces at work in the world we are paralyzed by fear and get into despair, which we need never have done if we had been built up in faith in God." "God is concerned about...getting me into a personal relationship with Himself. There is no possibility of discouragement if we will only remember that this is the relationship, not God's blessings, but Himself. Beware of the modern craze for healing, it is Satan's opportunity to switch the saints off the central thing. A thing may have its source in Jesus Christ and yet easily turn traitor to Him once it becomes divorced from Himself." "The great need for the saint is to get his brains working on the Word of God, otherwise he will stagnate, no matter how much he may name the Name of God."

2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. Psalm 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. Colossians 1:21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works... John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” Ephesians 4:18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart Isaiah 1 6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, The...

Daniel 11:32 King James Version (KJV)  32And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. A PROMISE from God may very instructively be compared to a check payable to order. It is given to the believer with the view of bestowing upon him some good thing. It is not meant that he should read it over comfortably, and then have done with it. No, he is to treat the promise as a reality, as a man treats a check. He is to take the promise, and endorse it with his own name by personally receiving it as true. He is by faith to accept it as his own. He sets to his seal that God is true, and true as to this particular word of promise. He goes further, and believes that he has the blessing in having the sure promise of it and therefore he puts his name to it to testify to the receipt of the blessing.

B.B. Warfield - Calvinism Particularly Asserts The Supernaturalism of Salvation Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (November 5, 1851  February 16, 1921) was the principal of Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. Some conservative Presbyterians consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Nehemiah 4:1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, "What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?" 3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, "What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!" 4 Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders. 6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

Matthew 3:10 The axe is now laid to the root of the tree...

Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 2 Corinthians 5:11-21  11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.  12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.  13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.  14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:  15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.  16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we ...

"There is creeping in the idea that God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are simply meant to bless us, to further our interests. When we come to the New Testament we find exactly the opposite idea..."

I am a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. This is a new original contemporary Christian song I recently wrote and recorded. May those who listen find it a great blessing, to the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ...praise God. (Music and video owned and copyrighted by Rich Moore Christian Music).

Psalm 31:23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Basil Joseph Mathews (1879-1951) "We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring explorer of the Unseen; there is some steep hill-climbing, some scrambling over boulders, long flat tramps over the plain, and dangerous sea-journeys for anyone who will attempt really to follow the life of this man whose eager brain was ever 'Voyaging on strange seas of thought/Alone!' But, if you will ... trudge by him till you really know him, you will have found for yourself one of the great companions of the world." (From the Introduction)

A large video collection of classic hymns, contemporary Praise and Worship songs, and the works (audio books, devotional readings, and sermons) of men greatly used of God, such as: Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer, A.W. Pink, John Owen, Oswald Chambers, Andrew Murray, E.M. Bounds, John Bunyan, George Whitefield, and many more, covering topics on many aspects of the Christian life. May your time spent here be blessed. http://vid.io/x3F True Happiness - Puritan Thomas Reade (Christian devotional reading) Thomas Reade Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL350FD395FB17300A "There is one important truth which cannot be too deeply engraven on the heart, that to be holy is to be truly happy. This truth, being once admitted, accounts for the misery of thousands who are in search of happiness. They mistake its real nature, and the way which leads to it."

Philippians 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Proverbs 8 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

A large video collection of classic hymns, contemporary Praise and Worship songs, and the works (audio books, devotional readings, and sermons) of men greatly used of God, such as: Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer, A.W. Pink, John Owen, Oswald Chambers, Andrew Murray, E.M. Bounds, John Bunyan, George Whitefield, and many more, covering topics on many aspects of the Christian life. May your time spent here be blessed. http://vid.io/x3F Spiritual Peace - Charles Spurgeon Sermon Charles Spurgeon Sermon Playlist 2: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAFB98CCADC2677AF Link to my "Christian Devotional Readings" Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Devotional-Readings/196846270398160?ref=hl http://www.sermonaudio.com/main.asp John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (June 19, 1834 January 31, 1892) ...

Psalm 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

James will be will be responding to the comments of Pastor Danny Cortez on his leading his SBC (soon to be non-SBC) church to affirm homosexuality (see Albert Mohler 's comments on today's The Briefing) on the Dividing Line tomorrow evening, 7pm EDT on the Dividing Line. As this is just the leading edge of tsunami of collapse on this issue, I hope you will take the time to listen in.

Matthew 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. "The average Christian is the most penetratingly critical individual."

Romans 5:3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots, by J.C. Ryle, is considered by some to be the best book on the Christian life that has EVER been written. Chapters on: Sin Sanctification Holiness The Fight The Cost Growth Assurance Moses—An Example Lot—A Beacon A Woman to Be Remembered Christ's Greatest Trophy The Ruler of the Waves The Church Which Christ Builds Visible Churches Warned Do you love Me? Without Christ Thirst Relieved Unsearchable Riches Needs of the Times Christ is All

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.