The other night I was looking at posts on this blog that have been visited recently, and came upon a post which contained some links. I hadn't looked at those links in over 10 years. Well, one I deleted without looking further at it, and the other I perused reading a few articles that piqued my interest because they were slamming a doctrine I adhere to. It was interesting how I felt a bit nervous reading them, but in striving to be an honest student of the Word (albeit, very very weak) I didn't want to shy away. As I read what seemed like a scathing rebuke of what I consider truth, I was more convinced that how I see things is accurate. A terrible argument full of confusion, which lacks logic and accuracy, does nothing to substantiate a claim, for the record. I deleted that link also.
There was another link and in looking at that site the last couple of days, I'm finding it is scholarly, thoughtful, and thus far, accurate from my vantage point. This sermon transcript is very good and contains some favorite verses of Scripture. Verses that have given me great comfort and made many things seem to fall into place once I gave them an honest reading. Let's not be afraid to believe God and take Him at His word. Don't let people try to label you or put you in a box, equating all sorts of things to you because you think "X"...they can think you also think "Y"...let them. I'm not worried about it and will not let the way others act cause me to change course or spend tons of energy trying to defend myself.
God is so wonderful...you know a conversation I had recently prompted me to spend a little time on my blog. I found that old post, looked at the links, and then came upon this sermon to read. It literally says exactly what I believe and things I just said to this friend, in a very general way so as to not promote disunity, which I am careful about in live conversations. How great is our God to give me this comfort and assurance!! I've found no greater comfort than Ephesians 1, and to see this pastor explain it just how I see it is amazing.
Sermon from Robert Morgan on Ephesians
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