Daily Bible Nugget #499, Isaiah 5:20

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Isaiah 5:20  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

My Comment:

The Bible has a great deal to say about justice and the penalty God promises to exact upon those who do not do what is right or who do not live the way they should.

Isaiah the prophet spells it out in more detail in the following verses:

Isa 5:21  Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Isa 5:22  Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Isa 5:23  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Reading Isaiah 5:23 in more modern English ought to make its present day application abundantly clear:

Isaiah 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right! (ESV)

Over 90% of the media coverage about President Trump is negative. Viewers, listeners, and readers of such biased coverage ought to know that what they are presented is not news but propaganda. It looks to me as though the media, the Democrats, the “rino” (Republican in name only) Republicans and the “deep state” are very sore losers.

I think that Isaiah gives us a very clear suggestion as to what the present as well as eternal destiny of most of these individuals will be:

Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Globalism, multiculturalism, pluralism, and related “isms” like Communism, Socialism, and Marxism are very false ways designed to deprive us of our freedoms and liberties. Don’t fall for the propaganda!

Watch out for the subtle and not so subtle brainwashing going on in both school and media. I say school, because the syllabus has been changed at all levels of education, elementary school through college. The change has been gradual but deliberate and all in one left-leaning direction. Largely gone is any emphasis upon the history behind the founding of this country. The Founding Fathers are derided as “Dead White Men” whose ideas are now out-of-date. But the greatness of these men cannot be denied. Learn to read history from the original sources. The Founding Fathers succeeded in writing a Constitution which has lasted longer than any other written constitution in world history. The founders did not establish a democracy but a Constitutional Republic designed to limit the powers of the central government. The Electoral College, for example, was designed to prevent one or two highly populated states from exercising virtual control over who could be elected as our President. It was also designed to prevent minor parties, splinter groups, and special interests from gaining more power and influence so as to create more political divisiveness than we already have.

Why would anyone (unless they are brain-dead or morally and spiritually bankrupt) object to a secure southern border with the added physical security of a border wall?

In the Bible heaven has great walls (Revelation 21:12) but hell as a destination is a broad and open highway with no restrictions or hindrances.

Mat 7:13  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (KJV)

Mat 7:13 Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.
Mat 7:14 But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it. (CEV)

Do you  really think you are on your way to heaven? Better carefully check again. Jesus plainly said that only a few people will find the right way to heaven. The contrast Jesus declares makes it very clear that the majority will always on this issue be wrong. Base your faith on the Bible, not majority opinion.

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Holiness: Part 8

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Jerry

by Vijay Chandra

How is holiness attained? 

 How must we pursue holiness? Very briefly:

  1. We need to know and relish Scripture. This is God’s primary road to holiness, the Spirit blessing His Word (John 17:17). We need to memorize Scripture, and search it, and seek grace to live it.
  2. Strive for constant faith in Christ: We need to flee often to Christ.
  3. If you would grow in holiness, ask always, What would Christ do? Seek grace to do as Paul: Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1).
  4. Pray for holiness. No one is sufficient to bring a clean thing out of an unclean but God (Job 14:4). Hence, pray with David, ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God’ (Psalm 51:10).
  5. Regard yourself as dead to the dominion of sin and as alive to God in Christ (Romans 6:11). Seek to cultivate the same hatred of sin that God possesses. Recognize that God is worthy of obedience not only as a judge, but as living Father (Genesis 39:9). And believe that Christ is mightily to preserve you alive. You live through Him. His righteousness is greater than your unrighteousness. His Saviorhood is greater than your sinnership. Do not despair: you are strong in Him, alive in Him, victorious in Him. Satan may win many skirmishes, but the war is yours; the victory is yours. In Christ, realistic optimism, not negative pessimism, reigns (Romans 6:11).

 

Holiness: its hindrances

 We have many impediments which we face daily as we pursue holiness. There are hindrances that we must guard against.

Firstly: Our attitude toward sin and life itself is prone to be more self-centered than God centered. We are often more concerned about the consequences of sin or victory over sin than about how our sins grieve the heart of God. We must strive to continue to see from God’s viewpoint as revealed in the Bible.

Positive consequences and victory then become byproducts of obedience and holiness.

Secondly: We fail when we don’t consciously live with our priorities fixed on God’s will. In the words of Scottish theologian John Brown, ‘Holiness does not consist in mystic speculation, enthusiastic fervors, or uncommanded austerities. it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills’.

 

Thirdly: Our progress is dampened when we misunderstand ‘living by faith’ (Galatians 2:20) to imply that no effort toward holiness is commanded for us. Sometimes we are even prone to consider human effort sinful or ‘fleshly’.

 

J.C Ryle provides us with good instruction: “Is it wise to proclaim in so bald, naked, and unqualified a way as many, that the holiness of converted people is by faith only, and not at all by personal exertion? Is this according to the proportion of God’s Word? I doubt it. That faith in Christ is the root of all holiness no well-instructed Christian will ever think of denying it. But surely the Scriptures teach us that in following holiness the true Christian needs personal exertion and work as well as faith”.

 

Fourthly: We are generally too prone to avoid the battle of daily spiritual warfare. No one likes war. The true believer is prone to blind himself to his enemies—especially to the reality of his or her own ongoing pollution which Paul brings out in Romans 7:14, 25. Hence we need to use the Christian armor (Ephesians 6:10-20) which also tends to be ignored at our peril. True holiness must be pursued against the backdrop of an acute awareness of indwelling sin which continues to live in our hearts and to deceive our understanding.

Conclusion:

Its joy:

God intends the Christian life to be one of humble joy, not negative drudgery. The idea that holiness is to be associated with a dour disposition is a tragic caricature of Scripture. In fact, Scripture asserts just the opposite. Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy (John.15:10, 11). Those who are obedient—who are pursuing holiness as a way of life—will know the joy that comes from God: a supreme joy, an ongoing, and anticipated joy. We are called to practice holiness. Are we heeding the call to holiness?

 

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Holiness: Part 7

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Jerry

HOLINESS IN PRACTICE TODAY: THE GREAT NEED OF THE CHURCH AND OUR GREATEST NEED AS WELL.

by Vijay Chandra

 

Its necessity and inducements:

These are at least nine in number for the believers and for the church as a whole.

 

  1. God has called us to holiness (1 Thessalonians 4:7). Whatever God calls us to is necessary. His call itself should induce us to seek and practice holiness. Holiness gives the evidence of our justification and election, and sanctification is the inevitable outgrowth of justification (1 Corinthians 6:11). The two may be distinguished but never separated. In and through Christ, justification gives God’s child the title for heaven and the holiness to enter. Sanctification gives him the fitness for heaven and the preparation necessary to enjoy it.

 

  1. Without holiness, all things are defiled (Titus 1:15). Through Christ, God sanctifies His child and makes his prayers and thanksgiving acceptable. As Thomas Watson has noted ‘A holy heart is the altar which sanctifies the offering, if not to satisfaction, to acceptation’.

 

  1. Holiness augments our spiritual health: As John Flavel said ‘What health is to the heart, that holiness is to the soul’. Moreover, this spiritual health of holiness generally God works through discipline. That is through chastisement, child of God, you are profitably exercised (Hebrews 12:11) by the Father, which results in genuine holiness without which you cannot see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). Through Christ’s justifying power, we receive a clean sheet before God; through His sanctifying power a clear conscience. Both are important for our spiritual health.

 

  1. Holiness fosters assurance: ’Ye shall know them by their fruits’ (Matthew 7:16). All reformed divines [Puritans] are agreed that most of the forms and degrees of assurance experienced by true believers—especially daily assurance—are reached gradually in the path of sanctification through careful cultivation of God’s Word, the means of grace. The way to lose a daily sense of assurance is to daily forgo the pursuit of holiness. Believers who live sloppily [treat sin lightly or neglect daily devotions and study of the Word] or inactively [i.e. don’t pursue holiness, but assume the posture that nothing can be done in the area of sanctification—as if holiness were something outside of us, except on rare occasions when something very special ‘happens’ inside] are courting a recipe for daily darkness, deadness, and fruitlessness (2 Peter 1:10).

 

  1. Holiness is essential for effective service to God (2 Timothy 2:21).

 

  1. Holiness makes us resemble God. As Watson notes, ‘We must endeavor to be like God in sanctity. It is a clear glass in which we can see a face; it is a holy heart in which something of God we can be seen’.

 

  1. The God you love loves holiness. Hence the intensity of His discipline. William Gurnall says it best, ‘God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child’s garment’.

 

  1. Holiness preserves our integrity. It saves us from the hypocrisy of resorting to a ‘Sunday only’ Christianity. It gives vitality, purpose, meaning, and direction to daily living.

 

  1. Holiness fits us for heaven. “Follow [literally, pursue]—holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).

 

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Holiness: Part 6

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Jerry

HOLINESS IN HISTORY: HOW DID THE CHURCHES UNDERSTAND HOLINESS?

by Vijay Chandra

So rich is the theme of ‘holiness’ which has yielded a variety of emphasis in the church’s history. For the early apostolic church, the nature of holiness was conformity to Christ. Christlike purity was the main goal. In the patristic church [that is, early church Fathers], holiness was largely viewed as withdrawal from the contaminations of the society.

 

  • Ascetic: In this tradition, holiness was pursued by forsaking the world literally, that is by leaving secular jobs, marriage, worldly goods and by engaging extensively in prayer, fasting, ‘living in the caves’, self-mortifications. Only those who reached this ‘high level’ were regarded worthy to be reckoned as saints. ‘Sainthood’ was not normative among Christians, but reserved largely for ascetics. Hence, a double standard evolved. ‘Saintliness’ came to be applied to the ‘religious’ person [that is priests, monks, nuns] whereas a ‘lower attainment’ of holiness necessitated by remaining in the world was tolerated in the ordinary secular or ‘lay Christian’.

 

  • Mystical: According to the medieval mystics, holiness was not to be attained so much by leaving the world as by rising above it. Holiness could be viewed as a ladder with various stages of spiritual absorption into God, such as purgation, illumination, and contemplation [all these are Hindu concepts].

 

The danger of this view is twofold. Mysticism tends to lose sight of the Scripture as the touchstone for all faith and practice and is prone to forget the calling of the Christian to be salt in the earth and light on the hill.

 

  • Sacramental: This form of holiness was available to all, since sanctification was automatically regarded as being imparted when the mass’ wafer was lifted by the priest. Regardless of personal lifestyle, anyone who witnessed this event received, according to Roman Catholicism, an ‘objective fusion of holiness’ without any of the struggle involved in the ascetic and mystical views of holiness. The danger here is obvious. The sacrament is prone to replace the need for the personal subjective work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of a sinner.
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Holiness: Part 5

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Jerry

by Vijay Chandra

HOLINESS IN THEOLOGY: SANCTIFICATION

With the biblical data that we have, now we are able to draw out what is the theology of holiness. This resulting doctrine is called ‘sanctification’ and we will put this under two subheadings.

 a. Status conferred by the Work of Christ or His merits.

The New Testament informs us that every believer is sanctified in the principle by the sacrifice of Christ (Hebrews 10:10, ‘We are sanctified’). Christ is our sanctification (1 Corinthians 1:30). And the living church is sanctified (Ephesians 5:25, 26).The believer’s status before God is one of sanctity in Christ, even when his ‘character’ has not yet perfected holiness (1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Peter 1:1, 2, Hebrews 2:11, 9:13, 14, 10:14, 29, 13:12).

 

b. This Process is Pursued by Christ’s work of Application.

The true Christian has not arrived to a wholly sanctified ‘condition’. The believer must strive for sanctity, for holiness (Hebrews 12:14). Most of the Bible commentators do not say anything or say very little about this verse which is very important. They have not exegeted it. Growth in holiness should follow regeneration (Ephesians 1:4, Philippians 3:12). Paul prays that the Thessalonians be sanctified wholly as something still to be accomplished (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

 

As believers, sanctification is something we have in Christ before God and something we must strive for in the power of Christ. Our state of holiness is conferred, our condition in holiness must be pursued. Through Christ we are made holy in our standing before God and we are told to reflect that standing by being holy in daily life. Our whole life should reflect ‘holiness’.

 

What then must we correctly pursue? Three things:

  1. Conformity to the character of God the Father. God says, ‘Be ye holy, for I am holy’.

Seek to image your Father in heaven in righteousness, holiness, and integrity. In the Spirit, strive to think God’s thoughts after Him [via His Word] and to live and act as God himself would have you to do.

 

  1. Conformity to the image of Christ: Do not aim for conformity as a ‘condition’. We cannot be holy in our strength (Isaiah 64:6). Do not aim for conformity to Christ as a condition of salvation, but as a fruit of salvation received by faith (James 1:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).

 

  1. Conformity to the mind of the Spirit: The Holy Spirit was sent to conform your mind to His mind (1 Corinthians 2). He was sent to make sinners holy. How does the Spirit work holiness?

 

First, He shows your need for holiness through conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8).

Secondly, He plants desire for holiness. His convicting work never leads to despair but always to sanctification in Christ.

Thirdly, He provides strength to live a holy life. Live by means of obedience to and dependence on the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of your sinful nature (Gal.5:16).

Fourthly, through humble intake of the Word and exhaling of prayer, the Spirit establishes  an ongoing realization that holiness remains essential as being worthy of God and His kingdom (1 Thessalonians 2:12, Ephesians 4:1, Colossians 1:10), as aiming at fitness for service (1 Corinthians 9:24, 25) and striving for personal consecration of the whole life like Paul who writes as a willing ‘doulos’, that is, ‘servant, slave.’ There is room for unending growth in sanctification because Christ’s fulness is infinite. He is Holiness par excellence. He is it, He lived it; He merited it and He sends His Spirit to apply it.

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Holiness: Part 4

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Jerry

by Vijay Chandra

HOLINESS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

 

The New Testament underscores all the Old Testament teaches on holiness. It further develops a greater emphasis, however, on the themes of holy Trinity and holy ‘saints’. Now holiness is often ascribed to one Person of Godhead. The God of love is the Holy Father (John 17:11); Jesus Christ is the Holy One of God (Mark 1:24; John.6:69), and the Spirit of God is denominated Holy ninety-nine times.

 

In terms of ‘saints’, the New Testament highlights three themes.

 

First, it accents the ethical dimension of holiness. The stress is on ‘inward’ rather than ritual holiness [In Hinduism and Islam the emphasis is on outward holiness; there is no mention of inward holiness in their religious books]. Basic to this is the witness of Jesus Himself, who as the Son of man lived out a life of complete holiness, for He committed no sin; nor was any deceit found in His mouth (1 Peter 2:22). He is ‘holy; harmless, undefiled separate from sinners’ (Hebrews 7:26). As a result of His redemptive work, believers in Him are declared righteous and enter into holiness (Heb.10:10).

 

Second, the New Testament emphasizes the normativity of holiness, among believers. Holiness belongs to all true followers of Christ. A common term for all believers is ‘holy ones’ [hagioi], usually translated saints. Saints, therefore, does not refer to persons preeminent, but to the typical believer who is holy in Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30). Holiness is an internal reality for all who are united with Christ.

 

Third, the New Testament envisions holiness as transforming the total person (1 Thessalonians 5:23. 2 Corinthians 7:1).

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Holiness: Part 3

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jerry

by Vijay Chandra

HOLINESS IN BIBLE: SET APART

In the Old Testament, holiness is spoken of primarily in relation to God. “THE LORD our God is holy” (Psalm 99:9). Holiness is God’s very nature—the very foundation of His being. Thrice, intensely holy is the Lord (Isaiah 6:3). God is Holiness. Holiness is God’s permanent crown. It is the ‘shining of all His perfection’ as the Puritans used to say. Holiness is the backdrop for all else the Bible declares about God.

The Old Testament concept of divine holiness presents three main truths about God.

  • First, it denotes the separateness or otherness of God from all His creation. The most common Hebrew word for holy (‘qados’) has its most fundamental meaning to be separate or apart. God is above and beyond all His creation. Nothing is like Him (Deuteronomy 4:35,39, 1 Kings 8:60, Isaiah 45:5-6, 14, 18, 22, 46:9, Joel 2:27).
  • Secondly, it denotes God’s total ‘apartness’ from all that is unclean or evil. God is moral perfection. His holiness is total righteousness and purity (Isaiah 5:16, Habakkuk 1:13).
  • Thirdly, due to God’s being set apart by nature and from all sin, He is unapproachable by sinners ‘apart from holy sacrifice’ (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22). Only with bloody, life-giving sacrifice can the holy God justly dwell among sinners (Romans 6:23)—and that for Christ’s sake, the Sacrifice that was to come. In and through the coming Messiah, the unique and perfect God of Israel can live among His chosen people.

From this threefold concept of God as the Holy One, it naturally follows that all associated with God [that is ‘divine phenomena’] must also be holy. God’s instituted sabbath is ‘holy sabbath’ (Exodus 16:23), His home is ‘holy heaven’ (Psalm 20:6), His name is holy (Exodus 20:7). So too, his church is called to be a ‘holy assembly’ (Exodus 12:16). His covenant people is a ‘holy people’ (Deuteronomy 7:6). Israel, God’s covenant people, is called to holiness by means of holy ‘separation’ from sin (Deuteronomy 7:6), holy consecration to God (Leviticus 11:44), holy ‘worship’ and ‘inner holiness’ or cleansing (Leviticus 16:30, Psalm 24:3-4).

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Holiness: Part 2

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Jerry

by Vijay Chandra

Introduction:

THERE is a simple yet most profound word which occurs hundreds of times in the Bible. In this article we will survey how the word ‘holiness’ is used. For instance, we see it in Genesis as we are informed how God created heaven and the earth. We see it last in the Bible, where we are told about God’s creation of a new heaven and a new earth.

One entire book of the Old Testament, namely, Leviticus, is devoted to the subject of this word ‘holy’. Yet this word is overlooked and misapplied today. Though it describes the uniqueness of God and the calling of His children, it is largely ignored. This very word is ‘holy’ and words like ‘saint,’ ‘sanctify,’ and ‘sanctification’ are taken from its root. So the question is asked, what does ‘holy’ and ‘holiness’ mean? What is the biblical call to holiness? How must holiness be practiced?  Why do believers need holiness today in their lives and in the life of the church?

  1. WHAT HOLINESS IS: REMOVING MISCONCEPTION

Holy and holiness bear the brunt of much misconception. To some, the word holy seems  archaic, they envision ‘outdated backwardness.’ For others, holiness smacks of moralistic legalism; that is, holiness demands a lengthy list of prohibitions—do’s and don’ts. From person to person, group to group, this list will vary, but a list there shall be whatever holiness is. For still others, holiness is associated with a repugnant ‘holier than you’ attitude. They view it as a despicable tool with which to implement haughty superiority. Finally, for some, holiness spells unattainable perfection. They view holiness as a discouraging doctrine that addresses nothing but sin and demands radical perfection.

Holiness means ‘set apart’. But what does ‘set apart’mean?Two things. The negative sense of set apart is holiness’ call to ‘separate from sin’. The positive sense of ‘set apart’ is holiness’ call to ‘consecrate to God’. These two concepts—separation ‘from sin’ and consecration [or separation] to God—comprise holiness. When combined, these two concepts make holiness very comprehensive. In fact, holiness covers all of life.

Everything, Paul tells us, is to be sanctified (1 Timothy 4:4, 5). This call to holiness is an absolute, exclusive call. God never calls us to give Him a piece of our heart or piece of our body. The call to holiness is a call for our hearts: “My son give me thine heart”(Proverbs 23:26).

The call to holiness is ‘holistic’. That means, our whole life is involved—soul and body, for time and eternity. Holiness involves every sphere of life in which we are called to move, in worship of God and in the privacy of our home and family. This call to holiness is lifelong. Holiness is the core of religious faith and practice. So we can see how wrong is the misconception of holiness as ‘backwardness, legalism, and superiority’.

Holiness is never spelled out in Scripture as  a hypocritical, pharisaical concept with endless lists of do’s and don’ts combined with a self-righteous attitude. Rather, holiness is a whole life of commitment to be ‘set apart’ to the LORDSHIP of JESUS CHRIST. Holiness is not a list, but a lifestyle. Holiness means to live in godliness or God likeness. Holiness is religion par excellence. It is a relationship with the one infinite living GOD.

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Which Bible translation should you use?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Jerry

In previous posts I gave the illustration of a three-legged stool. That is how many legs a stool needs to stand up on its own. For the Christian life, there are three practices that are all necessary to maintain and grow in the Christian or spiritual life.

The three practices:  (1) Bible Reading, which allows God to speak to us; (2) Prayer, which allows us to talk to God;  (3) Our witness which allows us to share with others about God.

In my own recent reading, I have noticed that many contemporary Bible scholars are very much against doing regular Bible reading from the King James Version. I thoroughly disagree! Modern English versions are very helpful to clarify what the Bible says when the older English is not clear for the modern reader. But I find that the language choices employed by modern English translations actually obscure many important features of the Bible text.

Modern translations seem to go out of their way to obscure the doctrinal terminology used by the Bible.

Modern translations are so translated as to hide the presence of many of the  figures of speech in the Bible.

Modern translations are introducing matters that are not present in the original language of the Bible, namely, Hebrew and Greek. For example, some modern English translations now render masculine pronouns by rewording the text to add the feminine pronouns, often an awkward device at best. In English, masculine pronouns can be understood as generic, so that they refer to men and women equally.

I think Political Correctness has gone too far when it begins to interfere with translating the Bible!

Therefore, I recommend using all Bible translations, but use the King James Version (or another equally faithful literal translation) as the basis for your understanding. Use the other translations to add further clarity and deeper insight as you read God’s Word.

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My first post for this new year, slightly delayed!

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Jerry

After some software updates and my transfer of everything to this newly-built computer, I was unable to get to this site until my son solved the issues.

My original intent was to continue to encourage everyone who visits this site to continue regular Bible reading this new year.

Last year I read through a chronological Bible arranged for daily reading for each day of the year in the New Living Translation.

This year I am doing the same, using the Reese Chronological Bible.

Happy New Year, and Happy Bible Reading to and for all!

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