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To: David fisk who wrote (14970)	5/5/1998 12:04:00 AM
From: David fisk	Respond to of 39621

Charles Spurgeon, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible." - 1 Peter 1:23 Peter most earnestly exhorted the scattered saints to love each other "with a pure heart fervently" and he wisely fetched his argument, not from the law, from nature, or from philosophy, but from that high and divine nature which God hath implanted in his people. Just as some judicious tutor of princes might labour to beget and foster in them a kingly spirit and dignified behaviour, finding arguments in their position and descent, so, looking upon God's people as heirs of glory, princes of the blood royal, descendants of the King of kings, earth's truest and oldest aristocracy, Peter saith to them, "See that ye love one another, because of your noble birth, being born of incorruptible seed; because of your pedigree, being descended from God, the Creator of all things; and because of your immortal destiny, for you shall never pass away, though the glory of the flesh shall fade, and even its existence shall cease." It would be well if, in the spirit of humility, we recognized the true dignity of our regenerated nature, and lived up to it. What is a Christian? If you compare him with a king, he adds priestly sanctity to royal dignity. The king's royalty often lieth only in his crown, but with a Christian it is infused into his inmost nature. He is as much above his fellows through his new birth, as a man is above the beast that perisheth. Surely he ought to carry himself, in all his dealings, as one who is not of the multitude, but chosen out of the world, distinguished by sovereign grace, written among "the peculiar people" and who therefore cannot grovel in the dust as others, nor live after the manner of the world's citizens. Let the dignity of your nature, and the brightness of your prospects, O believers in Christ, constrain you to cleave unto holiness, and to avoid the very appearance of evil.

To: David fisk who wrote (14970)	5/5/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: David fisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Humanism - "I did it my way" - see below Below are some basic beliefs of Humanism * Denies the deity of God, the inspiration of the Bible, and the divinity of Jesus Christ. * Denies the existence of the soul, life after death, salvation and heaven, damnation and hell. * Denies the biblical account of creation. * Believes that there are no absolutes, no right, no wrong -- that moral values are self-determined and situational. Do your own thing, "as long as it does not harm anyone else." * Believes in removal of distinctive roles of male and female. * Believes in sexual freedom between consenting individuals, regardless of age, including premarital sex, homosexuality, lesbianism, and incest. * Believes in equal distribution of America's wealth to reduce poverty and bring about equality. * Believes in control of the environment, control of energy and its limitation. * Believes in removal of American patriotism and the free enterprise system, disarmament and the creation of a one-world socialistic government. See: Judg 21:25; 1 Tim 4:1; 2 Tim 4:3-4; From "Bible Illustrator" David

To: David fisk who wrote (14970)	5/12/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: David fisk	Respond to of 39621

The petty sovereign of an insignificant tribe in North America every morning stalks out of his hovel, bids the sun good morning, and points out to him with his finger the course he is to take for the day. Is this arrogance more contemptible than ours when we would dictate to God the course of his providence, and summon him to our bar for his dealings with us? How ridiculous does man appear when he attempts to argue with his God! -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Quotable Spurgeon, (Wheaton: Harold Shaw Publishers, Inc, 1990) See: Job 40:1-2, 8; 42:1-6