Sermon review: Paul Washer

Sermon review: Paul Washer

       Today, my family and I watched a very famous sermon preached by Paul Washer. This was a very impactful and passionate sermon that will be hard to forget. Paul Washer starts his sermon by telling the audience that the following message will not be easy to hear nor easy to apply to your life. Throughout the sermon, Paul washer convicts the average American faith and how many people think that gaining your salvation is easy just by saying a prayer or going to church once a week. He also goes over how some people live for Christ for a few days, sometimes even a week, but then lives like the rest of the world after that. I agree with Paul Washers message. There are a lot of people in our day of age where they think that they are Christians but then live like the rest of the world. In 1 John 2:15 it says, Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them. Overall, I really liked this sermon and the message. I think Paul Washer did a very good job getting his point across to everyone listening to his message.   

Sacraments

How would you define Sacraments in your own words?

A sacrament is an act of an outward representation of your inner faith.

What is a sign in the context of sacraments?

Some signs as a sacrament include baptism and communion. These can be seen as an outward profession of faith.  
What is a seal?

A seal is Gods imprint on the ones he chooses.

Are the sacraments instructions of grace and spiritual blessing?

Yes. sacraments are from God to remind us of his love and grace.
What do the sacraments do?

They separate who is saved and who is not saved.
Does baptism make a person a Christian?

No, baptism does not make a person a Christian. 


Is the Lord's Supper essentially a memorial of His death?

No, the Lord's supper is not a memorial of His death.
Are the bread and wine the body and blood of Christ? If not what are they? 

No, the bread and wine are not actually Jesus' body and blood, they are only a representation of Jesus' body and blood. 

Gulliver Travels: what does Gulliver teach us about war?

What does Gulliver teach us about war?

          While reading the book, Gulliver's Travels, you start to understand what Gulliver thinks and feels about all the war going on while he is visiting mystery islands and places. I found while reading this book that Gulliver found the wars going on quite pointless with little to no reason. Take in for example Blefuscu and Lilliput's dispute on how you should crack eggs, which seems quite pointless to Gulliver. You see, its these types of things that Gulliver can't quite understand, and I think that's why Johnathan Swift expresses his thought on how silly wars can be by creating wars like this in his book.        

Gulliver Travels: what does Gulliver Teach us about power

What does Gulliver Teach us about power?

         Throughout the book, Gulliver goes through many unfamiliar places. Within all those places, they are ruled by kings or lords. Now, within having the position of ruling your land or kingdom, comes many responsibilities and power. Some kings handle power well, and some can't get enough of it. In many cases kings want more and more power until it destroys their kingdom and people. In Gulliver's Travels, this happens quite often. Kings driving their soldiers deeper and deeper into enemy territory to take people prisoner and treat them cruel like. In Gulliver's eyes, he sees's this as not right, and was even kicked out of Lilliput because he disagreed about the kings ruling and their methods of attack. Overall, Gulliver sees power as a responsibility, not a reason to treat a kingdom in such matter.     

TULIP: Irresisible Grace

TULIP: Irresistible Grace 

          This week, my family and I watched the last two sections in R.C Sproul's teachings about the TULIP. In the first video, he talked about Irresistible Grace, and how important it is to understand the concept and how it all ties into the five main points of Calvinism. From the beginning, R.C. Sproul told everyone that the term "irresistible grace" was a little misleading and could be interpreted wrongly, so he decided to call it effectual grace. As the video went on, R.C. Sproul told everyone what "effectual grace" was. 

          From what I learned, effectual grace is the grace that God gives the elect, and how this irresistible or effectual grace, cannot be rejected because the elect won't reject it because they have a hunger and are striving to learn and understand more about God. The reason why God doesn't give effectual grace to everyone is because the rest of the world would reject the amazing grace that God gives because they were not elect. Watching these short videos about TULIP has really helped me understand how all this works. Can't wait for the next one.

   

TULIP: Perseverance of the Saints

TULIP: Perseverance of the Saints 

        Yesterday, my family and I watched the last and final video of R.C. Sproul's definitions about the five main points of Calvinism. This last episode was all about Perseverance of the Saints. From what I learned from the video, Perseverance of the Saints is when God calls and or elects someone, he can never lose them. Once God calls you from the very beginning, you will sometime in your life live and dedicate your life for Christ. 

         If someone seems like they live for Christ and even go on mission trips and claim that they are Christian, then one day ditch the religion and say they are not Christian, it would seem like God lost someone he elected, right? But no, because of this situation, they were never elected in the first place, they just had little sprouts of Christianity. I am very thankful and blessed to have been apart of this five-part section of the five main parts of Calvinism. This definitely helped me understand more of what I believe.  

Letter to a friend #3

Letter to a friend #3

Dear friend, 

          Thank you for writing me back again with more questions! I see your question asks, "Can a Christian lose their salvation?" Well, friend, my answer is no, and here is my reason why. Before we are created, some of us are elected by God to be a light in the darkness, and in the end, they will go up to heaven with the Lord. So from the Beginning, God knows who will serve him and who won't, because he foreknew us. So if a "Christian" losses their salvation, they were never called by God in the first place. A true Christian will never lose their salvation because they were elected by God. Hopes this answer helps your question and that you could understand my reason why. 

                 From Josiah.