The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

  Where does the Bible teach that sin grants legal rights for demons to cling to someone (or something)?       Nowhere — and if that was true, the demons have bona fide legal reason to behave they do when they oppress people. On that view Adam & Eve forfeited dominion in part or in whole. That view is congruent with the view that the debt Christ paid was owed (in part or in hole) to Satan nor God.   None of that is true. Ceding legal rights to Satan/demons means that Satan/demons have the right & a measure of authority over sinners, even regenerate & justified sinners. The Bible, in Jude, does not support this idea. The author of Jude states that demons left their places of authority, & the covenants between God &’man in the Bible are all about the exercise of dominion in God’s name as well as our own.  In truth demons have no real authority over us. That’s just a sales pitch just the temptation to bow & worship them/Satan in Matthew...

  From The Christian Post :    As I write this article, LGBT activists in Seattle used legal leverage in attempting to put a stop to Sean Feucht’s “Revive in 25” Christian music tour. Performance permits for Feucht’s tour were revoked in eight Canadian locales. Woke activists in the U.S. also urged cities to make it illegal for this particular set of Christian concerts to happen. Why? Because the singer reads from the Bible and holds to Scriptural views of gender and human sexuality. The militant LGBT activists say that Feucht’s music and sharing of the Gospel constitutes “malicious harassment” and must be stopped. Of course, all persons (including those whose views about sex and gender run counter to the Bible and human biology) are worthy of respect, dignity, and due process. Just not  special  process. I understand what the author is trying to say, but the truth of the matter is that militant Christian activists like the Alliance For Defending Freed...

  Matthew 22:34 - 40:  Righteousness is defined as exhaustive (as to essence), perfect (as to attributes) love for God first, then everyone & everything else, then yourself — in that order.  All else hangs on these two overarching principles.  Romans 13:8 - 10:  Exhaustive, perfect love fulfills the Law.  I John 4:16 - 18:  Exhaustive, perfect love conquers fear related to guilt in the Judgment.  I Corinthians 13:   4  Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant  5  or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;  6  it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.  7  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things  8  Love never ends.  ( 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 , ESV).   These are the attributes of love.   O LORD, Hear our prayer(s)! 

No, the most certainly are not!   This is really straightforward material, & anybody who understands the biblical definition of “righteousness” correctly can demonstrate the truth of the matter, quickly, forthrightly, & in a manner that is so simple small children can understand it.  From BBC News :  Florida is aiming to become the first US state to cancel all of its vaccine mandates, many of which require children to get jabs against diseases like polio in order to attend public schools.  The state's top health official, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, likened the mandates to "slavery", in announcing the plans. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?" he said. "I don't have that right. Your body is a gift from God."  By way of reply… Matthew 22:34 - 40:  Righteousness is defined as exhaustive (as to essence), perfect (as to attributes) love for God first, then everyone & everything else, then yourself — in...

Today is the day the chattering class likes to remind us that Labor Day is a communist holiday with roots in socialism.  By way of reply:  Why would the Bible teach rugged American individualism?   The Bible was written in the Ancient Near East & the age of the early Roman Empire.  In those days people lived under the jackbooted heels of any number of despostic governments.    The Bible does prohibit despotism outright.   Like everything else it regulates despotism by reminding rulers that they shouldn’t be in the business of gathering too many horses for themselves nor oppressing people  by taking them back to Egypt. (Deuteronomy 17).   It provides for both individual ownership/exercise of dominion (Leviticus 25) & communal ownership/dominion (Genesis 1 & 2).  People had to work together under horrific conditions.  In addition, so what if Labor Day itself comes to us via people with Socialism or even Communism in their ...