The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

  The Crucifixion 21  And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.   22  And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).   23  And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.   24  And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.   25  And it was the third hour [ d ]  when they crucified him.   26  And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”   27  And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. [ e ]   29  And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,   30  save yourself, and come ...

  The Crucifixion 26  And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.   27  And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. 28  But turning to them Jesus said,  “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.   29  For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’   30  Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’   31  For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” 32  Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.   33  And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, the...

  The Crucifixion of Jesus 32  As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.   33  They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).   34  There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.   35  When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.   36  And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.   37  Above his head they placed the written charge against him:  this is jesus, the king of the jews . 38  Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.   39  Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads   40  and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”   41...

  20  And God spoke all these words, saying, 2  “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3  “You shall have no other gods before me. 4  “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5  You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6  but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7  “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 8  “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9  Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10  but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your ...

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.  25  So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26  Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”  27  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”  28  Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”  29  Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  ( John 20:24–30 , ESV) The most common explanation of this text is that Thomas was skeptical about the other Disciples’ testi...

 

Does Matthew 22:1-14 disprove Calvinism?    According to some people it does.   According them, the kings servants invited many, many people, but someone was cast into outer darkness.  Therefore Calvinism is false.  This allegedly disproves Unconditional Election &/or Irresistible Grace.  As to Unconditional Election, the text states, “And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.  (Matthew 22:10, ESV)” It’s hard to see how this disproves Unconditional Election.  Those gathered are found from among both good & bad people.    The opposing position (Conditional Election) teaches that God elects those from among all walks of life who do a good thing —- exercise saving faith & repentance.   The texts emphasis is on the gathering of people.  As to Irresistible Grace, the text says tha...

6  But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.  7  For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. 8  For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9   not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. 10   For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israelafter those days, declares the Lord:I will put my laws into their minds,and write them on their hearts,and I will be their God,and they shall be my people. 11   And they shall not t...