Comments for Of First Importance http://firstimportance.org Living Each Day in the Good of the Gospel Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The object and cause of faith by Tidbits Tuesday (10 January 2012) « provPRESS http://firstimportance.org/2008/05/the-object-cause-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-9519 Tidbits Tuesday (10 January 2012) « provPRESS Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:59:41 +0000 http://firstimportance.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-9519 [...] Charles Spurgeon Advertisement GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...] […] Charles Spurgeon Advertisement GA_googleAddAttr(“AdOpt”, “1”); GA_googleAddAttr(“Origin”, “other”); […]

]]> Comment on God in skin marching steadily to the beat of his own love by Bart http://firstimportance.org/2008/05/god-in-skin-marching-steadily-to-the-beat-of-his-own-love/comment-page-1/#comment-9513 Bart Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:50:19 +0000 http://firstimportance.wordpress.com/?p=391#comment-9513 Sam, you'd have to contact the author of the quote for permission. Sam, you’d have to contact the author of the quote for permission.

]]> Comment on God in skin marching steadily to the beat of his own love by Sam Morris http://firstimportance.org/2008/05/god-in-skin-marching-steadily-to-the-beat-of-his-own-love/comment-page-1/#comment-9505 Sam Morris Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:21:59 +0000 http://firstimportance.wordpress.com/?p=391#comment-9505 Hey, Can i use some of this in a new song i'm writing. I am in a christen melodic metal core band. name Forgive The Grave, and it goes perfectly with my song "March On" Its about marching to the beat of gods heart. Hey, Can i use some of this in a new song i’m writing. I am in a christen melodic metal core band. name Forgive The Grave, and it goes perfectly with my song “March On” Its about marching to the beat of gods heart.

]]> Comment on God’s ultimate goal by Timothy Kennett http://firstimportance.org/2011/11/gods-ultimate-goal/comment-page-1/#comment-9031 Timothy Kennett Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:18:57 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=10507#comment-9031 Great quote from Piper, spell-check though ;). Great quote from Piper, spell-check though ;) .

]]> Comment on God killed Jesus by Laurie Collett http://firstimportance.org/2011/11/god-killed-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-8929 Laurie Collett Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:44:30 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=10469#comment-8929 Only through the self-sacrificing agape love of God the Father and Jesus the Son for us, while we were yet sinners, was it possible for God the Father to crush and smite His Son in our place. That same love allowed Jesus the Son to submit to His Father's will, which meant not only the physical suffering and shame, but, far worse, the separation from His Father while He bore all our sins. Thanks for the inspiring post. Only through the self-sacrificing agape love of God the Father and Jesus the Son for us, while we were yet sinners, was it possible for God the Father to crush and smite His Son in our place. That same love allowed Jesus the Son to submit to His Father’s will, which meant not only the physical suffering and shame, but, far worse, the separation from His Father while He bore all our sins.
Thanks for the inspiring post.

]]> Comment on Hope for the children of God by Jonathan Sine http://firstimportance.org/2011/11/hope-for-the-children-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-8921 Jonathan Sine Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:39:13 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=10477#comment-8921 Loved this book! Loved this book!

]]> Comment on Even better than the good news by Laurie Collett http://firstimportance.org/2011/10/the-blessedness-of-gods-inner-life/comment-page-1/#comment-8845 Laurie Collett Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:36:01 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=10449#comment-8845 He came to give us life more abundantly, beginning at the moment of salvation, by His grace through His indwelling Holy Spirit. Thanks for the inspiring post. He came to give us life more abundantly, beginning at the moment of salvation, by His grace through His indwelling Holy Spirit. Thanks for the inspiring post.

]]> Comment on Let us labor to enter into this rest by mari http://firstimportance.org/2010/09/let-us-labor-to-enter-into-this-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-8721 mari Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:12:50 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=3171#comment-8721 struggling is all we see & expect in this world. that kind of labor is man's. it never leads to rest. God's labor is more of a "birthing process" type labor. "let us labor therefore to enter into..."(the opposite of human birth-process, where we labor to GET OUT.) since God already gives us rest from labor,("come un2 Me all ye that labor & r heavy laden & I will give u rest")-- the labor we are talking about now is different.(labor 2 'enter in2 His Rest'). we are given rest, then told to labor --2 enter into His Rest. rest is indeed a gift, but fully comprehending & "entering into" it,is the process of labor. the process of painful times we wish would end. the process that is so tiring, & that some may die in. i'm reminded of how someone said that "pain is only weakness LEAVING". THAT'S COOL... for me i have 2 'un-learn' so much of what i believed, 2 enter the rest of God. i have also been alienated from friends & family who think i have 'too much Jesus'. it's painful 2 be alone, painful 2 wait, painful 2 press on. i get confused when i hear about victory & the 'abundant Christian life', because those things have been very slow in coming to me. yet i'm not lacking. rest is a state of mind, for me. one of being able to envision myself cared for. where my mind sees God's Promises instead of man's evil. sorry i went on so long. blessings 2 my brethren in the Lord Jesus Christ:)Amen. struggling is all we see & expect in this world.
that kind of labor is man’s. it never leads to rest.

God’s labor is more of a “birthing process” type labor.
“let us labor therefore to enter into…”(the opposite of human birth-process, where we labor to GET OUT.)

since God already gives us rest from labor,(“come un2 Me all ye that labor & r heavy laden & I will give u rest”)–
the labor we are talking about now is different.(labor 2 ‘enter in2 His Rest’).
we are given rest, then told to labor –2 enter into His Rest.

rest is indeed a gift, but fully comprehending & “entering into” it,is the process of labor. the process of painful times we wish would end. the process that is so tiring, & that some may die in.

i’m reminded of how someone said that “pain is only weakness LEAVING”.
THAT’S COOL…
for me i have 2 ‘un-learn’ so much of what i believed, 2 enter the rest of God.
i have also been alienated from friends & family who think i have ‘too much Jesus’. it’s painful 2 be alone, painful 2 wait, painful 2 press on.

i get confused when i hear about victory & the ‘abundant Christian life’, because
those things have been very slow in coming to me. yet i’m not lacking.
rest is a state of mind, for me. one of being able to envision myself cared for.
where my mind sees God’s Promises instead of man’s evil.

sorry i went on so long. blessings 2 my brethren in the Lord Jesus Christ:)Amen.

]]> Comment on A gospel prayer by Nigel http://firstimportance.org/2011/10/a-gospel-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-8655 Nigel Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:35:09 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=10377#comment-8655 Astounding and blessed thought! Astounding and blessed thought!

]]> Comment on When life punches you in the face by Marty Bonham http://firstimportance.org/2011/10/when-life-punches-you-in-the-face/comment-page-1/#comment-8647 Marty Bonham Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:21:05 +0000 http://firstimportance.org/?p=10373#comment-8647 Thank you for that! The joy of the Lord is my strength today and always! Thank you for that! The joy of the Lord is my strength today and always!

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