tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171468702024-03-05T23:28:00.418-06:00The Goossen Grapevine"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage - with great patience and careful instruction." - II Timothy 4:2Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-88875645935620862592010-05-07T15:07:00.002-05:002010-05-07T15:16:57.395-05:00Boundaries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmIHkf-wMI17alnTbOZmfCSu5K1yUv4qFT7kshuckG7MDPXqu0KYmyUOtaC4-AGGu_Tt4v8ptsiZxSOCQJ1coF79jDpAQenGiQO2iijxEJ2G2FabqjnK9wNIWPiFT3da9rtOQDQ/s1600/AegeanSeaEphesusShoreline20001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmIHkf-wMI17alnTbOZmfCSu5K1yUv4qFT7kshuckG7MDPXqu0KYmyUOtaC4-AGGu_Tt4v8ptsiZxSOCQJ1coF79jDpAQenGiQO2iijxEJ2G2FabqjnK9wNIWPiFT3da9rtOQDQ/s200/AegeanSeaEphesusShoreline20001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468624607523924898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>ON DAY THREE</u><br /></span></div><br />As land emerges from the watery depths, GOD decrees its BOUNDARIES:<br /><br />"And here your proud waves must STOP."<br />~ Job 38:8-11<br /><br />"You have set a BOUNDARY that they may not pass over that they may not return to cover the earth."<br />~ Psalm 104:5-9<br /><br />Consider now GOD's spiritual BOUNDARIES:<br /><br />"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."<br />~ John 5:24<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">YOU ARE EITHER LIVING IN ETERNAL LIFE<br />or<br />UNDER CONDEMNATION</div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-77029441025903966762010-05-06T00:37:00.000-05:002010-05-07T00:45:20.764-05:00The Title Deed . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWQxYkPgCm2Rbxa_V3QA1f8FEmX-fPl3F65kDGtCYB7KH8Z9fxtzcWpzFv_Agn0-j9LS9rz_qZ3jgHTzPFlQRErxs_eYbs-AQU-H__0Zn9Qg9ru39hTgiH4DgxcePlL-iKeUcjg/s1600/earth+transparent.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWQxYkPgCm2Rbxa_V3QA1f8FEmX-fPl3F65kDGtCYB7KH8Z9fxtzcWpzFv_Agn0-j9LS9rz_qZ3jgHTzPFlQRErxs_eYbs-AQU-H__0Zn9Qg9ru39hTgiH4DgxcePlL-iKeUcjg/s200/earth+transparent.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468400017360471106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>The TITLE DEED</u><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Q:</span></span> Who owns the earth?<br /><br />"God called the dry land earth."<br />~ Genesis 1:10<br /><br />"The earth is the LORD's."<br />~ Psalm 24:1<br /><br />"Who laid the foundations of the earth?<br />~ Psalm 104:5<br /><br />"While as yet HE had not yet made the earth nor the fields."<br />~ Proverbs 8:26<br /><br />"All things were made by HIM."<br />~John 1:3<br /><br />"The worlds were framed by the WORD of GOD."<br />~ Hebrews 11:3<br /><br />". . . by HIM were all things created."<br />~ Colossians 1:16<br /><br />"Thou hast created all things."<br />~ Revelation 4:11<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A:</span></span> GOD OWNS IT!!Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-71572253178123811532010-05-05T17:27:00.002-05:002010-05-05T17:34:18.260-05:00Division . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCQRAUvayZnUCcBebyOxYXIXcR-5oIzAoQryhy3djDxkOu7lHQd8M0FrUkOZU74bs4NL1_IKUyV2D0endnsKU04WiAZrtq5RZe1LC_D1j3UsqOkuIsR-TYwNXrHjNXUVlJBeV7g/s1600/division.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCQRAUvayZnUCcBebyOxYXIXcR-5oIzAoQryhy3djDxkOu7lHQd8M0FrUkOZU74bs4NL1_IKUyV2D0endnsKU04WiAZrtq5RZe1LC_D1j3UsqOkuIsR-TYwNXrHjNXUVlJBeV7g/s200/division.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467917929567006434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>DIVISIONS</u>:<br /></span></div><br />In Creation, we have divisions:<br /><br />Day & Night<br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Waters Above & the Waters Below<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">The Land & The Sea<br /></div>These divisions are necessary for our life on earth.<br /><br />Consider now CHRIST:<br /><br />"He became us who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners."<br />~Hebrews 7:25<br /><br />The WORLD's RESPONSE:<br /><br />". . . there was <u>division</u> because of HIM."<br />~John 8:43<br /><br />THE ULTIMATE DIVIDER "separates them as a shepherd separates sheep from goats."<br />~Matthew 25:32<br /><br />PROMISE TO THE BELIEVER:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What can separate us from the LOVE of GOD?</span></div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-3828126585024001752010-05-03T11:05:00.002-05:002010-05-03T11:11:38.041-05:00LIGHT!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEes75hhy9YwZAqM-5k1BjbhmEtkMgDVotY2as0rJKdj0U-HkfHbHPV9kXnWRLiMfb11QgFB3Bosk5wtDULyRPEbIa9bflOKVfYpXIz6n4QivsMXWii440GG-wvUZ_JpSgO7utw/s1600/jesus-in-light-large.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEes75hhy9YwZAqM-5k1BjbhmEtkMgDVotY2as0rJKdj0U-HkfHbHPV9kXnWRLiMfb11QgFB3Bosk5wtDULyRPEbIa9bflOKVfYpXIz6n4QivsMXWii440GG-wvUZ_JpSgO7utw/s200/jesus-in-light-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467077142868249378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>DAY ONE:</u></span><br /></div><br />The unapproachable LIGHT creates light in the dark chaos.<br />~I Timothy 6:16<br /><br />GOD sent JESUS to be the LIGHT of the world in the sin-darkened world.<br />~John 8:12<br /><br />. . . But the dark world comprehends it not.<br />~John 1:5<br /><br />Satan blinds people to the LIGHT.<br />~II Corinthians 4:4<br /><br />Jesus commands believers to be LIGHTS (Matthew 5:16) in a crooked and perverse nation (Phil 2:15).<br /><br />IF you believe the LIGHT of the Gospel you have LIFE & IMMORTALITY!<br />~II Timothy 1:10Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-48918517580248301932010-04-30T10:53:00.000-05:002010-05-03T11:04:51.428-05:00The Brooding Spirit. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7-ISpnRPw7lntB5OaJFHtZkpqv-E4jBxvLAnjQlxeJwMU9WZdKpIryVIdIRoKFMI71Lb_TQg3JnrLptQ1l-n7kAfksak8jRhIxAWkhoPeOj0r-e5HJg_lfkwqghcsJQNbRW6Gg/s1600/underHISwing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7-ISpnRPw7lntB5OaJFHtZkpqv-E4jBxvLAnjQlxeJwMU9WZdKpIryVIdIRoKFMI71Lb_TQg3JnrLptQ1l-n7kAfksak8jRhIxAWkhoPeOj0r-e5HJg_lfkwqghcsJQNbRW6Gg/s200/underHISwing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467075318206157858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>THE BROODING SPIRIT</u></span><br /></div><br />“The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”<br />~ Genesis. 1:2<br /><br />The imagery is that of a mother hen BROODING over a nest of young.<br /><br />“. . . under His wings shall thou trust.”<br />~Psalm 91:4<br /><br />“Whose wings thou art come to trust?”<br />~Ruth 2:12<br /><br />Consider now the words of JESUS:<br /><br />“How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.”<br />~Matthew 23:37<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />ARE YOU UNDER HIS WING?</div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-87728995189411768452010-04-28T11:02:00.003-05:002010-04-28T11:11:22.644-05:00DNA & Creation . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBL72VfSI_PY-gsKNHZqDYJOchyphenhyphencGsPW-A9T-ZRWsrk6b7SjhTn_-d1mxke2bxk0H3yu5P9Yt7teatppX62fjxSUwYZowGmnoC0lFSmQWlNSVwmRlMaWy1bbcHN4P-Eyz4yZnUQ/s1600/DNA.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBL72VfSI_PY-gsKNHZqDYJOchyphenhyphencGsPW-A9T-ZRWsrk6b7SjhTn_-d1mxke2bxk0H3yu5P9Yt7teatppX62fjxSUwYZowGmnoC0lFSmQWlNSVwmRlMaWy1bbcHN4P-Eyz4yZnUQ/s200/DNA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465221630715978674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><u>DNA & CREATION</u></span><br /></div><br />DNA is a substance found in EVERY living thing.<br /><br />It does NOT arrive by chance.<br /><br />It has a Source. The Source IS an Intelligent Designer.<br /><br />Hence: Evolution is a spiritual, not a rational choice. Evolutionists do not want to be morally accountable to a personal/Holy Creator.<br /><br />GOD’s WORD: “All flesh is not the same flesh; one kind of flesh of men; another kind of beast; another kind of fishes; another kind of birds.<br />~ I Corinthians 15:39Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-46374989092508898332010-04-27T11:42:00.003-05:002010-04-28T12:28:36.812-05:00Void & Dark. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicxRd8ohWhQvg22q1NfbXEe4nnDjH_WWR1WFdyIx73i3UZW92tUJfYwqbS3M4lXEdZU1XFVuf97UOGm41jsXWVsY79Ggvxnr7rjqfFndcrlR82VCL0P4ZFBAfQFY6kukBviAY_w/s1600/darkness+to+light.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicxRd8ohWhQvg22q1NfbXEe4nnDjH_WWR1WFdyIx73i3UZW92tUJfYwqbS3M4lXEdZU1XFVuf97UOGm41jsXWVsY79Ggvxnr7rjqfFndcrlR82VCL0P4ZFBAfQFY6kukBviAY_w/s200/darkness+to+light.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465241430787179474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">WITHOUT FORM. . .<br />and VOID & DARKNESS<br />WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP<br /></span></div><br />Such was the earth till the Spirit of GOD moved and the voice of GOD began creating.<br /><br />SO IS EVERY SOUL -- We are Void & Dark until the regenerating Spirit of GOD works and the soul receives the incorruptible Word of GOD.<br /><br />"For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God."<br />~ I Peter 1:23<br /><br />“Therefore if any man be in CHRIST he is a new creature:old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.”<br />~II Corinthians 5:17Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-89539462772564430002010-04-26T11:42:00.002-05:002010-04-28T12:22:54.931-05:00. . . in HIS Hands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oFo-cJdc_fMjFjIfDeKbep_lgxQBpAECLrkd5CLzGKh9-YHURYR3MvTAf3WcCWIFYzKIrrXpjLCWI4jcoHq0zN9ZscKA9ukC5ptb7CWtzoktWijMazHtLhWNrN5DGz4TySi7vQ/s1600/InHisHands5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oFo-cJdc_fMjFjIfDeKbep_lgxQBpAECLrkd5CLzGKh9-YHURYR3MvTAf3WcCWIFYzKIrrXpjLCWI4jcoHq0zN9ZscKA9ukC5ptb7CWtzoktWijMazHtLhWNrN5DGz4TySi7vQ/s200/InHisHands5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465240041722964530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><u>HE’s GOT the WHOLE WORLD in HIS HANDS</u></span><br /></div><br />“Who hath measured the waters in the hallow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span…”<br />~Isaiah 40:12<br /><br />Now consider where the believer is:<br /><br />“…they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my Hands. My Father, which gave them Me is GREATER than all. . . . no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s Hand.”<br />~John 10:28-29<br /><br />ARE YOU IN GOOD HANDS?Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-40122369121620678752010-04-23T11:41:00.003-05:002010-04-28T12:03:15.936-05:00A Higher Education . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2lDnnLEt34fYgiNHoxw0cO0aPamm6R8JodvEVFFi2hWDEgKBt0GugffEj1uI1cxkd6vI4nyobpF7MeYtLt6VrSdEhfKZ-tJ4FwHxSkGcCce0ysUwE10azJqAVXs3PXr8PDOCuA/s1600/humble.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2lDnnLEt34fYgiNHoxw0cO0aPamm6R8JodvEVFFi2hWDEgKBt0GugffEj1uI1cxkd6vI4nyobpF7MeYtLt6VrSdEhfKZ-tJ4FwHxSkGcCce0ysUwE10azJqAVXs3PXr8PDOCuA/s200/humble.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465234805883786178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>HIGHER EDUCATION BEGINS LOW</u><br /></span></div><br />"By humility & the fear of the LORD are riches, & honor & life.<br />~ Proverbs 22:4<br /><br />Consider John the Baptist:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"He must increase, I must decrease."</span><br /></div><br />Consider Job:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"I abhor myself."</span><br /></div><br />Consider Isaiah:<br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">"Woe is me."<br /></div><br />Consider the Beatitudes:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Blessed are the Poor In Spirit & Blessed Are Those Who Mourn." </span><br /></div><br />Do you find yourself among these?Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-83101685556918513512010-04-22T11:40:00.002-05:002010-04-28T11:49:21.641-05:00Brevity vs. Eternity. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQi8iQc2AMcdCZzGjgFCjNSYp5QB2bpJrWx7J5IFAl6rMm3xXGOcfXV_o-gOfUcS8Xl-k1x3E8v_IXm9YsL83IYREdWZLUMiwCX2JUMvs8bxg-YmhNOczx8D3YX1Umqq4jdBABQ/s1600/atlas-mountains.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQi8iQc2AMcdCZzGjgFCjNSYp5QB2bpJrWx7J5IFAl6rMm3xXGOcfXV_o-gOfUcS8Xl-k1x3E8v_IXm9YsL83IYREdWZLUMiwCX2JUMvs8bxg-YmhNOczx8D3YX1Umqq4jdBABQ/s200/atlas-mountains.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465231279343993922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><u>BREVITY vs. ETERNITY</u><br /></span></div><br /><u>About GOD:</u> From everlasting to everlasting THOU art GOD.<br /><br /><u>About man:</u> The days of our years are three score & ten.<br />~Psalm 90<br /><br />As Moses witnessed daily the death of his people in the wilderness, he was greatly impressed with the brevity of life.<br /><br />But the GOD he met at Horeb, Sinai, & Mt. Nebo was eternal.<br /><br />WISE APPLICATION: Teach us to number our days.<br /><br />Use your brevity to prepare for your eternity.Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-64046135122713860592010-04-21T11:30:00.003-05:002010-04-28T11:40:10.933-05:00Creationism Rx. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMObYk74gtdAQ0IFakcp5aP2fa1n8O1GkGlFdeKXLi9hAORsftvz0bT3V7Y_lCBFIkhtvoqmk6zpxOf8RR4Ws3NLWowA5GRQDsDzv5_zYsgG2awXLUw6Aa1Cxco_rbbp9GXKPRA/s1600/front.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMObYk74gtdAQ0IFakcp5aP2fa1n8O1GkGlFdeKXLi9hAORsftvz0bT3V7Y_lCBFIkhtvoqmk6zpxOf8RR4Ws3NLWowA5GRQDsDzv5_zYsgG2awXLUw6Aa1Cxco_rbbp9GXKPRA/s200/front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465229023637846658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>GODLY Rx:</u></span><u><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">a BIG DOSE of CREATIONISM!</span></u><br /></div><br />When faced with life’s most horrendous trials & blamed by friends for his dire lot, Job turns his anger on the ALMIGHTY.<br /><br />In patience, the LORD teaches Job who's REALLY in charge of all CREATION:<br /><br />From the Cosmos to the Creatures -- from the inanimate to the animate.<br /><br />Job repents, is restored, a new chapter opens in his life.<br /><br />He is never the same.<br /><br />Are you struggling?<br /><br />Try a BIG DOSE of CREATION!Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-69256275670581032032010-04-20T11:25:00.002-05:002010-04-28T11:29:07.924-05:00Regrets. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiXbjwy8Ntdsl3JN8m7SiVK3YlD48dE-tSU188z4wKcbo3qhz1XZFtxqKLN76mCUy0HFDSQzYkqiAP4zcxupUAJcysEz6bk-RlqsHmfwbi83CoI7R64cx34ZKsAhyphenhyphenjAiW_IwxxA/s1600/SadOldMan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiXbjwy8Ntdsl3JN8m7SiVK3YlD48dE-tSU188z4wKcbo3qhz1XZFtxqKLN76mCUy0HFDSQzYkqiAP4zcxupUAJcysEz6bk-RlqsHmfwbi83CoI7R64cx34ZKsAhyphenhyphenjAiW_IwxxA/s200/SadOldMan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465226228599574274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>THE OLD SAGE & HIS REGRETS</u><br /></span></div><br />“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.”<br />~Ecclesiastes.12:1<br /><br />In his search for satisfaction, Solomon pursued every interest under the sun.<br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">. . . wine, woman, wealth, music, etc…<br /></div><br />Without God in life’s equation, all was “vanity of vanities.”<br /><br />In his aging, worn-out body, he delivers this conclusion:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Fear God…” </span><br /></div><br />Do not pursue things “under the sun,” but HIM who is over the sun.Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-47401949626522623502010-04-19T11:18:00.003-05:002010-04-28T11:24:22.308-05:00Is HE Welcome?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8S6aBm2Wl6pMlhB0eMzQ-LAebifABxkYf6ki0KRp3Mp6k2qJmRaL3i0BKwKTELPLx0kZTXDkV7tnvTW6S7JUbDvOLy0CbQZOjOLN2g2HxjXUOjk81afRy-tJiu0ZpLp-u-v3QSg/s1600/christ+earth.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8S6aBm2Wl6pMlhB0eMzQ-LAebifABxkYf6ki0KRp3Mp6k2qJmRaL3i0BKwKTELPLx0kZTXDkV7tnvTW6S7JUbDvOLy0CbQZOjOLN2g2HxjXUOjk81afRy-tJiu0ZpLp-u-v3QSg/s200/christ+earth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465224955783934642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>THE CREATOR. . .<br />Is HE a Welcomed Visitor?</u><br /></span></div><br />Psalm 8 says. . .<br />“When I consider THY heavens, the work of THY fingers… the moon & the stars, which THOU hast ordained… What is man, that THOU are mindful of him? Or the son of man that THOU visitest him?<br /><br />*For the Christian, HE makes His abode within (John 14).<br /><br />*For the Laodicean church He is knocking (Rev. 3).<br /><br />*For the godless world, a dreadful day of visitation awaits (Psalm 2).Mark E. Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087482483071126603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-55228120691176898652010-04-16T15:07:00.003-05:002010-04-27T15:12:28.925-05:00Sacred Scriptures vs. Scoffers. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH2co3BPmAEDF1RBewQ3El-9-poEPl57_ceeClfQAGBF5tObPEV-vK2EnWoksli65th7Hg6PA_6PjxKt5AVpzekQwq5Ryq23p20V4SumZ1DhJjZB7Dc3KiSRDvddeD-I_erTR4w/s1600/sacred+scriptures.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH2co3BPmAEDF1RBewQ3El-9-poEPl57_ceeClfQAGBF5tObPEV-vK2EnWoksli65th7Hg6PA_6PjxKt5AVpzekQwq5Ryq23p20V4SumZ1DhJjZB7Dc3KiSRDvddeD-I_erTR4w/s200/sacred+scriptures.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464912696940441938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>SACRED SCRIPTURES REFUTE the SCOFFERS</u></span><br /></div><br /><u>The Scoffer’s Argument:</u><br /><br />"All things continue as they were.”<span style="font-style: italic;"> (i.e. Uniformitarianism) </span><br /><br /><u>The Scripture’s Answer:</u><br /><br />“They are willingly ignorant…”<br /><br />The Cosmos is Divinely Created and Divinely Controlled; the Sovereign Creator can interrupt the Cosmos with catastrophe and bring Creation to a Divinely consummated end.<br />~II Peter3:1-14<br /><br />Is God slow to show His promises?<br /><br />He wants people to REPENT.Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-32730333900370473802010-04-15T14:58:00.004-05:002010-04-27T15:06:18.158-05:00Everything From A to Z . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIcLmE9MbI4WlTk98J-FSMgguMcG8-8EUEaCfOsYQ5W1zZhHIwL3xp1iNCk6OV0KUqHpn-1MqF553ouzPNALn6TtpzgxZFw7n2WafhJBIx55UThHzuCMgk87-bWZzfAl0JZmpyA/s1600/A.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIcLmE9MbI4WlTk98J-FSMgguMcG8-8EUEaCfOsYQ5W1zZhHIwL3xp1iNCk6OV0KUqHpn-1MqF553ouzPNALn6TtpzgxZFw7n2WafhJBIx55UThHzuCMgk87-bWZzfAl0JZmpyA/s200/A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464910578449969666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfezRMoM6dATcX1jUyPC6-hMMnjJVFzXZ-dA4y5ltFkTkpBDGAqlTsw8CDOEUhP06jI8Sh4Ys1tA_lOGfW8El6XZFIocnzKHunlDZQ6nT_fSEn5i-RrQgvoCxNc75xxcmPTblDaA/s1600/z.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfezRMoM6dATcX1jUyPC6-hMMnjJVFzXZ-dA4y5ltFkTkpBDGAqlTsw8CDOEUhP06jI8Sh4Ys1tA_lOGfW8El6XZFIocnzKHunlDZQ6nT_fSEn5i-RrQgvoCxNc75xxcmPTblDaA/s200/z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464910937334013922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></u></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><br /><br />EVERYTHING FROM A to Z</u></span></div><br />“I am <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Alpha</span> and the <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Omega</span>, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”<br /><br />These two titles constitute the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, hence our LORD’s application,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">"I am the first & the last." </span><br /></div><br />But HE is not only our A and Z. . .<br /><br />He is also everything in between:<br /><br />Creation --> Revelation --> Redemption --> Personal experience --><br /><br />Jesus is the beginning and the end.<br /><br />None is before Him as A. . .<br /><div style="text-align: center;">None can follow as Z. . . .<br /></div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-34753387194861336952010-04-14T14:50:00.004-05:002010-04-27T14:58:01.258-05:00Creation's Verdict. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj167_Hbdyq6GqLctzOPLPlLloybrOfm_6kiryCC8d_UcGD-rjLoXVtQeoDT9oMlD4V4f1esIrd-SqPH2HV32jYu8I5Y11QQ4vw0wn5OnJezf-gDQ7vEAdhbT38r9D3rG9K1-fE5w/s1600/honeybee2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj167_Hbdyq6GqLctzOPLPlLloybrOfm_6kiryCC8d_UcGD-rjLoXVtQeoDT9oMlD4V4f1esIrd-SqPH2HV32jYu8I5Y11QQ4vw0wn5OnJezf-gDQ7vEAdhbT38r9D3rG9K1-fE5w/s200/honeybee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464908977550416962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><u>CREATION’s Verdict</u></span><br /></div><br />“For the invisible things of Him from the Creation of the world are CLEARLY seen being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and godhead; SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.”<br />~Romans 1:20<br /><br />To reject the truth of Creation is a certain pathway into depravity.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(See the remaining verses of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201&version=NIV">Romans Chapter 1</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> --> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201&version=NIV"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">HERE</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;">.)</span></div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-2427925850482293612010-04-13T14:43:00.000-05:002010-04-27T14:48:55.795-05:00Creation's Endless SERMON. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBZVNBArQysu-pxOvGO6MEYCoCO8ttE6-2AAa6AGeNVsy_NbTNsVl32b3QEg6iyAyZAwmnatCYNosA9kCIvT8yUQib1B7NL3_0fTKL7i2YLJCAhrSVdSgFT8jU990Mymijg2UNg/s1600/heavensfirmament.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBZVNBArQysu-pxOvGO6MEYCoCO8ttE6-2AAa6AGeNVsy_NbTNsVl32b3QEg6iyAyZAwmnatCYNosA9kCIvT8yUQib1B7NL3_0fTKL7i2YLJCAhrSVdSgFT8jU990Mymijg2UNg/s200/heavensfirmament.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464906504611471522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>Creation’s Endless<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> SERMON</span></u></span><br /></div><br />“The heavens <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">DECLARE</span>. . .<br />the Glory of God.<br /><br />The firmament <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">SHOWS</span>. . .<br />His handiwork.<br /><br />Day unto day utters <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">SPEECH</span>.<br /><br />There is no speech nor <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">LANGUAGE</span></span> where their <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">VOICE</span> is not heard.<br /><br />Their <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">LINE</span> is gone out through all the earth, and their <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">WORDS </span>to the end of the world.<br />~Psalm 19:1-4<br /><br />Creation speaks 7/24/365!<br /><br />Nondiscriminatory, multi-lingual, & universal!<br /><br />What is the message?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">“The Hand that made me is DIVINE.”</span></div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-91559890730049442602010-04-12T14:30:00.001-05:002010-04-27T14:39:39.837-05:00Evolution & Foolishness . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyxvBZJ-6Ar3u_iz7GWzd7dONQ-ocKPRuSagL3X7ofTf4ZVMV56KVUAbjQsOpCNaC3AKa7T267d48L85Fm6yeIFEWUEjsEeiluvLALU_pjelpIGBiOD2RHc5GktAAuk84FVdaHQ/s1600/bigbang.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyxvBZJ-6Ar3u_iz7GWzd7dONQ-ocKPRuSagL3X7ofTf4ZVMV56KVUAbjQsOpCNaC3AKa7T267d48L85Fm6yeIFEWUEjsEeiluvLALU_pjelpIGBiOD2RHc5GktAAuk84FVdaHQ/s200/bigbang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464904148753847394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“The fool has said in his heart, ‘there is no God.’"</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">~Psalm 19:1<br /></div><br />“Evolution is as irrational as it is amoral. In place of God as Creator, the evolutionist has substituted chance. . . . Chance is the engine most evolutionists believe drives the evolutionary process.”<br />~ John MacArthur<br /><br />“By the word of the Lord . . . were the heavens made.”<br />~Psalm 33:6<br /><br />“…but He that built all things is God.”<br />~ Hebrews 3:4:Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-80315422810805634022010-04-09T14:23:00.000-05:002010-04-27T14:27:09.270-05:00The Origin of the Universe . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9PCk1EEy_Hlv5sgUcgyAXGOu5KSHJ85Yd9omMt05ZpADEYFyku01kalaerpiRTAcQL1nSZUtZxw5XzyaNv8H4isgyCCyqOLhFy6vSZTDsMnKQq_gQ9Ihb1AkMukGY5fI07VX0g/s1600/universe.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9PCk1EEy_Hlv5sgUcgyAXGOu5KSHJ85Yd9omMt05ZpADEYFyku01kalaerpiRTAcQL1nSZUtZxw5XzyaNv8H4isgyCCyqOLhFy6vSZTDsMnKQq_gQ9Ihb1AkMukGY5fI07VX0g/s200/universe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464900581630732994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><u>The Origin of the Universe</u></span><br /></div><br />Big Bang or Big GOD?<br /><br />The Book of Genesis emphasizes <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"FIAT"</span> Creation: The Omnipotent ability to bring someting into existence out of nothing.<br /><br />"By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the WORD of GOD, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. (Hebrews11:3)Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-39783630502497386742010-04-08T14:19:00.000-05:002010-04-27T14:23:09.393-05:00Genesis 1:1 . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDm5to6iEg9aSeuDhDw8ZHHq9dkKn5hXUhpX_P-fNqFyHOXZbJ78EV3zFwgP-j_eDDl6DjjMgyX5omzIDFTORxweExR9nsPIHYUzH048l5h23gTqs1WQujHRGSAzZWwB-KB0nFVQ/s1600/genesis11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDm5to6iEg9aSeuDhDw8ZHHq9dkKn5hXUhpX_P-fNqFyHOXZbJ78EV3zFwgP-j_eDDl6DjjMgyX5omzIDFTORxweExR9nsPIHYUzH048l5h23gTqs1WQujHRGSAzZWwB-KB0nFVQ/s200/genesis11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464899648890688562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The first ten words</span> of Scripture defy all human philosophies, (i.e., atheism, pantheism, materialism, evolution, humanism, fatalism, etc. . .)<br /><br />If you do not accept Genesis 1:1, you cannot accept John 1:1-3.<br /><br />And therefore you cannot accept CHRIST.<br /><br />"In the beginning was the WORD, the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD. The same was in the beginning with GOD. All things were made by HIM...."Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-43119679427469846962010-04-07T13:45:00.001-05:002010-04-27T14:18:21.076-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUdXeIYTVPPeiJ6BDC1CNPUvxBq-JDF3-cOJvu8P_zfof-JtKpJMGVWeYC8CkkRC5Bel5gRqi6m0_I-R1-71FTB9O6nHgT79twNVJaGuQ9amsRHU8C-I0ZOgvrpc2smnA0uwt4w/s1600/manpraying.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUdXeIYTVPPeiJ6BDC1CNPUvxBq-JDF3-cOJvu8P_zfof-JtKpJMGVWeYC8CkkRC5Bel5gRqi6m0_I-R1-71FTB9O6nHgT79twNVJaGuQ9amsRHU8C-I0ZOgvrpc2smnA0uwt4w/s200/manpraying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464898731623979154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>The Cry of the True Christian</u></span><br /></div><br />The unceasing and unpleasant task of warning the wicked of their doom.<br /><br />"Are we beseeching them in God's stead to be reconciled to Him?" (II Cor. 5:19-21)<br /><br />. . . If only ours could be a passionate passion for souls! Tell some perishing soul today that Jesus died to save from sin and hell. . . .Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-46077818984934894912010-04-02T13:37:00.003-05:002010-04-27T13:42:48.118-05:00Good Friday . . .<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHa2hcgeUOtV0Qs0wbtvJUaJbtSclNQml63p49jc6mrG7uQvdF79m_EQDomxf30vaeGCVnRMGKdXZKE_vS-iv-O0MYk8DbSiXdF2T5Pz74n4vlG2GiWO9pc9avsZvuGowYCLMpw/s1600/goodfriday.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHa2hcgeUOtV0Qs0wbtvJUaJbtSclNQml63p49jc6mrG7uQvdF79m_EQDomxf30vaeGCVnRMGKdXZKE_vS-iv-O0MYk8DbSiXdF2T5Pz74n4vlG2GiWO9pc9avsZvuGowYCLMpw/s200/goodfriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464888671235578626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>GOOD FRIDAY</u></span><br /></div><br />An historical event?<br /><br />A tragic end to a great prophet?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">OR . . .<br /></div><br />GOD's plan to redeem YOU!<br /><br />"For He hath made Him (CHRIST) to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Cor. 5:21)<br /><br />The blood that flowed from the Cross was the precious price of our redemption.<br /><br />Have you applied it by faith to your life?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">BEHOLD THE LAMB </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">THAT TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!</span></div>Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-68410430048528809942010-04-01T12:53:00.003-05:002010-04-27T13:22:02.072-05:00Folly . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwQLCI0YpwGaYRBAf3XlFvb70TG2_fEqw3WLdDuUK3QK287nYzoPpL6MfWIz-sJQty10J4F4zG8Xzrk0UbFk_jh-eiG9OnDbr7DubOtoa3zFRVATGPLvEuA437gYGdoRYkv9x4g/s1600/TrueBiblicalChristianity.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwQLCI0YpwGaYRBAf3XlFvb70TG2_fEqw3WLdDuUK3QK287nYzoPpL6MfWIz-sJQty10J4F4zG8Xzrk0UbFk_jh-eiG9OnDbr7DubOtoa3zFRVATGPLvEuA437gYGdoRYkv9x4g/s200/TrueBiblicalChristianity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464884211437927922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>FOLLY OF MAN</u></span><br /></div><br />Imagine telling CHRIST:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Thanks for dying for me; but it's not enough."</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>GOD's WORD</u></span><br /></div><br />"But to him that works not, but believes on Him." (Romans 4:5)<br /><br />"Not of works lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:9)<br /><br />"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to HIS Mercy." (Titus 3:5)<br /><br />"And if by grace, then it is no more of works." (Romans 11:6)<br /><br />". . . if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." (Galatians 2:21)Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-53478725096802221762010-03-31T11:55:00.001-05:002010-04-27T12:03:03.049-05:00Passover . . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZygWc0uL6EVd_TijCCFex3VOnK5afaBN0qvsX51eBYUcfapDF6N28OQKPCdRFL8WjDKiCf6zTFDV9DjKATj6WFvIhyphenhyphenQ9lGwVOjhc2m6YwzQi3LsJhLFmWVrrTWBy-izMaOU0X4A/s1600/passover2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZygWc0uL6EVd_TijCCFex3VOnK5afaBN0qvsX51eBYUcfapDF6N28OQKPCdRFL8WjDKiCf6zTFDV9DjKATj6WFvIhyphenhyphenQ9lGwVOjhc2m6YwzQi3LsJhLFmWVrrTWBy-izMaOU0X4A/s200/passover2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464862791172863602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>FIRST PASSOVER</u></span><br /></div><br />An innocent lamb's blood was spilled, spread upon the doorpost . . . and it brought protection.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PmUo011WRYx1ptzV5gVRIwSxouEvzcUSOjF4k-mlb5GPEhPZWffa0e_xiwwhxgvLuWL_LjakQEzIgydVw2zW9xgitTcVwmOD9NfBX2WmWwqJsUmQEq0zl01hYWjyFHAywZbspg/s1600/passover1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PmUo011WRYx1ptzV5gVRIwSxouEvzcUSOjF4k-mlb5GPEhPZWffa0e_xiwwhxgvLuWL_LjakQEzIgydVw2zW9xgitTcVwmOD9NfBX2WmWwqJsUmQEq0zl01hYWjyFHAywZbspg/s200/passover1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464862968057794226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>BELIEVER's PASSOVER</u></span><br /></div><br />CHRIST - God's Lamb - spills His blood and repentant sinners are protected!!<br /><br />"...Christ our passover is sacrificed for us." (I Cor. 5:7)<br /><br />"....our Lord Jesus ...through the blood of the Everlasting C...ovenant." (Hebrews 13:20)<br /><br />"...worthy is the Lamb that was slain." (Rev. 5:12)Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146870.post-38725380675270424232010-03-30T11:18:00.005-05:002010-04-27T11:54:32.735-05:00Nonexistence. . .<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVavIKTjzGpXoqRJBIY-FRSy7SfPNMDXA9KG_I_PeTxLjzwNPxlATWg3sX42OqnMu0RGJg5CscqJp3_glozdSs7XrAn4jKrpuxBBj3Q4DLAnRkUSJ3NREQ6hKP9oKYYAwRsAtNXg/s1600/silhouetteman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVavIKTjzGpXoqRJBIY-FRSy7SfPNMDXA9KG_I_PeTxLjzwNPxlATWg3sX42OqnMu0RGJg5CscqJp3_glozdSs7XrAn4jKrpuxBBj3Q4DLAnRkUSJ3NREQ6hKP9oKYYAwRsAtNXg/s200/silhouetteman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464856952071468498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>NONEXISTENCE IS BETTER THAN ETERNAL HELL</u></span><br /></div><br />"Jesus said , It would have been good for than man [Judas] if he had not been born." (Matt. 26:24)<br /><br />"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul." (Mark 8:36)<br /><br />"I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that . . .I am He, you shall die in your sins." (John 8:24)Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com0