Conceited as it relates to envy

"Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."  Galatians 5:26

The first thing we should note about the verse above is that it is possible for Christians to provoke one another and also to envy one another.  Those two sins we might think should not be a part of a Christian life but if Paul warned against them it is to be understood as likely to happen unless we are wary of it.

The warning comes after Paul lists fruits of the Spirit and those are listed after he lists sins of the flesh.  It is remarkable to me that while walking in the power and grace of the Holy Spirit that we could become conceited.  Walking by and in the Spirit would seem to exclude conceit.  But the warning is clear.

We must be humbled by these possibilities of conceit, being guilty of provoking one another and envying one another, even while we walk in the Spirit.  "Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up"!

A Brief History of Anglicanism

The link is to a blog by a pastor in Myrtle Beach.  He does a very good job of explaining movements, defining terminology and identifying the ebbs and flows of Anglican history all in a concise manner.  It will help all my parishioners to understand who we are.  https://trinitypastor.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/will-the-real-anglicanism-please-stand-up/

A Good Word on Idealism and the Church

I needed to understand this a long time ago.http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2015/09/the-un-ideal-community

Giving Thanks

Thanks be to God for David Daleiden the leader behind the Planned Parenthood exposure videos. 

Thanks be to God for waking many Christians up to the horror of abortion.

Thanks be to God for keep the heinous sin of abortion before us.

Thanks be to God for the lesson that when God let a people go their own way the results are horrifying.

Thanks be to God for hackers who exposed adulterers. 

Thanks be to God that sin is uncovered. 

Thanks be to God for delivering men to satan for the destruction of the flesh, that their spirits may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Thanks be to God for choosing us to live in a time when the battle lines are being drawn.

Thanks be to God!

Abortion: George Will at his best!

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http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/08/01/george-will-abortion-shows-barbarity-nation/30978987/

We Cannot Be Silent

The following will be handed out Sunday morning.

Response to Planned Parenthood’s barbarism

On the ACNA website there is an explanation of what has been revealed recently about Planned Parenthood.  Summarily we can conclude that the atrocity of abortion itself has become barbarism.  Below we are given guidance as to what we can do.

7) What does God teach us about this through the Bible?

The answer to the question: “When is a human life important enough for us to care about it, protect it or respect it?” is found in Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation, God implies that every human life is sacred, precious, and important enough to send His Son to die so that we humans could have life eternal with Him. God’s sacrifice of Christ on the cross, is the ultimate statement that human life is important enough to die for, in order to save it. God cares for every person even before we are in our mother’s womb according to Jeremiah 1:5 and makes it clear in Psalm 139, verse 16 that every day of our life is known and numbered for us in His book of life.

God answers the question by declaring that His love for every person existed before we are formed by Him and goes on even after we graduate to heaven. He loves the babies, women, doctors, and all involved in this, including us, who now know about it.

8) What is my Church doing?

The Anglican Church in North America has been a strong advocate for life. In fact, it important enough for the Church to include a statement in support of life in its founding documents. Canon 8, Section 3 of Title II states; God, and not man, is the creator of human life. The unjustified taking of life is sinful. Therefore, all members and clergy are called to promote and respect the sanctity of every human life from conception to natural death.

Every year our bishops participate in the March for Life, Walk for Life, March for Life Canada and in 2016 the bishops are already planning on participating in a special Summit: Mobilizing the Church for Life in Washington! DC as well as the March for Life.  To learn more visit: http://www.anglicandoma.org/summit2016.

9) What can my congregation do?

Anglicans for Life has resources and educational materials to equip you for this call of protecting life. It is also important to recognize there are members and visitors every Sunday who have been touched by abortion and need to know healing programs are available. Many like myself spent years in the pew, fearing abortion is an unforgivable sin. We need to hear priests preach that forgiveness is available for all sins including abortion.

10) What can I do?

We need to also protect life in the public square, politically and legislatively.  But at the heart of life, this is a spiritual battle between God and Satan, and therefore we must also use our greatest weapon continually. Pray, pray, pray. Pray for all the lives involved and pray for courage to do what God is calling you to do regardless of the cost because life is sacred. Pray for an end to abortion and euthanasia. Pray for the mothers and fathers who have lost children to abortion and are now faced with the reality of what their unborn child went through during the abortion. It is also okay to write letters to your representatives and ask them to suspend the millions of tax dollars given to Planned Parenthood annually.

For more information about Anglicans for Life please visit their website: anglicansforlife.org.

Carroll County Reps: Andrew Harris (202) 225-5311; fax: (202) 225-0254

web: http://harris.house.gov

Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (202) 225-5341; fax: (202) 225-0375

web: http://vanhollen.house.gov

For others see: http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/39fed/06ushse/html/rep.html

The Slide of Degradation

When God tells Abraham that the fourth generation of Israel will return to the Promised Land after the iniquity of the Amorites is complete He implies that their is both a piling up of sin by a nation and sloping degradation of sin. 

The recently revealed sin of human butchery of Planned Parenthood is an example of a sloping degradation of sin.  The slide is so very steep that once you start down you cannot stop and at the bottom is the pit of hell. 

This sin revealed must move us Christians to speak out against it and against Planned Parenthood by whatever means are available to us.  This includes our commerce practices.  Please look over the list of companies that support Planned Parenthood and stop giving them your money.  And let them know why.
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