Puritan Corner - Our Glorious Sins

“Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious
sins.”

by Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Job 15:16

Papal Notes - Papal Quote Found After 127 Years

And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Daniel 7:20

"In the afternoon of November 24th 1894, a steamboat of the Royal Marine entered the peaceful waters of the Grand Canal, stopping in the close vicinity of the Golden Cathedral of St. Mark. 

All the bells of the city announced the joy and triumph of the multitudinous throngs lining the canals and crowding at the windows of the palaces. They waved their white flags beneath the rich marble balconies and shouted a prolonged chorus of jubilation as the Cardinal in his scarlet robes passed by, blessing them as a father does his children.

The following day at the high mass of November 25th 1894, Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, who later became Pope Pius the 10th, presented an address at the high mass of St Mark’s to the fanfare of the crowds. In that famous address he said the following which has been quoted for the past one hundred plus years:

“The Pope is not simply the representative of Jesus Christ. On

the contrary, he is Jesus Christ Himself, under the veil of the flesh, and who by means of a being common to humanity continues His ministry amongst men … Does the Pope speak? It is Jesus Christ Who is speaking. Does he teach? It is Jesus Christ Who teaches. Does he confer grace or pronounce an anathema? It is Jesus Christ Himself Who is pronouncing the anathema and conferring the grace. Hence consequently, when one speaks of the Pope, it is not necessary to examine, but to obey”

These were great words no doubt from the little horn of Daniel 7:25 and the Man of Sin from 2 Thessalonians 2. 

In July 13th 1895, a Catholic Organ called the Catholic National published the quote and discussed it as well. To their credit, there

were those within Catholicism who were aware of it and did not agree with the ultramontanists of Vatican 1. Nevertheless, for the past many years various websites have denied the existence of the catholic national and offered various suggestions all proving to be false as to what that newspaper could have been. 

Well, after 127 years, The Catholique National has been located in Switzerland in the Stämpfli library in Bern. 

The quote July 13th can be seen here proving that these concerns so oft dismissed were indeed protested by both Catholics and Protestants. It can finally be confirmed that The Catholic National was indeed a real paper and the concerns were legitimate." 

James Bowen/F7

Creation Moment 11/30/2022 - NO ACCIDENT

In the beginning God created....... Genesis 1:1

 

".... I am impressed with the apparent evidence that reality is not
pure accident. 

While science presumably will continue to provide evidence relevant to the existence or nonexistence of design, I do not see how it can shed light on the origins of design, if such there be."

G.D. Snell, Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine (Jackson Laboratory, Maine)

What Constitutes The Heart Of All Promises?

"The Word of God is given to instruct us in reference to the plan of salvation. 

The second coming of Christ is to be the climax and completion of that great scheme. 

It is most appropriate, therefore, that the book should close with the solemn announcement:

Revelation 22:20 Surely I come quickly.

Thus closes the volume of inspiration,—closes with that which constitutes the best of all promises, and the substance of the Christian’s hope,—the return of Christ." A.T. Jones

Creation Moment 11/29/2022 - What Science Needs.....

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, [NOT Science] saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:8

"Modern science has brought tremendous benefits to human life, ranging from wonder-working medicines to the personal computer on which I am writing this preface. 

But science is not God. 

It has not perfected human nature 

nor has it curbed the human abuse of power. 

Like every human enterprise, science is partial, corruptible, and prone to error, and it needs to be subject to the checks and balances of a free society and the moral law."

 John West, Darwin Day in America, preface

The Rebuke Implies.....

"Before the children of Israel came to Mount Sinai we find them
voluntarily making provision for the Sabbath, by gathering on the sixth day a double portion of manna. 

"And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. 

And the Lord said unto Moses, how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you, on the sixth day, the bread of two days." Ex.16:27-29

The rebuke how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? implies the previous appointment of the Sabbath; and the positive assertion, the Lord hath given you the Sabbath ought to settle the question in any mind disposed to understand the sacred historian." James White

Creation Moment 11/28/2022 - Linked to Creation

"Some have contended that the Sabbath was not instituted until the law was given to Moses at Mount Sinai. 

---But there are serious difficulties in the way of this belief. 

---In the second chapter of Genesis, after having given an account of the creation, the sacred historian says: "On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." 

 

---Now, if any part of this narrative is to be construed literally, the

whole of it must be; 

---and if we may not venture to deny or explain away the account which Moses has given of the creation, then we may not deny or explain away this unequivocal statement respecting the original institution of the Sabbath in Paradise. 

 

***The blessing and sanctifying of the seventh day is mentioned in connection with the first seventh day in the order of time, and it is so mentioned as most forcibly to impress the reader that the Sabbath was then instituted." James White

In this period of agitation and transition....

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

3 John 1:8

 

"In this period of agitation and transition, let no man blindly commit himself to predetermined views, but hold himself ready to follow truth always and everywhere. 

Let him hold his sympathies 

entirely at its disposal. 

This is the course of safety; for truth has angels, Christ, and God, upon its side; and though it had but one adherent on the earth, it would triumph all the same. 

Truth can receive no lasting detriment from the opposition of the world, and the powers of darkness, all combined. 

Its triumph is assured by the pledge of Omnipotence; and all who follow it, few in number though they be, at last will triumph with it too." Uriah Smith

Creation Moment 11/27/2022 -The Verse that Keeps it Real

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:

Romans 1:20

 

"FORTUNATELY there are some things which men cannot deny. There are plenty of them who 

deny God, 

deny Christ, 

deny the Holy Spirit, 

deny divine revelation, 

and deny any hereafter. 

---But they cannot deny that which may be called the "here." 

 The present state of existence is a fact which cannot be ignored. 

 

Man finds himself in a real, material world, on a plane of existence
which is full of mystery and marvel. 

He finds himself with a bodily organism wonderfully constructed. with a mind able to reason, reflect, draw conclusions, and lay plans for the future. 

 

He can pry into the secrets of nature, resolve substances of the earth into their original elements, and with instruments that multiply his vision a thousandfold, explore the blue expanse above him, and study a stellar worlds in their grand procession through boundless space. 

 

---But amid all the phenomena of life, he sees another, if possible stranger still the phenomenon of death. Immediately, so far as anything appears to the outward sense, his powers are gone. His mind ceases to act; his body, unable longer to resist decay, disintegrates and mingles with the dust.

 

---A retinue of mysterious inquiries throng our steps. 

Q: Whence came this order of things? 

Q: Who ordained this arrangement?
Q: For what purpose are we here? 

Q: What are our obligations?
Q: And whither are we bound?" 

Uriah Smith

"OUGHT"

"In 1 John 2:6 we read these words: "He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He [Christ] walked." 

True Christians are those who abide in Christ; for those that do not abide in Christ, are cast forth, and are gathered to be burned. John 15:6. 

The word "ought" implies something owed; therefore the members of Christ's church owe it to him to walk as he walked." E.J. Waggoner

PSALM 11:5 -- What does God hate with a Passion?

The LORD examines the righteous, 

   but the wicked, 

      those who love violence, 

         He hates with a passion.

Psalm 11:5 NLT

Papal Notes - WYD 2023 Papal Push

"There is an alignment taking place in which political and religious leaders are uniting to promote the very same message. 

The world is uniting under Pope Francis’ leadership to save the

planet, even as sin and lawlessness continue to spread at an alarming rate. 

The Pope’s plan for World Youth Day 2023 is to combine the UN 2030 Agenda with Laudado Si’ in an effort to bring the world together around a single new sustainable economy based on papal dogma.

The following is taken directly from the official World Youth Day 2023 website:

“The Holy Father has challenged us to build an event of youth, an event of strength. It is with this fresh and creative mind, as well as clearheaded and responsibility, that we look at JMJ Lisbon 2023 (WYD Lisbon 2023).” 

“It is our mission to build the JMJ Lisbon 2023 (WYD Lisbon 2023) upon the sustainability goals adopted globally, the Laudato si’ Goals put forward by the Vatican, as well as the United Nations 2030 Agenda (SDGs).”

“JMJ Lisbon 2023 will be attended by Pope Francis’ encyclicals Laudato si’ and Fratelli Tutti, and by the apostolic exhortation Christus Vivit. They invite us to take great care of our Common Home. The Holy Father says ‘everything is connected. Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society.’ (LS, 91).”

This is Pope Francis’ plan for the world. He is merging the philosophies of Laudato Si’, Fratelli Tutti, and the United Nations 2030 agenda in order to solve the problems of society. Or is this the strategy of the United Nations? Or is US President Joe Biden behind this? Or is this what the World Council of Churches has in mind? Actually, all of these global powers are essentially saying the same thing. The message has become indistinguishable. Church and state are preaching the same sermon. 

Q: Why is that so? 

A: “For all nations have drunk of the wine (Sunday sacredness and all other Catholic social doctrines) of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” Revelation 18:3." AdventMessenger

The "Really" File - (Those "Inventors" of ads Balenciaga)

..... inventors of evil things.... Romans 1:30

"Yet another advertisement from fashion company Balenciaga has
been revealed to give a nod to the sexualization of children.

In a different ad campaign, the luxury brand showcased children holding teddy bears that were dressed in sexual BDSM gear. The company deleted all of its Instagram posts....

In one image, the text of a document was partially showing from underneath a handbag. 

---The paper included the text of U.S. v. Williams, the Supreme Court case that outlawed child pornography. 

---Another document featured the text of Ashcroft v. Free Speech, another Supreme Court case pertaining to child pornography. 

Balenciaga apologized for the disturbing ad campaign on Instagram,

From the "Really" File

saying “We apologize for displaying unsettling documents in our campaign”....But now it’s been found that yet another disturbing advertisement from Balenciaga seems to subtly reference child pornography and the occult as well. A book by artist Michael Borremans sits on the desk behind an adult model. One of Borremans’ books, “Fire from the Sun” features realistic paintings of young, nude children. Some of the children appear to be covered in blood.

Another book in the same Balenciaga advertisement featuring the Borremans book is called, “The Cremaster Cycle,” which is another collection of occultic photography work created by Matthew Barney."

Breitbart/IW

REALLY? 

Creation Moment 11/26/22022 - "Conspiracy theory"?

 **Snopes is known as a major pseudo-fact checking organization.

 

"Snopes.com ran an article under the “news” section which called
creationism, or a view of a literal flood and young earth, a “fully fledged conspiracy theory.” ......

Particularly frustrating to Bratemen is the notion that the earth is 10,000 years old or less. Braterman bemoaned the fact that 40% of Americans, according to a 2019 Gallup survey, believe in the creationist view of the origin of humanity, which is that we are descended from the first humans God created, Adam and Eve, “within roughly the past 10,000 years.”

“Such beliefs derive from the doctrine of biblical infallibility, long accepted as integral to the faith of numerous evangelical and Baptist churches through the world,” he wrote. “But I would argue that the present-day creationist movement is a fully fledged conspiracy theory.”

---Understand where this goes logically… if you are labeled as a dangerous conspiratorialist then they can put pressure on social media sites to kick you off of social media, since what you believe is dangerous to others around you. And it won’t end there. As Paul wrote, “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come” (2 Tim 3:1)."

Gerry Waggoner/F7 

IN the NEWS - Des Moines Register pushes a "Day of Rest"

 Woe unto us! 1 Samuel 4:8

 

"In an article published in the Des Moines Register on November 21, 2022, titled “Now is a Good Time to Create a Regular Day of Rest,” we read:

“Tish Harrison Warren, THW, writes, ‘When a careerist culture meets a digital revolution that allows unlimited access to work, something’s got to give. And in America, that something tends not to be work demands but is instead the human soul’.’

“Recently THW, an Anglican priest, examined how the dynamics of our contemporary work environments increasingly sap any humaneness from our employment and deplete our spirits. She probed the history, intent, and evolution of a sabbath day as a lens to understand our current predicament and to suggest constructive responses. One such response THW offered is the renewal of a palpable and impenetrable humane day of rest — unplugged from digital monitoring and employer or customer communication.”

“She yearns for ‘a life where a healthy rhythm of work and rest characterize each day and each week, a life where we can do good, hard, meaningful work and then truly leave it behind’.” 

“Her wish may be ready to emerge.” 

“THW’s ruminations shed a light on an ideal moment and opportunity for our culture to coalesce into a new day of recalibration and recharge. Cultural apparatuses are present that may do the trick. Basic income and the four-day work week, perhaps, could bring us to this goal of a delineated restful day.” 

Q: Do you see how a “Sunday law” sentiment is being manufactured throughout our nation? 

The so-called “secular” media is making a plea for a “Sabbath day” of rest for our “culture” on the grounds that people need to recharge and unplug from work." AdventMessenger

Thanksgiving SERIES (Spurgeon) PAGE

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; 

and thy paths drop fatness.

Psalm 65:11

Thanksgiving SERIES (Spurgeon): All the year round....

https://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-series-spurgeon-all-year.html

The glory of autumn.... 

https://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-series-spurgeon-glory-of.html

Remember, Meditate & Think Upon His Goodness 

https://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-series-spurgeon-remember.html

The Harvest of Pentecost 

https://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-series-spurgeon-harvest-of.html

The Harvest of -- YOU 

https://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-series-spurgeon-harvest-of_23.html

Creation Moment 11/25/2022 - Science of Thanksgiving

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Revelation 7:12

 

"Should science tread into areas of virtue? Here’s how a science news entry begins: “Rather than rolling your eyes when it’s your turn to bow your head and give thanks, try being grateful. The result just might be good for you. From boosting your mood to improving your relationships, research shows that being thankful is good for your health.”

 

Right off the bat, an unusual article on Live Science assumes most people will roll their eyes at a thanksgiving prayer (meaning, this is stupid). That reveals a strong reporter bias. 

 

But then, the editors at Live Science assume science can turn a virtue

into a self-serving goal: improving one’s own health. If you pretend to be thankful just to improve your own health, are you really being thankful?

 

Live Science is only echoing what Steve Toepfer of Kent State University thinks about the pragmatic benefits of gratitude. The self-serving end of his prescription is clear in the if-then statement: “If you are looking to increase your well-being through intentional activities, take 15 minutes three times over three weeks and write letters of gratitude to someone,” he said. 

But even if this activity results in measurable improvements in health and happiness by a scientist, it still begs the question of whether it is really thankfulness.  And what if the opening paragraph really advised praying thankfully instead of rolling one’s eyes at the blessing before the feast?

 

Suggested prayer for the secular self-serving follower of Toepfer: “Dear whatever is out there, I know you don’t exist, and this activity is dumb, but a scientist says it is good for my health, so I’m going to pretend to be thankful just to improve my well-being. So thank me, thank me, thank me, I really appreciate me.”

Being thankful means getting your mind off yourself. Don’t let a scientist trick you with vain words. True thankfulness can only come from a heart that acknowledges its Creator. The

reason God is angry is that his creatures do not acknowledge Him as God, and are not thankful (Romans 1:21). So to even start being thankful, you have to acknowledge your Maker as God. If you haven’t yet done that, thanksgiving Day is a great time to enter the narrow gate. Drop your selfish baggage, admit your sin, acknowledge your Creator, and accept the sacrifice of his Son on the cross for your guilt. Any joy you will feel in your own heart, and any improvements to your health and well-being, will be mere by-products of a far greater goal: blessing God and others by your real, true, thankfulness." CEH

Thanksgiving SERIES (Spurgeon): The Harvest of -- YOU

 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;  

and thy paths drop fatness.

Psalm 65:11

  

"Centuries are flying, and yet the darkness lingers; time grows old, and yet the idols sit upon their thrones.....the sceptres are still in the hands of despots.

 

We see, then, dear friends, that in providence, wherever the Lord
comes, His “paths drop fatness.” 

He may sometimes seem to pinch His people and bring them into want, but if there be not a fatness of outward good, there will be a fatness of inward mercy. 

Even the trials which the Lord scatters like coals of fire in His path, do but burn up the weeds and warm the heart of the soil.

You that know the truth, and are made free by it, shall find that those paths drop fatness.

 

*Few Christians understand it, they live in the lowlands and seldom climb to the top of Nebo; they live outside; they come not into the holy place; they take not up the privilege of priesthood. 

At a distance they see the sacrifice, but they sit not down with the priest to eat thereof, and to enjoy the fat of the burnt offering. 

 

Brother, sister, sit thou ever under the shadow of Jesus; come up to that palm-tree, and take hold of the branches thereof; let thy beloved be unto thee as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, and thou shalt find a never-failing fruit, which shall ever be sweet unto thy taste.

 

One suggestion is this: some of you are strangers to God, you have been living as His enemies, and you will probably die so. 

---But what a blessing it would be if a part of the crown of this year should be your conversion! 

“The harvest is past and the summer is ended, and ye are not saved.” 

But oh, what a joy, if this very day you should turn unto God and live!"

Charles Spurgeon

Psalm 100:4 & THANKSGIVING

"Verse Psalms 100:4. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving — --Publicly worship God; 

--and when ye come to the house of prayer, 

be thankful that you have such a privilege; 

--and when you enter His courts, 

praise Him for the permission." 

Adam Clarke

Creation Moment 11/24/2022 - Big Science & Dirty Money

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: 

he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

Proverbs 29:24

"The FTX scandal has universities and journals scrambling to save

face and replenish funding after a favorite well suddenly dried up

—It’s the biggest financial swindle in history: bigger even than the Madoff ponzi scheme or the Enron scandal.— 

 Leftist politicians fell in love with a sexually-profligate offshore scam artist named Sam Bankman-Fried. Hailed as the youngest billionaire in the world, Bankman-Fried, or SBF for short—a 30-year-old former MIT physics student with academic parents (both leftists)—appeared as a rich darling and savvy star on talk shows and on the covers of leading financial magazines. He ran a popular cryptocurrency exchange named FTX with a million investors. That was until the bottom fell out on November 10.

 

Warning signs should have been obvious. With his flippant jollity, unkempt hair and hoodie, and offshore domicile in the Bahamas, where he lived in a sex commune with 10 employees and partners with little or no financial experience, SBF was a disaster waiting to happen. But recipients of his largess overlooked these warning signs and feted

him as long as the dollars flowed. He was second only to George Soros as a donor to Democrats, and although a few Republicans got pittances from his fake-altruistic gifts, SBF was clearly a supporter of Leftist causes – including Big Science and its pet project, climate change.

SBF’s crytocurrency exchange, FTX, just lost billions of dollars in one day. Investors in his scam lost everything—some who had entrusted their life savings to FTX.

Conveniently for Democrats, SBF’s easy-come, easy-go empire

imploded just after the US midterm elections on November 8. Some are attributing unexpected wins by far-left Democrats like John Fetterman to FTX money. Fetterman had a stroke and could hardly put a coherent sentence together. But he won his Senate contest in Pennsylvania against Republican Mehmet Oz, a heart surgeon and popular TV doctor, after huge inputs of cash from Soros and SBF and other rich

celebrities. The extra cash enabled Democrats like Fetterman to broadcast nonstop attack ads against their Republican challengers. But the damage was done; none of the Democrats are expected to give the tainted money back, and the lame-duck Democrat-controlled Congress has little to no motivation to investigate what happened at FTX.

 

Meanwhile, Big Science is in a fix. They can’t deny having profited from the scam, but one of their big funding wells just went dry. How can they hope to stop climate change without a free flow of dirty money?

 

Crypto company’s collapse strands scientists (Science Magazine, 14 November 2022). Robert F. Service’s subtitle reveals where the pain is being felt: “Foundations supported by FTX committed hundreds of millions of dollars to research on climate, biodefense, and AI ethics.” Service says nothing about SBF’s sex scandal or profligate lifestyle, or his massive donations of millions to Democrats. (Before the collapse, SBF was pledging a billion dollars to re-elect Biden in 2024.)

Last week’s collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is

sending aftershocks through the scientific community. An undergraduate physics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who founded FTX and quickly became a billionaire, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried began to back philanthropic organizations that supported a wide variety of science-related causes, most designed to improve human well-being. Now, with FTX in bankruptcy and under investigation for misuse of investors’ money, his formerly flush foundations are suddenly strapped for cash and much of that work is at risk.

One of the foundations, the Future Fund, had promised $132 million for 262 science projects. Some of these were for potentially worthy causes like vaccines and pandemic preparedness. Grantees had already started these projects and had bills to pay. Now, the Future Fund officers said in a statement that “We are devastated to say that it looks likely that there are many committed grants that the Future Fund will be unable to honor.”

 

Why didn’t they warn the grantees about this house of cards wobbling in the wind? If this was for “science” work, who failed to do a proper scientific investigation with controlled experimentation? Can Big Science really be this unscientific?

FTX’s collapse was unthinkable just days earlier. The company, which serves as an online trading platform for cryptocurrency, had assets between $10 billion and $50 billion, according to bankruptcy documents. But it was brought to its knees by an old-style run on the bank, as investors tried to withdraw their money after doubts were raised about FTX’s financial health. The company declared bankruptcy on Friday, 11 November, and just hours later more than $500 million was reportedly stolen from the company by hackers.

Assets? $50 billion looks good on paper, but the collateral for the

spendable US dollars exchanged from crypto is thin air. Crytocurrency is an imaginary type of money that depends for its life on trust in the cloud, where blockchain algorithms guarantee the legitimacy of transactions, but cannot show any tangible ‘stuff’ behind it. 

Its value fluctuates wildly, as was seen in the roller-coaster ride of crypto in 2022. Was Big Science really caught off guard?

FTX Collapse Imperils Philanthropic Research Funding (The Scientist, 15 Nov 2022). SBF had an interesting term, “effective altruism,” for his gifts to foundations. It made him present an image of unselfishly wanting to just help people and the planet out of the kindness of his heart. What’s more altruistic than science? Well, the Democrat party got many millions more than science did.

Many of the grants given or promised by foundations linked
to FTX were for organizations or groups focused on effective altruism (EA), an approach to philanthropy espoused by FTX founder and Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried in which donors try to do as much good as possible with the resources they have available. However, according to Science, the FTX-funded Future Fund also awarded millions of dollars for natural science initiatives.

---How altruistic was it, though, for SBF to withdraw investors’

funds for his own Bahamas rich-kid profligate lifestyle, including a Lamborghini, free sex, liquor and drugs? Science Magazine wants you to believe the collapse was just a “run on the bank” when customers got scared......

But SBF, a pampered pervert and scam artist, gambled with the investments of a million customers, and blew it all away. He committed the biggest swindle of all time without remorse or apology." CEH