Lesson of Matthew 18 on Justification by Faith

"That justification by faith, or the pardon we receive while on probation, is a conditional pardon, is proved by our Savior’s words in Matthew 18:23-35. 

Here is presented the case of a servant who owed his lord ten

thousand talents; but having nothing to pay, and manifesting honesty of intention, 

Matthew 18:27 The lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 

But this servant met his fellow-servant, who owed him the trifling sum of two hundred pence; and who pleaded for mercy in the same terms in which the first had so successfully pleaded be fore his lord. But this servant would not show mercy; he thrust his fellow-servant into prison till he should pay the debt. Hearing of this, his lord called him, and said unto him, 

32-34 O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me: Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow-servant, even as I had pity on you? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.  

This we say is the Bible view of forgiveness in the gospel, or justification by faith, while we are waiting for the decisions of the Judgment." 

Joseph Waggoner

IN the NEWS - Poll on the "Trinity"

QUESTION: ...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? LUKE 18:8

"An overwhelming majority of Christians reject the basic Christian teaching of the Trinity, prompting new concerns that Americans are living without the influence of “the truths and life principles of God.”
The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the latest installment of its American Worldview Inventory series which documents Americans’ views on the Trinity. The research is based on responses collected from 2,100 adults in

January.
Overall, just 40% of respondents believe that God exists and affects people’s lives. That figure rises to 53% among self-identified Christians, 60% among theologically-identified born-again Christians, and 100% among Integrated Disciples. The latter term refers to those who have a biblical worldview. While a majority of those surveyed (59%) believe in the existence of Jesus Christ, a significantly smaller share of adults (29%) believe in the Holy Spirit.
Slightly more than 1 in 10 respondents (11%) believe in the Trinity, that the God of the Bible is “three distinct but inseparable and equal persons in one infinite Being.” The persons in the Trinity are God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Belief in the Trinity, characterized by the Cultural Research Center as a “fundamental tenet of Christianity,” increases to 16% among self-identified Christians, 24% among theologically-identified born-again Christians and 62% among Integrated Disciples.
“These results are further evidence of the limited or lack of trust Americans have in the Bible, the limitations we place on the authority and influence of God, and our refusal to cooperate with God by living in harmony with His ways and purposes,” said CRC Director of Research George Barna in response to the survey results. “Even the statistics for the groups that are most in-tune with biblical teachings, such as belief in the nature and impact of the Trinity, are shockingly low for a nation in which most people claim to be Christian.” 

CP

Creation Moment 4/2/2025 - Evidence Against Evolution SERIES: Mutations?

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:20 NSAB

"Mutations—random changes in the genetic information— are supposed to generate new information so that new features such as legs, feathers, brains, eyes, and so on, could ‘evolve’. 

However, random changes in information do not create new meaningful ‘paragraphs’, or ‘chapters’, of information. 

--They only corrupt it. 

--Mutations destroy; they do not create. 

They are known by the diseases they cause in humans (e.g. cancers).

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is not due to an increase in meaningful information due to mutations. In all mutations studied, there has been a loss of function causing the resistance—for example, loss of control over the production of the enzyme that breaks down penicillin so that much more of this enzyme is produced. Sometimes information has been acquired from another type of bacterium, which then enables the recipient to resist the antibiotic. Mutations will never produce the new complex information needed for evolution to proceed.

Furthermore, research has revealed many examples of features in

living things that are made up of highly complex parts where every part has to be present for it to function at all. They cannot be simpler and still function.

It is not possible for small step-wise mutations and natural selection to create such systems because a series of functional intermediates is impossible. 

Examples are the bacterial flagellum, the blood clotting system, the ATPase ‘motor’, the signaling system in cells, the DNA–coded protein synthesis system, etc." 

CMI

The Atonement and the Stability of God's Government

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear [Respect] God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13

"An Atonement must not only unite justice and mercy, and reconcile

the transgressor to the law, but the perpetuity and stability of the Government should be the first consideration, as they are first in importance in our relations and duties, because on them the perpetuity of all private relations and rights depends." 

Joseph Waggoner

SDA Issues: GospelTruth.ai?

Q: Should pastors base, and have AI write, sermons from an app?
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 

2 Timothy 2:15

"In a recent episode of 3ABN Toda the Three Angels Broadcasting Network, Wintley Phipps introduced a new tool, GospelTruth.ai, designed to assist Christians in their study of the Bible and sermon preparation. 

This artificial intelligence application is specifically trained to provide Biblically accurate responses and generate complete sermons, distinguishing it from mainstream AI models such as ChatGPT, which, as Phipps noted, often reflect a mix of secular and religious perspectives.
Phipps expressed concerns about conventional AI models, which he likened to the “tree of knowledge of good and evil.” He pointed out that these models pull information from both secular and religious sources, leading to responses that may not always align with Biblical teachings. 

When discussing theological topics such as the Sabbath, he found that mainstream AI often presented conflicting or nonbiblical viewpoints, requiring extensive back-and-forth to align the response with Scripture.
To address this challenge, Phipps and his team developed GospelTruth.
GospelTruth employs a proprietary linguistic search algorithm that deeply mines Scripture and related texts, producing fresh, in-depth perspectives each time a user requests information." 

ANN

Creation Moment 4/1/2025 - Evidence Against Evolution SERIES: Limits to variation

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:20 NSAB

"The breeding of animals and plants shows that there are strict limits to how far selection can go—whether it be artificial or natural.

 Breeding of pigs will never make them fly! 

Nor can natural selection grow feathers on a reptile! 

Things were created to reproduce true-to-their-kind, just like the Bible says in Genesis chapter 1. 

The limited amount of natural variation drives modern molecular

biologists to try to take genes from one kind of organism and get them to work in another kind. It’s all about transferring information, and much intelligence is applied to do this (with many failures!). Natural (non-intelligent) processes cannot, and therefore have never, created anything containing meaningful information." 

CMI

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