Should we keep the Sabbath and Christian Lord's Day? Should the Church?

God is gracious and merciful but that doesn't make Him anything less in regard to perfect justice and judgement. What if He should choose to give judgment rather than mercy- Is He then wrong- He is not wrong. A good God will do all his holy will and our God does no less. So fear Him, because he is as worthy of being feared as He is of being loved and hopefully we do both together.

The Law of God Applied in the Contemporary Setting.----There are many interpretations of the place and use of the law of God for the contemporary Christian. Here is the historic, confessional interpretation that the law of God binds all perpetually and without exception -with very important qualifications and without being the cause or ground of our justification-.

-3 ways to feel closer to God that really work-. People often want to feel closer to God. There are many -methods-. Tried and true ways to come close to God or to cause God to come closer to us. But that way of thinking can be misrepresentative. God isn't easily open to what might seem like merely human manipulations. But there are ways that the Bible teaches the people of God have drawn near. Faith, repentance and moral obedience to the laws of God - have generally been the means of pleasing God and a sure knowledge that those that come to him in this way are loved by him. If we don't feel close to God we might want to consider our ways and if in error... make amendment. Simply, if you want to be close to God live a life he would want you to live. There are promises and blessings there.

"3 ways to feel closer to God that really work". People often want to feel closer to God. There are many "methods". Tried and true ways to come close to God or to cause God to come closer to us. But that way of thinking can be misrepresentative. God isn't easily open to what might seem like merely human manipulations. But there are ways that the Bible teaches the people of God have drawn near. Faith, repentance and moral obedience to the laws of God - have generally been the means of pleasing God and a sure knowledge that those that come to him in this way are loved by him. If we don't feel close to God we might want to consider our ways and if in error... make amendment. Simply, if you want to be close to God live a life he would want you to live. There are promises and blessings there.

The Kingdom Parables and How to get into the Kingdom of God

A wonderful group of young people learn to sing the 23rd Psalm from the Psalter of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church

A new arrangement of Psalm 133 from the ARP Psalter

The Westminster Confession of Faith- Chapter 3, The Eternal Decrees of God. -as applied in practical and experiential theology--1. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass-a yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin,b nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.c--a. Rom 9-15, 18- 11-33- Eph 1-11- Heb 6-17. - b. James 1-13, 17- 1 John 1-5. - c. Prov 16-33- Mat 17-12- John 19-11- Acts 2-23- 4-27-28.--2. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions,a yet hath he not decreed anything because he foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions.b--a. 1 Sam 23-11-12- Mat 11-21, 23- Acts 15-18. - b. Rom 9-11, 13, 16, 18.--3. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angelsa are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others fore-ordained to everlasting death.b--a. Mat 25-41- 1 Tim 5-21. - b. Prov 16-4- Rom 9-22-23- Eph 1-5-6.--4. These angels and men, thus predestinated and fore-ordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed- and their number is so certain and definite that it can not be either increased or diminished.a--a. John 13-18- 2 Tim 2-19.--5. Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works...

The Westminster Confession of Faith: Chapter 3, The Eternal Decrees of God. (as applied in practical and experiential theology 1. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass;a yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin,b nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.c a. Rom 9:15, 18; 11:33; Eph 1:11; Heb 6:17. • b. James 1:13, 17; 1 John 1:5. • c. Prov 16:33; Mat 17:12; John 19:11; Acts 2:23; 4:27-28. 2. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions,a yet hath he not decreed anything because he foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions.b a. 1 Sam 23:11-12; Mat 11:21, 23; Acts 15:18. • b. Rom 9:11, 13, 16, 18. 3. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angelsa are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others fore-ordained to everlasting death.b a. Mat 25:41; 1 Tim 5:21. • b. Prov 16:4; Rom 9:22-23; Eph 1:5-6. 4. These angels and men, thus predestinated and fore-ordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed; and their number is so certain and definite that it can not be either increased or diminished.a a. John 13:18; 2 Tim 2:19. 5. Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works...