Come Down, Lord!

 Pastor Jacob Reaume writes, "The only One who has a mastery on goodness is God.  In  Mark 10:18 , Jesus said, “No one is good except God alone,” and He then listed commandments 6, 7,8, 9, and 5 of the Ten Commandments.  In doing so, Jesus was explaining that God’s Law, which comes from the only good God, is the final standard of good.  Because Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords, His Law is the Law of laws or the Norm of norms.  My point in noting this is that while the government claims to operate for the general good, the state also claims that God’s definition of good is not the  goodest  good.  The state has claimed that its good is better than God’s good.  God calls His people to gather because He loves us and has a wonderful plan for our lives, but the state has an even more wonderful plan for our lives.  Its good is better than God’s good." For more follow the link .

  For many years I have watched with gratitude - from a distance - as Rev. Paul Carter (of Cornerstone Baptist Church ) has contended for the faith in his own denomination .  I was once a part of the CBOQ and watched with real interest the developments over the years. I have prayed often for him and other men fighting the good fight for biblical fidelity in a denomination awash in liberalism.   With the apostle I can say that for many years I thanked God upon every remembrance of him (Philippians 1:3).   More recently we have found ourselves on opposite sides of a contentious issue.  That issue, of course, is covid.  From the beginning Carter has been calling for quiet obedience to the magistrate, whereas I have been calling for obedience to God.   To be fair, Carter says that his obedience to the magistrate is in obedience to God.  In order to obey God he says he must - in this case - obey man.    He and I haven't had a...

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