Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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A Pauline Doxology!
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
A doxology is an expression of praise to God that is sometimes sung as a short hymn. Perhaps the most famous doxology is the Latin hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, which is Latin for “Glory to God in the highest” (Luke 2:14). When I was a boy, I sang this doxology as part of a Christmas music program at my public school. To help us remember how to pronounce the title, my music teacher said, “If someone were throwing egg shells at you, you would naturally cry out, ‘Egg Shells Cease!’” Now that’s the sign of a good teacher. She helped me remember how to pronounce a Latin phrase fifty years later!
After confessing to being the chief of sinners (I Tim. 1:15) and discussing the “mercy” and “longsuffering” that the Lord exhibited in saving him (v. 16), the Apostle Paul naturally broke out in a doxology all his own!
“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen” (I Timothy 1:17).
In the context, “the King” here must be the “Him” of the previous verse, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is described as “eternal” (cf. Micah 5:2) and “immortal,” a word which means to be incapable of dying. Of course! “Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more!” (Rom. 6:9). The Lord wasn’t “invisible” when He was here on earth, but now in Heaven He is invisible in the same sense as God the Father, who said, “there shall no man see Me, and live” (Ex. 33:20). But that doesn’t mean our blessed Savior will be invisible to us when we get to Heaven, for in that day we will have “put on immortality” (I Cor. 15:53,54), and you will be able to gaze into the Savior’s face to your heart’s content. He is also “only wise” (cf. Jude 1:25), but not in the sense that the Father is not also “only wise” (Rom. 16:27), but only in the sense that He is the only wise God among the other “gods” mentioned in Scripture (I Cor. 8:5).
When Paul draws this doxology to a close by insisting that to Him “be honour and glory for ever and ever,” this brings us full circle back to the reason the apostle began praising God in the first place, for “worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive… honour, and glory” (Rev. 5:12). All of the Lord’s other attributes are wonderful, but this is the crown jewel of this and every other doxology.
If you are looking forward to joining the choir who are singing that doxology, don’t overlook that they are singing it to “a Lamb as it had been slain” (v. 6). This indicates that the Lord still bears the open wounds He invited Thomas to touch (John 20:27), wounds He will bear for all eternity so we never forget the price He paid for our redemption. It is wonderful to sing of gazing into the face of the Lord, but it takes our breath away to remember that His face will still be “marred more than any man” (Isa. 52:14). As Isaac Watts wrote, “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/a-pauline-doxology/
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
1 Timothy 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Romans 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Exodus 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
1 Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. <<Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.
1 Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Praise God
Praise is a powerful tool. Men seek it.
God deserves it.
Don’t indiscriminately give it, but don’t ignore it.
Praise those things that are praiseworthy. Don’t know
any? Think about it (Phil 4:8).
You may find out that someone you have been talking to
has been growing in their understanding. Or perhaps
another has sidestepped the enemy because of their
use of God’s word rightly divided. Praiseworthy!
You may discover that God is to be praised most of
all for preserving the Bible you read each morning, for the
Spirit residing in us, or for the manifold wisdom of his
grace through Jesus Christ (Rom 16:25, Col 1:27).
Every soul that is saved by God’s grace is to the praise
of his glory (Eph 1:12).
With so much confusion and wrong doctrine it is easy
to forget to praise. Don’t forget Eph 1:6.
For his glory,
Justin “Praise Him” Johnson
https://graceambassadors.com/life/prayer/praise-god
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Let’s go to Barcelona . . .
From Wikipedia: “El duende is the spirit of evocation. It comes from inside as a physical/emotional response to art. It is what gives you chills, makes you smile or cry as a bodily reaction to an artistic performance that is particularly expressive. . .”
Also from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duende_%28mythology%29
“ A duende is a creature somewhat like a human from Iberian, Latin American, and Filipino folklore. The Spanish term duende originated as a contraction of the phrase dueño de casa or duen de casa, “possessor of a house”, and was originally conceptualized as a mischievous spirit inhabiting a house.”
Further descriptions seem to put it in the realm of paganism or animism
One of the deep mysteries of flamenco is how it invokes duende. Fortunately, as Hemingway often said, Spain has some of the best bars in the entire world. And it is in those wonderful places that some wonderfully talented musicians go to play for tips. And when they play, everyone—even tourists who don’t speak a lot of Spanish—can find duende.
https://principia-scientific.com/proof-that-the-pandemic-was-planned-with-purpose/
Nothing more to say: Principia has put it all together.
(Complete with a full compliment of reference links at the end.
Well, the ones that “big tech” have not censored yet, anyway)
https://www.infowarsshop.com/Reflections-And-Warnings-An-Interview-With-Aaron-Russo_p_27.html
https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1313506364464005122?s=19
Now that’s some creative fishing. lol
Hmmm. Trolling takes on a new form…..
GB, lol here’s my like
https://twitter.com/FigenSports/status/1313508909248851971?s=19
https://twitter.com/BestVideosBest/status/1313505091417255936?s=19
https://twitter.com/LayariaNetwork/status/1312775684943736834?s=19
I was about to go to bed… now I’m gonna have nightmares! 🙂
I’m having problems getting my arms around that….
I knew, as I’m sure most of us did, that when Trump “called off negotiations” with the Dems on the CV stimulus bill it was part of a plan. And on another site I post at, I explicitly told some of the Trump haters there that he would NOT let the stimulus checks to individuals just go down the drain. Well… check it out! 😀
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313664886648582144
“If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?”
I know he’s gonna win the election regardless… but this right here might make it a cakewalk. If Pelosi comes back to the table and agrees, Trump will get most of the credit from people when they get the checks. Bad for the Dems. On the other hand, if she refuses to act, without ANY excuses, people will blame HER. Even worse for the Dems.
Oh… sorry guys! I just noticed I was posting in the regular open thread instead of the presidential one. I shall now head over to the other one… 🙂
Quick prayer for a quick procedure and a quick recovery for Dan Bongino.
Thank you Lord.
Amen
Amen.
https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1313942498558070784
Thanks P. Saw that earlier.
C’est bonne!
En fait!
https://twitter.com/NoTrueScotist/status/1313271108536160256
Baby Lives Matter.
The Department of Justice is holding a virtual press conference on a matter of national security today. Wednesday October 7, 2020 at 11:00am ET.
Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the National Security Div, US Atty for the Eastern Dist of Virginia G. Zachary Terwilliger, FBI Director Chris Wray and Acting Asst Dir in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office James A. Dawson will attend this live streamed press conference.
This could be interesting or it could be another nothingburger.
Isn’t Chris Wray synonymous with nothing burger?
Yeah, turned out to be almost nothing. Kinda hoped they were going to announce Faye Wray’s retirement, but King Kong never showed up.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, October 7, 2020
✟
“Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:”
Isaiah 26:4 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Wednesday Butterfly Blessing
Jesus Loves Babies…Pray for the Unborn
Jesus Loves the Little Children – Pray for the Little Children
Jesus Loves You – Come to Him
Mornin’ infidels! I predict a fun day……
Perfect for today, WeeWeed. Have a glorious day!
Mornin’ Weather!
Mornin WeeWeed
Going up to the courthouse to vote early today.
Mornin’ Rah! Good on ya!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
RECONCILIATION
“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Cor. v. 21
Sin is a fundamental relationship; it is not wrong doing, it is wrong BEING, deliberate and emphatic independence of God. The Christian religion bases everything on the positive, radical nature of sin. Other religions deal with sins; the Bible alone deals with sin. The first thing Jesus Christ faced in men was the heredity of sin, and it is because we have ignored this in our presentation of the Gospel that the message of the Gospel has lost its sting and its blasting power.
The revelation of the Bible is not that Jesus Christ took upon Himself our fleshly sins, but that He took upon Himself the heredity of sin which no man can touch. God made His own Son to be sin that He might make the sinner a saint. All through the Bible it is revealed that Our Lord bore the sin of the world by IDENTIFICATION, not by SYMPATHY. He deliberately took upon His own shoulders, and bore in His own Person, the whole massed sin of the human race – “He hath MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, who knew no sin,” and by so doing He put the whole human race on the basis of Redemption. Jesus Christ rehabilitated the human race; He put it back to where God designed it to be, and anyone can enter into union with God on the ground of what Our Lord has done on the Cross.
A man cannot redeem himself; Redemption is God’s “bit,” it is absolutely finished and complete; its reference to individual men is a question of their individual action. A distinction must always be made between the revelation of Redemption and the conscious experience of salvation in a man’s life.
Oswald Chambers
October 7th Devotional
Unseal and release all of Obama’s personal life history documents/records from the time of his birth through to his election to the Senate.
Requesting for an avid Obama supporter.
OMG! My browser upper right corner bell is back!
DELTA projected track keeps shifting west. Now western edge of warning cone right at Houston, TX. Gulf coasts of AL and MS are out of the cone. Sustained winds got down to 105 mph last night as the eye passed over the tip of the Yucatan but with daylight and the eye about to go over water their up to 110 mph.
In my earlier posts I wrote that the most powerful hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin came out of the Caribbean late in the season. Now CBS is comparing DELTA to Wilma which was what I was alluding to. Let us pray DELTA turns out not to be a Wilma. Wilma, which formed in the Caribbean in Oct 2005, was declared to have 185 mph sustained winds but weakened to a CAT III before coming ashore in S. Florida. CBS is of course fully invested in the BS climate change meme and thus tends to hype.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-delta-atlantic-gulf-coast-wilma-intense/
Calling all flag experts. I came across this video and at 1:25 there is a black flag with red cross stripes on it. Any clue what this flag is. Film footage in interesting too.
There are some kind of white symbols in two corners but I can identify them.
John Stewart wrote this song that was covered by many artists from the Monkees to U2. Always a favorite, simple little song, I think Stewart was really under rated. He also sang with the Kingston Trio. I saw him in concert in the mid 70’s to a small audience.
I meant to post Daydream Believer. Here it is.
From “Bombs Away Dream Babies” IIRC.
Loved this song on the radio in my first car.
https://www.google.com/search?q=daydream+believer+john+stewart&oq=daydream+Believer&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l5.6702j0j8&sourcei
I am sorry about that. I am sure it is my fault. “Daydream Believer” for anyone still with me.
Homemade stain remover for laundry: 1 part Dawn dish liquid, 2 parts hydrogen peroxide. I use the brown bottle that the hydrogen peroxide came in – added a sprayer top from a different sprayer bottle I had which conveniently fit the H2O2 bottle.
OF COURSE YOU SHOULD TEST IT FIRST IN A HIDDEN SPOT TO MAKE SURE YOUR FABRIC IS NOT DAMAGED BY THE STUFF. And don’t use it in loads where you are using bleach.
I spray the stuff on stains, let it sit for 15 – 30 minutes, launder as usual. Works VERY well for me.
(Mixing up another batch today, thought I’d share the recipe.)
Derek Chauvin was released from jail today in Minneapolis on one million dollars bail. I suspect he got the money from some both good, and far-sighted, people who expect that he is going to make some HUGE coin off both Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota when he is found not guilty of any crime and sues for the egregious violations of his civil rights they committed. I hope he takes the stupid, criminal left-wing governments in both places to the cleaners for enough money to make the Justine Damond payout look like chump change.
George Floyd as a hero? Anyone stupid enough to believe that undoubtedly is so clueless they have to be reminded to breathe.
I now have a problem connecting to TheConservativeTreehouse.com using the latest version of Firefox on my Samsung (Android) tablet. Everything was just fine until a couple days ago when the site started having problems with WordPress. Now when I try to go to theconservativetreehouse.com, Firefox goes to theconservativetreehouse.wpcomstaging.com. And it is stuck on October 5th 2020 Presidential Politics and won’t load the current site. Maybe Firefox is using a mobile version of the site because on my desktop Firefox doesn’t have this problem. I closed that tab and opened a new tab and inserted the correct URL and Firefox inserts the .wpcomstaging into the URL and displays the October 5th Presidential Politics.
Any help would be appreciated.
I was having the same problem, although I use Chrome. Someone here, Stella I think, suggested clearing cookies and cache. I did that, and it worked and I was able to get back in. It’s a nuisance as you have to start to log in again to other sites you visit, but it is a price worth paying to get back into the Treehouse.
Ever wonder why it seems that America has kinda gone to the dogs?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/over-4-in-10-american-christians-say-bible-ambiguous-on-abortion.html
“Conducted by CRC Director of Research George Barna, a noted evangelical pollster, the report found that 44% of respondents said they believe the Bible “is ambiguous in its teaching about abortion,” while 34% said “abortion is morally acceptable if it spares the mother from financial or emotional discomfort or hardship.” …
“The report also found that 34% of self-identified Christians reject the idea that marriage is defined as being between one man and one woman and that 40% accept lying as morally acceptable if it advances personal interests or protect one’s reputation.”
Remember Matthew 7: 21-23:
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
October 7, 2020
The Battle of Lepanto: When Turks Skinned Christians Alive for Refusing Islam
By Raymond Ibrahim
Today in history, on October 7, 1571, one of the most cataclysmic clashes between Islam and the West — one where the latter for once crushed and humiliated the former — took place.
In 1570, Muslim Turks — in the guise of the Ottoman Empire — invaded the island of Cyprus, prompting Pope Pius V to call for and form a “Holy League” of maritime Catholic nation-states, spearheaded by the Spanish Empire, in 1571. Before they could reach and relieve Cyprus, its last stronghold at Famagusta was taken through treachery.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/10/the_battle_of_lepanto_when_turks_skinned_christians_alive_for_refusing_islam.html
Was reading this article:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-09-20-timeline-of-events-sep-20-to-jan-20.html
which then led to this article: https://allnewspipeline.com/As_The_Clock_Ticks_Down_This_Nuclear_Election_Script_Has_Been_Written.php
Where commentators noted the following:
Commentator Mara natha:
This year, if you add the last two digits of your birth year to your age, you will get 120….It works for everyone…..except those born in 2000 and after.
(My note: If you try this and find you’re 1 year short, make sure you’ve added your age AFTER your birthday in 2020.)
Commentator Patricat:
Genesis 6:3 – When mankind had become corrupted in the period preceding the flood, God said: ‘My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh; his days shall be a hundred and twenty years’ (Gen. 6:3).
My thoughts that came after reading the above comments:
If you take 1948 (the year Israel was “born in a day”) and add their age as a nation right now (72 yrs), it equals 120 years.
Isaiah 66:8
“Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”
Luke 21:32
“Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.”
Romans 11:25
“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.”
So is the fullness of the Gentiles 120 years?
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
A prayer for Justice Kavanaugh and Gen. Flynn:
Prayer to St. Michael
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;
be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do you, O prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits
who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
(That was a practice. I just went up one notch in computer smartie pants…you can delete it, AdRem)
Grandma Covfefe: If you right click on the pic you just posted, you can select “Save Image As” and save the pic to your computer and if you have a printer, you can print it out, or just keep a folder of pics to look at whenever you want (I have Windows Photo Viewer which may be on your computer already).
Included this link in case you’re using Windows 10: https://download.cnet.com/Restore-Windows-Photo-Viewer/3000-18488_4-77362441.html
And for sure, it is an awesome feeling of true achievement when we learn something new on how to use our computers. Always enjoy your posts. Have a blessed Son-filled day. : )