“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #110 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a …
Theologically Thinking You Stand
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #108 “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (1 Cor. 10:12). This short verse quite obviously applies to the universal temptation to pride. We know that pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit …
Third Chapter of Judges
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #108 “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Cor. 10:11). We have already seen the parallels between Old Testament saints …
Four Warnings
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #107 “Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell …
Evangelical and Reformed Eyes
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #106 “But which many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted” (1 …
Gnostics and Sacramentards
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #105 “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; …
Means and Ends
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #104 “And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as …
A Strange Race Indeed
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #103 “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain” (1 Cor. 9:24). This verse can only be understood as high paradox. Paul has …
Gospel Partaking
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #102 “And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you” (1 Cor. 9:23). Paul has made the particular sacrifices he has just finished mentioning with a particular end in mind. He was …
All and Some
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #101 “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Cor. 9:22). We see here Paul’s driving zeal …