God talk

  September 26 09 2020 Herman Bavinck (1854-1921)   Atelier Prinses (Amsterdam) - http://proxy.handle.net/10648/6a24ebd0-1ad9-102f-a76c-003048944028 (I took this photo from Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Bavinck#/media/File:HermanBavinckBig.jpg )   We have considered the Holy Trinity in the work of Edward Henry Bickersteth and we proved that there are three persons in the Holy Trinity.   Anyhow I want to move on now to a new project and it may be that my posts might be once or twice a week as I will be reading volume one of Herman Bavincks reformed ethics.   I am so glad that these manuscripts were discovered and for a Religious Studies teacher it gives a wholistic picture to us. Karl Barth was not able to do this thoroughly although I think he wanted to.   In Dogmatic theology God is talking to us.   Where is the reciprocity without falling into some heresy?   Herman Bavinck obviously gives us a road map into th...

  9/22/2020 13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.” Revelation 14:13 The Holy Spirit comforts us when we feel at a loss.   For the Christian, those who sleep have gone off to a far country and one day in Christ we will meet again.   For the believer, death has lost its sting; it is not the end but the beginning. Having said that, we are only human and we cannot see very far but the Holy Spirit can and he comforts us and keeps us in this life and prepares us for the ultimate future in God’s presence.

  9/21/2020 6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” Galatians 4:6 As we have said earlier the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf. God the Holy Spirit intercedes in the closest language to the Father through and in the Son. I have heard ministers say that as Christians we can speak with this ‘abba’.   But is it not the Holy Spirit that says ‘abba’ on our behalf? The Holy Spirit speaks on our behalf.   We should always remember that God also speaks from the mountain tops. When we are in front of the Ultimate Royalty, we should guard our speech a bit more.