Here is a short animated history of the Belgic Confession, one of the standards of our church body.
The accuracy of a Prophet Prophets and there message are to be completely accurate. The test of complete accuracy is a starting point in determining if the message is from God. If the message or the signs accompanying it fail to occur, God is very clear that the ‘the prophet has spoken presumptuously’and ‘that is a message the Lord…
Living parables – Ahijah declares his message to Jeroboam by tearing a robe into 12 pieces and giving 10 pieces to the north and 2 to the south (1Kin 11:29-32). Fictional stories – Nathan weaves a story to convict David of his sin when he has Uriah killed (1Sam 12:1ff). An unnamed prophet does…
Return to Confessions page Part 1: What man ought to believe (Q1-90) Man’s chief End, Revelation, and Scripture (Q1-5) God (Q6-11) God’s Decrees (Q12-14) Creation (Q15-17) Providence (Q18-20) The Covenant of Life, the Fall and Judgment (Q21-29) The Covenant of Grace (Q30-35) The Mediator of the Covenant of Grace (Q36-45) The Work of the Mediator…
Return to Confessions Page FIRST HEAD OF DOCTRINE-Of Divine Predestination Article 1: As all men have sinned in Adam, lie under the curse, and are deserving of eternal death, God would have done no injustice by leaving them all to perish, and delivering them over to condemnation on account of sin, according to the words of the apostle, Romans 3:19 ,”that…
Return to Confessions Page Article 1: That there is One Only God. We all believe with the heart, and confess with the mouth, that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God; and that he is eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the overflowing fountain of all…
Return to Confessions Page Confession of Faith TOC text and formatting from http://opc.org/wcf.html Of the Holy Scripture Of God, and of the Holy Trinity Of God’s Eternal Decree Of Creation Of Providence Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof Of God’s Covenant with Man Of Christ the Mediator Of Free Will…
Return to Confessions Page Heidelberg Catechism formatting and text copied from http://www.all-of-grace.org/heidelberg.html Lord’s Day 1 1. Q. What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with his precious blood has…
Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for theJuly 1, 2018, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on theEmotions in the Psalms.I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon…
Deuteronomy 18:14-22 discusses God’s prophets in relationship to the sorcerers and diviners of the surrounding nations. This is interesting for it implies that the office of prophets and that work of sorcerers and diviners may appear to be similar –both are seeking to guide people and receive that guidance from another realm –but there are some fundamental…