The Pink Panther, Porn, and the Lord’s Supper

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To the Pure All Things Are Pure (Fidelity)

I was watching “The Pink Panther” on Hulu with my children.  I didn’t let them in on the adult humor included.

I was horrified to see the two main characters reading a magazine called: “Hotsy Totsy Girls Girls Girls”   The cartoon woman on the back of the cartoon porn mag made it clear that it wasn’t a mistake.  I assume that adults were supposed to think this was funny… and normal.

I am guessing that  maybe when adults and children watch cartoons together, there is a need to appeal to both crowds.  Little girls need to be brought to laughter, while their fathers next to them need to be told to think sexual thoughts about some other daddy’s daughter.

The cartoon doesn’t want you to exclaim, “Oh No, this trickery is blaspheming God by degrading his image!”  It doesn’t expect you to say, “Girls, this is the the kind of sin that leads God to tell Moses: ‘Take all the chiefs of the people and hang them in the sun before the LORD, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.’” (Numbers 25)

Do we tell our children that this is the kind of poison that kills men off in the Lord’s supper (1 Cor 10.1-11)?

Of course, I didn’t interrupt the short cartoon to draw their attention to what they are (at the moment) too young to get.  If they had been older, it would have been necessary to rail against the offhand degradation of the love of God.

It is sad that a Christian man could point this out about his children’s entertainment.  But sadder still is the trap for men that is so sophisticated.  It can’t be fixed because it can’t be revealed. It is sad that many men WILL NOT point this out about the cartoon, because their conscience binds them.  If we cannot reveal the sin in the cartoon because of the sin in our hearts, then we may choose to ignore the sin in the cartoon as if nothing significant is taking place.

Families are blessed by freedom, when in face of the Lord’s Table, we “go with our young and our old. … with our sons and daughters … for we must hold a feast to the LORD”  (Ex. 1o.9)  And when we go, we may face our families freely and proclaim that it is about forgiveness, for we know that we are all sinners.  But we are free to say so without fear, for we can eat it without the hypocrisy of KNOWING we are simultaneously feeding at computer screens of demons (1 Cor 10.21).  We can FEED our children.

We mustn’t miss life lessons when our children see displays of porn that make it seem tame, when in fact it “preys upon your very life” (Pr 6.26-27).  If we cannot teach our children to see evil as evil because we are friends of the evil, but only in private, then in public we will have to concede the nourishment of their souls to the message that women are not glorious, and therefore neither is God.  They will eat an increasing diet of “men are not protectors,” and therefore neither is God.

I am glad that my girls couldn’t understand the episode that I won’t be letting them see again.  The last thing I want them to imbibe is “Girls Girls Girls”.  The last thing I want to sacrifice on the altar of a Pagan god, is my children.

Thanks be to God, for men there is hope of sanctification.  I thank God that before I was married, God got a hold of my eyes and heart.  It was painful, but the deliverance freed me like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter.  I am thankful that for men like Manasseh, there is repentance (2 Chron 33).  I am thankful that like Manasseh, I can eat the peace offering of the Lord’s Supper (2 Chron 33.16).

I am thankful that the Lord offered his body and blood for me and for my offspring after me, and that when we see smut, I can say, “Children, this makes men die, but it is one of the many things for which Jesus died.”

Before God dealt with me in my young adulthood, I believed the lie that men have no hope of freedom.  And the lie that it isn’t really THAT damaging.  I needed someone to tell me that it was really bad, and that there was really hope.

So please, if you need hope to be rescued from this curse, please have it!  Please ask the Lord to restore you.  But know that you must, for while Manasseh could repent for burning his children, he could never actually get them back.  And while the meal shows forgiveness for ALL sins, this is one which Paul tells us plainly brings death to the church.

Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?” (Pr 6.27 – ABOUT Sexual sin.)

There is hope in Jesus’ power:

“Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.” (Prv 6.5 ABOUT Sexual sin).

Prince of God – Son of God

Law and Gospels – part 1

First let’s survey a summary of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20.1-21, Deuteronomy 5.)

–  1  Purity of Devotion: No other gods

–  2  Purity of Worship: No idols

–  3  Sanctity of God’s Name: Not taken in vain

–  4  Sabbath: Remember the “Rest” to keep it holy

–  5  Honor father and mother

–  6  Honor God’s image: Do not murder

–  7  Purity of Marriage: Do not commit adultery

–  8  Sanctity of property: Do not steal

–  9  Sanctity of speech: No lies to harm your neighbor

–10  Guard your heart: Do not covet

SCOPE OF THE LAW

The scope of the Decalogue – the Ten Commandments – is far reaching.  It addresses your

Internal Relation to God                 Internal Relation to neighbor

1                                                    10

External Relation to God                External Relation to neighbor

2, 3, 4                                             5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Interesting to note that #10 Covetousness, leads to #6-8: Murder, Adultery, Theft.

When we look in the next post to the Sermon on the Mount, we will need to key in on the fact that God was ALWAYS concerned with internal heart motivations.  Not just outward actions.  Jesus is making a big deal of this fact.

Jamie Soles – THESE ARE THEY

John 5.39-40: 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

Jamie Soles http://solmusic.ca

I only own 4 of Jamie Soles’ 12 albums. But the 4 discs contain 76 songs between them.

My Sermon on the Transfiguration: “Jesus is the Pinnacle of the Mountain”

I feel vulnerable putting this out there, but I have friends and family that want to listen. I know that the DIGG is self-promotional, but I want to see if anyone listens and likes/dislikes it. So, that’s that.

I am aware of a small mistake – I referred to the word David in Hebrew as being the word for beloved. A more learned Hebrew scholar than I pointed out to me that the normal word for beloved is a related root, but the word David is not the word for beloved. However – David does imply the meaning “loved one.”

Okay – there is no actual video here – only a pic and audio – and it is divided into three parts (lasting a total of 27 minutes).

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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N T Wright – 2 Hour Lecture on Resurrection on Google Video

As the Google Video page says:

“Dr. N.T. Wright, the Bishop of Durham, addresses a packed audience at Roanoke College…Virginia, US on March 16th, 2007 to speak on the issue of Jesus’ resurrection from an historical perspective.”

Jesus WAS the Messiah the FIRST time on Earth – Contrary to Hagee’s Message

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- Which of These Things is Not Like The Other? (Heresy)

 

I have to say in no uncertain terms that to deny the Messiahship of Jesus, IN THE FIRST coming, is completely unbiblical.

Messiah is Kingship. Messiah is also a person not just his place as king. He was to be the one to fight for and win Israels’s peace.

Jesus directly told the woman at the well that he was the Messiah. Simon Peter’s heaven sent “from the father” confession was this:

“YOU ARE THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.”

(Note that Both MESSIAH and SON OF GOD, are terms for the King of Israel in Psalm 2 – you will read the word “messiah” as “anointed one.”)

He processed into the city of David on a donkey, amidst palm waving, and was robed in a kings garment of purple and wore a kings crown (thorns). The charge and complaint of the Jews was EXACTLY that Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, King of Israel. and was “exalted” (lifted up on the cross) under a sign in three languages that said, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.”

In FACT, the name “Christ” is Greek for “Messiah.” His most common appelation in the epistles is “Jesus the Messiah.”

His full and permanent earthly/heavenly reign has nothing to do with the question of whether he WAS ALREADY anointed to be KING.

David was anointed LONG before he ruled. He was already MESSIAH before he reigned. But, as soon as he was anointed, it was an obvious sin to fight against God’s chosen servant.

Jesus directly claims messiahship several times, and his followers almost always refer to him in this way. Hagee says that Israel cannot be said to have rejected His Messiahship (anointing) because he never in any way (“word or deed”) claimed to be Messiah.

This is either ignorance or a lie from Hagee, a man who should know better.

He DID claim it. And the DID reject him FOR EXACTLY the reason that HE CLAIMED TO BE MESSIAH.

Paul says that the GOSPEL is specifically that the resurrection and lineage from David prove Jesus to be Messiah (Romans 1.1-6).

For Paul, Belief that Jesus is already LORD/Son of David/Messiah [all Ps 2 and Ps 89 references), and is RAISED from the dead are the two prongs of the Gospel:

-Rom 1.1-6

1Paul, a servant of the MESSIAH Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for THE GOSPEL of God— 2 THE GOSPEL he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a DESCENDANT OF DAVID, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the SON OF GOD ["messiah" title in Ps 2 and in Ps 89] by his RESURRECTION from the dead: Jesus THE MESSIAH our Lord. 5 Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. 6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus the MESSIAH.

- 2 Timothy 2.8

Remember Jesus THE MESSIAH, RAISED from the dead, DESCENDED FROM DAVID. This is my gospel[.]

- Rom 10.9

That if you confess allegiance with your mouth, saying, “Jesus is LORD,” and believe in your heart that God RAISED him from the dead, you will be saved.

GREAT WRITING from William T. Patton on Ron Paul

One of my illustrious commentators posted the following writing on my post about the Austin NAACP [click].

by William T. Patton, Jr.

  Regarding the Washington Post’s hit piece editorial on Dr. Ron Paul, “Ron Paul’s Appeal” January 11, it should now be clear to any one following the 2008 presidential campaign to what extent the mainstream media will dismiss, slander, and purposefully misrepresent the views of any presidential candidate who dares to question the status quo, failed economic and foreign policies of the United States federal government.

  Regardless of Paul’s libertarian views on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Civil War, and of the derogatory comments printed in his newsletter, Paul is arguably the most pro-gay rights, pro-Israel, anti-racist candidate in the Republican field. Paul voted with a minority of Republicans against the Same Sex Marriage Amendment. Paul advocates ending foreign aid packages to Israel’s Arab neighbors as well as aid to Israel, thereby, allowing the Israelis to engage their enemies in a manner of their own choosing.

  It is telling that the Post aligned Paul’s foreign policy views solely with the often-maligned Pat Buchanan when the identical hypothesis Paul offers is also articulated by respected professors such as Noam Chomsky and Chalmers Johnson as well as countless ex-CIA and retired military officers. In fact, it is the 9/11 Commission Report concluded that the U.S. airbase in Saudi Arabia partially motivated the 19 terrorists who attack us on 9/11; the Bush Administration soon removed the base at the request of the Saudi Royal Family after the attacks.

  Paul has said on many occasions that he views Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks as “personal heros” for using non-violent civil disobedience to change government policies. Paul, along with President Jimmy Carter, has recently questioned the power of the FBI to use warrantless wiretaps by reminding us that Dr. King was the victim of FBI interference because of his opposition to the Viet Nam War. In fact, it is Paul’s views on U.S. foreign policy would be most aligned with King’s views from the 1960s. King thought the non-violet philosophies of Jesus and Gandhi were best suited to confront racism and evils which man faces, including communism.

  Mrs. Coretta Scott King was asked by Tavis Smiley in interview shown at her funeral what she would say to those who claim that her husband never had to deal with an Osama bin Laden. Mrs. King quickly replied that if the philosophies of her late husband were practiced by our government, “there would not be an Osama bin Laden.” Ron Paul is one of few political leaders in Washington capable of even understanding what Mrs. King meant by her answer.

  Apparently, Mrs. King and Dr. Paul’s policy views are suspiciously beyond the comprehension of the Washington Post editorial board as well. As to Paul’s “idiosyncratic economic views,” sure, let us keep borrowing hundreds and billions of dollars per year to fight people who live in caves. Will this magnitude of spending cause inflation? No, the dollar is just becoming “more competitive” the “real” economists say.

  To the Post: Keep portraying Ron Paul as a lunatic, for in the Orwellian universe in which we live he is one. For those of us who possess even a basic knowledge of history, economics and who oppose a foreign policy of perpetual war, Paul is indeed the man “later believed to be a lunatic, for what he said made no sense” from Mark Twain’s “The Way Prayer.”

Baby Number 3 – and Paedocommunion

Welch Baby Number Three is on the way. We are in week four, so pray for stability. Fragility of the situation is characteristic of the first trimester. This gives me the opportunity to reflect on the question, when does faith begin, leading to the further question about infant communion:

I just want to point at some verses quickly, and I will take up the topic more in coming days.

Psalm 22.9-10 says:

Yet you are he who took me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.
On you was I cast from my birth,
and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

Again, Psalm 71.5-6 relates these ideas to us:

For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.

Further more, Ps 8.2 :

Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.

And the famous passage where “infants” are carried to Jesus for blessing, Mt 19.13-15:

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away.

[I say "infants" because that is what Luke says - confirmed somewhat by the idea that they were brought to him, instead of coming on their own. In Mark's account, Jesus is indignant at the withholding of these infants from the blessing of their creator - and in all three accounts they, without age, are old enough to possess citizenship in the Kingdom. See the Luke and Mark passages.]