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Arachidonic Acid is the body's core "anabolic fat". More specifically, it is an omega-6 fatty acid that serves as the principle building block for the synthesis of dienolic prostaglandins (such as PGE2 and PGF2). These prostaglandins are integral to protein turnover and muscle accumulation, and have such important activities as increasing blood flow to the muscles (pumps), increasing local Testosterone, IGF-1, and Insulin sensitivity (corresponding receptor levels), supporting satellite cell activation, proliferation, and differentiation, and increasing the overall rate of protein synthesis and muscle growth. Arachidonic Acid release serves as the main thermostat for prostaglandin turnover in skeletal muscle tissue, and as such is responsible for initiating many of the immediate biochemical changes during resistance exercise that will ultimately produce muscle hypertrophy. Among the large variety of nutrients we take into our bodies each day, Arachidonic Acid is among the most integral to muscle growth, as it sits at the very center of the anabolic response. It is, likewise, one of the most important to pay attention to when it comes to diet and supplementation.
Arachidonic Acid begins to display its anabolic activity early during exercise. This nutrient is released from your muscle fibers as they are damaged during intense training, triggering a localized inflammatory and anabolic response. This is part of the same biological process that causes you to be sore a day or two following a good workout, and reminds us that the old adage "no pain, no gain" is a fundamentally true one. Arachidonic Acid liberation from damaged muscle fibers is, similarly, the very first anabolic trigger, in a long cascade that will control the rebuilding and strengthening of muscle tissue after exercise. Among other things, by increasing local Androgen, IGF-1, and Insulin receptor density, Arachidonic Acid allows Testosterone, IGF-I, and Insulin to increase protein synthesis rates and repair the damaged tissue. In this way, Arachidonic Acid supports the anabolic actions of these hormones not by increasing their levels, but by providing more local receptor sites to attach to (making the process both faster and more intense). As a crude explanation, Arachidonic Acid directs the body to where it needs muscle tissue repair, and opens the door for the anabolic hormones to do their job.
The availability of Arachidonic Acid, and our ability to liberate it during exercise, is vital to the anabolic productivity of our workouts. We also need to be aware of the fact that regular exercise significantly lowers the content of Arachidonic Acid in skeletal muscle tissue. Since dienolic prostaglandin synthesis is inextricably tied to the amount of available Arachidonic Acid, lower levels result in less Arachidonic Acid being release with the stretching and damage of exercise. This means a less dramatic increase in androgen/IGF-l/Insulin receptor density, and a lower rate of muscle protein synthesis. The depletion of Arachidonic Acid in skeletal muscle tissue is one of the key reasons we find it harder and harder to get sore the more regularly we exercise. With lower levels of Arachidonic Acid, you need to work more vigorously to receive the same level of release and anabolic stimulation. On the same note, when you change up your routine and hit your muscles from new argles, Arachidonic Acid is the reason you'll find yourself more sore than usual. You have called upon new muscle fibers, which have higher (untapped) stores of this vital nutrient to work with. Dan Duchaine once said, "the best exercise is the one you are not doing", and we believe this is exactly what he was talking about, even if he may not have understood the underlying mechanism at the time.
To support the anabolic actions of prostaglandins (with a focus on short term growth), Arachidonic Acid can be supplemented in high Ievels. Typically, one would take 750-1000 mg daily, which is administered for a period of 7-8 weeks (it is cycled on and off in the same way as anabolic steroids). Short-term diets very rich in Arachidonic Acid like this are well documented to cause a high retention of Arachidonic Acid in body tissues and also to significantly increase the output of prostaglandin metabolites. This will mean easier Arachidonic Acid liberation during exercise, greater prostaglandin output, higher tissue androgen, IGF-1, and Insulin sensitivity, and elevated protein synthesis rates. Such use has very consistently produced gains of 1-2 lbs of lean muscle per week. This is with nothing more that heavy training and a high protein/calorie diet to support its anabolic activities. When you load Arachidonic Acid like this, early on (before actual tissue gains accrue) you should be seeing an increase in pumps during your workouts. and an amplification of post-workout (Delayed Onset) muscle soreness. We often hear comments like, "I haven't been this sore in years" or "I feel like I did when I first started training". By the third or fourth week this should all start equating to very measurable and welcome increases in size and strength. These gains also tend to be associated with modest losses in body fat, making Arachidonic Acid a versatile "lean mass" building agent.
Arachidonic Acid may also be an important nutrient to consider in regular supplemental doses, particularly if you do not consume animal products (red meat, organ meat, eggs) on a daily basis. Studies have shown that given somewhat comparable amounts of protein, those who consume animal products will make more progress with resistance exercise than those that do not (vegetarians). Some people have long proposed that Arachidonic Acid was the missing component in such diets, too integral to the anabolic response for lower dietary levels not to be noticed. We have also seen a good deal of empirical evidence suggesting that an Arachidonic Acid deficiency exists in many experienced bodybuilders. On a number of cases, tissue tests for the content of phospholipids have revealed unusually low levels of Arachidonic Acid in highly trained athletes. The old time bodybuilders understood the need for red meat in the diet, and often looked at this food with a sort of anabolic reverence. Even if they did not understand things like Arachidonic Acid content and the role of this nutrient in the core anabolic response, they understood it was necessary for optimal growth. Those who find their intake of animal product inadequate, a single capsule of 250 mg daily should provide a sufficient supply of this essential omega-6 fatty acid.
Arachidonic Acid is a supplement that may be of interest to both steroid and non-steroid using athletes alike. Some people find it harder to get their muscles really sore when taking a lot of steroids, for example, and what comes doesn't last as long as it did when off cycle. The body just seems to recover so quickly when taking hormonal anabolics, sometimes too quickly to feel like you are stimulating your muscles enough during training. The greater intake of Arachidonic Acid during a steroid cycle (even if you eat animal products) will allow for greater day-to-day stimulus from your training. Your body will be able to resent to the lifting as if you were putting in much more physical effort, or have not been training as long (haven't depleted your Arachidonic Acid stores). Here, even a "supplemental" dose of only 1 capsule per day can make a big difference. For the non-steroid user, Arachidonic Acid can be a very effective anabolic agent in its own right-raking (again) 750-1000 mg per day in short cycles has consistently produced gains of 12 lbs of lean muscle per week with nothing more that heavy training and a high protein/calorie diet to support its anabolic activities. In a recent public trial of the supplement with 15 active non-steroid-taking bodybuilders, the average gain was 8.25 lbs over the course of 50 days. These are very significant numbers, making Arachidonic Acid by far most effective natural supplement for building muscle we have yet had the ability to work with, and of definite use as a standalone agent.
Although Aarachidonic Acid can produce androgenic effect by allowing tesstosterone to be more active in the body, this should not be significant to concern females about virilizing side-effects. At best, this effect usually causes mild oily skin in a small number of users. For most it is entirely unnoticeable. There is also no hormonal disruption with Arachidonic Acid supplementation, which means no "post cycle" crash. The retention of gains after the product is discontinued, likewise, seems to be extremely high. While gains stop somewhat abruptly when Arachidonic Acid loading is discontinued, they do not tend to dramatically reverse. In clinical studies involving the supplementation of 1,500-1,700 mg of Arachidonic Acid per day, general markers of health were also unaffected with 50 days of continuous use. This includes no notable change in HDL, LDL, or total cholesterol values, immune system response functioning, or platelet aggregation values. Provided that the individual cycling/loading Arachidonic Acid is in good health, the greater "inflammation" should present no more risk than a temporary Atkins-type diet high in animal products. This supplement can be used with high safety, a fact supported by the medical literature (not just empirical evidence).
That is not to say there are no risks with the high-dose loading and cycling of Arachidonic Acid. This is a "pro-inflammatory" supplement, and needs to be respected as such. To begin with, if you suffer from injury or inflammatory disease, the higher levels of Arachidonic Acid may exacerbate related symptoms. An individual with arthritis, for example, may notice more joint pain while loading this supplement. It is not damaging the joints, but simply amplifying the pain signals induced by prostaglandins. Patients with arthritis are commonly advised to limit intake of red meat for this very reason. There are other health conditions where the intake of omega-6 fatty acids should be limited as well, such as cardiovascular disease and/or high blood pressure. In the latter stages of such illnesses, inflammation and increased platelet aggregation can be important triggers/contributing factors to an adverse health event. Also, as a potent growth-promoting agent, Arachidonic Acid joins Androgens, Growth Hormone, IGF-1, Estrogens, and many other growth factors as potentially supporting the growth rate of certain cancer cells. Cancer cells are tissue belts after all, and are often responsive to growth promoting hormones just like normal cells. Dietary Arachidonic Acid intake has been generally eliminated as a causative factor in cancer, just as Testosterone level has been eliminated as predictive of prostate cancer risk. If you have prostate cancer, however, the last thing you want to start taking is a growth promoter like Testosterone. The same goes for Arachidonic Acid. The bottom line is that if you are in poor health, you should probably not be running out to take this supplement. If you are, you can probably use it with great safety.


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Satellite television has been at the epicenter of the home theater boom for more than a decade and now enjoys over 20,000,000 subscribers between the two major services. Satellite radio is banking on following in DirecTV and Dish Network's path. Anyone who watches Wall Street or has been to a car dealer lately now knows XM and Sirius are the two primary players in the satellite radio market. XM reports having over three million subscribers. Sirius recently topped one million. Many car radios support one of the two satellite radio services, if not both. Portable XM radio players, as small as the size of a deck of cards, are available to consumers at all sorts of mass market consumer electronics locations. With the unquestioned boom in satellite radio, the consumers who have been forgotten are the serious audio enthusiasts. Until now.
Polk Audio has been a lauded brand name in home and car loudspeakers for over 30 years. Now they are expanding into consumer electronics in the form of standalone XM radio tuners for audio and home theater systems. The XRT12 is the first attempt at a XM satellite tuner for the enthusiast who truly cares about high-quality sound. The XRT12 retails for $299.
The XRT12 is a slick-looking audio component. At 17 inches wide and 10-and-a-half inches deep, this black beauty will fit right into the most sophisticated of systems ranging from guys with receivers to massive racks of gear designed by the most technically advanced CEDIA installers. Weighing only five pounds and sized at only two-and-one-third inches in height, the XRT12 is the most petite component in my rack. No complaints from me about that detail, frankly it is a welcome relief to finally have a component that does not need a sumo wrestler as a spotter to pick up. I actually had a TiVo that was less than seventeen inches wide and much shallower than the XRT12, making it tough to stack other components on it. Polk managed to avoid that issue with this tuner and features some nice rubber feet to allow for convenient stacking.
The construction is true to Polk standards. Like my reference LSI15 loudspeakers, this tuner is made with durable parts and has a sexy finish. The aluminum chassis and case fit together snugly and the front buttons are firmly seated with no excess wiggle to them. The buttons are divided into two sections. The first features gray buttons that control the method of display, menu, memory functions and selection (enter). The second section is for the two black plastic two-way rocker switches that control the category and manual tuning functions. The power button is integrated with a cool blue LED to match the blue display for an added "wow" factor. As a bonus, my amp and preamp rock the stylish blue LEDs as well.
The front panel of the tuner is surprisingly useful and one of my favorite parts of this player. The front panel buttons allow you most of the same functionality that the remote does and is complemented with a large blue monochrome display. I am a big fan of companies that put all the functions of the remote into the front panel, since remotes tend to get eaten by couches. There is no greater AV blunder than a shameless act of couch diving for a remote when you have a VIP guest over. The four-line blue display will communicate the channel name, channel number, the artist names, song title and XM signal strength in its default state. If you wish to see the information presented larger, you can tap the display button and it will enlarge the aforementioned information and scroll it across the display. At eight feet away, you can still make out what is playing without issue. Unless you have better than 20/20 vision or have telescopes for eyes, I would suggest using the scrolling version if you are surfing channels from the couch. The third option is to use the composite video out on the back of the unit to connect to your TV, so you can display the information there instead. The content will scroll up your screen and you will feel like you are watching a Bloomberg ticker tape, but with Flock of Seagulls floating across instead of Google stock prices.
The input and output connectors are well organized on the back of the unit and offer the basics to getting the XRT12 dialed into your home theater system. As mentioned before, a composite video output is provided to connect to your TV. For those with home theater control systems like Crestron or AMX, a RS-232 connector is provided on this tuner to allow for easy integration. Analog audio outputs are provided to pump two-channel XM radio to your preamp or receiver. Although premium grade D/A converters are used in this tuner, both a coaxial and an optical digital output are offered, just in case you want to use an external D/A converter instead. This is a great option, considering there are thousands of older D/A converters in the hands of enthusiasts around the world that have been shelved since the inception of multi-channel media.
Polk has carefully selected high-grade audiophile components within this tuner, which is not to be confused with the more cost-constrained portable XM tuners. A Burr-Brown D/A converter proves that this tuner is designed for audio enthusiasts. Each significant function (such as the power supply, display, preamp, tuner, etc.) is allocated its own separate circuit board, so crosstalk between them is minimized. The high gain preamp is not only quiet but also offers negligible distortion to the sound, so you are hearing only what the artist (and XM) intended. The preamp can also match (using the analog outputs) the output of your other audio sources. This line out level function allows you to minimize the noticeable change in volume when switching from one source to the next.
The tuner hooks up just like a normal radio tuner would. The exception is that you need to use a special high-gain XM home antenna, which is included with the Polk tuner. The antenna has a black square face that sits on an adjustable stand. In my set-up, I just had to place the stand on top of my amp and I got enough signal to party. The 20-foot of antenna cable allows plenty of flexibility if you needed to mount the antenna in an adjacent room or screw it into a wall. You do not need to place the antenna outside, as you do with car stereos. There is an antenna locator option in the menu of the tuner that is very helpful in figuring out where to place the antenna in the house. The easiest way to configure and use the device is by using the remote. The remote is very functional and the buttons are intuitively laid out. The "XM" button is the "enter" button for the remote. Apart from this curious anomaly, the remote and front panel buttons were both consistent to use. The remote adds a number pad to jump quickly to your favorite stations. The category arrow buttons were my favorite to use, since I could skip to all the rock or hip-hop station groupings, rather have to memorize their channel numbers. If you really like a station, there are 20 presets that you can use to lock them into memory. There is also a feature I liked that stores the last 10 tracks that you listened to into memory, so that you can see artist and song title and go buy the album later. This feature is great for those who listen to and/or buy a lot of music and don't have a scratch pad handy at all times. Within months, you can become unbeatable in Name That Tune with this tuner in your system.

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This breakout timing drill incorporates two forwards. Again the timing for the forwards is critical. The forwards need to time their release so they are receiving flat passes. When forwards get too far ahead then they have to receive vertical passes which get dangerous and inconsistent. In this drill especially, the centers tend to get up ice too quick which leaves him vulnerable when receiving a verticle pass from the wing. Once the play is finished, the defense receives a pass out of the corner from the coach, walks to the middle, and rips a shot low and on net. The forwards can stay in front of the net for a screen, tip, and rebound.
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copper cliff braves on 12/8/2015
Great drill to work on breakout with D setting pace
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Sameena enters the office prepped like she's walking into a courtroom.
She has a plan to triage the needs of Roadmunk's customers, her team and her stakeholders. She's heard the arguments from all sides and is ready to defend complex, integrated decisions that will affect the future of the entire product management community. Roadmunk's attorney-turned-product manager Sameena Velshi isn't taking any nonsense. Where on earth did we find her?
What may seem like an unconventional transition to some was actually a fluid, goal-driven career move for Sameena:
"A lot of the skills in legal training are similar for product," she says. "It's all about distilling information."
Just a year after she became an attorney-at-law for both the State of New York and the Law Society of Upper Canada, Sameena was working for Outside Intelligence Inc., a search application startup based in Toronto. It was under the mentorship of Outside's CEO Dan Adamson – formerly an architect at Microsoft – that Sameena learned the ins-and-outs of product management and received what she describes as her "entire education in startups, software development, and technology."
Ask the right questions to find the truth
Product managers compile vast amounts of data through developer feedback and communication apps like Intercom, and lawyers do the same with dates and facts to build compelling cases. Sameena thrives in process. As a law student she articled for an intellectual property firm, drafting software patents meticulously. But the data collection is the easy part, she says. The difficulty lies in deciding which areas to focus on.
"It's all about distilling information."
As product manager, Sameena has to ask provocative questions every day that lead her closer to a single product truth within Roadmunk:
- What's the most important use case for the product right now?
- Which feature updates do we prioritize to help the sales team close as quickly as possible?
- How can I help the developers with backlog issues to keep them moving forward?
- How do we reduce our technical debt?
- How do I translate this massive collection of feedback into something actionable for everyone?
Asking insightful questions helps Sameena acts as a buffer for Roadmunk's development team, simplifying the data and distilling it into a single story for the group.
Data on trial
So there's the data-crunching side to product management, finding a single product truth from it — but how does that truth interface with the rest of the team? How do product requirements / customer feedback / design tests translate into a new feature for a tool like Roadmunk?
"You can't do anything without seeing the world the way your users see it, for example," she says. "With our customers we know what kind of data to be searching for."
It was Sameena's user-focused, empathetic approach to defining product strategy that's helped Roadmunk build smart and build fast. She spends hours debating all sides of a feature design with different groups to collect the most detailed use case possible. Everyone at Roadmunk knows that feeling, walking out of a meeting with Sameena.
"At the end of the day, no one should walk away from a team meeting feeling they've lost. Everybody owns product, and we all add to its growth."
Let the evidence show…
She's always looking to expand the product. After six months engaging users of the app, Sameena knows that Roadmunk has a long way to go and the potential is endless. Users have shared a wealth of innovative cases with Roadmunk's support and product teams.
"As our user base grows, we're seeing a major opportunity for market expansion."
"For the first two years we've been focused on product roadmapping–which is very specific–and it's about to become really exciting as Roadmunk can be employed in a number of other management and planning applications," she says. "As our user base grows, we're seeing a major opportunity for market expansion."
The app's ultimate goal is alignment and transparency, something that Sameena believes will be used by everyone. Going by her own data, Sameena's product management intuition is telling her that Roadmunk's story is only getting started.
"I want Roadmunk to be the next whiteboard," she says. "The shared place where people come together to plan the future."


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Alex and Cesare's weekend could not have been more satisfying, as they won two disciplines of the motoring world at the same time. Alex Fiorio, with Luca Broglia, achieved a great sixth place and a first place among the two wheels drive in the Salento Rally driving an Abarth 124 rally. The father Cesare won the regularity challenge of the Targa di Capitanata, a vintage car event, beside Mauro Passanante in a 1958' Lancia Appia.
Alex's result in the Salento Rally were achieved despite a tough competition, with many all-wheel drive cars from the last generation WRC and R5 categories. The route is quite peculiar as almost all of it is on level ground and with many long rectilinear and 90° crossroads, showing off the acceleration, power and braking of the Scorpio's spider. A bit of rain at the beginning of the second stage helped the driver of the Abarth 124 rally to produce great performances, maintaining a fast peace.
"Is it without a doubt a very positive result - said Alex Fiorio at the finish line - and what impressed me was the performance under the rain, where the rear wheel drive was supposed to be penalizing. Instead, as I could regulate the traction and the power distribution, we got a very relevant time, preceding some of the protagonists of the WRC championship".
Cesare Fiorio had a calmer race beside the race specialist Mauro Passanante, in a very suggestive path in Puglia, on the Gargano roads, thanks to the precision with the stopwatch he achieved success.
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Jesus Among Friends (Luke 22) April 7, 2011Posted by roberttalley in Atonement, Blood of Christ, Body of Christ, Christ, Communion, Covenant, Crucifixion, Death of Christ, Falling Away, Jesus, Lord's Table, Luke, Messiah, Millenial Kingdom, Passover, Suffering.
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(Luke 22:1-62)
A couple of weeks ago I asked for questions from the congregation to be written out on a 3" by 5" card. I received a card with the following question, "Is it sinful to "befriend" persons outside the faith or should we see this "opportunity" as one to bring these people to Christ?"
Now I don't know what provoked this question but it does address a real problem. As believers in Christ, what should our relationship be to those outside the faith? One of my biggest concerns as pastor is that most of us do not bring many unsaved friends to church. There are many possible reasons for this but one of them could be that we tend to isolate ourselves from sinners.
Jesus, however, was known by his enemies as a friend of sinners (Luke 7:33-34). Was this a just accusation? In this chapter we find Jesus with twelve of his closest friends; men who He chose to follow them. One of those men was a man named Judas.
How did Jesus show friendship to Judas (22:2, 21, 27)?
I. Jesus chose a sinner to be His friend, to be one of the twelve (22:2). Sometimes we forget that Jesus knew all along who would betray Him (John 6:64-71). He chose a friend who he could never help. It is interesting that Jesus knew also that Judas would never believe, Jesus befriended a liar, a traitor, a thief simply because it was God's will.
This helps us to answer the first part of our question. It is obviously not sinful to befriend a sinner. It also helps us to answer the second part but not directly. We are not just to look at people as "opportunities" but rather we are to live in God's will and be so full of a passion for Jesus Christ and His gospel that we become the "opportunity" for them to hear the gospel of Christ.
II. Jesus shared His table with a sinner (22:21, 27). It was such a high honor at that time to be invited to eat with someone that to refuse the invitation opened one up to the revenge of slander and defamation. Jesus gave Judas a place of honor.
Judas seemed to be singled out by Jesus for honor and intimacy at this feast (John 13:26). Based on this chapter, it appears that Judas has been given by Jesus, the host of this feast, the place of honor on his left. In addition, Jesus gave Judas the sop. The sop was a piece of bread that was dipped into some type of sauce or mixture. To give the sop to some one was not only a great honor but symbolic of a close friendship. Jesus treated Judas at this festival with the greatest of honor and signs of friendship.
III. Jesus served sinners (22:27). When Jesus washed feet, He washed Judas' feet also. When Jesus instituted the Communion that we celebrate today, He did not withhold it from Judas but rather served him also. Jesus, the King of Kings, served Judas in whose heart the devil had accomplished an awful work (John 13:2).
What ended the friendship between Judas and Jesus (22:4-6)? There are a lot of theories about Judas' motivation, money being the most obvious. I think money certainly played a part (John 12:6). There was something deeper though for all of the disciples were tainted by their desire to be important in the kingdom and they certainly could have assumed that great riches would come with the kingdom. What ended the friendship was Judas' lack of faith in Christ (John 6:64-71). Oh, he certainly began believing but he did not have a faith that would last.
This tells a lot about true faith. True faith that lasts is not dependent on excellent surroundings. Judas heard the Creator of the universe teach truth and wisdom. His faith, however, did not continue to respond. There was an initial response but it was broken easily on the banks of a few coins. What will break your faith?
What was Jesus' desire for His friends (22:14-30)? He desired that they be a part of His eternal kingdom.
What is the kingdom of which Jesus is speaking?
a. It is a coming kingdom (22:15-19) Last week we saw where Jesus said that the kingdom is in the heart of those who believe but it is also a future eternal kingdom. This coming kingdom must be prepared through suffering (compare v. 15 with 17:22-25). Hebrews 1:8a-10 describes this kingdom through suffering in this way, "But now we do not yet see all things [in submission to Jesus]. But we see Jesus…for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting for Him…in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."
b. It is also a new covenant kingdom (22:20). I do not have time to go back to Jeremiah and look at these Old Testament passages but the main characteristic of the new covenant kingdom is heart transformation. Jesus died so that I might be born from above, regenerated in heart, passing from the kingdom of darkness into His eternal light.
c. It is a caring kingdom (22:24-27). Service is more important than authority.
Leroy Eims of the Navigators tells about a man who came to Christ and desired to serve Eims. Because he was young and inexperienced in the faith, there were not a lot of opportunities at the Navigators office for this man to serve. Winter was coming though and the man greatly desired to serve in some way. Leroy Eims gave him the task of shoveling the walkway to the office building. The man was very zealous in this service. In fact he was so zealous, Eims quipped, that not a snowflake hit the walkway the whole winter long. Eims said that such valuable service could not go unrewarded and they brought him into the office to train for service within the Navigators organization. The young man cared enough to serve.
How do we show friendship to Christ (22:28)? We show friendship to Christ by continuing with Him even in His trials. Can we do that? Absolutely, Jesus said, take up My cross and follow Me.
"They tried my Lord and Master with no one to defend.
Within the halls of Pilate He stood without a friend.
I'll be a friend to Jesus, my life for Him I'll spend.
I'll be a friend to Jesus, until my years shall end.
The world may turn against Him, I'll love Him to the end,
And while on earth I'm living, My Lord shall have a friend.
I'll do what He may bid me; I'll go where He may send;
I'll try each flying moment to prove that I'm His friend.
To all who need a Savior, my friend I recommend;
Because He brought salvation is why I am His friend."
Sometimes, however, even the most loyal of us fail Jesus when He needs us most. Peter is a true example and Jesus knew Peter would fail. Yet He showed friendship to Peter anyway. How did Jesus show friendship to Peter (22:31-34)? He warned him, He prayed for Him to endure in the faith, He gave him a positive hope for the future, and He was honest in telling Peter what he did not want to hear.
Let us return to our question about befriending sinners. Here is a good plan to follow them. We must warn them. Only a friend will warn someone of the dangers of hell. We must pray for them to come to faith. We cannot argue them into the faith. We need God's help to bring them to faith. We need to give them hope, let them know that there is a purpose for them in this life and the life to come. Finally, we need to be honest even if they do not want to hear the gospel. It is possible to antagonize people but if you are a real friend who lives out a real faith in Christ, you will figure out how to give them the gospel of Christ.
As we come to the close of our service, we come to the time when we celebrate the Lord's Table. How does the Lord's Table or communion show our friendship with Christ and with each other (22:19, 26)? It shows our friendship with Christ according to verse 19 by remembering what He did for us. It shows our friendship with each other in that each one of us comes together to the table. We are all equal in Christ's kingdom. It is interesting that the only people unworthy of this bread and juice are those who considered themselves above others (1 Corinthians 11). Today, I want us to take a few moments and ask ourselves, not if we've sinned but if there is anyone here today who we consider ourselves superior to. Think through the rows of seats. If you find anyone who you feel you are above, would you not repent of that ungodliness now and humble yourself before God in silent prayer?
Isaiah 53 (The Suffering Servant) – A Passion Sermon March 29, 2009Posted by roberttalley in Atonement, Crucifixion, Death of Christ, Isaiah, Jesus, Religion, Resurrection, Sermons.
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JESUS, THE SUFFERING SERVANT (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
The LORD God wants your attention on the Glorious Deeds of His Servant, Jesus Christ. Again, it is important to identify who this Servant is.
1. As in Isaiah 42, the Servant here must be the Messiah. In Isaiah, sometimes the nation of Israel is called God's Servant. In at least one place Isaiah himself is referred to as the servant of God but in verses 4-6, we find that the Servant has the sin of others laid on Him. Israel as God's chosen people is not responsible to deal with our sin problem but the Messiah is. Isaiah also was not responsible to deal with the sin problem of his people but the Messiah is.
2.Since it is clear that this passage is talking about the Messiah, it remains to us to determine if Jesus fulfills this prophecy, is he the Suffering Servant, the Messiah. There are a number of prophecies in this passage and we will look at some of them this morning but I want to call your attention to Acts 8:30-35. Philip explained to the Ethiopian eunuch that this passage among others is talking about Jesus, the Suffering Servant, the Messiah.
I. Jesus, the Servant is honored by God because He acted wisely (52:13). This verse is an introduction to the details that are to follow. God wants us to pay attention to His Servant because He has acted wisely. He wants us to know what those actions are and He wants us see that His Servant is honored, is glorified by God based on the wise actions described later in these verses. As we read the following verses, the actions Jesus undertook may see foolish to us. It may seem like a huge mistake. God's evaluation is different. God says, this plan of action that My Servant has undertook is a wise plan of action and I will honored Him accordingly.
II. Not everyone, however, honors Jesus, the Suffering Servant. The next verse indicates that Jesus, the Servant is not honored by men (52:14-53:3).
A. His life ended in shocking humiliation (52:14-15). Isaiah begins here with the end of the life of Christ. Here is a man whose disfigurement is astonishing. Now why would the disfigurement of a man be so shocking. Have we not all seen people whose bodies or faces are so ravaged by disease or disaster that we have been astonished? But to see God's honored Servant so disfigured is shocking. To this day, many do not believe that God could have had a hand in the crucifixion. They prefer to think that Jesus had a different end in mind than His shameful death. That God would allow such a thing to happen is shocking.
It is like water being splashed in your face. The nations and their rulers when confronted with the humiliation of Christ are shocked, even repulsed by the horribleness of the crucifixion of the Suffering Servant of God.
B. His life began in unbelievable humility (53:1-3). Before He died in humiliation, He must first be born in humility. Again, hardly anyone can believe the message. That the Servant of God should be born into a poor, humble family, that God should come into the world in the weakness of infancy, that He should live and walk on this earth for thirty years in insignificance and that even when He begins His work there are no military victories won. Immediately after His crucifixion, the best that one might could say was that He simply was a fad for a year or so, who, when the fad was over, did not simply fade away but died, hated, betrayed, and forsaken. The life of Christ, even in the midst of the miracles He performed and the teachings He expounded, never rose above the life of a simple man surrounded by other simple men. So we see that Jesus, the suffering Servant is honored by God but not by man. His humility and humiliation is not honorable in the eyes of humankind but rather is despised by them, by us.
III. Yet, Jesus, the Servant was unjustly executed for the crimes of humankind (53:4-9), for the crimes of those who despised Him. This we recognize. There are few who would say that Jesus deserved the death He died. It is hard for people to recognize is that He died for their sins.
This passage explains to us what it means for Jesus to die for our sins. Verses 5-6 makes it clear that Jesus died for criminals. Our criminality is described in verse 6, "All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned everyone to his own way." We want to do, what we want to do; and what we want to do is criminal. "But He was wounded for our transgressions."
So what? What does that accomplish? What good is it that Jesus died? Verse 5 tells us that our peace, our well-being, was accomplished through His bearing of our punishment. We are healed by the death of Christ.
Now it is important to understand what this means. There are those who teach that Jesus died so that we should be delivered from physical poverty and troubles and sickness. They turn to these verses to teach this. If, however, we look at the context, the picture is much different. It is the picture of a criminal, who is condemned but another takes his punishment. This peace, this well-being is not a two car garage and a freezer full of steaks. It is the release from the penalty of death. That is the well-being, the peace that the Suffering Servant provides. This healing is not the healing of our physical illnesses but rather the release from certain death through His death. The word "healed" means to be restored to its proper condition. Medically this meaning is obvious but it is also used when Elijah repaired the altar. He restored the altar to its proper condition. His successor, Elisha, later performed a miracle. The water in a certain city was unsuitable for drinking and unsuitable for irrigating. The properties of the water were poisonous. Elisha took a bowl of salt, tossed it into the source of the water, and "healed" the water, that is, restored the water to its proper condition. The psalms speak of healing of the soul and healing of the broken-heart. What Isaiah is speaking of here is the restoration of a condemned criminal. The criminal by the death of the Suffering Servant is taken off of death role and given his freedom. That is a healing that surpasses all medical healings.
Verses 7-9 describe in detail the death and burial of the Suffering Servant.
First, we find that He suffered silently. He did not try to defend Himself but rather submitted Himself to the death of a criminal. Matthew tells us three times that Jesus kept silent at the accusations made against Him, He answered not one word. Mark, Luke, and John also mention the silence of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:23 say that Jesus, "…when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously." Jesus, fulfilled the prophecies in verse 7 regarding the Suffering Servant.
Then, verse 8 tells us that He was killed. The Muslims may say that Jesus did not die but that another took His place but all the eyewitnesses are certain, without any doubt, that Jesus is the one who died on that cross. The soldier, who came to break His legs, so that He might die more quickly, found Him dead (and on finding that, took a spear and drove it into the side of Jesus Christ). Jesus' died as predicted by this prophecy in verse 8.
The beginning of verse 9 tells us that Jesus died with the wicked. Between two criminals, Jesus died. Was He guilty of anything? No, but he died with the wicked as prophesied 700 years earlier by Isaiah.
The middle of the verse reminds us that He was buried with the rich. Joseph or Arimathea, a wealthy man, begged the body of Jesus from Pilate and took it and buried the body in his own tomb, the tomb of a rich man. Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of the Suffering Servant being executed for our behalf, freeing us, healing us from condemnation.
IV. These are the actions, for which Jesus is honored. Jesus, the Suffering Servant is honored by God because He atoned for our crimes (53:10-12).
A. God honors Jesus with long life (53:10). The implications of the resurrection are not dealt with in this passage but Isaiah predicted that this Suffering Servant, who died for us criminals and was buried in the tomb of a rich man would see His seed. Now Jesus never married. How is it that He can see His seed? He must rise again from the dead and see men and women turn to Him for salvation. Those who trust Christ become the sons of God, by believing in His name. This is an honor that only God can offer. Satan offered Jesus the kingdoms of this world, if He would only bow down to Him. He did not, however, and could not offer life. God honored Jesus with life, God raised Him from the dead.
B. God honors Jesus with a portion among the great (53:12). What portion did Jesus get? Hebrews 1 tells us exactly. It tells us that Jesus, "…when He had by Himself purged us from our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For to which of the angels has He said at any time, 'You are my Son, this day have I begotten You…" Do you understand that Jesus does not sit on the right hand of God because He Himself is God but because He is being honored for dying on our behalf for our criminal acts. He atoned for our crimes and for that wise action, God has honored Jesus Christ in our behalf.
When Philip preached this passage to Philip, he asked about being baptized. Philip's reply was simply this, do you believe? Do you believe that you are a criminal before God, deserving of death but that He was executed on your behalf and that through Him you can have spiritual healing, that is, be freed from the penalty of God? The eunuch answered, "Yes." Philip then baptized Him as a testimony of His faith in Christ. This message is worthless to you if you do not believe it and follow Christ. Will you believe today?
NEXT WEEK: Zechariah 9:9-17 – The Coming King
Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement October 5, 2008Posted by roberttalley in Atonement, Leviticus, Religion, Sermons.
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THE DAY OF ATONEMENT – FOUR MEN (Leviticus 16:1-34)
There are four men mentioned in this chapter. Through these four men, I would like to illustrate and explain the importance of the day of atonement as well as the importance of the atoning work of Christ on the cross. The word atonement literally means "to cover up", specifically the covering up of sin, a way in which forgiveness of sins is made possible.
The first of the men that I want you to meet is named at the beginning of the chapter. His name is Aaron (verses 1-2). He was the high priest at the time. God gives him in Leviticus 16 the responsibility to go once a year before God and through an animal sacrifice make atonement possible. In a real way, the high priest makes atonement (verses 32-34). This atonement involves cleansing from sin (Compare with Hebrews 9:13-14). Jesus makes atonement for us as both high priest and sacrifice.
As high priest, Jesus is both…
…anointed… (verse 32), that is, He is the chosen one for this office. You see, Jesus is the Christ. Christ is not Jesus surname but rather His title: Jesus the Chosen One. Jesus, the High Priest chosen by God to accomplish the task of cleansing us from our sin.
…and consecrated (verse 32), that is, confirmed for the work for which He was chosen. The years in which Jesus walked on this earth showed that Jesus was truly the Christ. His pure manner of life, His miraculous work, His testimony of the truth of God, all of these things confirm that Jesus really is the Christ.
As the atoning sacrifice, Jesus makes it possible…
…for us to come to God… (compare verse 33a with verses 15-19). Before the sins of men could be atoned for, it was necessary for the priest, first, to make atonement for the place at which God met His people. In some sense, it seems that the sinfulness of man is so great, that it somehow pollutes the Holy of Holies. Perhaps this was a reference to the sin of Aaron's two sons who God burned up with fire because they did not obey God's Word. We need to understand how corrupting the influence of sin is in our lives.
Jesus, however, did much more than just purify a place as Aaron did. Jesus made it possible for us to come to God (Hebrews 9:8 with 10:19-20).
…and for God to deal justly with our sin (verses 33b-34). Now there were other sin offerings that were regularly offered, both national offerings and personal. It is also true that the Day of Atonement involved more than the forgiveness of specific sins in that it was also to cleanse the Tabernacle of God from any taint of sin. On the other hand, it was part of God's provision at the time, dealing with the sins of the people. Hebrews 9:7 refers to them as the sins committed in ignorance. This had to be done every year.
However, when Jesus died, He went before God, not with the blood of bulls and goats, but with His own blood and He only had to do it once (Hebrews 9:12, 25-26 with Romans 3:24-26).
The man with the scapegoat (verses 20-22). This involves the imputation of sin (Compare with Isaiah 53:6, 11-12; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21). Jesus accepted the charge of sin that actually belonged to us. Psalm 32:1-5 explains that blessedness is found, not just in having our sin forgiven but rather also imputed to another. When my sins are simply forgiven, then there is the possibility of those sins being brought up again but when my sins are imputed, they are longer my sins. They belong to another. Sometimes we talk about Christ being our substitute. What that means is this: Something happened to Christ and because it happened to Him, it need not happen to me.
Imputation involves confession. Remember, confession is more than the listing of sins. It is agreeing with someone else about a matter that you deeply believe to be so. The same word in the Old Testament used for thanksgiving is also used for confession. We see in this act of confession a glimpse into what faith in Christ really means. I come before God realizing that I am a sinner. I can do nothing about my sin problem. If nothing is done about it, I am a condemned man. I ask God in mercy to forgive me but God cannot just say it is done. Something must be done about my sin problem. God takes my sin problem which I have consciously brought to Him and transfers it to Jesus Christ. It is no longer my problem but rather that of Jesus Christ. It is imputed to Him. It is no longer mine to deal with.
The man who burns the sin offering (verses 27-28). This involves the sanctification of the sinner (Compare with Hebrews 13:11-14). Jesus makes us a holy people through His blood. More than cleansing, more than forgiveness, more than the bearing of our sin by Christ is involved in the atonement. A relationship is established and maintained through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
This burning of the bones was unique to the sin offering. Most other offerings like burnt offerings and peace or thanksgiving offerings were reserved to feed the priest. But they had no portion in the sin offering. That was for God alone. In the same way, that the sin offering made the carcass of the sacrificed animal holy and reserved to God, the shed blood of Jesus Christ makes those, who put their faith in Christ, holy, a peculiar people before God (1 Peter 2:4-10).
The man who afflicts himself (verses 29-30). This passage does not tell us exactly what is involved in afflicting one's self but there are other passages that help us to understand what is meant. Isaiah 58:1-10 describes the day of affliction as a day of fasting accompanied by a forsaking of sin.
This involves repentance from sin (Compare with Luke 18:9-14). It is only as we humble ourselves before a merciful God that we can be forgiven. True, the high priest confessed the national sins of his people but there was also the opportunity for the Israelite to apply that forgiveness personally. That is the significance of afflicting one's self. It is personal application, personal appropriation. Christ died for my sins and I need not die for them if I accept His sacrifice for me but I will not accept His sacrifice until I realize my own inability, my own sinfulness, my own need.
Conclusion: We have met four men. The tasks of the first three are accomplished by Jesus Christ. You can be the fourth man. The first three tasks result in forgiveness of sin. The fourth applies that forgiveness to himself. Leviticus 23:29 tells us that the one, who refuses to afflict his soul, that is humble himself on the Day of Atonement, is to be cut off, killed. Yes, Christ died for the church but if you do not personally trust Christ alone for salvation, one day you will also be cut off, to die eternally in the lake of fire. Will you not accept Christ today as your only hope of forgiveness of sins, as the one who bore you sins in His body to take them away, as the one who makes you holy through His blood?
Next Week: Exodus 13:3-10 – The Feast of Unleavened Bread: How Best to Declare the Glorious Works of God
Three Types of Sacrifices in the Bible November 4, 2007Posted by roberttalley in Amos, Atonement, Forgiveness, Leviticus, Praise, Religion, Second Chronicles, Sermons, Thanksgiving.
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2 Chronicles 29
There are certain sections of the Bible that are difficult reading. When I was in the first grade and first began to read, my mother thought that it would be a good idea for me to start reading a chapter a day in the Bible. This was in the days before Dobson was everywhere telling us how to rear our children. Now I was the oldest child and my mother knew practicing reading was important and that reading the Bible was important, so she combined the two and got me started reading Genesis. I enjoyed Genesis and I enjoyed Exodus, reading the stories exactly as they were first told by God rather than in the pared down version that is usually given to children. But then I got to Leviticus. The first five chapters were okay with descriptions of the burnt offering and the meal offering and the peace offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering but then I got to Leviticus 6 and the multitude of rules describing the sacrifices and the priests and the laws concerning cleanliness and eventually just lost interest. It was too great for my elementary school aged mind to handle.
How then can we in the short time we have today understand all the detail of the sacrifices of the Old Testament and how they might apply to us today? Simply said, there are three general categories of sacrifices found in the Bible and all three of them are found in their spiritual order in 2 Chronicles 29.
The first type of sacrifice we find in this passage is the sin offering (verses 20-24). We have already read how that Hezekiah became king at the age of twenty-five. His father before him was Ahaz. If you look in the previous chapter, we find an account of the sins of Ahaz. This was a man who was described as continually unfaithful (28:19) and in times of distress increasingly unfaithful (28:22). He worshiped other gods and treated the temple of God as his property. He gave some of the temple items to the king of Assyria in an attempt to appease their king but it did not work. Then he turned to the gods of Damascus, shutting the temple down, destroying some of the temple items, and setting up gods all through Jerusalem for worship. His son, Hezekiah though was a different sort of man. He immediately determined to change the direction of his kingdom and commanded that the temple be cleaned and prepared again for use and committed himself to a renewal of the covenant between God and Israel. He recognized that their problem was a sin problem and that they as a people needed forgiveness of sin.
Of course, this is what we most often think about as Christians when we think of a blood sacrifice and it is the primary picture that we have of the sacrifice that Christ paid for us on the cross. He died as the sacrifice for my sin. That is what we celebrated today during the Lord's Table. Christ paying the penalty for my sin. That is what the word "atonement" means. Forgiveness of sin through a sacrifice does not mean that God is ignoring the sin but that the sacrifice is bearing that sin. That is the significance of the laying on of hands on the animal. It was a symbolic transfer of the sins from the people to the animal. We know that animal sacrifices could not take care of all sin because it had to repeated over and over and over but there came a day when the perfect Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, was nailed to the cross to bear our sins in His own body, to suffer the penalty for sin once and for all.
That is what was necessary for us to be reconciled to God. Sin is what separates us from God. That is the common trait of each person born and that is why Jesus had to die and that is why without faith in Jesus Christ alone there is no forgiveness of sin.
Hezekiah, however, did not stop with the sin offering but then had a special burnt offering sacrificed (verses 27-31a). A burnt offering was for the purpose of dedicating yourself or something to God. Through it one says, "I am consecrating myself to God." Now this word "consecration" is an important word and we need to explain what it means. The Hebrews had a unique phrase for this word, "filling the hands", i.e., making your hands complete. This is discipleship. This is dedication. This is saying that God has all of my life. This is worship in that I am submitting my life to His will and control. We find in this passage that music accompanies worship but music is not worship. Worship is a sacrifice of dedication and submission.
We find this concept in the New Testament also. Paul begged the Romans to "…present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
To Timothy he wrote that when we pray we are to life up holy hands, hands that are consecrated, hands that are made perfect before God. In the sin offering I am putting my hands on Christ's head so that He can pay the penalty for my sin but with the burnt offering I am lifting my hands to heaven and dedicating myself to Him and Him alone.
Not just anybody however can give offer a burnt sacrifice. Not everyone can dedicate themselves to God. You have to be holy. You have to be clean. You have to be blameless.
Now what did it mean to be holy. Two things were necessary to be holy. You had to have a relationship to God and you had to live in such a way that showed your holiness. Look at Leviticus 22:31-33.
- 31 "Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the LORD.
32 "You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
33 "who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD."
What happened is that God established a relationship with Israel when He brought them out of Egypt and through bringing them out of Egypt, He made them holy. He made them clean. He made them blameless. He filled their hands. He completed their hands and He expected them to live like the special people that they were. He commanded them, "Be ye holy for I am holy."
We no doubt have a number of people here who have believed God, who have trusted His Son, Jesus Christ as Savior but have gone back on the commitments that they have made to God. They have accepted the sacrifice that Christ made for them on the cross of Calvary but they need to make again that sacrifice of commitment that God demands from them. That is the emphasis of Hezekiah. They were already God's people but they had forsaken Him and forsaken His ways and forsaken His temple and Hezekiah determined that it was a time to recommitment themselves to the covenant that God had made to them under Moses. The sin offering is sufficient for forgiveness of sins, the cross of Christ is sufficient enough to bring you to heaven but Christ demands commitment with that faith.
The third category of sacrifices that follows the sin offering and the burnt offering is the peace offering (verses 29-36). These offerings are those of praise and thanksgiving. Hebrews 13 calls this type of offering the sacrifice of praise, the fruit of our lips in thanksgiving to God. This sacrifice was not for forgiveness of sin, neither was it was a sacrifice of commitment to God, but rather a sacrifice that signified a close relationship with God that is going well. Now it is possible to have a close relationship and it not be healthy or it being one sided but a true relationship with God is a relationship in which things are going well.
This third type of sacrifice is best exhibited through a song that we used to sing. "Everything's all right in my Father's house. In my Father's house. In my Father's house. Everything's all right in my Father's house. There is joy, joy, joy!" This is the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.
It's relationship to the other types of sacrifices is the same as that of the wedding anniversary to the marriage contract and to ceremony. The contract, the piece of paper that you sign is like the death of Christ for our sins and our acceptance by faith of that sacrifice. The wedding ceremony and other times of public and private commitment that you make to your spouse are like the offering of consecration. It is a time where you are taking ownership of your part in the relationship. The sacrifice of praise, though is like the anniversary date. The party that you throw for your spouse after five, ten, or twenty years of marriage. All of these are important to a strong relationship but they are different from each other in purpose.
In the same way, God will not accept your commitment until your sin problem is taken care of, there is not true thanksgiving if you are not holy before God both in relationship and in life. One of the prophets, Amos, in the fourth chapter of the book (Amos 4:1-13, page 618 in the pew Bible) that bears his name writes about those who offered thanksgiving offerings that God found unacceptable. Rather than read all the verses, let us look at just a few.
1 ¶ Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, "Bring wine, let us drink!"
2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: "Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.
3 You will go out through broken walls, Each one straight ahead of her, And you will be cast into Harmon," Says the LORD.
4 "Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. {Or years (compare #De 14:28)}
5 Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!" Says the Lord GOD.
6 ¶ "Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities. And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the LORD.
12 "Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"
These people were offering the proper sacrifices but they had strayed from their relationship to God. They were celebrating Thanksgiving but they were living in a way that was displeasing to God. God says, your sacrifices of thanksgiving are unacceptable. Prepare to meet your God!
Now we use that phrase sometimes to talk about death and that is partially in view here but the fuller view is prepare to meet your judge. God is going to judge you. If you do not have that holy relationship that He provided for you through Jesus Christ or you have that relationship and are not committed to that relationship, you will be judged. If you do have that holy relationship with God through Jesus Christ's death on the cross for your sin and you live committed to that relationship, then your praise and your thanksgiving will be pleasing and acceptable to God.
No doubt it is due to our evil human nature that we forget God and break our commitments to Him who has helped us the most and instead of committing ourselves to Him, we focus on ourselves. According to thecatholicpriest.com, "The post office official in charge of the Dead Letter Box in Washington, DC, reported that he had received hundreds of thousands of letters addressed to "Santa Claus" asking him to bring many things, but after Christmas, only one letter came to the box thanking Santa Claus for bringing the toys." Obviously, that one letter came from someone who really believed, who was really committed to Santa Claus.
There is a sense that all of these sacrifices are given from a willing heart but what makes the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving so great and wonderful is that it can only be given willingly. The highest obedience is the obedience that is given at suggestion and not at command.
Let me give you an example of what I mean. Spurgeon "knew a youth who had wished to be baptized, but his friends kept him back. When he fell ill, he fretted because he had not confessed his Lord according to the Scripture. "But Isaac," said his mother, "you know baptism will not save you." "No, mother," he replied, "of course it will not, for I am saved. But when I see Jesus in heaven I should not like Him to say, 'Isaac, it was a very little thing I asked of you; did you not love Me enough to do it?' "
Concentrating on being thankful to God may seem like a little thing. Praising Christ in word and deed may not seem significant. What makes it significant is because it is an indication that "everything's alright in my Father's house."
Help from Spurgeon (and Mike Ratliff) in preparing for the Lord's Table August 28, 2007Posted by roberttalley in Atonement, Blood of Christ, Communion, Crucifixion, Death of Christ, Good Friday, Lord's Table, Religion, Spurgeon.
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"After our Lord's death was over, the blood of animals was not the type, but the blood of the grape. That which was terrible in prospect is joyous in remembrance. That which was blood in the shedding is wine in the receiving. It came from him with a wound, but it comes to us with a blessing." Originally posted here by Mike Ratliff.
The Lord's Table reminds us that the pivotal event in world history is the cross. It is not the invention of fire or the wheel neither is it the printing press or the computer as pivotal as all of these things were. The pivotal event in world history is the death of God's Son on the cross establishing a new covenant between God and man. Everything before and after depend on the outcome of Christ's death.


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Fall will be here shortly, with Mabon and Samhain just around the corner and the new crop of witch-y shows are starting up.
With shades of Riverdale and American Horror Story is "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina". Yes, the teenage witch. In this case, a Satan worshipping one.
On Netflix at the end of October. Sorry, I don't know how to post the trailer:
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I read about the comic, but didn't know if it was a chicken or egg scenario.
I'm glad it's on Netflix so I can watch it.
I find good Satanic movies to be somewhat hard to come by, in all the years I have spent collecting them. It's a fine line between a good movie, and slipshod low budgetry.
But I don't have Netflix, or a working TV connection, (by personal preference) so I'll have to look out for a copy of this on Amazon, assuming it is not a comedy!
I meant to just watch an episode or two, but ended up binging the whole season.
First, I was a bit disappointed. Sabrina aka "Brina" seemed to be about typical very liberal teen in a small coal mining town back east and in the broom closet with her friends and it was going to be another "Beautiful Creatures" type light/dark duality drama with the orphaned witch girl ('halfwitch') loving a mortal boy and not willing to give up her mortal life (friends and boyfriend) to fully accept her witch life, while her family determines if she's going to go light or dark and the need to separate herself from her moral life (as once she commits totally to the witch side of her bloodline, she will start to become nearly immortal).
Turned out, it's a matter of joining her local coven and serving Satan who is explained to her as a coven based on total free will as some paths of modern Satanism is. I was encouraged for a bit, but then it fell back into "No, it isn't free will, it's a trap!" with the coven members not being above cannibalism of each other or mortals.
The Sabrina character veers between being a stupid emotional teenager "But why can't I do both?" completely oblivious to the ramifications that her friends will age and she won't and thinking her love for her 16 year old boyfriends will last 'forever' and a ruthless woman willing to lie, cheat, blackmail, humiliate and kill to get what she wants. Which I guess some teenagers can be, torn between childhood and adulthood. Torn between her comfort zone and having power.
The plot never uses the strongest arguments for Sabrina to leave her mortal life "You're sixteen. You think things will last forever like they are now, but they won't. You and your friends will be leaving this small town in a year or so and go off to college. Different colleges. Then what? You'll be making NEW friends and boyfriends. You'll go off to the special witch school and meet new friends with who you can be totally open and be yourself and meet new guys..."
That's the most realistic and convincing argument to tell any young person clinging to her childhood friends and locale, but no one ever uses it.
The introduction of Salem was incredibly creepy and I very much enjoyed it. I hope to see more of him.
They never mention a Christian god, they just call him the "false god" and focus on their own faith AS a religion. It's quite interesting how they do it. Rather RCC based.
It has some surprisingly gory parts and there are not happy endings for some nice people. Some episodes are slow - I fast forwarded through those - but most are pretty enjoyable.
It isn't scary as much as creepy - at least to me - but then I'm a witch and a pagan, and the open-ness of Satanism as a credible religion, and the existence of ghosts, demons, goblins, blood sacrifices, possession and necromancy don't bother me.
My take on it is that there is much to be commonly misunderstood, and more often than not, completely misrepresented, as truth being stranger than fiction, when it comes to dealing with the "real world". The interesting thing about the vast majority of media hypocrisy entertaining Satanism, is even the most seemingly hospitable are often ending in some kind of bizarre, perverted, or violent tragedy for the actors, or participants, if you will. This is typical in that sense.
There is rarely a positive outcome for any so called "devil worshipping" entity on the human scale, but it is not entirely unheard of to see a favorable outcome for a follower of Satan, although it is not common at all, nor even socially correct. The stigma and horror of the entertainment effect are far more enticing when praying upon the human psyche for entertainment purposes..
In recent decades there has been insinuations or claims of extreme evil and crimes against humanity, such as cannibalism in this case, and in other cases, sexual assault, torture, child rape, ritual murder (sacrifice) for example, often attributed to all Satanic cults, and often with children as the victims. This gets out through Hollywood, or where ever, then it spreads it's way through the media in rumor and innuendo, particularly the conspiracy media.
Incidents of what they call "culling" have reputably been mentioned in Satanic forums. Even though such things may occur or are rarely advocated, most in the Satanic communities distance themselves, and even ridicule such activities. This has been the case with the Church of Satan, and elsewhere, where animal sacrifice is discouraged. Which is interesting considering the history of animal sacrifice all throughout civilization and religious ceremonies, and considering the mass slaughtering in the commercial food industry, hunting, and the mass slaughter of children in the abortion industry, Also, the mass murder of "infidels" and other undesirables, that is occurring on a daily basis in the Middle East, which is often covered up under a veil of overall religious sanctimony, making the Nazi holocaust look tame in comparison. When it comes to mass child rape, look no further than the Catholic Church,
Some black magical cults advocate minor blood sacrifice of a willing participant, usually the practitioner themselves., or animal sacrifice as enticements to enhance the power of the working.
And furthermore, there is no hard data in terms of how many of these obscure culling incidents have ever taken place, and when. These incidents are usually conducted within the confines of a particular environment, by a small number of participants, and sometimes the "victim" willfully participates. It is likely misrepresented and taken out of context under the pretenses of such discussion in public forums or common media entertainment circles..
Oh, and I dislike their incorrect use of the word 'warlock'.
Not exactly uncommon....Hail to Sabrina! and there is this weird resemblance to Angelina Jolie wearing those ornery looking horns
The Satanic Temple has said it will bring legal action against the show if it doesn't remove the Baphomet Statue.
They are sighting appropriation and copyright infringement.
I enjoyed the show btw.
And they have a point. If the producers just remove the children statues, it will just be a regular image of Baphomet.
"Appropriation" LMAO. Baphomet is copyright free and supposed to be the prophet Mohammed, not Satan. If anything they appropriated it.
Oh I loved this show! I recognized a lot of magick that they use and I am not bothered by Satan. (Have studied the OT and Satan a lot, Satan is the good guy compared to Yahweh!) I totally embrace the grey witches on the show because I am one. I love scary witch tropes too. I do not want the teeth knocked out of witchcraft because of New Agers. I want to embrace the dark as well as the light.


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Recently I came across an article that offered a different point of perspective on the status of caregiving today. A recent article on USA Today showed that about a third of family caregivers spend more than 30 hours on caregiving tasks, with another third spending more than $10,000 a year on caregiving expenses, ranging from medication to in-home care and even senior housing. The article also mentions a snippet of an interview with Andy Cohen, CEO of Caring.com. He said that, "the uncovered cost of caregiving offers people by surprise. It is something they haven't planned for and budgeted for."
There are a number of other statistics in the article that show the status of the caregivers mentioned, most of which are retired. I encourage my readers to view the article and see if these statistics match your own experiences and current situation. I would love to hear your feedback on it.
You can read the article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/09/15/family-caregiving-time-costs/15456771/