Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah . . . has conquered . . . Revelation 5:5
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . Galatians 6:14
You have been very angry with your Anointed One. Psalm 89:38
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2
Let the motto upon your whole ministry be - "Christ is All!" - Cotton Mather

Thursday, March 31, 2016

"Christ Is All!" For Muslims!

Is Islam A Religion Of Peace?

What Does The Quran Say?


Surah 9:29: Fight those who do not believe in Allah

Surah 9:73: O Prophet! Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.

Surah 9:123: O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you

Surah 48:29: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, And those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.

Surah 2:216: Fighting is ordained for you

Surah 5:33: the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land.

Surah 5:51: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them is of them.

Surah 8:12: I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.

Surah 8:59-60: And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allah's Punishment). And make ready against them all you can of power, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery) to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides whom, you may not know but whom Allah does know.  And whatever you shall spend in the Cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you, and you shall not be treated unjustly.

Surah 8:65: O Prophet! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.

Surah 9:5: Then when the Sacred Months (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush.

Surah 47:4: So, when you meet, those who disbelieve smite (their) necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them

What Did Muhammad Say?



Bukhari: 4.52.220: Muhammad said: “I have been made victorious with terror.”

Bukhari 9.84:57: Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.”

Sahih Muslim 1767a: “Muhammad said: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula”

Bukhari 1.2.25: Muhammad said: “I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah.”

Bukhari 4.52.176: Muhammad said: “You (Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.'”

Please Turn Away From This Violence And Trust In The Prince Of Peace:  

The Lord Jesus Christ!


Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

This was prophesied about Jesus Christ 700 years before He was even born! He is the Mighty God and the Prince of Peace Who alone can grant you peace with God and peace with others!

The Bible says God created all things, and He made you to be in a relationship with Him: to know Him, to trust Him, to love Him, and to obey Him.

Genesis 1:1:  “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Matthew 22:37-39:  “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

1 Corinthians 10:31:  “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

The bad news is that we have all sinned against God, selfishly desiring our own will instead of His will, and we've broken His good, holy, just, and loving laws – laws He gave us because He loves us and to help us live lives full of joy, peace, and satisfaction.

Romans 3:23:  “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”

Because of our sin, we deserve God's just punishment and curse in hell forever.  But God so loved sinners that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to save sinners!

John 3:16:  “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus never sinned, died on the cross, bearing the anger and curse of God toward sinners, and rose up from the dead, conquering sin, death, and hell, so that if you turn from your sins and believe in Him, He will save you!

Acts 16:31:  “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved!”

Ephesians 2:8-9:  “For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

You cannot earn God's love and favor by doing good things, praying, giving alms, or being a good person. Adam and Eve were forced to leave God's presence in Paradise for committing only one sin! God cannot be in the presence of even one sin! And you need all of your sins forgiven! Only through Jesus can all your sins be forgiven. He is God the Son, and He alone can save you and grant you peace: Jesus says: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Please trust in God the Son today!

To learn more, please visit us at:

Olney Baptist Church
239 West Chew Ave.
Phila, PA 19120
www.olneybaptist.org
215-548-8833
11am every Sunday

We have lunch afterward, and we love to share meals with our Muslim friends!

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

25 Reasons Jesus Christ Rose From The Dead


Buddha is dead, Mohammed is dead,
Ghandi and Haile Selassie are dead,
Elijah Mohammed is dead - however
Jesus is Alive! Shai Linne

Jesus Christ Is the Risen King 
He's More Beautiful Than Anything 
He Conquered All And Took Death's Sting 
Fullest Pleasures He Will Bring 
So Turn From Sin And To Him Cling 
He Will Forever Make You Sing!

1. Jesus rose from the dead to fulfill God's promises about Him in the Old Testament

1 Corinthians 15:4: he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures

Isaiah 53:8, 10: he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people . . . it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days

Acts 13:30, 32-33, 35: But God raised him from the dead . . . And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,  this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus . . . Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not let your Holy One see corruption.' 

Paul Tripp: The victory of Jesus' empty tomb is an historical validation of the reliability of every promise God has ever made to his children.

2. Jesus rose from the dead to fulfill what He said He would do

Mark 9:31: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.

Greg Bahnsen: Christ [strongly disapproved of] those who sought signs beyond the authority of His words . . . The refusal of men to believe Christ’s word is not attributed to a lack of factual evidence, but rather to their not abiding in that self-evidencing word of God. Scripture is authoritative in itself to testify of Christ, for God’s word is more sure than any eyewitness experience of the facts. If men will not submit to the self-evidencing, ultimate starting point of God’s word, neither will the fact of an historical resurrection convince them. Hence, when certain disciples were reluctant to believe the fact of Christ’s resurrection, He rebuked them, not for failure to attend to the experienced evidence, but for their hesitance to believe the Scriptures.

3. Jesus rose from the dead for our justification

Romans 4:25: who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

S. Lewis Johnson: The resurrection is God's "Amen!" to Christ's "It is finished."

4. Jesus rose from the dead so our faith won't be futile

1 Corinthians 15:17-19: And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 

5. Jesus rose from the dead so we would be raised imperishable

1 Corinthians 15:42: So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

You won't perish! You won't be destroyed! You won't see corruption! You won't see decay! New body!

6. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be a life giving spirit

1 Corinthians 15:45: Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

7. Jesus rose from the dead so we would bear the likeness of the man from heaven

1 Corinthians 15:49: Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

8. Jesus rose from the dead so death would be swallowed up in victory

1 Corinthians 15:54-58: When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Philippians 1:21: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Luke 1:34-37: And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy - the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God."

Our Daily Bread Story: As enemy forces advanced, Baker Company was cut off from the rest of their unit. For several hours no word was heard, even though headquarters repeatedly tried to communicate with the missing troops. Finally a faint signal was received. Straining to hear, the corpsman asked, "Baker Company, do you read me?" "This is Baker Company," came the reply. "What is your situation?" asked the corpsman. "The enemy is to the east of us, the enemy is to the west of us, the enemy is to the north of us, the enemy is to the south of us." Then after a brief pause, the sergeant from Baker Company said with determination, "The enemy is not going to get away from us now!" Although surrounded and outnumbered, he was thinking of victory, not defeat. 

9. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be the firstfruits

1 Corinthians 15:20: But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Christ is the first to rise, and His resurrection guarantees that all who trust in Christ shall also rise again!

10. Jesus rose from the dead so we would have new life full of love and holiness as those dead to sin and alive to righteousness

Romans 6:3-13: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

11. Jesus rose from the dead to show it was impossible for death to hold Him

Acts 2:24: God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Paul Tripp: The sermon preached by the empty tomb outside Jerusalem is titled, "Nothing Has the Power to Stop this Savior!"

12. Jesus rose from the dead to give us repentance and forgiveness of sins

Acts 5:30-31: The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

  

13. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be declared to be the Son of God in power

Romans 1:4: and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead

This is Jesus' installation (His crowning!) as the ruling, reigning, God-Man and Davidic King Who has conquered death and has been exalted as Lord and all powerful Messiah!

Hebrews 1:8: But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.” 

2 Corinthians 13:4: For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. 

He came meek and humble; but He's coming back as a lion!

Revelation 19:11-16: Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

14. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be the Resurrection and the Life

John 11:25-26: Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.  Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

John Piper: One of the most powerful moments in my seminary days was at the funeral of James Morgan, my 36-year-old systematic theology teacher. Lewis Smedes was preaching the sermon, and at one point he lifted up his majestic voice and cried, "James Morgan is not dead!" My spine tingled, with the heralding of glorious truth.

15. Jesus rose from the dead so we would have the powerful life of the Spirit of God dwell in us

Romans 8:11-15: If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

16. Jesus rose from the dead so no one or no thing can ever condemn us

Romans 8:34-39: Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

17. Jesus rose from the dead so we would be delivered from the wrath to come

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10: you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 

18. Jesus rose from the dead so we would believe and be saved

Romans 10:9: if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

19. Jesus rose from the dead so we would enjoy God's presence

2 Corinthians 4:14: knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

20. Jesus rose from the dead so we would be born again to a living hope in God

1 Peter 1:3-4: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you

21. Jesus rose from the dead so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father

Philippians 2:8-11: And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

22. Jesus rose from the dead to prove that He is the Messiah

Acts 2:31-32: he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses . . . Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.

23. Jesus rose from the dead to show that He is God

John 20:27-28: Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

24. Jesus rose from the dead to show God will judge the world through Jesus Christ

Acts 17:30-31: The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

25. Jesus rose from the dead so we would seek the things above and Christ would be all in all

Colossians 3:1-11: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

To learn more about the great and true Triune God, the God-ManJesus Christ, and His glorious Gospel message and everlasting Kingship, please watch American Gospel: Christ Alone. You can watch the full documentary here with a free, 3 day trial.

Friday, March 4, 2016

"That's My King!" In Proverbs 7 And 8!

Jesus Christ Will Fill You With Love
The Greatest Husband From Above
In Whose Presence Is Delight
And Pleasures Of An Epic Height
And Not Just Short Love All One Night
But Joys Eternal Out Of Sight
Your Heart He'll Ravish And Seduce
And Holy Longings Pure Produce!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

Jesus Lives And Cries Aloud
With Perfect Words He Awes The Crowd
And Humbles All The Selfish Proud
So More Than Every Jewel Endowed
Desire The King His Praise Avowed!

That's my King!

Jesus Loves Us As His Own
He Reigns With Strength Upon The Throne
And On That Cross He Did Atone
To Make Us One His Flesh And Bone
Now By His Grace Our Minds Are Blown
Through All His Love And Mercy Shown!

That's my King!

Jesus Christ Has Always Been
Through Him Creation Did Begin
And Then God's Wisdom Came In Skin
To Give His Life His Bride To Win
He Died And Rose To Save From Sin
Oh He's The Best That's Ever Been!

That's my King! That's my King!