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4/5/10 6:25 AM |
Paul Forrest | | Liverpool, Great Britain | | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Protected Name](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_lock3.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Go to homepage](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_house6.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Find all comments by Paul Forrest](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/magnifier.gif) |
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We know very well that our brother Ian has prayed and preached in addition to his political duties. That's all very well, but his gospel ministry has to suffer. Consider that he was a member of parliament, a member of the European 'Parliament', the leader of a political party, the moderator of his denomination, involved in various organisations (at one time, the leader in a semi-paramilitary group), the editor of a magazine, and contributor to other magazines. Did I mention that he was also the pastor of a large congregation?His level of activity can hardly be matched. But, paradoxically, therein lies the problem. There are only so many hours in the day. The vast amount of time he spent carrying out political duties meant that there was little time left for what was supposed to be his chief role--that of pastor. The NT preachers of the gospel were so concerned for the flock over which the holy ghost had placed them, that they even delegated waiting on tables to others so that they could give themselves wholly to prayer and the gospel! And the responsibility they handed over was tiny in comparison to what Paisley has been involved in down the years. |
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3/29/10 7:03 AM |
Paul Forrest | | Liverpool, Great Britain | | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Protected Name](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_lock3.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Go to homepage](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_house6.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Find all comments by Paul Forrest](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/magnifier.gif) |
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Like it or not, our brother Ian has for many years had a substantial 'fan base'--people who will not have any criticism allowed of the man. And he has to take some responsibility for this adulation. (I doubt Spurgeon would sell posters of himself.)Are we not all subject to the rebuke of our brothers in Christ? Now, being in politics as well as in the gospel ministry (something I now feel was a mistake), it is understandable that he would be accountable by his supporters for his actions on the political scene as well. When Paisley said that he would never sit down in government with Sinn Fein/IRA, we believed him. Only a few months later, he broke his promise. This was, to many of his friends, an act of betrayal. It left a huge question mark over his integrity. Now, note the reactions of his fan-base: people who questioned his U-turn were shouted down in a most shocking way, ironically reminiscent of how Paisley had been shouted at down the years when protesting at the behaviour of others! When he started working with his new Sinn Fein friends, the joy he expressed over his new friendship became news the world over. The world thought it was great for the 'Big Man' to compromise in the first place, but showing him roaring with laughter was the icing on the cake. |
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11/9/09 6:26 AM |
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Tony Lopez-Cisneros wrote: Rick: A Similar Incident Happened To Me When I Was A Sales Associate For Richman Bros Hmm. Why do you capitalise all the words in your messages, Tony? It makes it awkward to read. Just so you know! God bless |
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1/24/08 5:48 AM |
Paul Forrest | | Liverpool, Great Britain | | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Protected Name](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_lock3.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Go to homepage](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_house6.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Find all comments by Paul Forrest](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/magnifier.gif) |
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free pres wrote: Paul On the same basis then how do you explain Ephesians 5. 25? can any husband love his wife as Christ loved the church (and gave himself for it)? Thanks, brother, for your input and encouragement.Yes, God tells us to do something like this, and we must try! Yet, we know we won't manage it, and we confess our failing to our Father. But the OT law of God demands perfect obedience, or you die. I'm glad I'm not subject to that! The Christian has perfect righteousness: would anyone care to try and improve that by law-keeping? Perhaps the issue can be looked at like this: advocates of the Law have to believe that, when the Word says we are DEAD to the Law, it means we're dead only to some of it! For example, the Law told the Hebrews to keep ALL the Sabbaths, not just Sunday, but how many Christians do that? (For the record, I think Sunday is a great day to set aside for the worship of God. It's called the 'Lord's Day' in scripture. I refuse jobs on that day, not to earn merit with God, but so that my worship is not infringed upon. Churches watching sport in church on the Lord's Day saddens me. I try to avoid shopping, but I'll buy diesel (US: 'gas') if I need to.) |
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1/20/08 9:16 AM |
Paul Forrest | | Liverpool, Great Britain | | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Protected Name](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_lock3.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Go to homepage](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/small_house6.gif) | ![](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/gray2.gif) | ![Find all comments by Paul Forrest](https://media.sermonaudio.com/images/web/images/magnifier.gif) |
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As an aside, could people please use 'God', and 'Jesus', instead of the Jewish, superstitious 'G-d' and the pointless 'Yeshua'.I'm not being unkind, but now we know there are those who are clever and can say the Hebrew equivalent of Jesus, can we stop using it all the time? Everyone knows it's 'Jesus Christ'. No-one's interested in hearing any other name. It reminds me of those who try to impress with the use of the currently-fashionable 'Yahweh', and end up almost spitting while trying to pronounce it. Oh, yes. The sabbath: you're meant to 'keep' ALL the sabbaths. And, by the way, you Christians who claim to keep the sabbath: you better make sure you keep it as perfectly as Christ did, or you're not keeping it. Then you'll have no option but to flee to Christ. I'm sorry, but there's no other option. Finally, could people stop saying that those who say the ten commandments are done away with are people who want to go out and sin freely? That's unkind and unfair. Don't insult them because you don't get it. Oh, and I love you all. |
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5/28/07 6:04 AM |
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Michael: the law of God is good and holy. No-one should disagree with that. But what people call God's ceremonial law is included in that, and is also good and holy. Yet we all agree that all that has nothing to do with us.You're right about the idolatry issue and the Satanic ecumenical movement. That's why the law needs to be made known through preaching. The whole purpose of the law is to bring knowledge of sin. I was hoping no-one would suggest that people like me wanted to go out and sin against God. If I was, say, a serial adulterer, it would clearly be wrong. Let me try this analogy: when New York was under British rule, murder was against the law. When the US gained their independence, murder was still not allowed. Why? Is it because they were still under British law? Note, they didn't say, 'Now that we're not under the British law forbidding murder, we can kill people whenever we want'. No: they realised it was a moral absolute of God, which was obvious even to their dulled conscience. I hope that makes sense. |
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