Revelation 21

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
² And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
³ And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
⁵ And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
⁶ And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
⁷ He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
⁸ But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
⁹ And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
¹⁰ And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
¹¹ Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
¹² And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
¹³ On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
¹⁵ And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
¹⁶ And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
¹⁷ And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
¹⁸ And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
¹⁹ And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
²⁰ The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
²² And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
²³ And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
²⁴ And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
²⁵ And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
²⁶ And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
²⁷ And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

2 Samuel 22

 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
² And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
³ The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
⁴ I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
⁵ When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
⁶ The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
⁷ In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
⁸ Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
⁹ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
¹⁰ He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
¹¹ And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
¹² And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
¹³ Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
¹⁴ The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
¹⁵ And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
¹⁶ And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
¹⁷ He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
¹⁸ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

¹⁹ They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
²⁰ He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
²¹ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
²² For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²³ For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
²⁴ I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
²⁵ Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
²⁶ With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
²⁷ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
²⁸ And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
²⁹ For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

³⁰ For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
³¹ As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
³² For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
³³ God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
³⁴ He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
³⁵ He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
³⁶ Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
³⁷ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
³⁸ I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
³⁹ And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
⁴⁰ For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
⁴¹ Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
⁴² They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
⁴³ Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
⁴⁴ Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
⁴⁵ Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
⁴⁶ Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
⁴⁷ The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
⁴⁸ It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.

⁴⁹ And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
⁵⁰ Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
⁵¹ He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

Psalm 143

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
² And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
³ For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
⁶ I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
⁷ Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
⁸ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
¹¹ Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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When the Church Adopts the World’s Philosophy of Entitlement

by Greg Mills

The defining characteristic of American culture as we stand in the twenty-first century is chaos. In society at large, there exist practically no agreement on the basic rules of moral, artistic, or civil conduct. We are witnessing a recurrence of the tragic situation described in Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” The only standard upon which people seem to be able to agree is that every individual has the right to determine his own rules, and develop his own concepts of good and evil.

This phenomenon is a disaster for our society, for any society. And yet, the secular culture cannot be blamed for the moral collapse of our nation. Man is a fallen creature, incapable of raising himself above the depravity of his nature. Moral leadership must come from God’s people, that is, from the Church. The Church is the agency which has forsaken its responsibility to be salt and light in a world of corruption and darkness.


The modern Church has lost its ability to lead precisely because she has adopted the world’s assumption that each individual has the right to determine his own understanding of the faith once delivered to the saints, construct his own vision of a Church fellowship, develop his own definition of living a Christian life. The interpretation of Scripture is left to one’s own personal preference. The ultimate criterion for theological truth is personal experience. The right of private judgment in matters religious reigns supreme.
A building which is slowly slipping from its foundation will inevitably fall. The Church has slipped from her foundation – the Bible.

Baptists have never held any man-made document above the authority of Holy Scripture. For Baptists, the Bible has always been the sole basis and the sole standard for Christian doctrine. It is because of the Baptists’ confidence and acknowledgement of the absolute authority of the bible that we have developed explicit doctrinal statements. Our forefathers in the faith had no desire to conceal our beliefs (or lack thereof) behind the ambiguous statements that have become popular in our day – statements like, “We have no creed but the Bible.”
Instead of vaguely rambling about matters of eternal weight, Baptist have sought to encourage sound doctrine through the foundational documents they published and embraced.

A true revival of our churches and a real reformation of our culture will not be built upon the shifting sands of moral relativism. They must be built upon the Rock.