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Perjuring Prelates. A message preached by Rev. Ivan Foster on September 5th, 1993.
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News review for week ending Friday 28th September 2018
“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,” Revelation 21:8.
Archaeologists to unearth Siege of Derry secrets
“Protestants should do a little digging into their history. Were they to, they would be less inclined to listen to the Ecumenists and such detractors of what Protestantism has done for our land and reject their singing of the praises of popery!!”
UKIP leader Gerard Batten links sexual grooming of girls to Islam
Michael Portillo warns May must FORGET her plan and accept one of THESE two options
Don’t be bullied by Brussels into a compromise on the border, DUP’s Dodds urges Prime Minister
Theresa May’s FINEST HOUR: Furious PM goes to war with EU for ‘making a mockery’ of UK
‘Steely resolve at the 11th hour’ Rees-Mogg praises PM for standing up to EU BULLIES
Journalist’s tweet that British ‘don’t give a monkey’s’ about Northern Ireland riles MEP Nicholson
PM ‘will never agree’ to NI customs border
FIVE QUESTIONS WHICH SETTLE THE ‘SEPARATION’ DEBATE!
The Christian who believes in and practises ‘Biblical separation’ from those who reject the teaching of the Bible and those Christians who maintain fellowship with such rejectors, are labelled unloving, lacking in ‘Christian charity’ by their opponents!
But, as it was with Paul who likewise suffered such abuse from those whose wrongs and sins he rebuked, it is not the ‘separatist’ who lacks love but those who refuse to separate from evil.
Paul says to those who opposed him in Corinth, “O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels,” 2 Corinthians 6:11-12.
There was no ‘narrowness’ in Paul’s love for them but there was a definite ‘straightening’ of their hearts toward him. Read more…
News review for week ending Friday 21st September 2018.
“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation,” 2 Peter 3:3-4.
Michael Gove apologises for attending Ian Paisley dinner
MI6 believed former Labour leader Foot ‘was KGB agent’
Soviet Union PAID Michael Foot forcing him to reveal KGB links to Queen
“They sure must have been short of spies!!!”
SF’s paper says IRA ‘stood their ground’ in Ballymurphy Massacre
“Thus contradicting their propaganda from the past!!!”
The God conclusion: leading mathematician John Lennox takes on atheism
“This is an interesting story for Ulster readers, many of us having little knowledge of this man!!”
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THE WORSHIP OF MOLECH
A picture of the State Education system!
“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD,” Leviticus 18:21.
What I am about to say in this article will, I fear, annoy and anger some!
Those who feel displeased at what I say, may I just remind them all that the Lord Jesus in His first sermon recorded by Luke, so irked all of His hearers that they tried to murder Him! “And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way,” Luke 4:28-30. I am sure that I will not vex all who read this article but I am anxious to appeal to those who may be upset that they evaluate just what it that I have said that annoys them! Read more…
“PERJURING PRELATES”
A message preached by Rev. Foster on September 5th, 1993.
Why there is a reluctance by many Church of Ireland clerics to affirm their belief in Article 31 of the 39 Articles of Religion.
“Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty,” Judges 5:23
The 39 Articles of Religion form the doctrinal basis of Anglicanism. They were first compiled in 1562, finally replacing the Articles compiled in the reign of Henry VIII. Henry’s Articles grew out of the confusion of doctrine that was being preached in the land at that time of reformation and upheaval. Henry sent a circular to all the bishops on 12th July 1536, forbidding all preaching until Michaelmas (September 29th) by which time articles of religion would be set down as a doctrinal guideline. The king himself drew up the articles which were duly agreed by both houses of the Anglican Convocation. They were anything but Biblical and were filled with popish superstition. Baptismal regeneration, transubstantiation, purgatory, prayers to saints, holy water, the sign of the cross, kissing the cross and images as part of worship were all sanctioned by Henry’s Articles. In 1552, Archbishop Cranmer and Bishop Ridley compiled 42 articles which, after an examination by bishops and learned men, were reviewed by Cranmer and Ridley and ratified by King Edward VII. These articles became the basis of the present 39 Articles. Read more and listen...
News review for week ending Friday 14th September, 2018
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them,” Isaiah 8:20.
Fresh call for smacking to be outlawed in the home
(Scotland’s First Minister) Sturgeon backs ban on parents smacking children
“Hardly surprising since every other ‘anti-Bible’ policy has been embraced by our nation in its downward plunge!!”
PSNI raid an ‘attempt to intimidate journalists’
“It would be wise to withhold comments until it is seen whether or not the journalists are found guilty of the theft of documents!!”
BBC admits ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’
“Indeed!!!”
PM retains confidence in Karen Bradley despite lack of NI electoral knowledge
“There are very few who would consider her any wiser now!!!”
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“WAR DECLARED!!”
“And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment,” John 16:8.
Mr Ronnie McLean, when preaching from Acts 1:8 on the subject of ‘The Infilling of the Holy Spirit’ in Kilskeery on the Lord’s Day morning, 9th September, in his introduction to his subject, referred to John 16:8.
As I looked it up I was struck by what is a declaration of war by the Holy Ghost against the spirit and ethos of this world in which we live.
Holy Ghost holiness is the very opposite to all that is in the world. This idea is totally alien to all those today who claim to enjoy the fulness of the Holy Spirit’s power and grace, but whose way of life is very evidently not opposed to the ways of the world!
The ‘worship’ services, the mode of dress, the general appearance and behaviour of the modern ‘Pentecostalist’ are utterly worldly. Far from a spirit of reverential fear of God in their services there is the air of a circus, a centre for worldly entertainment. This they decidedly promote. It is not something into which they have carelessly declined but rather pointedly advance and nurture! The ‘minister’ is attired in the most casual of clothing – usually jeans and an open neck shirt! There is little order observed during the ‘service’, with people going and coming and drinking coffee etc!
This they would have us know is “Holy Spirit Christianity”!! Read more…
News review for week ending Friday 7th September 2018
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them,” Isaiah 8:20.
Loughinisland: Journalists arrested over documents investigation
Loughinisland: Arrest of journalists is ‘attack on press’
Journalists held in Loughinisland ‘theft’ probe released
We won’t forget our murdered members or loved ones
Victims of terrorism are facing a trap in legacy proposals, says lawyer
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A new booklet in the series:
So ran the headline of an article in the Belfast Newsletter of Saturday 25th August, the day the pope landed in Dublin. It was written by Ben Lowry, the deputy editor of the newspaper.
I was reminded of this message with the recent publicity surrounding the 20th anniversary of this dastardly act by dissident IRA terrorists.
Given by Rev Ivan Foster at her funeral service in Lurgan Free Presbyterian Church, August 14th, 2018, when some 600 people gathered to sympathise with and support Rev Gordon Ferguson and his family in their bereavement.
“There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD,” Proverbs 21:30.
The “Independent” newspaper reported on 8th July 2018, that, “Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte says he will quit if someone can prove God exists.” The proof the President required was “a selfie”, the modern term for “a photograph that is taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam.”
“Ex-Moderator reveals anguish over Presbyterian’s (sic) same-sex row.” So ran the headline in the Belfast Telegraph of July 2nd 2018.