QUYỀN NĂNG CAO CẢ CỦA ĐỨC CHÚA TRỜI Ở VIỆT NAM (Ê-phê 1:4-5)

God alone generates stability: hope

‘Instead, I was hoping for a particular outcome. Whenever the desired outcome failed to materialize, I would despair. I needed to set my hope on God, regardless of the result. Much of our misery in trouble is due to misplaced hope — hoping in something or someone other than God himself. But quiet confidence in God alone generates stability and delight amid all the unhappy business of life.’

-Carolyn Mahaney

Teaching us to long for heaven

‘That they may not become too complacent or delighted in married life, he makes them distressed by the shortcomings of their partners, or humbles them through wilful offspring, or afflicts them with the want or loss of children. But, if in all these matters he is more merciful to them, he shows them by diseases and dangers how unstable and passing all mortal blessings are, that they may not be puffed up with vain glory.’ (4:1:3)

‘It should not surprise us, indeed, if our natural feeling should be alarmed at hearing of our separation from this life. But it is intolerable that there should not be sufficient light and devotion in a Christian’s breast to suppress all that fear with an overwhelming consolation.’ (4:5:1)

‘But this we may positively state, that nobody has made any progress in the school of Christ unless he cheerfully looks forward to the day of his death and to the day of the final resurrection.’ (4:5:3)

-John Calvin, Golden Booklet [& Institutes, Book III, chp 6]

(GSiV: Heaven; John Calvin)

Posted on June 12, 2023 by gsivn111

Delight in God, Grace, Prayer and Promise, Thinking Biblically

heaven, humility, joy, kingdom of God, thiên đàn

Tìm kiếm Phúc Âm Thật: Thịnh vượng chăng?

‘Ngay cả thiên sứ mà rao giảng một phúc âm ngược lại lời Đức Chúa Trời, cũng vẫn bị nguyền rủa. Trên đời nầy không hề có Cơ Đốc nhân nào không cần nghiêm túc suy ngẫm lời của Phao lô viết cho người Ga-la-ti.’

-J. Piper, W. Grudem, M. Conrad, etc.

Mua đây

(GSiV: Elliff; Piper; Is “Being Slain in the Spirit” biblical?; Prosperity Gospel?)

Posted on June 5, 2023 by gsivn111

Helps and Tools, Thinking Biblically

biblical impressions, charismatic movement, cults, false gospel, false teaching, humility, need for biblical doctrine, sovereign grace materials in Vietnamese, spiritual guidance, word of faith not biblical

Ba Ngôi Đức Chúa Trời: Trinity (Updated Resources)–part 14

(GSiV: A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese)

Posted on May 28, 2023 by gsivn111

Helps and Tools, Thinking Biblically

Ba Ngôi Đức Chúa Trời; giáo lý; Tính Ba-Trong-Một của Đức Chúa Trời;, sound doctrine; against heresy; Trinity; Triune God; Triunity; three-in-oneness

If the saved need God to will for them, how much more the lost

If the believing Psalmist asked God to “incline his heart,” and Paul in the NT looked to the Lord to “grant” what the Christians at Rome needed, and trusted that God would “empower” the Corinthians, and he confessed to other believers that it was “God who works in you, both to will and to work,” and acknowledged that it was God who would “fulfill every work of faith by his power,” and Peter said that prophecy itself came not by the will of the prophets but that they “spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit,” then it should be easy to accept that non-Christians, who live in darkness, need God to regenerate them so they can repent and believe. The saved were born not “of the will of man, but of God,” for the natural man “is not able to understand” spiritual things. The Lord’s mercies are undeserved; praise be to him for showing anyone mercy.

Psalm 119:36 (ESV) — 36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!

Romans 15:5 (ESV) — 5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 12:6 (ESV) — 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

Philippians 2:13 (ESV) — 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 (ESV) — 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,

2 Peter 1:21 (ESV) — 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

John 1:13 (ESV) — 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV) — 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Romans 9:15 (ESV) — 15 For [God] says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

-GSiV

(GSiV: No Free Will: Bondage; The human will in bondage to sin; Traditionalism/Provisionism;

ĐỨC CHÚA TRỜI VÀ SỰ CỨU RỖI: Tín Lý Về Ân Điển Quyền Năng; How do we stop loving the darkness?; How the gospel works–election ; A God who can’t be stopped)

Posted on May 21, 2023 by gsivn111

Grace, Thinking Biblically

Ân điển tể trị, sovereign grace materials in Vietnamese; reformed churches in Vietnam; reformed tradition; Protestant Reformation; Calvinism in Vietnam; reformed theology

Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân–part 1

Chương 1: Ai Cần Đến Phúc Âm?
Chương 2: Đời Sống Cơ Đốc Nhân
Chương 3: Được Xưng Công Chính Là Gì?
Chương 4: Được Nên Thánh Là Gì?
Chương 5: Đời Sống Cơ Đốc Trọn Vẹn: Sự Cứu Rỗi
Chương 6: Hội Thánh — Nơi An Toàn Của Ân Điển

-Ken Hanks

Buy e-book here

(or buy paper copy at your local Christian bookstore in Vietnam)

(GSiV: Key materials on gospel grace ; GSiV Resource Page)

Posted on May 15, 2023 by gsivn111

Grace, Helps and Tools, Thinking Biblically

Ân điển tể trị; hãy đi làm cho muôn dân thành môn đệ Ta ;, sanctification; use the gospel to grow as a Christian; go and make disciples; need for biblical doctrine; Sovereign Grace Materials in Vietnamese;

A God who can’t be stopped

Deuteronomy 32:39 (ESV) — 39 “‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.’”

Job 42 (ESV) — 1 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’”

Psalm 33 (ESV) —9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

Psalm 115:3 (ESV) — 3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Isaiah 46:9–10 (ESV) — 9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

Lamentations 3:37–38 (ESV) — 37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?

-GSiV

(GSiV: No Free Will: Bondage; The human will in bondage to sin; Traditionalism/Provisionism;

Đức Chúa Trời và Sự Cứu Rỗi: Tín Lý Về Ân Điển Quyền Năng; How do we stop loving the darkness?; How the gospel works–election; Sovereignty verses)

Posted on May 8, 2023 by gsivn111

Helps and Tools, Thinking Biblically

Ân điển tể trị, sovereign grace materials in Vietnamese; reformed churches in Vietnam; reformed tradition; Protestant Reformation; Calvinism in Vietnam; reformed theology

How the gospel works–election

‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him….’ (Ephesians 1:3-4)

Note, God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. Ponder that: God. Chose. Us.

Why do some people choose to trust Christ while others die in their sins? Is it because some people just make better decisions? Unfortunately, some teachers would say this. But according to the Bible, key concepts like predestination, election, choosing, foreordaining are there in Scripture to show how big God is. They also show who God is; he has a plan and is making it happen. These doctrines (predestination, election, choosing, foreordaining) assure our hearts of how sovereign God is and how much he loves his elect. If he hadn’t loved us first by choosing us (people), we’d never have chosen him.

John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 17:9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation…”
Revelation 13:8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

If we get nervous when we hear predestination, election, choosing, foreordaining, we must ask our hearts why. Is it because we don’t like conflict and we know that Christians often fight over these concepts? OK, that’s legitimate. We shouldn’t like conflict. But God wants to teach us something wonderful and reassuring about himself through these doctrines. He is sovereign–and he is going to make sure his plans come to pass. Even sin and depravity won’t stand in his way.

Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Isaiah 45:7 I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Exodus 4:11 Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?”
Lamentations 3:37-38 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?
Deuteronomy 32:39 “ ‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand….’ ”
Isaiah 46:9-10 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Psalm 115:3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
Psalm 33:10-11 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

So, in one real sense, election is not the gospel. But it’s connected to it. It tells us why we believe–and why others don’t. It emphasizes how great God is.

(GSiV: Sovereignty verses;

Election; Atonement; Piper; Eternal security; Salvation; How do we stop loving the darkness?😉

Posted on April 30, 2023 by gsivn111

Grace, Thinking Biblically

Ân điển tể trị, Protestant Reformation; Calvinism in Vietnam; reformed theology;, sovereign grace materials in Vietnamese; reformed churches in Vietnam; reformed tradition;

Ba Ngôi Đức Chúa Trời (ôn lại) / Trinity (reviewed)–part 13

Chỉ có một Thiên Chúa, đó là Đức Chúa Trời

Phục Truyền 6:4, “Hỡi Y-sơ-ra-ên! hãy nghe: Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời chúng ta là Giê-hô-va có một không hai.”

Đức Chúa Cha là Đức Chúa Trời

Ê-phê-sô 1:3, “Ngợi-khen Đức Chúa Trời, Cha Đức Chúa Jêsus-Christ chúng ta, Ngài đã xuống phước cho chúng ta trong Đấng Christ đủ mọi thứ phước thiêng-liêng ở các nơi trên trời,”

Đức Chúa Con là Đức Chúa Trời

Cô-lô-se 2:9, “Vì sự đầy-dẫy của bổn-tánh Đức Chúa Trời thảy đều ở trong Đấng ấy như có hình.”

Đức Chúa Thánh Linh là Đức Chúa Trời

Công Vụ 5:3-4, “Phi-e-rơ bèn nói với người rằng: Hỡi A-na-nia, sao quỉ Sa-tan đã đầy-dẫy lòng ngươi, đến nỗi ngươi nói dối cùng Đức Thánh-Linh . . . ? chẳng phải ngươi nói dối loài người, bèn là nói dối Đức Chúa Trời.”

Đức Chúa Cha không phải là Đức Chúa Con

Giăng 3:16, “Vì Đức Chúa Trời yêu-thương thế-gian, đến nỗi đã ban Con một của Ngài, hầu cho hễ ai tin Con ấy không bị hư-mất mà được sự sống đời đời.”

Đức Chúa Con không phải là Đức Chúa Thánh Linh

Giăng 14:16, “Ta lại sẽ nài-xin Cha, Ngài sẽ ban cho các ngươi một Đấng Yên-ủi khác, để ở với các ngươi đời đời,”

Đức Chúa Thánh Linh không phải là Đức Chúa Cha

Giăng 14:26, “Nhưng Đấng Yên-ủi, tức là Đức Thánh-Linh mà Cha sẽ nhân danh ta sai xuống . . . .”

Đức Chúa Cha là một ngôi

Lu-ca 22:42, “Lạy Cha, nếu Cha muốn, xin cất chén nầy khỏi tôi! Dầu vậy, xin ý Cha được nên, chớ không theo ý tôi!…”

Đức Chúa Con là một ngôi

Ê-phê-sô 5:25, “Hỡi người làm chồng, hãy yêu vợ mình, như Đấng Christ đã yêu Hội-thánh. . . .”

Đức Chúa Thánh Linh là một ngôi

Ê-phê-sô 4:30, “Anh em chớ làm buồn cho Đức Thánh-Linh của Đức Chúa Trời, vì nhờ Ngài anh em được ấn-chứng đến ngày cứu-chuộc.”

(GSiV: A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Trinity outline (Việt và Anh); Trinity chart/diagram (Việt và Anh); Ba Ngôi Đức Chúa Trời: Trinity (Ông Erickson)–Part 11;

Ba Ngôi Đức Chúa Trời: Trinity (Resources))

Posted on April 23, 2023 by gsivn111

Church History, Helps and Tools

against heresy; Trinity; Trinitarian; Triune God; Triunity; three-in-oneness, Ba Ngôi Đức Chúa Trời; giáo lý; Tính Ba-Trong-Một của Đức Chúa Trời; Hội Thánh cải chánh ở Việt Nam;, biblical discipleship is gospel driven; reformed churches in Vietnam;, healthy churches in Vietnam; church; strong church; great leaders; better churches; Christ honoring churches; biblical churches; humility; honest pastors;, sound theology; biblical churches; sound doctrine;

Rich resources (Tiếng Việt và Tiếng Anh)

Lãnh đạo bằng tình yêu, Ông Strauch–part 2

Our Lord Receives Sinners: Spurgeon

Cut Satan’s throat with his own sword

Năm Luận Điểm: Ông John Piper–part 12

God is in control: Find it here (Việt and Eng)

Peace in conflict: Tada

If we’re right with God, we will still have conflict. But we’ll have peace.

‘Paul was talking about a peace that gladly submits to God in all circumstances. Such quietness of heart has nothing to do with prison bars, wheelchairs, or confining situations. Instead, it bears up under any suffering in a satisfied and agreeable way.’

‘Paul learned how to live this way. “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation” (Phil. 4:12 NIV).’

‘Peace is only understood when conflicts are raging all around.’

-Joni Erickson Tada

Read the rest here to see what she says could be her ruin.

(GSiV: Humility; heaven; suffering; Peace; Tada)

Posted on April 10, 2023 by gsivn111

Thinking Biblically

heaven, humility, joy, kingdom of God, thiên đàn

Năm Luận Điểm: Ông John Piper–part 13

‘1. Sự phản nghịch của chúng ta chống lại Đức Chúa Trời là triệt để

‘Nếu không có ân điển của Đức Chúa Trời thì không có thỏa thích gì trong sự thánh khiết của Ngài, và không còn sự đầu phục tình nguyện dưới thẩm quyền tể trị của Chúa.

‘Tất nhiên, những người bại hoại hoàn toàn vẫn có thể rất mộ đạo và vô cùng nhân ái. Họ có thể cầu nguyện, bố thí và kiêng ăn như Chúa Jê-sus đã nói (Ma-thi-ơ 6:1-18).’

-John Piper, Năm Luận Điểm: Hướng Đến Một Trải Nghiệm Sâu Nhiệm Hơn về Ân Điển của Đức Chúa Trời, Việt 2020, (Five Points, 2013), tr. 19.

E-book of Piper’s, Năm Luận Điểm, now available

(GSiV: The human will in bondage to sin; Mọi sự đều tùy thuộc vào ý chỉ của Chúa: Luther; Election; Atonement; Piper; Eternal security;Salvation)