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

Burroughs on being unthankful

‘Unthankfulness is an evil and a wicked effect which comes from discontent. The Scripture ranks unthankfulness among very great sins. Men and women, who are discontented, though they enjoy many mercies from God, yet they are thankful for none of them, for this is the vile nature of discontent, to lessen every mercy of God. It makes those mercies they have from God as nothing to them, because they cannot have what they want. Sometimes it is so even in spiritual things: if they do not have all they desire, the comforts that they would have, then what they do have is nothing to them. Do you think that God will take this well? Suppose you were to give a friend or a relation some money to trade with and he came and said: “What is this you have given me?

There are only a few coins here. This is no good to me.” This would be intolerable to you, that he should react to your gift like this, just because you have not given him as much money as he would like. It is just the same when you are ready to say: “All that God has given me is worthless. It is no good to me. It is only a few coins.” For you to say that what God gives you is nothing and only common gifts, all given in hypocrisy, and counterfeit, when they are the precious graces of God’s Spirit and worth more than thousands of worlds–how ungrateful it is! The graces of God’s Spirit are nothing to a discontented heart who cannot have all that he would have. And so for outward blessings: God has given you health of body, and strength, and has given you some competence for your family, some way of livelihood, yet because you are disappointed in something that you would have, therefore all is nothing to you. Oh, what unthankfulness is this!’

-Jeremiah Burroughs (1600-1646), The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, pp 154-155.

(GSiV: repentance; Humility; Sanctification; Nhu mì và Khiêm nhường, Part 6; Contentment: Putting our smallness in perspective)

Posted on May 26, 2025 by gsivn111

Grace, Thinking Biblically

chống lại sự cay đắng, contentment, godliness, holiness, purity, sanctification, sự tha thứ, sự thánh hóa, sự tin kính, sự thoả lòng, thánh khiết

Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 21

The Philadelphia Confession, 1742

Chapter 6

Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof

Although God created man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach thereof;1 yet he did not long abide in this honour; Satan using the subtlety of the serpent to subdue Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who, without any compulsion, did willlfully transgress the law of their creation, and the command given unto them, in eating the forbidden fruit; which God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it, to His own glory.
Our first parents, by this sin, fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and we in them, whereby death came upon all; all becoming dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of the soul and body.
They being the root, and, by God’s appointment, standing in the room and stead of all mankind, the guilt of the sin was imputed, and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation, being now conceived in sin, and by nature children of wrath, the servants of sin, the subjects of death, and all other miseries, spiritual, temporal and eternal, unless the Lord Jesus set them free.
From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.
The corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated; and although it be through Christ pardoned, and mortified, yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin.

Footnotes:

1. Ge 2:16-17.
2. Ge 3:12-13; 2Co 11:3.
3. Ro 3:23.
4. Ro 5:12-21.
5. Tit 1:15; Ge 6:5; Jer 17:9; Ro 3:10-19.
6. Ro 5:12-19; 1Co 15:21-22,45,49.
7. Ps 51:5; Job 14:4.
8. Eph 2:3.
9. Ro 6:20; 5:12.
10. Heb 2:14-15; 1Th 1:10.
11. Ro 8:7; Col 1:21.
12. Jas 1:14-15; Mt 15:19.
13. Ro 7:18,23; Ecc 7:20; 1Jn 1:8.
14. Ro 7:23-25; Gal 5:17.

–Tuyên Xưng Philadelphia (1742)

(GSiV: A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 19; Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 20 (Việt))

Posted on May 13, 2025 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;

INTO THE LIGHT: Resources on Biblical Sexuality

Their mission:

‘Into The Light is a studio ministry that partners with Christian authors and speakers to produce documentaries, podcasts, and video resources on biblical sexuality.’

Videos and more here

(GSiV: Yuan; Phúc Âm Là Gì?; repentance; Gospel Grace Versus Dead Religion–part 6; Rosaria Butterfield’s new book)

Posted on May 4, 2025 by gsivn111

Grace, Helps and Tools

“kiếm được” so với “nỗ lực”, cannot earn salvation or justification, Công đức so với nổ lực, Christ-centered, delightful duty, Earning, effort, Grace, holiness, justification, put forth effort for sanctification, sanctification, tích đức, đạt lấy, đặt nổ lực cho sự nên thánh

Chín dấu hiệu của một Hội thánh vững mạnh, Ông Dever

‘Có lẽ chúng ta đã đọc sách về đề tài này rồi – nhưng không giống quyển này đâu. Thay vì là một cẩm nang hướng dẫn cách tăng trưởng Hội thánh, quyển sách kinh điển này chỉ ra những nguyên tắc Kinh Thánh căn bản để lượng giá và củng cố sức khỏe cho Hội thánh của chúng ta.’

đọc thêm

(GSiV: Thế Nào Là Một Hội Thánh Khỏe Mạnh?; Tin Lành Là Gì?; GSiV Resource Page; Chín Dấu Hiệu của Một Hội Thánh Khỏe Mạnh)

Posted on April 27, 2025 by gsivn111

Uncategorized

hánh khiết; thánh khiết; chính trực, togetherness, unity

Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 20 (Việt)

Chương thứ ba: “Nguyên Chỉ Của Đức Chúa Trời”

Điều 4

Những thiên sứ và con người đã được tiền định, hay chỉ định trước, cho sự sống đời đời như thế cách nhất định, tức là đã định sẵn; sự tiền định ấy có số lượng giới hạn và xác định, không thể nào làm cho tăng thêm mà cũng không thể nào bỏ bớt đi được.

2 Ti. 2:19; Gi. 13:18

–Tuyên Xưng Philadelphia (1742)

(GSiV: A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese)

Posted on April 21, 2025 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;

Debut of Ligonier’s Vietnamese page

Check out these and other articles and resources bằng tiếng Việt

‘Lý Do Cuộc Cải Chánh Vẫn Còn Quan Trọng’
‘Tại Sao Cải Chánh Là Cần Thiết?’
‘Dị Giáo Lớn Nhất Trong Tất Cả Các “Dị Giáo” Tin Lành Là Gì?’

See more here

(GSiV: GSiV Resource Page; Grateful for the Reformation; What is Reformed theology?; A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Books and articles of interest in Vietnamese)

Posted on April 13, 2025 by gsivn111

Helps and Tools

V-reformed ministries in Vietnam; biblical discipleship is gospel driven; reformed churches in Vietnam; healthy churches in Vietnam;

Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân–part 6

Chương 5:Đời Sống Cơ Đốc Trọn Vẹn: Sự Cứu Rỗi

‘Trong chương bốn chúng ta đã xem xét các chi tiết quan trọng của sự nên

thánh. Bây giờ, chúng ta hãy xem xét một biểu đồ khác sẽ giúp chúng ta

hiểu rõ hơn về bức tranh lớn hơn của đời sống Cơ Đốc. Biểu đồ bên dưới

này có ba phần. Chúng ta sẽ tập trung chủ yếu vào hai phần đầu tiên.’

-Ken Hanks

Buy e-book here

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

(GSiV: Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân–part 1; Key materials on gospel grace ; GSiV Resource Page)

Posted on April 6, 2025 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;

Original Sin & Total Depravity series–part 12

Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại

(bại hoại / depravity)

#7: Heidelberg Catechism (Lord’s Day 3)

Question:

From where, then, did man’s depraved nature come?

Answer:

From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise,

for there our nature became so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin.

1.Gen 3.

2.Rom 5:12, 18, 19.

3.Ps 51:5.

(GSiV: Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại–part 1; A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Gospel Grace Versus Dead Religion–part 6; Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 19; “Thế Nào Là Một Hội Thánh Khỏe Mạnh?”; Năm Luận Điểm: Ông John Piper–part 12; Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại–part 11)

Posted on March 30, 2025 by gsivn111

Church History, Helps and Tools, Thinking Biblically

biblical discipleship is gospel driven; reformed churches in Vietnam; Total Depravity, Hội Thánh cải chánh ở Việt Nam; sự thừa hưởng tội lỗi của A-đam; nguyên tội; Hoàn toàn bại hoại; giáo lý về sự quy kể, healthy churches in Vietnam; church; sound theology; biblical churches; sound doctrine; original sin; inherited sin; total inability; doctrine of imputation

Provisionism: Did God save people or just provide salvation?

Provisionists (those who follow ‘provision-ism’) think God provided (made available) salvation and that man’s will isn’t fallen; and thus, man is free to choose to repent and believe. But the Bible shows that man’s fall was so deep and damaging that his will is corrupt, and that God was gracious to choose certain sinners for salvation knowing we never would choose him otherwise.

Original Sin & Total Depravity series–part 3

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

A God who can’t be stopped

How do we stop loving the darkness?

No Free Will: Bondage

If Calvinism is true…part 3

(GSiV: Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại–part 1; A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Gospel Grace Versus Dead Religion–part 6; Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 19; “Thế Nào Là Một Hội Thánh Khỏe Mạnh?”; Năm Luận Điểm: Ông John Piper–part 12)