Julian Freeman

Have you ever asked that question? Was it easy to find an answer?

While the doctrine of heaven may be firmly established by using the whole of the revealed will of God, it is interesting to me how little Jesus himself says about heaven–at least in its future aspects.

For the most part, when Jesus talks about heaven, he is not concerned with what it will be like, but rather, (1) How you get yourself ‘in’, and, (2) the fact that it has begun now–and we are called to live in light of that reality.

It’s almost like if you asked Jesus, ‘What is heaven like?’ he’d answer, ‘You’re asking the wrong question.’ He would correct us, ‘Don’t think about heaven as some ethereal future hope–ask whether or not you have reason to believe that it is your hope.’ And then he would add, ‘Heaven isn’t an ethereal future hope–it is a present reality that begins when you live under my kingly reign now and you begin to experience my blessings now.’

All that being said, if we query the text of the gospels, I think we can find some details about the future reality of heaven from Jesus’ teaching.

• Heaven is a place. According to the Sermon on the Mount (in particular, Matthew 6) and John 14, heaven is an actual place–not bodiless beings floating through clouds. It is the place where God is and his presence is made known to bless.
• Heaven is a place of treasures. Again, from Matthew 6 we learn that the treasures and rewards we store up in heaven now will never be taken from us and they will never cease to give joy.
• Heaven is a place prepared for us. In Matthew 25 Jesus speaks of heaven as the kingdom which has been prepared for us from before the creation of the world. Again, then, we see it is a literal place where God is intent on blessing us.
• Heaven is a place of joy and reward. Still in Matthew 25, Jesus tells the parable where those who have been faithful with what they were given are commended by their master. The blessed words are this: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
• Heaven is a place of justice. In Luke 16, while teaching an entirely different point altogether, Jesus tells the story of two men who receive a just reversal of fortunes on the other side of judgement.
• Heaven is a place of single community. Luke 20 (cf. Matthew 22) teaches that humans will not be married or given in marriage in heaven. That being said, we are not community-less beings, but rather, we are like the angels, in fellowship with one another and ultimately, with God.

Can you think of any more places where Jesus talks about heaven? Any other details that can be gleaned from various places?

March 4th, 2010 | Tags: Heaven, Jesus, Joy | Category: Doctrine | 1119Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/doctrine/jesus-heavenWhat+Did+Jesus+Say+About+Heaven%3F2010-03-04+16%3A51%3A30Julian+Freeman

Mike Bullmore is the keynote speaker at this year’s Toronto Pastors Conference (read about it here). Our theme this year will be ‘Gospel Connections: Keeping the death and resurrection of Jesus at the centre of everything.’

In this video Mike is answering the question, ‘Can a person come to a saving knowledge of God without hearing or believing in Jesus Christ?’

February 23rd, 2010 | Tags: Jesus, Mike Bullmore, TPC, TPF | Category: Uncategorized | 1113Comments (1)http://julianfreeman.ca/uncategorized/mike-bullmore-saved-knowing-jesusMike+Bullmore%3A+Can+I+be+Saved+without+Knowing+Jesus%3F2010-02-23+22%3A00%3A56Julian+Freeman

It’s been one of my habits for some time now to give my children each a blessing before they go to sleep each night. As their father and spiritual head, I view it as my responsibility to teach, to discipline, to pray for, and to bless my kids. I want all of God’s blessing for them. First I sing them an old hymn or two, then I pray for them, with them, and then I bless them.

Pronouncing a benediction over them is a means of teaching them the word (I try to memorize biblical benedictions and use those), and invoking God’s blessing on them. It’s a joy to see how my girls have come to love it and expect it. Tonight I thought Caitie (my two year old) was asleep so I said her blessing silently–but then as I went to walk away, she sat up and asked me in her sleepy voice, ‘Daddy, do my blessing!’ How precious! I love how Susannah (my three year old) will regularly say the blessing along with me as well. Simply by the repetition, she has now learned a Bible verse that contains precious truths about who God is and what he does for his people.

While there are tremendous benefits of using the biblical benedictions, I’ve enjoyed modifying them to fit my growing understanding of who God is and what he says he’ll do. For example, when John Piper blesses his daughter, he says the Numbers 6 benediction (‘The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace’) he adds ‘… and someday, a godly husband.’ I love that! It reflects an understanding of God, his blessing, and what a father earnestly desires for his daughter.

When I do that same blessing, I’ll often fill out the blessing with some of the most glorious elements of the New Covenant that I’ve personally been overwhelmed to discover. So for me, it will often be, ‘The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance on you and give you peace and life, and hope, and joy.’

Recently, however, as I’ve been greatly encouraged by reading through the opening books of the Bible I’ve been freshly reminded of the faithfulness and covenant-keeping nature of God. I’ve found my heart warmed by thinking about the fact that we are children of the promise to Abraham. I’ve been challenged by the faithfulness of God through all generations; he never changes!

I was also challenged recently by the testimony of William Kiffin who wrote a memoir not for publication (though he could have easily had it published) but simply as a testimony of God’s grace in his life for his children and grandchildren. He wanted them to know who his God was and what he’d done for him.

With those truths in mind, I created a new benediction for my children based on God’s self-revelation in Genesis and Exodus, Psalm 103 (which we’ve been memorizing at church), and the example of Kiffin. I’m still trying to work it exactly as I would like it, but here it is so far:

May the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the God of your father
be merciful and gracious to you
and bless you with abounding steadfast love and faithfulness
so that by the power of his Spirit
you might know peace and life and hope and joy.
In Jesus’ name, amen.

How about you? Are benedictions a part of your family worship? How do you use them? What are your favourites?

February 11th, 2010 | Tags: Benedictions, Blessing, Caitlyn, Family, Susannah | Category: Family | 1108Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/family/blessingA+Blessing2010-02-12+01%3A36%3A44Julian+Freeman

You bet he did! Like most Christians throughout the history of the church, this famous believer was prone to discouragement. When he saw the sway that sin still held in his life he would begin to question whether or not God was really working in him–whether God would indeed keep him.

So what did he do?

Bunyan did excellently what we are so frequently admonishing each other to do: Preach truth to your own heart. A wonderful illustration of this is below.

Here, when faced with fits of despair and discouragement, Bunyan takes the truth of justification (forgiveness of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness) and preaches it to his heart. Despite what he feels, he says to himself, ‘This is what is true. This is where I can find hope, comfort, and peace.’

We would all do well to learn from his example and follow in his footsteps when we are discouraged or downcast.

Sometimes I bless the Lord my soul hath had the life that now I am speaking of, not only imputed to me, but the very glory of it upon my soul; for, upon a time, when I was under many condemnings of heart, and feared, because of my sins, my soul would miss of eternal glory, methought I felt in my soul such a secret motion of this—Thy righteousness is in Heaven, together with the splendour and shining of the Spirit of Grace in my soul, which gave me to see clearly that my righteousness by which I should be justified from all that could condemn, was the Son of God Himself in His own Person, now at the right hand of His Father representing me complete before the Mercy- seat in His Ownself; so that I saw clearly that night and day, wherever I was, or whatever I was a doing, still there was my righteousness just before the eyes of Divine glory; so that the Father could never find fault with me for any insufficiency that was in my righteousness, seeing it was complete; neither could He say, Where is it? because it was continually at His right hand.

 

Also, at another time, having contracted guilt upon my soul, and having some distemper of body upon me, I supposed that death might now so seize upon as to take me away from among men; then, thought I, what shall I do now? is all right with my soul? Have I the right work of God on my soul? Answering myself, “No, surely”; and that because there were so many weaknesses in me; yes, so many weaknesses in my best duties. For, thought I, how can such an one as I find mercy, whose heart is so ready to evil, and so backward to that which is good, so far as it is natural. Thus musing, being filled with fear to die, these words come in upon my soul, “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom 3:24). As if God had said, Sinner, thou thinkest because that thou hast had so many infirmities and weaknesses in thy soul while thou hast been professing of Me, therefore now there can be no hopes of mercy; but be it known unto thee, that it was not anything done by thee at the first that moved Me to have mercy upon thee: neither is it anything that is done by thee now that shall make me either accept or reject thee.

February 6th, 2010 | Tags: Doctrine, Imputation, John Bunyan, justification | Category: church history | 1097Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/church-history/john-bunyan-question-salvationDid+John+Bunyan+Question+His+Salvation%3F2010-02-07+03%3A49%3A04Julian+Freeman

I’m super-excited to help promote this however I can. It looks great. Two gifted and influential men trying to use some of their influence to advance the gospel cause in my neck of the woods — awesome!

… And just when I thought everyone had forgotten about Canada…

February 5th, 2010 | Tags: DA Carson, Gospel Coalition, Mike Bullmore | Category: Church | 1090Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/church/gospel-coalition-ontario-da-carson-mike-bullmoreThe+Gospel+Coalition+in+Ontario+--+D.A.+Carson+and+Mike+Bullmore2010-02-05+16%3A02%3A35Julian+Freeman

February 1st, 2010 | Tags: ChristianAudio, Mark Driscoll, Religion | Category: Doctrine | 1079Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/doctrine/download-religion-saves-freeDownload+%27Religion+Saves%27+for+Free2010-02-01+13%3A07%3A56Julian+Freeman

All of creation is groaning together, awaiting redemption. Praise God for the life of this little image-bearer and for the glory his life gives to God. Praise God for the faith, hope, and trust of his parents. Oh, how we await the consummation of all things when all that is wrong with this world will finally be made right!

Come, Lord Jesus!

 

Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word.

In the midst of heartbreaking tragedy, the Mooney family found the presence of God strengthening, comforting, and guiding them. Their story reminds us to seek God and endure our struggles rather than blame Him for our hardships.

January 21st, 2010 | Category: Children | 1069Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/children/genuinely-moving-storyA+Genuinely+Moving+Story2010-01-21+21%3A39%3A13Julian+Freeman

If you are like most Christians, you realize your need for true fellowship (not just surface chit-chat). You want to get to know other believers and you want friends who know you and your struggles. You want to be able to get to know other believers well so that you can serve them and speak truth to them in love.

But, if you are like me–and most Christians I know–you may have trouble figuring out how to get to those good, deep, spiritual conversations. I’d like to offer a couple of resources that we’ve found helpful here at GFC. Neither is new to us–which is probably why they’re good–but we love them both.

The first is a document listing some accountability and authenticity questions for men. This was originally created for our men’s meetings some time ago, but several of our men have taken them and used them with great success in one-on-one friendship and mentoring relationships.

• Download Men’s Authenticity and Accountability Questions

The second is a document that we created to help some of our leadership team grow in our understanding of how to open up spiritual conversations with people and ‘drive to the heart’ with our questions. It’s based on David Powlison’s list of X-Ray Questions.

• Download Getting to Know People

What’s great about lists of questions like this is that they don’t have to be all that you use. They are not a script or a formula. But they are helpful resources for learning the art of skillfully asking questions and helping people uncover issues in their hearts. As we identify with them where their hearts are tuned away from God and help point them to God we’re fulfilling both great commandments: we’re loving God and loving others.

I hope you find these helpful!

January 20th, 2010 | Tags: Fellowship, friendship, Growing, Sanctification | Category: Christian Life | 1067Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/christian-life/pursuing-fellowshipNeed+Help+Pursuing+Fellowship%3F2010-01-20+16%3A52%3A25Julian+Freeman

It is very easy to get used to hearing excellent, biblical, engaging preaching every week. Praise the Lord that solid preaching is the norm, not the exception, at Grace Fellowship Church!

That being said, yesterday was an exception–God blessed the preaching of his word in remarkable ways so that it came with great with even more conviction and clarity than normal.

If you are married, ever intend on being married, want to know more about gospel-centred marriage, or know someone who is married, I cannot recommend enough that you listen to this sermon on gospel-centred marriage. You will be convicted and your soul will be blessed and encouraged as you think about how Christ’s glory displayed in the gospel is the reason and power for marriage.

January 18th, 2010 | Tags: Marriage, Paul W. Martin, Sermons | Category: Marriage | 1065Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/marriage/musthear-sermonA+Must-Hear+Sermon2010-01-18+15%3A09%3A43Julian+Freeman

If we’re not enjoying the Bible, reading it, meditating on it, memorizing it, praying it, etc., it’s because we’ve forgotten what it really is.

If we’re spending money to be entertained but we’re too lazy to read our Bible for free, it’s because we’re convinced there’s more joy to be had in being entertained by the world than having communion with God. John Piper rightly corrects us.

January 15th, 2010 | Tags: Avatar, Bible, John Piper | Category: Bible | 1058Comments (1)http://julianfreeman.ca/bible/enjoying-bible-2010Enjoying+the+Bible+So+Far+in+2010%3F2010-01-15+15%3A20%3A27Julian+Freeman

Nick Hill posted this back before Christmas, but I reads it tonight and thought it would be worth posting here again. I can never think enough about how to kill pride and cultivate humility.

Spiritual pride is: “the main door by which the devil comes into the hearts of those that are zealous for the advancement of religion…. Spiritual pride disposes us to speak of other persons’ sins, their enmity against God and His people, the miserable delusion of hypocrites and their enmity against vital piety, and the deadness of some saints, with bitterness, or with laughter and levity, and an air of contempt; whereas pure Christian humility rather disposes, either to be silent about them, or to speak of them with grief and pity. Spiritual pride is very apt to suspect others; whereas a humble saint is most jealous of himself; he is so suspicious of nothing in the world as he is of his own heart. The spiritually proud person is apt to find fault with other saints, that they are low in grace, and to be much in observing how cold and dead they be, and crying out of them for it; and to be quick to discern and take notice of their deficiencies; but the eminently humble Christian has so much to do at home, and sees so much evil in his own heart, and is so concerned about it, that he is not apt to be very busy with others’ hearts; he complains most of himself, and cries out his own coldness and lowness in grace, and is apt to esteem others better than himself”

[Jonathan Edwards as quoted in D.A. Carson and John Woodbridge, Letters Along the Way: A Novel of the Christian Life (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1993), 264].

January 13th, 2010 | Tags: Humility, pride | Category: Humility | 1056Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/humility/jonathan-edwards-spiritual-pride-humilityJonathan+Edwards+on+Spiritual+Pride+%26+Humility2010-01-13+04%3A11%3A23Julian+Freeman

What are the most pressing issues facing the church in our current day? What theological and doctrinal problems will we see coming to the forefront in the coming decade? What are the errors that we most need to confront in our preaching and teaching ministries today? What issues do pastors in particular and Christians in general need to be aware of, informed in, and ready to give an answer on?

Any thoughts?

Those are the questions we asked Kirk Wellum, Principal of the Toronto Baptist Seminary, to answer at this Monday’s meeting of the Toronto Pastors Fellowship.

So go ahead, play the role of Kirk Wellum: Why don’t you give me some of your answers and we’ll see on Monday how closely they line up with Kirk’s insights once the paper is presented on Monday.

January 8th, 2010 | Tags: Kirk Wellum, TBS, TPF | Category: Toronto Pastors Fellowship | 1054Comments (3)http://julianfreeman.ca/toronto-pastors-fellowship/play-kirk-wellumYou+Play+Kirk+Wellum2010-01-08+19%3A38%3A15Julian+Freeman

Pretty much any Christian who has lived for a little while as a Christian can look back at their lives and recognize that the seasons of life when they’ve known the most blessing are those seasons when they’ve been most faithful to read through the Bible. That’s certainly been the case for me!  You look at life through an altogether different set of eyes when your mind is being renewed and transformed by the word of God.

What better New Years resolution could there be than to spend more time hearing from God in his word?

As you may or may not remember, last year I posted a Bible reading plan that I had put together. I was thrilled to have a few brothers and sisters eager to use it.

This year I made a few revisions to that plan and we’ve offered it to the whole church to see if anyone would like to read along with us. I thought I’d post the new plan here for this year for any more people who are still looking for a Bible reading plan for 2010.

As with last year, there are two versions, one for reading through the Bible on your own and one for reading through the Bible with your spouse.

• Reading Through the Bible (2010)
• Reading Through the Bible (2010) for Couples

While there are certainly myriads of Bible reading plans out there, I’ve found this one pretty helpful. Here are some of the features of it.

• You will find that you are reading through the OT on your own, and the NT together (if you do the couples plan)
• OT prophets are placed in (roughly) where they would have ministered chronologically. This helps break up the monotony of reading through huge chunks of narrative and prophets, by intermixing the two. It also helps you understand the historical and redemptive context for the prophets.
• The NT is organized into bodies of literature. You begin with the the Johannine body of literature (all the books written by John). Then you read Matthew and the other books written particularly for Jews. Next you read through Luke-Acts, you read through material written for Gentile audiences. Finally, there is Mark and Peter.

Overall, the variety and structure helps to ‘change things up’ enough that it doesn’t feel like every other time you’ve tried to read through the Bible. The main changes from this year over last year are the ordering of the NT books and some of the prophets have been placed differently.

Let me know if you’ve got any questions / comments / suggestions for improving the plan for next year!

January 7th, 2010 | Tags: Bible, Growing, Reading | Category: Bible | 1049Comments (7)http://julianfreeman.ca/bible/bible-reading-plan-2010Bible+Reading+Plan+for+20102010-01-07+17%3A59%3A30Julian+Freeman

Here’s another of my favourites from Fernando Ortega. This song glories in both the exalted power and immanent presence of our Lord. It further contrasts his greatness with our neediness, leading us to cry out to him. He is powerful and trustworthy, he is merciful and faithful, worthy of all our love, adoration, and praise.

Since this video doesn’t display the lyrics and since the video picture never changes, I’m posting the lyrics here so you can read them as you listen to the song.

Jesus, King of angels, heaven’s light,
Shine Your face upon this house tonight.
Let no evil come into my dreams;
Light of heaven, keep me in Your peace.

Remind me how You made dark spirits flee,
And spoke Your power to the raging sea.
And spoke Your mercy to a sinful man;
Remind me, Jesus, this is what I am.

The universe is vast beyond the stars,
But You are mindful when the sparrow falls,
And mindful of the anxious thoughts that find me, surround me, and bind me…

With all my heart I love You, Sovereign Lord.
Tomorrow, let me love You even more.
And rise to speak the goodness of Your name
Until I close my eyes and sleep again.

Jesus, King of angels, heaven’s light,
Hold my hand and keep me through this night.

January 4th, 2010 | Tags: Fernando Ortega, Jesus, Music, Trinity | Category: Jesus | 1044Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/jesus/glimpses-jesus-part-2Glimpses+of+Jesus+-+Part+22010-01-04+16%3A36%3A29Julian+Freeman

One thing I’ve grown to appreciate over the years is Christians who are able to take the grandest truths and the most profound mysteries of the Christian faith and express them in new and deep ways. In particular, I have a love for men & women who are able to communicate to me the mystery of Jesus: God become man; the meeting place of the Infinite and the finite; Immortal, Invisible, King, yet fully human, seen and touched, the Servant of all. I simply love reading authors and listening to singers who have had–and then give us–glimpses of Jesus.

One such singer I’ve appreciated over the years is Fernando Ortega. This past Christmas season I enjoyed listening to his Christmas CD again, and in particular, I was struck by the glorious mysteries of Christ expressed in the old hymn ‘Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.’

Here’s a video of the song. I hope that it gives you a glimpse of your Lord and your God (John 20.28).

 

January 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Fernando Ortega, Jesus, Music, Trinity | Category: Jesus | 1039Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/jesus/glimpses-jesusGlimpses+of+Jesus2010-01-02+18%3A51%3A22Julian+Freeman

Yesterday I was blessed to be able to spend some time with some friends listening to a series of lectures by Don Carson on the Primacy of Expository Preaching. There was much to challenge me–and the others too, I trust.

Before teaching on the primacy of expository preaching, DAC taught for a while on the importance that the Bible (especially the New Testament) places on preaching. Sometimes I think that people think of preaching as something that we can take or leave. We treat it like it’s a product of modernity and may well have seen it’s last days of usefulness.

The New Testament has another view, however. DAC roots the priority of the spoken word in the nature of God–the fact that he is a God who speaks, and that is his nature. But then he listed a whole list of texts worth looking up and meditating on (in their respective contexts) which clearly show the New Testament’s emphasis on preaching.

Since I wanted to do the work of looking the texts up anyway, I thought that I may as well make the list available to you as well. You can view all the texts by simply clicking here. Here is a great reminder that the priority we give to preaching is not cultural but biblical. It is good to be reminded of even the basics from time-to-time.

It’s easy to see why reading and meditating on such a list would be important for a preacher or a pastor like myself. My question, though, is this: What does the average church member stand to gain from thinking about the biblical priority of preaching? How would it / could it affect you and your mindset as you go to church or serve in your church?

December 30th, 2009 | Tags: DA Carson, preaching, Sermons | Category: preaching | 1035Comments (1)http://julianfreeman.ca/preaching/primacy-preachingThe+Primacy+of+Preaching2009-12-30+15%3A38%3A56Julian+Freeman

If you are single and looking for a spouse, here is some sound advice from Pastor Tim Kerr of Sovereign Grace Church Toronto. You know a man believes these things if that’s what he’s telling his daughter. Check out what he’s got to say:

Pastor Tim Kerr on What to Look for in a Spouse

December 9th, 2009 | Tags: Humility, Husband, Marriage, Wife | Category: Marriage | 1031Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/marriage/spouseLooking+for+a+Spouse%3F2009-12-09+15%3A32%3A36Julian+Freeman

Somehow I missed this when Stephen first posted it to the Blazing Center. I’m so thankful for people who take such silly things and so plainly make them stand out in all their silliness.

November 13th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 1029Leave a commenthttp://julianfreeman.ca/uncategorized/man-purseMan+Purse2009-11-13+18%3A40%3A11Julian+Freeman

Imprecatory Psalms are those Psalms we have in the Bible where the psalmist calls out for God’s judgement and curses on those who have done evil. The perpetual problem for Christians is, ‘How do we take these Psalms? Do we still use them? Can we really say these things about people? Are we supposed to desire God’s judgement on others?’

These are tough questions, indeed, and this is a topic that deserves far more thought than I’ll give it today. But in my own meditation this afternoon I’ve realized this:

Because God is righteous judge, who is altogether just, it is never wrong for us to long for justice.

Our problem, however, is that we don’t know what justice is.

Sure, we think we do. But the reality is that what we think of when we think of justice generally has more to do with what assuages our sense of ‘wrongness’ than it does with what establishes God’s ‘rightness’.

The downfall of simply thinking in imprecatory categories for those who work evil is that we’re all workers of evil. All of us have sinned and deserve God’s judgement. Any good in us is only because of the image of God impressed on us and the grace of God worked in our hearts. Any sense of justice we have is only present because God has given it to us. How then can we boast about our righteousness and another’s evil and long for them to be judged when we too deserve to be judged?

Ultimately, we must all beg mercy from God–yes, for the evil we’ve committed, but also because we don’t know what his justice established would really look like. Who could have guessed that he would use a cross to show his righteousness (Rom 3.21-26)? Who could have guessed that the innocent being slaughtered for the guilty would accomplish perfect justice (2 Cor 5.21; 1 John 2.2)?

Can I pray that someone would be damned?

It seems that the better question would be, ‘How can I pray for God’s justice to be shown?’ If David prayed for God’s justice, if Jesus came to accomplish God’s justice, and if God was so determined to show his justice that he crushed his Son, then I should be concerned with seeing it accomplished too. But I need to pray with humility. The cross, like nothing before, shows me that I understand very little of the vastness and comprehensiveness and complexity of God’s judgement–and his passion for showing mercy even in the midst of judgement. That’s a vastness, comprehensiveness, and complexity that I don’t get.

So we must be cautious. Pray for justice, yes, we must! But presuming to know what that justice looks like is a far bigger step. For now I’ll pray that God would cause his name to be revered as holy (Matt 6.9) however he sees fit, whether in the damnation or salvation of a particular sinner, I cannot know.

November 6th, 2009 | Tags: Imprecatory Psalms, judgement, Justice, Psalms | Category: Worship | 1025Comments (2)http://julianfreeman.ca/worship/thought-imprecatory-psalmsA+Thought+on+Imprecatory+Psalms2009-11-06+18%3A12%3A55Julian+Freeman