What the Bible says about light and seed
The True Light "In him, (the Lord Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world,…the world didn’t recognize him." John 1:4,9.
The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.” Matthew 13:24,25.
The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.” Matthew 13:24,25.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
Now Unto Him - Maranatha Jude´s benediction - Jude 1:24-25
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling
and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.…Jude 1:24,25
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Mirian, Menina de Tranças
Written and published by Jean-Louis
Today is my wife Mirian's birthday.
https://feltmagnet.com/painting/banksy-girl-with-balloon
I want to thank God for giving me such a blessing.
13 years ago, Mirian appeared out of nowhere just as in a dream. I am a realist, but I couldn't help it, I just wanted to prove to myself if it was true that when we grow older, some of us become like little children again. Wow, this has been even better than what I imagined it to be. Mirian has taught me so much. She opened my eyes to the beauty and the joy found in simple things of life.
Today is my wife Mirian's birthday.
https://feltmagnet.com/painting/banksy-girl-with-balloon
I want to thank God for giving me such a blessing.
13 years ago, Mirian appeared out of nowhere just as in a dream. I am a realist, but I couldn't help it, I just wanted to prove to myself if it was true that when we grow older, some of us become like little children again. Wow, this has been even better than what I imagined it to be. Mirian has taught me so much. She opened my eyes to the beauty and the joy found in simple things of life.
Her childlike faith and love for her Heavenly Father has given me a
renewed hope and a desire to seek God and trust in His promises like
never before. Her courage and perseverance in the face of adversity have
been an example for my life.
Her smile and contagious joy has been a source of great happiness in our home and her beautiful music has soothed and lifted up my sometimes weary soul at the end of a hard day. I am a very blessed man indeed for having such a wonderful wife and best friend.
Mirian, may the Lord bless you with the richest of blessings this coming year, may He be your shield and your great reward, that is the best thing I can wish to anyone, to be a friend of the Lord Jesus and be in His confidence.
Psalm 25; 14 says: the Lord confides in those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them.
Happy Birthday!
Jean-Louis.
Menina de Tranças
Espero na plataforma
O trem atrasado,
O trenzinho levando
Os sonhos da menina.
O caminho da serra
É mais árduo de trilhar
Até chegar ao luar.
Nunca deixarei escapar
O balão que sua mão
Num gesto generoso
Abandonou no ar
Confiando ao vento
Seu precioso tesouro
De ternos pensamentos
Peixes no mar
Aves no ar
Cada um seguindo
Seu próprio destino.
Mas entre nós
O amor é a mais
Curta distância entre
Dois olhares cúmplices
Revelando-se em silêncio
Vestidos de suspiros
Inexpressíveis
Na esperança do retorno.
Jean-Louis
Her smile and contagious joy has been a source of great happiness in our home and her beautiful music has soothed and lifted up my sometimes weary soul at the end of a hard day. I am a very blessed man indeed for having such a wonderful wife and best friend.
Mirian, may the Lord bless you with the richest of blessings this coming year, may He be your shield and your great reward, that is the best thing I can wish to anyone, to be a friend of the Lord Jesus and be in His confidence.
Psalm 25; 14 says: the Lord confides in those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them.
Happy Birthday!
Jean-Louis.
Menina de Tranças
Espero na plataforma
O trem atrasado,
O trenzinho levando
Os sonhos da menina.
O caminho da serra
É mais árduo de trilhar
Até chegar ao luar.
Nunca deixarei escapar
O balão que sua mão
Num gesto generoso
Abandonou no ar
Confiando ao vento
Seu precioso tesouro
De ternos pensamentos
Peixes no mar
Aves no ar
Cada um seguindo
Seu próprio destino.
Mas entre nós
O amor é a mais
Curta distância entre
Dois olhares cúmplices
Revelando-se em silêncio
Vestidos de suspiros
Inexpressíveis
Na esperança do retorno.
Jean-Louis
Monday, April 20, 2020
The Marriage of the Lamb
The Marriage of the Lamb
written and published by Jean Louis
written and published by Jean Louis
Revelation 19:6-10. KJV
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship him.
And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
This morning as I was re-reading some of the commentaries in my blog, I came
upon this one (12 de jul. de 2013) that elicited the following response:
" Thank you brother for adjusting the compass needle to the True North."
Jesus made it simple so that a child could understand his words when He told Nicodemus.
Jesus made it simple so that a child could understand his words when He told Nicodemus.
"You
must be born again."
If someone were to ask you: Are you married? A simple
yes or no would be enough to ascertain your marital status. and yet so
many don´t know, are not sure or hide this simple relational fact with
fudging because of doubts, fear and peer pressure.
Either you are
married or you are not. Nothing complicated about that.
In order to be married, you have to be asked, invited into someone´s life and seal the commitment with a simple yes or I do.´in the presence of witnesses. See how simple it is!
In order to be married, you have to be asked, invited into someone´s life and seal the commitment with a simple yes or I do.´in the presence of witnesses. See how simple it is!
Now, translate this into Jesus coming to you and
asking you: do you want to be my bride to marry me and spend the rest of eternity with me?
I will take care of you for all
eternity, wash you clean, provide the wedding garment and be with you,
lovingly performing the duties of a faithful husband all the days of
your life, never leaving you, nor forsaking you because I love you and I
already paid the price .The choice is up to you.
Translated into simple language, this is what the statement” you must be born again” means to me. ” Are you born again?” is indeed a most important question to ask. In fact It´s a matter of life and death. Maranatha. Jean-Louis.
I use the word "translate" a lot, I know. Of course, I am a translator by choice of trade. One thing I forgot to mention: Soon I hope, we will be witnesses of the most stunning prestidigitation feat of all, the translation of innumerable crowds of anxiously awaiting passengers on the most wonderful, exciting voyage of all times from one plane and time of existence to their eternal abode because their ticket was purchased in advance by none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, God Himself according to his promise as recorded in his Word.
So, let´s keep it simple. One question: Are you married? or soon to be married? Yes or no?
https://glennchristopherson.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/you-must-be-born-again/
Translated into simple language, this is what the statement” you must be born again” means to me. ” Are you born again?” is indeed a most important question to ask. In fact It´s a matter of life and death. Maranatha. Jean-Louis.
I use the word "translate" a lot, I know. Of course, I am a translator by choice of trade. One thing I forgot to mention: Soon I hope, we will be witnesses of the most stunning prestidigitation feat of all, the translation of innumerable crowds of anxiously awaiting passengers on the most wonderful, exciting voyage of all times from one plane and time of existence to their eternal abode because their ticket was purchased in advance by none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, God Himself according to his promise as recorded in his Word.
So, let´s keep it simple. One question: Are you married? or soon to be married? Yes or no?
https://glennchristopherson.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/you-must-be-born-again/
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Photo Surfaces of W.H.O. Chief Meeting Chinese Officials with Shiva: Hindu ‘God of Destruction’
Photo Surfaces of W.H.O. Chief Meeting Chinese Officials with Shiva: Hindu ‘God of Destruction’: Shiva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism and is known as "The Destroyer"
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen? By Jan Markell
According to Lifeway Research ,
many pastors are apparently having an “aha” moment due to the tide of
our times. It’s about time. I am now hope-filled. They are seeing
current events today as things the Bible forecast for the end-of-days. But I maintain their pulpits could still be silent.
Let’s be optimistic. When real church resumes, the pulpits will boldly announce that we are in the last days and Jesus is coming soon. Get your houses in order!
Darrell Bock, New Testament professor at Dallas Seminary ,
noted that the Bible has several lists of potential signs of Jesus’
return, such as the Olivet Discourse passages, and some include concepts
of global sickness. These are Tribulation references.
“Numerous biblical texts speak of
disturbances in the creation that disorient and trouble people,” said
Bock. “These disturbances have quite a range with earthquakes and wars
being the most common. Jesus mentions plagues or pestilence explicitly
in Luke 21.”
Three out of four pastors in the survey have
noted that world and church events have meaning today. They include the
rise in apostasy, the love of believers growing cold, the decline in
traditional morals, national conflicts, natural disasters, famines, and
even the rise in anti-Semitism. Even if they are Tribulation events, they are casting a shadow on the Church Age.
So is a new day in the church approaching
thanks to some kind of a wake-up call? Almost 25 years ago, the
church-growth movement said teaching any kind of eschatology would not
grow the church.
Pastors were encouraged to keep quiet about the soon return of the Lord. Pastor Rick Warren even said in his Purpose Driven Life book
that teaching Bible prophecy would distract you from your purpose and
make you unfit for the Kingdom of God. Pastors listened to him!
In the information produced by Lifeway Research ,
Joel Rosenberg states, “For too long, many pastors have shied away from
teaching on birth pangs and events leading up to the Second Coming of
the Lord, but the current pandemic demonstrates the need for solid,
non-sensational preaching done in a biblical manner.”
The Lifeway report reveals that more than half the pastors expect Jesus to return in their lifetime. So why on earth are their pulpits not proclaiming this?
But there is more to the survey! Almost 70%
of those surveyed believe the modern re-birth of Israel and the
re-gathering of millions of Jewish people were fulfillments of
prophecies in the Bible.
That’s great news but that was 72 years ago. Why haven’t you been preaching that, pastors? More
than that, 40% of the pastors surveyed believe that the establishment
of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem two years ago was a sign of the last
days!
This is great sermon material! It could get a church fired up! But most pulpits I hear about are silent on the topic.
The most frequent e-mail Olive Tree Ministries receives has to do with this topic: Where can I find a prophecy-preaching, relevant issues-focused church? Where can I find a church that is warning of things to come instead of emphasizing your best life now?
Brent Miller, Jr. of Ingenuity Films made the new Rapture-themed film production, Before the Wrath , because his research, which also tapped into Lifeway , revealed that 98% of the church will not teach on anything end-time related. Both eschatology and Israel are marginalized. You read that right: 98%.
Let’s add one more equation into our
discussion and that is what should be obvious to every observer. The
book of Revelation tells us there is coming a one-world system run by
the Antichrist. That new world order requires a crisis—a global crisis,
not a local crisis. We have it—a global pandemic. Isn’t this more fuel for a discussion?
The world is in meltdown mode right now and
people are asking a lot of questions. We don’t even know if life as we
once knew it will ever happen again. It may not!
Pastors, are you talking about this?
The Church is to be removed before the
revealing of the lawless one, the Antichrist. I maintain he is just over
the horizon, raring to go. And the four horsemen of the apocalypse may
be training on some race track somewhere! You can almost hear their hoofbeats.
Pastors, don’t be silent! Maybe this is truly a new day for you. Seize the opportunity. Please see that all things are falling into place. Be excited. Be truthful. Don’t marginalize such important news. Connect the dots for your people.
Jesus is returning any moment. Please stop the silence of the pulpits.
COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus: HIV-Discoverer Says "Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab"
by
Tyler Durden
Fri, 04/17/2020 - 08:45As the mainstream media and politicians begin to raise/admit the possibilities that the source of COVID-19 was likely a lab in Wuhan (accidentally leaked or otherwise) - something we first brought to the world's attention in January before being mocked, censored, and chastised - it appears more actual 'scientists' (at least those not paid by or working for a lab in Wuhan) are willing to admit what we noted all along - this virus is man-made.
GilmoreHealth.com's Robert Miller writes that contrary to the narrative that is being pushed by the mainstream that the COVID 19 virus was the result of a natural mutation and that it was transmitted to humans from bats via pangolins, Dr Luc Montagnier the man who discovered the HIV virus back in 1983 disagrees and is saying that the virus was man made.
Professor Luc Montagnier, 2008 Nobel Prize winner for Medicine, claims that SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus that was accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. Chinese researchers are said to have used coronaviruses in their work to develop an AIDS vaccine. HIV DNA fragments are believed to have been found in the SARS-CoV-2 genome.
We knew that the Chinese version of how the coronavirus emerged was increasingly under attack, but here’s a thesis that tells a completely different story about the Covid-19 pandemic, which is already responsible for more than 110,000 deaths worldwide.
According to Professor Luc Montagnier, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for “discovering” HIV as the cause of the AIDS epidemic together with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, the SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that was manipulated and accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, in the last quarter of 2019.
According to Professor Montagnier, this laboratory, known for its work on coronaviruses, tried to use one of these viruses as a vector for HIV in the search for an AIDS vaccine!
“With my colleague, bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez, we carefully analyzed the description of the genome of this RNA virus,” explains Luc Montagnier, interviewed by Dr Jean-François Lemoine for the daily podcast at Pourquoi Docteur, adding that others have already explored this avenue:
Indian researchers have already tried to publish the results of the analyses that showed that this coronavirus genome contained sequences of another virus, … the HIV virus (AIDS virus), but they were forced to withdraw their findings as the pressure from the mainstream was too great.
"No," says Luc Montagnier, "in order to insert an HIV sequence into this genome, molecular tools are needed, and that can only be done in a laboratory."According to the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine, a plausible explanation would be an accident in the Wuhan laboratory. He also added that the purpose of this work was the search for an AIDS vaccine.
The truth will eventually come out
In any case, this thesis, defended by Professor Luc Montagnier, has a positive turn. According to him, the altered elements of this virus are eliminated as it spreads:“Nature does not accept any molecular tinkering, it will eliminate these unnatural changes and even if nothing is done, things will get better, but unfortunately after many deaths.”Luc Montagnier added that with the help of interfering waves, we could eliminate these sequences and as a result stop the pandemic.
This is enough to feed some heated debates! So much so that Professor Montagnier’s statements could also place him in the category of “conspiracy theorists”:
“Conspirators are the opposite camp, hiding the truth,” he replies, without wanting to accuse anyone, but hoping that the Chinese will admit to what he believes happened in their laboratory.To entice a confession from the Chinese he used the example of Iran which after taking full responsibility for accidentally hitting a Ukrainian plane was able to earn the respect of the global community. Hopefully the Chinese will do the right thing he adds.
“In any case, the truth always comes out, it is up to the Chinese government to take responsibility.”
Friday, April 17, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Qs & As: About Self-esteem and Self-Love-Dave Hunt
Dave Hunt
Reposted by the Light Seed
Question
(composite of several): You say that the need for self-esteem and
self-love are not taught in the Bible but that we naturally esteem and
love ourselves too much. Yet Jesus Christ said, “Love your neighbor as
yourself.” How can we obey that command if we hate ourselves? Yes, I’ve
heard people sincerely say, “I hate myself!” Dr. Dobson and other
Christian psychologists aren’t the only ones who emphasize the need to
acquire a positive self-worth, self-esteem, self-love, and self-image.
Many preachers teach the same, such as Josh McDowell, Chuck Swindoll,
Charles Stanley, and others. Who are you to disagree with them?
Answer: Any Berean comparing such teaching with God’s Word will find that it doesn’t pass the test. For example, Philippians 2:3 says, “…in lowliness of mind let each esteem other[s] better than themselves.” Romans:12:3 warns us not to think of ourselves “more highly than [we] ought to think.” Nowhere does the Bible warn us against thinking too poorly of ourselves. Human beings don’t have that problem. For example, Samuel Yochelson, a psychiatrist, and Stanton Samenow, a clinical psychologist, spent six and one-half years investigating hundreds of hardened criminals and could not find one who did not think highly of himself even when plotting a crime.
No wonder the Bible frequently reminds us that we are sinners and unprofitable to God in and of ourselves. How reluctant we are to admit that truth! As Horatius Bonar wrote in his classic, God’s Way of Peace , 150 years ago, “It takes a great deal to destroy a man’s good opinion of himself…[and] even after he has lost his good opinion of his works, he retains a good opinion of his heart….” Note the difference between what Christians used to believe, based upon the Bible, and today’s opinions, influenced by humanistic psychology!
Yes, there are people who sob, “I hate myself!” Common sense, however, tells us it isn’t true. They may hate their status, stature, physique, ineptness, looks, job, salary, academic record, or the way people treat them, but they don’t hate themselves. If they did hate themselves they would be glad they were unattractive, poorly paid, abused etc. Psychology has convinced millions of a lie. The Bible tells the truth: “For no man ever yet hated his own flesh [i.e., himself]…” (Eph:5:29).
When Christ said, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” He wasn’t telling us we hate ourselves and need therapy or seminars to teach us to love ourselves. If so, He was saying, “Love your neighbor as you inadequately love or even hate yourself,” which makes no sense. Christ was correcting the obsession with self that is our natural bent. He was saying, “Give some of the love and attention and care to your neighbor that you give to yourself!” And who of us does not need to heed that exhortation?
You mention Josh McDowell. He has devoted two entire books to helping Christians develop their self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth: Building Your Self-Image , Tyndale, 1978 and His Image, My Image , Here’s Life (Campus Crusade for Christ), 1984. Josh is a magna cum laude graduate of Talbot Theological Seminary and the author of some excellent books on apologetics; yet his ready acceptance of psychology has caused him to embrace unbiblical beliefs and even to try to use Scripture to support them.
In His Image , he presents three psychological essentials for a normal person: 1) a sense of belonging (acceptance by others); 2) a sense of worthiness (feeling good about oneself); and 3) a sense of competence (confidence in oneself). He didn’t learn these ideas from the Bible but from humanistic psychology. In fact, most if not all of the heroes and heroines in the Bible lacked all that Josh says we need. Moses, for example, was rejected by his own people and considered himself to be both unworthy and incompetent. If there was ever a man with an abysmal self-image and self-esteem—and one who, by today’s views desperately needed help from Christian psychology—it was Moses. Instead of prescribing months of Christian psychological counseling to raise his self-image, however, God said, “I will be with you!” Millions are being robbed of the presence and power of God in their lives by being turned to self: self-love, self-image, self-acceptance, self-worth, etc.
Look at Paul. Hated by the Jewish community and rejected by most of the church (“no man stood with me” – 2 Tm 4:16; “all they in Asia be turned away from me” – 2 Tm 1:15), he considered himself the chief of sinners (1 Tm 1:15) and “less than the least of all saints” (Eph:3:8). Did God seek to build up his self-image and self-esteem?
On the contrary, Christ declared that His strength was made perfect in Paul’s weakness (2 Cor:12:9). Try to reconcile Paul’s self-evaluation, “when I am weak, then am I strong” (v 10) and “in me dwelleth no good thing” (Rom:7:18), with psychology’s three essentials! Josh supports psychology’s self-esteem, self-worth, and self-acceptance with a blasphemous paraphrase from the Living Bible: “I want you to realize that God has been made rich because we who are Christ’s have been given to Him” (Eph:1:18, LB).
Elaborating on this erroneous interpretation, Josh says we should feel good about ourselves because God was enriched through gaining us as His children. The context, however, is all about the blessing we receive from God. Clearly, the riches of his inheritance in the saints” refers to what God has given the saints, not to an inheritance they have bequeathed Him. Nowhere in the Bible is God enriched by man. It is man who is always benefited by God. Common sense makes that clear. God, being infinitely rich and needing nothing, cannot be enriched by anyone or anything.
Christian psychology has promoted the lie that God loves us because of some value He sees in us; and even that Christ’s death proves we are of infinite value to God. In fact, He died for our sins. Spurgeon said it well:
Jesus…did not come to save us because we were worth saving, but because we were utterly worthless, ruined, and undone…[nor] out of any reason that was in us, but solely and only because of reasons which He took from the depths of His own divine love. In due time He died for those whom He describes…as ungodly , applying to them as hopeless an adjective as He could.
Tozer likewise wrote, “Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for us what He says He will do. Right here is where popular religion breaks down.” Such has been the unanimous opinion of Christians for 19 centuries. It is only since psychology entered the church that the selfisms of today became popular. Let us get back to the Bible!
Answer: Any Berean comparing such teaching with God’s Word will find that it doesn’t pass the test. For example, Philippians 2:3 says, “…in lowliness of mind let each esteem other[s] better than themselves.” Romans:12:3 warns us not to think of ourselves “more highly than [we] ought to think.” Nowhere does the Bible warn us against thinking too poorly of ourselves. Human beings don’t have that problem. For example, Samuel Yochelson, a psychiatrist, and Stanton Samenow, a clinical psychologist, spent six and one-half years investigating hundreds of hardened criminals and could not find one who did not think highly of himself even when plotting a crime.
No wonder the Bible frequently reminds us that we are sinners and unprofitable to God in and of ourselves. How reluctant we are to admit that truth! As Horatius Bonar wrote in his classic, God’s Way of Peace , 150 years ago, “It takes a great deal to destroy a man’s good opinion of himself…[and] even after he has lost his good opinion of his works, he retains a good opinion of his heart….” Note the difference between what Christians used to believe, based upon the Bible, and today’s opinions, influenced by humanistic psychology!
Yes, there are people who sob, “I hate myself!” Common sense, however, tells us it isn’t true. They may hate their status, stature, physique, ineptness, looks, job, salary, academic record, or the way people treat them, but they don’t hate themselves. If they did hate themselves they would be glad they were unattractive, poorly paid, abused etc. Psychology has convinced millions of a lie. The Bible tells the truth: “For no man ever yet hated his own flesh [i.e., himself]…” (Eph:5:29).
When Christ said, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” He wasn’t telling us we hate ourselves and need therapy or seminars to teach us to love ourselves. If so, He was saying, “Love your neighbor as you inadequately love or even hate yourself,” which makes no sense. Christ was correcting the obsession with self that is our natural bent. He was saying, “Give some of the love and attention and care to your neighbor that you give to yourself!” And who of us does not need to heed that exhortation?
You mention Josh McDowell. He has devoted two entire books to helping Christians develop their self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth: Building Your Self-Image , Tyndale, 1978 and His Image, My Image , Here’s Life (Campus Crusade for Christ), 1984. Josh is a magna cum laude graduate of Talbot Theological Seminary and the author of some excellent books on apologetics; yet his ready acceptance of psychology has caused him to embrace unbiblical beliefs and even to try to use Scripture to support them.
In His Image , he presents three psychological essentials for a normal person: 1) a sense of belonging (acceptance by others); 2) a sense of worthiness (feeling good about oneself); and 3) a sense of competence (confidence in oneself). He didn’t learn these ideas from the Bible but from humanistic psychology. In fact, most if not all of the heroes and heroines in the Bible lacked all that Josh says we need. Moses, for example, was rejected by his own people and considered himself to be both unworthy and incompetent. If there was ever a man with an abysmal self-image and self-esteem—and one who, by today’s views desperately needed help from Christian psychology—it was Moses. Instead of prescribing months of Christian psychological counseling to raise his self-image, however, God said, “I will be with you!” Millions are being robbed of the presence and power of God in their lives by being turned to self: self-love, self-image, self-acceptance, self-worth, etc.
Look at Paul. Hated by the Jewish community and rejected by most of the church (“no man stood with me” – 2 Tm 4:16; “all they in Asia be turned away from me” – 2 Tm 1:15), he considered himself the chief of sinners (1 Tm 1:15) and “less than the least of all saints” (Eph:3:8). Did God seek to build up his self-image and self-esteem?
On the contrary, Christ declared that His strength was made perfect in Paul’s weakness (2 Cor:12:9). Try to reconcile Paul’s self-evaluation, “when I am weak, then am I strong” (v 10) and “in me dwelleth no good thing” (Rom:7:18), with psychology’s three essentials! Josh supports psychology’s self-esteem, self-worth, and self-acceptance with a blasphemous paraphrase from the Living Bible: “I want you to realize that God has been made rich because we who are Christ’s have been given to Him” (Eph:1:18, LB).
Elaborating on this erroneous interpretation, Josh says we should feel good about ourselves because God was enriched through gaining us as His children. The context, however, is all about the blessing we receive from God. Clearly, the riches of his inheritance in the saints” refers to what God has given the saints, not to an inheritance they have bequeathed Him. Nowhere in the Bible is God enriched by man. It is man who is always benefited by God. Common sense makes that clear. God, being infinitely rich and needing nothing, cannot be enriched by anyone or anything.
Christian psychology has promoted the lie that God loves us because of some value He sees in us; and even that Christ’s death proves we are of infinite value to God. In fact, He died for our sins. Spurgeon said it well:
Jesus…did not come to save us because we were worth saving, but because we were utterly worthless, ruined, and undone…[nor] out of any reason that was in us, but solely and only because of reasons which He took from the depths of His own divine love. In due time He died for those whom He describes…as ungodly , applying to them as hopeless an adjective as He could.
Tozer likewise wrote, “Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for us what He says He will do. Right here is where popular religion breaks down.” Such has been the unanimous opinion of Christians for 19 centuries. It is only since psychology entered the church that the selfisms of today became popular. Let us get back to the Bible!
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COVID Clinical Discussion w/Cameron Kyle-Sidell: NYC ED/ICU doc in the trenches. #FOAMed
Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell is an ED-ICU Doc at Maimonides in New York, currently under the COVID fire. He put up an inflammatory tweet yesterday which caused a lot of different reactions, because it clearly challenged the widespread even if only recent belief that one should intubate the COVID patients quite early, usually much earlier than one would in typical respiratory failure:
So here you go:
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Please share your thoughts and experiences – my comments in bold!
Korbin Haycock:
Very interesting. My experience is zero cases so far with COVID-19. Just some thoughts for what it’s worth from someone with no experience with COVID: Hypoxia is due to V/Q mismatch, diffusion, hypoventilation, low pO2 (altitude), shunt, low cardiac output (as more O2 is extracted off HgB and mixed venous O2 is low), and finally hemoglobin problems (whether by poisoning or defective HgB).
It was pointed out to me by Brett Berliner tonight in a paper (via twitter) that SARS CoV-2 appears to disrupt the beta chain of HgB to take up O2. I’d never heard of this, but if this is the case, exchange transfusion makes sense as a therapy for hypoxia as long as one is past the stage of illness where the viral levels are low. If this is a hemoglobinopathy, no amount of increase in mean airway pressure or FiO2 will fix the hypoxia.
Perhaps people out there with actual experience with COVID-19 can shed additional light on how the hypoxia tends to respond to positive pressure or increases in FiO2, or more importantly a lack of expected response, that would indicate the mechanism of hypoxia (such as a hemoglobinopathy).
It is very interesting that the hypoxic patients described in the post don’t appear to be very symptomatic in terms of SOB, nor do they attempt to compensate for the ding to DO2 from low O2 sats (O2 content) with an increase in HR to drive up CO. Normally DO2/VO2 ratios are around 4-5, so either the illness suppresses the normal physiological response to a decrease in the ratio, or the VO2 is suppressed somehow (seems unlikely). In any event, perhaps we should revisit the idea to intubate early if hypoxic, unless the patient actually looks really bad.
Summer Allen:
I’m Pulm/cc. This was fascinating and sparked some ideas. But, I need someone smarter than me to take it forward. The first thought is this is not what we know. It’s a different beast. Stop trying to make it fit what we know.
Why are people not short of breath or tachycardic? I suspect most of this is that compliance is high and there is no issue with expiratory flow limitation, hence WOB is more or less normal… And once hypoxia is corrected with O2, they feel fine.
Does the virus hide hypoxia from the body? Maybe it turns off normal feedback that would make us short of breath and tachycardic. The body doesn’t compensate because it doesn’t know it’s hypoxic. That’s why people are being found dead at home because they didn’t know they were slowly suffocating. Maybe it’s not affecting kids because their feedback mechanisms are more heightened already because of growth. Trying to think outside of the box after listening to this. I definitely agree that treating these patients like normal pneumonia with vent/pressors/fluids isn’t the answer.
Bala Totapally
Looks like these pts have severe V/Q mismatch without abnormalities in respiratory mechanics. Almost like a cyanotic heart condition. I agree if the mechanics are not worsening we may not achieve a lot by early intubation except to prevent sudden deterioration, if anything. HFNC with 100% will be the right choice. Has anyone tried nitric oxide before intubation? Might work to improve V/Q mismatch and reduce RV strain.
I am definitely planning to look at RV function and use inhaled vasodilators both for the VQ and for RV function.
Richard Harper:
Great talk and very fascinating points. Short of hyperbaric chambers for everyone, I think keeping everyone on high flow for as long as possible seems very reasonable. Given the ongoing reports I’m seeing regarding the pathophysiology regarding COVID-19 related lung disease, including your shared observations, it seems like using stress index on intubated patients would be the best measure of appropriate PEEP in this setting without “trashing” the lungs. If our understanding is correct regarding the atelectatic, high compliance Sars-cov-2 lung is correct, then the PEEP table is not going to accurately predict the proper settings and the stress index measured once a day would solve the problem of too much PEEP.
stay safe!
Philippe
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