BLOGGING IS NOT DEAD: My name

2/27/09

My name

What's in a name?

* Jimmy Snyder (driver) (1909-1939), American racecar driver
* Jim Snyder (baseball) (born 1932), Major League Baseball player and coach
* James Snyder, Jr. (born 1945), North Carolina politician, Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2004
* James L. Snyder (born 1951), author and minister
* James Snyder, Israel Museum Director (Who does not know the Hebrew language)
* Jim Snyder, college basketball coach
* Jimmy Snyder (1919-1996), American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookie, better known as Jimmy the Greek
* James R. Snyder (Environmental lawyer)
* James Richard Snyder, Jr. (Industrial Organizational Psychologist)
* James Snyder (actor in She's the Man)
* James Charles Snyder (born 1985) child of the Father, saved by the blood.

The name James Snyder may be remembered on earth by men. I probably won't be. If anyone remembers anything, I hope it is the name of my Savior and his work.

Jesus, The Son of God. Calvary. Empty tomb. Salvation from sin.

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Arch Bishop said...: I did not realize Jimmy the Greek's last name was Snyder. What do you know!; February 27, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Anonymous said...: What?; February 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM
JamesCharles said...: The Bible teaches all men have sinned against God. (Romans 3:10, 3:23) That includes you and I. Sin means we have broken God's laws. His laws include the 10 commandments in Exodus 20. In those 10, we learn we are not righteous or holy in God's eyes. Sin separates us from the Holy God. We have fallen short of what it takes to get to Heaven. That's actually why God gave the 10 commandments, to show us we aren't good enough to live up to His perfect standards.

It doesn't stop their though. God doesn't just want us to know we sin and fall short, but also that he loves us. He loved you and I so much, He sent His only begotten Son (God the Son took on humanity as Jesus). He was born of a virgin, lived a perfect life as a man. No other man has lived without sin and then he willingly let the Romans beat him. He was mocked, and then put on the cross. He allowed all this, and when God the Son in flesh was on the cross, He took our sins upon Him. He then gave his life for us.

This sacrifice paid the penalty of our sins, so we no longer have to be separated from God. Jesus took our place. Three days later, He rose again to show He has power over sin and death, and to give eternal life. He then rose back up to the Heavenly Father forty days later.

If He had just been a man who'd died, all those who hated Him would have brought his body forward to disprove that He was indeed alive. No one could ever do that. Jesus is alive today and ready to give eternal life as a gift to all who will simply admit to God they are sinners, ask God to save them from their sins believing in the sacrifice Jesus made for that salvation. (John 3:16-18).

The Bible teaches none can earn their way into Heaven, but rather they must ask Jesus to save them from their sins and believe He will. (Ephesians 2:8-9). Once a person trusts in the Lord as Savior, the Father gives them life that lasts forever (eternal life.) You can claim that today if you choose to.

This post means that I don't mind if I am never remembered by any, but I hope people remember my Savior and trust in Him.

took our sins upon Him when hung on the cross.; February 28, 2009 at 4:17 PM

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Why I choose to be Landmark Missionary Baptist

The American Baptist Association currently has a set of 21 doctrinal statements which are founded in and derived from the Holy Scriptures. The mission policy and practice seem to be most closely related to how churches were started in the Bible. The ABA doctrinal statement is below, and I agree to every part of it.

ABA DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

"1. We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament churches. Love is therefore the great commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent (Matt. 22:35-40; John 13:34, 35; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7-21; 1 John 5:1-3; Rev. 2:4, 5).

2. We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalm 119:160; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17).

3. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection (Matt. 28:19).

4. We believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Gen. 1; 2).

5. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).

6. We believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).

7. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19).

8. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16, 17; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).

9. We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts (1 Cor. chapters 12-14).

10. We believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in innocency until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12, 19).

11. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa. 53:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2).

12. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Cor. 15:42-58; 1 Thess. 4:13-18).

13. We believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).

14. We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8, 9; Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).

15. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5).

16. We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27; Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev. 22:12).

17. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph. 3:21).

18. We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water, administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance (Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; 1 Cor. 5:11-13; 1 Cor. 11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).

19. We believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.

20. We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are, and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the churches (Matt. 20:25-28).

21. We believe in freedom of worship without interference from the government and affirm our belief in civil obedience, unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15)."

All from http://www.abaptist.org/doctrinal.html .

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