The Bible speaks of a Day of Judgment, It tells us to flee from the wrath to come. I believe that day is fast approaching. The Word of God says that today is the day of salvation. We don't know what tomorrow may bring. We may find ourselves standing before God before we know it.
Without Gods forgiveness and His pardon through Jesus Christ we will stand naked before God with all our sins. Found in such a state, God being a just God, will have no choice but to judge you according to the full weight of the law. The Wrath of God will also be displayed in the day of His Judgement upon all those on the Earth. On that day if you are not found in Christ, made one of His, God will see you as a rebel and you will be judged along with all those who appose God and His divine authority. You can only be in one of two Kingdoms, the one of Gods or the one of Satan's. Choose today who you will serve.
God has made a way of escape for His people,
Thessalonians Ch. 4:15- 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Corinthians 15:50-53 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep(die), but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Revelation 3: 10-11 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. “I know your works.
As Noah escaped from the flood, Lot from destruction of Sodom, Moses and Israel Pharaoh's Army and many others. God will take His children from harms way.
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If you are His you will be eternally secure, and enjoy life with Him forever more no matter what happens. If you go through the Great Tribulation it will be a time of severe testing. Read Revelations, with out Gods help few will survive. People Who survive the catastrophes will be forced by the Anti-Christ to receive the mark of the Beast read Revelations 13:16.
What must I do...
The Bible says, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
These are not words to be spoken lightly. You must have an repented heart, truly sorry of your rebelliousness toward God. Repented of your own self-righteousness. Of contrite spirit and broken heart, before God.
Pray this out loud as a confession of your faith in Jesus and turning to Him.
“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”
If you believe God has bought you from darkness into His Glorious light, that you have been Born Again into Gods Kingdom (read John 3:7) I greet you with a warm welcome, I encourage you to find other Bible believing Born Again Christians to fellowship with and read His Word the Bible.
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Laws That Govern Us and the Universe
Rom 1:19-20. Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
You, me our children, all things, where made for a reason and for a purpose, deep inside we know this, and why we tell our children like, can we really look upon a new born child and say there is no God. We are without excuse.
Through out the Universe we see Gods workings in the laws which govern it, all the stars, planets and moons, indeed every celestial body go about their courses in accordance to the laws of gravity, electromagnetism and maybe some dynamic laws we know nothing or little about. We also see a law of sowing and reaping, Be not deceived; (Gal 6:7 God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap) we see this in our environment if we disrupt this harmony (break these laws) which governs our physical world we reap many harmful side effects, we have become in debt to these laws.
Like the laws that govern our physical world, so are there laws which govern our moral and ethical world, we know intrinsically that we should not murder, steal, commit adultery, bare false witness, lie, etc The bible says even though we may not have been raised in these laws we do by nature the things contained in the law, these show the work of the law written on our hearts, our conscience also bearing witness to the fact. Rom 1:14-16.
Our Standards vs Gods
We often judge ourselves, our actions, our behaviour, what we say, and how we live etc by our own standards. Often when we use our own standards to measure ourselves we look pretty good, especially when we compare ourselves with others, like Adolph Hitler and other murderers, rapists, bank robbers etc, I use to do the same, and wrongly still do quite often, if we are honest with ourselves you would say the same like wise. To see ourselves in true light we must examine ourselves by Gods perfect law, which is not tainted or prejudice like our standards.
This little story illustrates this for us; a little girl remarked to her mother how clean some sheep looked against the green grass. Then, as snow began to fall, this same girl noticed how dirty the sheep looked against the white snow. The background made all the difference.
If you and I judge ourselves using the background of human standards, we come up quite clean. We can find plenty of people who are worst than us. The average person as said before looks almost pure compared to an Adolph Hitler. God however will not judge us using human standards, but by the absolute standard of His Law, the Ten Commandments.
Until the snow fell, the little girl did not know what real purity was.
If we are honest with ourselves we will acknowledge that we have broken at least some of Gods Laws if not by deed then by thought, we see the out workings of this and the consequences it produces in our lives and through out the world. The order of the universe shows us that if we break a law we are in debt to it, to say otherwise would be to live in denial.
Debt Free
How do we restore this harmony become debt free to the law? You may try to be a better person pray, fast, meditate, go to church feed the poor, but still be in debt, these things can be commendable but often only leads us to self righteousness (I’m not as bad as so and so because I do, or I’ve done, or I don’t do. Every person, you, me whether priest, monk, saint, butcher or baker the whole of humanity are in the very same predicament bankrupt and in debt to the law.
What must we do? How can we receive payment for our debts? We all have to go to the same person, one who is debt free, one who can and has paid our debts in full, one who can stand in your place, one who never broke the law on your behalf, one who lived perfectly by the law on your behalf, one who was able to place your debts upon himself and pay the ultimate price death itself on your behalf, putting to death your debts by his life and death, fulfilling Gods Laws, His universal and just requirements.
When we go to the philosopher and all the other religions of the world and ask what must I do to find peace with God they will tell you to do this, do that and the other, true religion that is found in the pages of the bible says it is done, Jesus has done it, on our behalf, before the law we are found guilty, sentenced and held captive, Jesus pays our ransom price to set us free by the payment of His life (living his life 100% obedient to the law on our behalf) By His death ( shedding his blood for our debts dying the death we deserved) By His resurrection from the dead for us( For He had no sin. The law and death had no legal hold over him. And now we can with Him be raised to new life, all our debts passed, present and future having been paid for, and now settled, we are no longer under the law and in debt, but under the law of Grace.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. You must turn your faith and trust in yourself to try to get right standing with God, which only leads to self righteousness, and put your faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, and what he has done, to give us right standing and peace before God and His just and perfect law.
By grace you are saved (forgiven, saved from eternal death) by faith; and that not of yourself (not based on anything you have done), lest anyone should boast, it is the free gift from God.
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The Gospel
”Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” (John 5:24)
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no man can come to the Father except by Him (John 14:6.) His gospel of salvation is so simple that even children understand it, and Jesus said that we have to become as little children in order to enter the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3.) If you call on the name of Jesus, believing that He was raised from the dead, and confess with your mouth that He is Lord, you shall be saved (Romans 10:9-13.) It is His promise that if you call on Him, He will be faithful and just to forgive you of your sins (1 John 1:9) and to keep you in His care until He comes again.
========== He Walks WITH You ==========As a believer in Jesus Christ, you are given the Holy Spirit to strengthen and comfort you so that you remain free of sin, for "if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin" (1 John 1:7.) When Simon Peter asked Jesus if we should forgive others up to seven times, Jesus said, "Not Seven, but SEVENTY TIMES seven." (matthew 18:21-22.) In other words, God does not condemn us because we stumble, but he expects us to repent, and when we do so, He forgives us. Jesus says that to come after Him we must deny ourselves (let go of false self image and pride), take up our cross, and follow him. We must serve and worship God in our hearts, not just with our minds. (Mark 8:34, John 4:24) If we do so, our lives will be filled with peace and love. Always remember that the Holy Bible is the Word of God. There is no other book in the world that can replace it, or even come close. It may not always be easy to understand, but the Holy Spirit will reveal the truth of scripture to you as you grow in faith, and that truth will be placed into your heart by Him. It is important to confess your belief in the Lord Jesus Christ to those you know, including family and friends. This simply means to let them know you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, so they should not expect you to hold the same views or do the same things as you may have done before.
The Lord our Righteousness By George Whitefield
The Lord our Righteousness: Jeremiah 23:6, “The Lord our Righteousness
Whoever is acquainted with the nature of mankind in general, or the propensity of his own heart in particular, must acknowledge, that self-righteousness is the last idol that is rooted out of the heart: being once born under a covenant of works, it is natural for us all to have recourse to a covenant of works, for our everlasting salvation. And we have contracted such devilish pride, by our fall from God that we would, if not wholly, yet in part at least, glory in being the cause of our own salvation. We cry out against popery, and that very justly; but we are all Papists, at least, I am sure, we are all Arminians by nature; and therefore no wonder so many natural men embrace that scheme. It is true, we disclaim the doctrine of merit, are ashamed directly to say we deserve any good at the hands of God; therefore, as the Apostle excellently well observes, “we go about,” we fetch a circuit, “to establish a righteousness of our own, and,” like the Pharisees of old, “will not wholly submit to that righteousness which is of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
This is the sorest, though, alas! the most common evil that was ever yet seen under the sun. An evil, that in any age, especially in these dregs of time wherein we live, cannot sufficiently be inveighed against. For as it is with the people, so it is with the priests; and it is to be feared, even in those places, where once the truth as it is in Jesus was eminently preached, many ministers are so sadly degenerated from their pious ancestors, that the doctrines of grace, especially the personal, ALL-SUFFICIENT RIGHTEOUSNESS of Jesus, is but too seldom, too slightly mentioned. Hence the love of many waxeth cold; and I have often thought, was it possible, that this single consideration would be sufficient to raise our venerable forefathers again from their graves; who would thunder in their ears their fatal error.
The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall. For, what were the coats that God made to put on our first parents, but types of the application of the merits of righteousness of Jesus Christ to believers hearts? We are told, that those coats were made of skins of beasts; and, as beasts were not then food for men, we may fairly infer, that those beasts were slain in sacrifice, in commemoration of the great sacrifice, Jesus Christ, thereafter to be offered. And the skins of the beasts thus slain, being put on Adam and Eve, they were hereby taught how their nakedness was to be covered with the righteousness of the Lamb of God.
This is it which is meant, when we are told, “Abraham believed on the Lord, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” In short, this is it of which both the law and the prophets have spoken, especially Jeremiah in the words of the text, “The Lord our righteousness.”
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Divine Jealousy For The Truth
By Horatius Bonar“O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth?” –Jeremiah 5:3
The word “truth” in Scripture refers both to doctrine and practice. It points both to the “error” and the “lie.” It classes both together. It condemns both. False speaking, whether in reference to teaching or witness-bearing, is declared to be abominable to God. His eyes are upon the truth. They watch over it, to guard it and to maintain it.
The theory of many is that God’s eyes are not upon the truth, and that therefore a man may believe what he pleases, and say what he likes, without fearing God’s displeasure. It is only when the untrue thing which he thinks and says interferes with human rights, or social privileges that he is to be visited with punishment. Jehovah’s eyes, then, are upon the truth,–the truth as found on earth among the sons of men.
In this watchfulness, this discernment, this justice, there are some things specially to be observed.
1. There is but one standard of truth. God fixes the standard and acts on it, without caprice, or partiality, or compromise. Error is a thousand fold;–pliable, moveable, uncertain,–truth is ONE. On this God calls on us to act, on this he acts himself. So that man cannot excuse his error or his falsehood on the ground that there were more standards than one.
2. This one standard is definite. It is not vague or shadowy. It does not merely settle certain great principles, but smaller ones as well. It is so very definite and precise as to leave man without excuse. It lets man know explicitly God’s present estimate of truth and falsehood, as well as his future judgment on these. It is so distinct that no one with an open ear and eye can hesitate about it. In our day men call this narrowness, bigotry, littleness. But if we only insist on being of one mind with God, he that condemns us condemns God himself. Let us be as broad as he is, but no broader; that is enough, whatever the age may say.
3. That one standard is universal. It is for every age and clime. It never becomes obsolete. It is like God himself,–unchangeable; like the Christ of God,–the same yesterday, today, and forever. It was given to our fathers, it is given to us. It suited the East, it suits the West. It suited the Jew, it suits the Gentile also; barbarian, Scythian, bond, or free. It suited the Asian, it suits the European. It suits the Briton, it suits the Indian, and the African. It suits the unlearned, it suits the learned too. One standard for all! One universal test or measurement of truth.
4. That one standard is the Bible. It is no secret standard that He judges us by, or by which He tests truth and error. The test which He gives to us He acts upon himself. The Bible is His book of truth as well as ours. That book contains what God calls truth,–truth definite, fixed, certain, not moveable, nor waxing obsolete, nor falling behind the age. The Bible is the one book of the age, nay, of the ages,–of all ages and all climes. Man’s present unbelief seeks to loosen its authority, to dilute its statements, to render indefinite its doctrines. But the word of the Lord endureth forever. God is not a man that he should lie. His word is sure, his truth is everlasting, his book is like the sun in the firmament; a light for all ages and lands.
Thus God’s eyes are on the truth. It is truth that he delights in, it is error that he abhors. It is truth that he is seeking for among the sons of men. What a condemnation to the laxity of thought in the present day! As if man were at liberty to think as he pleases, irrespective of God and his book! God watches over the truth; he marks each error, each deviation from his one standard.
O man, hast thou received the very truth, and the whole truth of God? He has given man a book for a standard, not that he may speculate, but that he may not speculate, but believe. What God, in and by that book, demands of men is not criticism, opinion, speculation, but BELIEF. God’s eyes are on the truth, to see if men believe it.
The day is at hand, the great day of the Lord, when TRUTH only shall be set on high, and error put to shame. O man, God’s eyes are on the truth, let thine be on it too. Be true to truth; be true to thyself; be true to God.
-Taken from Light & Truth: Bible Thoughts and Themes, Vol. I, 1868
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The Sovereignty Of God
‘He appoints the course of nature and directs the course
of history down to the minutest detail. His decrees therefore
are eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise and sovereign. They
are represented in the Bible as being the basis of the divine
foreknowledge of all future events, and not conditioned by
that foreknowledge or by anything originating in the events
themselves’.
Loraine Boettner, ‘Biblical Faith’ P.4
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Dr. Jonathan Edwards
Justification By Faith Alone
Dated November, 1734
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness
First, I would show what justification is, or what I suppose is meant in Scripture by being justified.
A person is to be justified, when he is approved of God as free from the guilt of sin and its deserved punishment, and as having that righteousness belonging to him that entitles to the reward of life. That we should take the word in such a sense, and understand it as the judge’s accepting a person as having both a negative and positive righteousness belonging to him, and looking on him therefore as not only free from any obligation to punishment, but also as just and righteous and so entitled to a positive reward, is not only most agreeable to the etymology and natural import of the word, which signifies to pass one for righteous in judgment, but also manifestly agreeable to the force of the word as used in Scripture.
Some suppose that nothing more is intended in Scripture by justification, than barely the remission of sins. If so, it is very strange, if we consider the nature of the case. For it is most evident, and none will deny, that it is with respect to the rule or law of God we are under, that we are said in Scripture to be either justified or condemned. Now what is it to justify a person as the subject of a law or rule, but to judge him as standing right with respect to that rule? To justify a person in a particular case, is to approve of him as standing right, as subject to the law in that case, and to justify in general is to pass him in judgment, as standing right in a state correspondent to the law or rule in general. But certainly, in order to a person’s being looked on as standing right with respect to the rule in general, or in a state corresponding with the law of God, more is needful than not having the guilt of sin. For whatever that law is, whether a new or an old one, doubtless something positive is needed in order to its being answered. We are no more justified by the voice of the law, or of him that judges according to it, by a mere pardon of sin, than Adam, our first surety, was justified by the law, at the first point of his existence, before he had fulfilled the obedience of the law, or had so much as any trial whether he would fulfill it or no. If Adam had finished his course of perfect obedience, he would have been justified, and certainly his justification would have implied something more than what is merely negative. He would have been approved of, as having fulfilled the righteousness of the law, and accordingly would have been adjudged to the reward of it. So Christ, our second surety (in whose justification all whose surety he is, are virtually justified), was not justified till he had done the work the Father had appointed him, and kept the Father’s commandments through all trials, and then in his resurrection he was justified. When he had been put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit, 1 Pet. 3:18, then he that was manifest in the flesh was justified in the Spirit, 1 Tim. 3:16. But God, when he justified him in raising him from the dead, did not only release him from his humiliation for sin, and acquit him from any further suffering or abasement for it, but admitted him to that eternal and immortal life, and to the beginning of that exaltation that was the reward of what he had done. And indeed the justification of a believer is no other than his being admitted to communion in the justification of this head and surety of all believers: for as Christ suffered the punishment of sin, not as a private person, but as our surety. So when after this suffering he was raised from the dead, he was therein justified, not as a private person, but as the surety and representative of all that should believe in him. So that he was raised again not only for his own, but also for our justification, according to the apostle, Rom. 4:25, “Who was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.” And therefore it is that the apostle says, as he does in Rom. 8:34, “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again.”
But that a believer’s justification implies not only remission of sins, or acquittal from the wrath due to it, but also an admittance to a title to that glory which is the reward of righteousness, is more directly taught in the Scriptures, particularly in Rom. 5:1, 2, where the apostle mentions both these as joint benefits implied in justification: “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” So remission of sin, and inheritance among them that are sanctified, are mentioned together as what are jointly obtained by faith in Christ, Acts 26:18, “That they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them that are sanctified through faith that is in me.” Both these are without doubt implied in that passing from death to life, which Christ speaks of as the fruit of faith, and which he opposes to condemnation, John 5:24, “Verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
The Kind of Revival We Need
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
IT IS GOOD for us to draw nigh unto God in prayer. Our minds are grieved to see so little attention given to united prayer by many churches. How can we expect a blessing if we are too idle to ask for it? How can we look for a Pentecost if we never meet with one another, in one place, to wait upon the Lord? Brethren, we shall never see much change for the better in our churches till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.
But now that we have come together, how shall we pray? Let us not degenerate into formality, or we shall be dead while we think we live. Let us not waiver through unbelief, or we shall pray in vain. Oh, for great faith with which to offer great prayers! We have been mingling praise and prayer together as a delicious compound of spices, fit to be presented upon the altar of incense through Christ our Lord; may we not at this time offer some special far-reaching petition? It is suggested to me that we pray for a true and genuine revival of religion throughout the world.
A Real and Lasting Revival
I am glad of any signs of life, even if they should be feverish and transient, and I am slow to judge any well intended movement, but I am very fearful that many so called revivals in the long run wrought more harm than good. A species of religious gambling has fascinated many men, and given them a distaste for the sober business of true godliness.
But if I would nail down counterfeits upon the counter, I do not therefore undervalue true gold. Far from it. It is to be desired beyond measure that the Lord would send a real and lasting revival of spiritual life.
But if I would nail down counterfeits upon the counter, I do not therefore undervalue true gold. Far from it. It is to be desired beyond measure that the Lord would send a real and lasting revival of spiritual life.
We need a work of the Holy Spirit of a supernatural kind, putting power into the preaching of the Word, inspiring all believers with heavenly energy, and solemnly affecting the hearts of the careless, so that they turn to God and live. We would not be drunk with the wine of carnal excitement, but we would be filled with the Spirit. We would behold the fire descending from heaven in answer to the effectual fervent prayers of righteous men. Can we not entreat the Lord our God to make bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the people in this day of declension and vanity?
Old-fashioned
We want a revival of old-fashioned doctrine. I know not a single doctrine which is not at this hour studiously undermined by those who ought to be its defenders. There is not a truth that is precious to the soul which is not now denied by those whose profession it is to proclaim it. To me it is clear that we need a revival of old-fashioned gospel preaching like that of Whitefield and Wesley. The Scriptures must be made the infallible foundation of all teaching; the ruin, redemption and regeneration of mankind must be set forth in unmistakable terms.
Personal Godliness
Urgently do we need a revival of personal godliness? This is, indeed, the secret of church prosperity. When individuals fall from their steadfastness, the church is tossed to and fro; when personal faith is steadfast, the church abides true to her Lord. It is upon the truly godly and spiritual that the future of religion depends in the hand of God. Oh, for more truly holy men, quickened and filled with the Holy Spirit, consecrated to the Lord and sanctified by His truth. Brethren, we must each one live if the church is to be alive; we must live unto God if we expect to see the pleasure of the Lord prospering in our hands. Sanctified men are the salt of society and the saviours of the race.
Domestic Religion
We deeply want a revival of domestic religion. The Christian family was the bulwark of godliness in the days of the puritans, but in these evil times hundreds of families of so-called Christians have no family worship, no restraint upon growing sons, and no wholesome instruction or discipline. How can we hope to see the kingdom of our Lord advance when His own disciples do not teach His gospel to their own children?Oh, Christian men and women, be thorough in what you do and know and teach! Let your families be trained in the fear of God and be yourselves “holiness unto the Lord”; so shall you stand like a rock amid the surging waves of error and ungodliness which rage around us.
We want also a revival of vigorous, consecrated strength. I have pleaded for true piety; I now beg for one of the highest results of it. We need saints. We need gracious minds trained to a high form of spiritual life by much converse with God in solitude.
Saints acquire nobility from their constant resort to the place where the Lord meets with them. There they also acquire that power in prayer which we so greatly need. Oh, that we had more men like John Knox, whose prayers were more terrible to Queen Mary than 10,000 men! Oh, that we had more Elijahs by whose faith the windows of heavens should be shut or opened!
This power comes not by a sudden effort; it is the outcome of a life devoted to the God of Israel! If our life is all in public, it will be a frothy, vapoury ineffectual existence; but if we hold high converse with God in secret, we shall be mighty for good. He that is a prince with God will take high rank with men, after the true measure of nobility.
Beware of being a lean-to; endeavour to rest on your own walls of real faith in the Lord Jesus. May none of us fall into a mean, poverty-stricken dependence on man! We want among us believers like those solid, substantial family mansions which stand from generation to generation as landmarks of the country; no lath-and-plaster fabrics, but edifices solidly constructed to bear all weathers, and defy time itself.
Given a host of men who are steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, the glory of God’s grace will be clearly manifested, not only in them, but in those round about them. The Lord send us a revival of consecrated strength, and heavenly energy!
Preach by your hands if you cannot preach by your tongues. When our church members show the fruits of true godliness, we shall soon have inquiries for the tree which bears such a crop.
Oh the coming together of the saints is the first part of Pentecost, and the ingathering of sinners is the second. It began with “only a prayer meeting”, but it ended with a grand baptism of thousands of converts. Oh that the prayers of believers may act as lode stones to sinners! Oh that every gathering of faithful men might be a lure to attract others to Jesus! May many souls fly to Him because they see others speeding in that direction.
“Lord, we turn from these poor foolish procrastinators to thyself, and we plead for them with thine all-wise and gracious spirit! Lord, turn them and they shall be turned! By their conversion, pray that a true revival has commenced tonight! Let it spread through all our households, and then run from church to church till the whole of Christendom shall be ablaze with a heaven-descended fire
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