Google@2Cor.5:17-21...When, as erring, sinful
beings, we come to Christ and become partakers of His pardoning grace, love springs up in
the heart. Every burden is light, for the yoke that Christ imposes is easy. Duty becomes a
delight, and sacrifice a pleasure. The path that before seemed shrouded in darkness,
becomes bright with beams from the Sun of Righteousness.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
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Who has the heart? With whom
are our thoughts? Of whom do we love to converse? Who has our warmest affections and our
best energies? If we are Christ's, our thoughts are with Him, and our sweetest thoughts
are of Him. All we have and are is consecrated to Him. We long to bear His image, breathe
His spirit, do His will, and please Him in all things.
are our thoughts? Of whom do we love to converse? Who has our warmest affections and our
best energies? If we are Christ's, our thoughts are with Him, and our sweetest thoughts
are of Him. All we have and are is consecrated to Him. We long to bear His image, breathe
His spirit, do His will, and please Him in all things.
Those who become new
creatures in Christ Jesus will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, "love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." Galatians
5:22, 23. They will no longer fashion themselves according to the former lusts, but by the
faith of the Son of God they will follow in His steps, reflect His character, and purify
themselves even as He is pure. The things they once hated they now love, and the things
they once loved they hate. The proud and self-assertive become meek and lowly in heart.
The vain and supercilious become serious and unobtrusive. The drunken become sober, and
the profligate pure. The vain customs and fashions of the world are laid aside. Christians
will seek not the "outward adorning," but "the hidden man of
creatures in Christ Jesus will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, "love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." Galatians
5:22, 23. They will no longer fashion themselves according to the former lusts, but by the
faith of the Son of God they will follow in His steps, reflect His character, and purify
themselves even as He is pure. The things they once hated they now love, and the things
they once loved they hate. The proud and self-assertive become meek and lowly in heart.
The vain and supercilious become serious and unobtrusive. The drunken become sober, and
the profligate pure. The vain customs and fashions of the world are laid aside. Christians
will seek not the "outward adorning," but "the hidden man of
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the heart,
Saturday, June 27, 2020
GoogleAs you read the promises,
remember they are the expression of unutterable love and pity. The great heart of Infinite
Love is drawn toward the sinner with boundless compassion. "We have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." Ephesians 1:7. Yes, only believe that
God is your helper. He wants to restore His moral image in man. As you draw near to Him
with confession and repentance, He will draw near to you with mercy and forgiveness.
remember they are the expression of unutterable love and pity. The great heart of Infinite
Love is drawn toward the sinner with boundless compassion. "We have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." Ephesians 1:7. Yes, only believe that
God is your helper. He wants to restore His moral image in man. As you draw near to Him
with confession and repentance, He will draw near to you with mercy and forgiveness.
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"I have no pleasure in
the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live
ye." Ezekiel 18:32. Satan is ready to steal away the blessed assurances of God. He
desires to take every glimmer of hope and every ray of light from the soul; but you must
not permit him to do this. Do not give ear to the tempter, but say, "Jesus has died
that I might live. He loves me, and wills not that I should perish. I have a compassionate
heavenly Father; and although I have abused His love, though the blessings He has given me
have been squandered, I will arise, and go to my Father, and say, 'I have sinned against
heaven, and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son: make me as one of Thy
hired servants.'" The parable tells you how
the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live
ye." Ezekiel 18:32. Satan is ready to steal away the blessed assurances of God. He
desires to take every glimmer of hope and every ray of light from the soul; but you must
not permit him to do this. Do not give ear to the tempter, but say, "Jesus has died
that I might live. He loves me, and wills not that I should perish. I have a compassionate
heavenly Father; and although I have abused His love, though the blessings He has given me
have been squandered, I will arise, and go to my Father, and say, 'I have sinned against
heaven, and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son: make me as one of Thy
hired servants.'" The parable tells you how
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the wanderer will be received:
"When
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:18-20.
"When
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:18-20.
GoogleGod does not deal with us as
finite men deal with one another. His thoughts are thoughts of mercy, love, and tenderest
compassion. He says, "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our
God, for He will abundantly pardon." "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy
transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins." Isaiah 55:7; 44:22.
finite men deal with one another. His thoughts are thoughts of mercy, love, and tenderest
compassion. He says, "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our
God, for He will abundantly pardon." "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy
transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins." Isaiah 55:7; 44:22.
Friday, June 26, 2020
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From the simple Bible account
of how Jesus healed the sick, we may learn something about how to believe in Him for the
forgiveness of sins. Let us turn to the story of the paralytic at Bethesda. The poor
sufferer was helpless; he had not used his limbs for thirty-eight years. Yet Jesus bade
him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." The sick man might have said,
"Lord, if Thou wilt make me whole, I will obey Thy word." But, no, he believed
Christ's word, believed that he was made whole, and he made the effort at once; he willed
to walk, and he did walk. He acted on the word of Christ, and God gave the power. He was
made whole.
of how Jesus healed the sick, we may learn something about how to believe in Him for the
forgiveness of sins. Let us turn to the story of the paralytic at Bethesda. The poor
sufferer was helpless; he had not used his limbs for thirty-eight years. Yet Jesus bade
him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." The sick man might have said,
"Lord, if Thou wilt make me whole, I will obey Thy word." But, no, he believed
Christ's word, believed that he was made whole, and he made the effort at once; he willed
to walk, and he did walk. He acted on the word of Christ, and God gave the power. He was
made whole.
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In like manner you are a
sinner. You cannot atone for your past sins; you cannot change your heart and make
yourself holy. But God promises to do all this for you through Christ. You believe that
promise. You confess your sins and give yourself to God. You will to serve Him. Just as
surely as you do this, God will fulfill His word to you. If you believe the
promise,--believe that you are forgiven and cleansed,--God supplies the fact; you are made
whole, just as Christ gave the paralytic power to walk when the man believed that he was
healed. It is so if you believe it. Do not wait to feel that you are made whole, but say,
"I believe it; it is so, not because I feel it, but because God has promised."
sinner. You cannot atone for your past sins; you cannot change your heart and make
yourself holy. But God promises to do all this for you through Christ. You believe that
promise. You confess your sins and give yourself to God. You will to serve Him. Just as
surely as you do this, God will fulfill His word to you. If you believe the
promise,--believe that you are forgiven and cleansed,--God supplies the fact; you are made
whole, just as Christ gave the paralytic power to walk when the man believed that he was
healed. It is so if you believe it. Do not wait to feel that you are made whole, but say,
"I believe it; it is so, not because I feel it, but because God has promised."
Thursday, June 25, 2020
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AS your conscience has been quickened by
the Holy Spirit, you have seen something of the evil of sin, of its power, its guilt, its
woe; and you look upon it with abhorrence. You feel that sin has separated you from God,
that you are in bondage to the power of evil. The more you struggle to escape, the more
you realize your helplessness. Your motives are impure; your heart is unclean. You see
that your life has been filled with selfishness and sin. You long to be forgiven, to be
cleansed, to be set free. Harmony with God, likeness to Him--what can you do to obtain it?
the Holy Spirit, you have seen something of the evil of sin, of its power, its guilt, its
woe; and you look upon it with abhorrence. You feel that sin has separated you from God,
that you are in bondage to the power of evil. The more you struggle to escape, the more
you realize your helplessness. Your motives are impure; your heart is unclean. You see
that your life has been filled with selfishness and sin. You long to be forgiven, to be
cleansed, to be set free. Harmony with God, likeness to Him--what can you do to obtain it?
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
GoogleMany are inquiring, "How
am I to make the surrender of myself to God?" You desire to give yourself to Him, but
you are weak in moral power, in slavery to doubt, and controlled by the habits of your
life of sin. Your promises and resolutions are like ropes of sand. You cannot control your
thoughts, your impulses, your affections. The knowledge of your broken promises and
forfeited pledges weakens your confidence in your own sincerity, and causes you to feel
that God cannot accept you; but you need not despair. What you need to understand is the
true force of the will. This is the governing power in the nature of man, the power of
decision, or of choice. Everything depends on the right action of the will. The power of
choice God has given to men; it is theirs to exercise. You cannot change your heart, you
cannot of yourself give to God its affections; but you can choose to serve Him. You can
give Him your will; He will then work in you to will and to do according to His good
pleasure. Thus your whole nature will be brought under the control of the Spirit of
Christ; your affections will be centered upon Him, your thoughts will be in harmony with
Him.
am I to make the surrender of myself to God?" You desire to give yourself to Him, but
you are weak in moral power, in slavery to doubt, and controlled by the habits of your
life of sin. Your promises and resolutions are like ropes of sand. You cannot control your
thoughts, your impulses, your affections. The knowledge of your broken promises and
forfeited pledges weakens your confidence in your own sincerity, and causes you to feel
that God cannot accept you; but you need not despair. What you need to understand is the
true force of the will. This is the governing power in the nature of man, the power of
decision, or of choice. Everything depends on the right action of the will. The power of
choice God has given to men; it is theirs to exercise. You cannot change your heart, you
cannot of yourself give to God its affections; but you can choose to serve Him. You can
give Him your will; He will then work in you to will and to do according to His good
pleasure. Thus your whole nature will be brought under the control of the Spirit of
Christ; your affections will be centered upon Him, your thoughts will be in harmony with
Him.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
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