~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~Acts 18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
"Behold, I am vile."—Job 40:4.
NE cheering
word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God
because YOU are vile. Now, there is not a saint living on earth but has
been made to feel that he is vile. If Job, and Isaiah, and Paul were all
obliged to say "I am vile," oh, poor sinner, wilt thou be ashamed to
join in the same confession? If divine grace does not eradicate all sin
from the believer, how dost thou hope to do it thyself? and if God loves
His people while they are yet vile, dost thou think thy vileness will
prevent His loving thee? Believe on Jesus, thou outcast of the world's
society! Jesus calls thee, and such as thou art.
Just as I am,
without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that thou
bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come!"thou shalt rise
from reading this morning's portion with all thy sins pardoned; and
though thou didst wake this morning with every sin that man hath ever
committed on thy head, thou shalt rest to-night accepted in the Beloved;
though once degraded with the rags of sin, thou shalt be adorned with a
robe of righteousness, and appear white as the angels are. For "now,"
mark it, "Now is the accepted time." If thou "believest on Him
who justifieth the ungodly thou art saved." Oh! may the Holy Spirit give
thee saving faith in Him who receives the vilest."The Lord shut him in."—Genesis 7:16.
OAH was
shut in away from all the world by the hand of divine love. The door of
electing purpose interposes between us and the world which lieth in the
wicked one. We are not of the world even as our Lord Jesus was not of
the world. Into the sin, the gaiety, the pursuits of the multitude we
cannot enter; we cannot play in the streets of Vanity Fair with the
children of darkness, for our heavenly Father has shut us in. Noah was
shut in with his God. "Come thou into the ark," was the
Lord's invitation, by which He clearly showed that He Himself intended
to dwell in the ark with His servant and his family. Thus all the chosen
dwell in God and God in them. Happy people to be enclosed in the same
circle which contains God in the Trinity of His persons, Father, Son,
and Spirit. Let us never be inattentive to that gracious call, "Come, my
people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee,
and hide thyself as it were for a little moment until the indignation be
overpast." Noah was so shut in that no evil could reach him.
Floods did but lift him heavenward, and winds did but waft him on his
way. Outside of the ark all was ruin, but inside all was rest and peace.
Without Christ we perish, but in Christ Jesus there is perfect safety.
Noah was so shut in that he could not even desire to come out,
and those who are in Christ Jesus are in Him for ever. They shall go no
more out for ever, for eternal faithfulness has shut them in, and
infernal malice cannot drag them out. The Prince of the house of David
shutteth and no man openeth; and when once in the last days as Master of
the house He shall rise up and shut the door, it will be in vain for
mere professors to knock, and cry Lord, Lord open unto us, for that same
door which shuts in the wise virgins will shut out the foolish for
ever. Lord, shut me in by Thy grace. C.H.S. - M&E~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
John 1:12-13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
Malachi 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
A day is coming in which the crown jewels of our great King shall be counted, that it may be seen whether they answer to the inventory which His Father gave Him. My soul, wilt thou be among the precious things of Jesus? Thou art precious to Him if He is precious to thee, and thou shalt be His "in that day," if He is thine in this day.- CHS
~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
Jeremiah 17:21-22 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
"The battle of "Christian" with "Apollyon" lasted three hours, but the battle of Christian with himself lasted all the way from the Wicket Gate in the river Jordan. The enemy is so securely entrenched within us that he can never be driven out while we are in this body: but although we are closely beset, and often in sore conflict, we have an Almighty helper, even Jesus, the Captain of our salvation, who is ever with us, and who assures us that we shall eventually come off more than conquerors through Him." - CHS
~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this "reflection" of His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
Psalm 21:1-7 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Psalm 23 ~
