Resource Manager Posted May 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 26 May 2015 "... They had learned their lesson; they knew that although the heavens had received him, he was with them still. With great joy in their hearts they returned to Jerusalem to offer their lives in his service. Two thousand years later we find ourselves in their place, the disciples of Jesus: loving the Lord they loved, serving the Lord they served. The world has changed strangely since their time, but the Gospel has not changed, nor has the commission. Where they failed, we find ourselves slipping. In the fountain of their strength we find the source of ours: the words of love that sustained and comforted them bring us peace and joy. As throughout their troubled lives they looked beyond to the final glory, so we echo their words, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus". And while we work and watch and pray, we hear, as they did, the words of our Lord, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." - Melva PurkisA Life of Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 27 May 2015 "All the sheep and shepherds of the faithful will be there—Moses, Joseph, Abel, David, Amos. Yea, every faithful shepherd and righteous principal man, for the King will be there sitting upon the throne of his glory, having separated the sheep from the goats." - Harry TennantThe King with a Shepherd’s Staff (1963) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 28 May 2015 "... This is "the hope of Israel" for which Paul says "I am bound with this chain". In possessing this hope we are anchored to Christ who has been raised from the dead, and is now at God’s right hand, where he will remain “until the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you, whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began". (Acts 3:19-21)" - H. MadeleyThe Sure Mercies of David (1961) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 29 May 2015 " Even nature in her silent proclamation of God tells us not the truth of this matter. She tells us in her majestic solitudes that there must be a Master somewhere, and a purpose equal to her greatness; but she speaks not of Christ as the answer to her needs. If she only is our teacher, with all the great sky, the mighty mountain, the towering crag, the deep ravine, the thick forest and smiling plain, the opening flower and hum of insect life, the song of the birds and the lowing cattle, the beautiful landscape and the great and wide sea—she will but fill us with a sense of dreariness as of the emptiness of a majestic and splendid hall interior without an audience or entertainment. To find Christ, we must seek Him where He is to be found, and where, at present, God has appointed He should only be found (see Job 28:12)." - Robert Roberts Seasons of Comfort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 30 May 2015 "The death of Jesus was the perfect example of love to God and men, and it appeals by the power of example for others to take up the cross and follow him. But it was not merely through the force of example that Jesus destroyed death by dying. It was by a sacrifice for sin; and it is by recognising the need for that sacrifice and sharing in it that men can live in him. Without him they are a rabble, at one only in their sin; in him they are a unity, reconciled with God and in hope of immortality. Those who were "not a people" are now "the people of God." - L.G. Sargent A Sound Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 31 May 2015 "The kingdom of Israel provided a pattern and a parable of God’s grace. God’s plan is about real people, in a real place. His glory is to fill the earth. And in spite of the failings of His people, God’s promises will not be revoked. “The hope of Israel” is an outstanding demonstration of God’s covenant love, of His power to turn hearts of stone to hearts of flesh. No wonder Paul marvels at “the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God” (Romans 11:33)! Those who through Christ become “Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29) must see in the covenants the outworking of the very grace in which they hope to stand." - Michael OwenStudies in the Statement of Faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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