Resource Manager Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 01 September 2015 "The glory of the Millennial age is often described by the prophets, and in the Apocalypse. After "the end", when the Son delivers up the kingdom to the Father and God is "all things to all men", human language would fail to describe; yet they were evidently in the mind of the Creator when "in the beginning" He created the heaven and the earth, and gave to man complete dominion over the earth. With minds tuned to catch what is meant by "God all in all", we may repeat the words of David, "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth", while we wonder what the unutterable things of the eternal future have in store." - W.H. BoultonIn the Beginning, God—The End, God All in All (1961) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 02 September 2015"What a difference between the Aaronic High Priest and Jesus is suggested by the word "forerunner". Jesus has entered as "forerunner", that others may follow. Aaron and his successors in the ministry of the tabernacle entered the Most Holy alone, and none could follow."- John CarterThe Letter to the Hebrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 03 September 2015 "... the Lord God of heaven and earth stands behind all the teaching that has been revealed to us, from the creation of the world and of mankind, to the final phase of the Kingdom of God. For the faithful He has been the source of all light in their native darkness. The thought of Him has been their consolation and faith in Him has been their strength in times of trial. The knowledge of Him, made clearer to them in the Person of His Beloved Son, has been a guide and an inspiration in their life of service." - F.T. PearceStudies in the Statement of Faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 04 September 2015 "... The sea and the waves are roaring, men’s hearts failing, their resources almost spent. But in the last watch of the night the Son will leave his Father’s presence and come with his word of peace to those who yearn for him. And with him will come the dawn and the desired haven." - Melva PurkisA Life of Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 05 September 2015 "The sonnet has a very difficult metrical system, but some of the greatest poems in the English language are sonnets. The poets have freely adopted a difficult form and, working within its restricted limits, have produced triumphs of literary art which reveal no trace of strain or forcing. So, in another sphere, it was with the Lord Jesus. Within the limits marked out for him by God, he lived his beautiful and incomparable life. Our “sonnet” will never reveal his mastery, but if written with all the powers of heart and mind which we can command, it will be given its place in God’s anthology." - T.J. BarlingThe Broad and the Narrow Ways (1963) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 06 September 2015 "The Lord has put “a new song” in our mouths. He has seen and heard our plea for help because of our sinful state. He has blessed us and confirmed our trust by providing for all our spiritual needs, both present and eternal. We should not be ashamed or afraid to proclaim His Word whether it is formally, at special efforts, in canvassing and campaigning or “over the garden fence” and at work, or whether it is to “strangers” or our brethren and sisters in Christ." - David NightingalePreach the Word (1982) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 07 September 2015 "The common people heard him gladly." "To the poor the gospel was preached." That is why the preaching of Jesus was so effective. Any address is only beneficial in so far as it is appreciated, and an address composed of high-sounding words and sentences of complicated structure is not appreciated by the majority. What they require is an address couched in words that all can understand ..." - James Carter Simplicity in Addresses (1969) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 08 September 2015 "According to wise King Solomon, who wrote by inspiration, to live according to the Spirit is to live according to the dictates of Divine Wisdom; and to walk in that way we must first be instructed accordingly, from the Word of God. If we choose to follow that path through life, like him, we shall eventually receive riches, honour and length of days. The difference is that Solomon received those blessings immediately, and they were only worldly ones. For the saints of God, the prospect before them is that of an eternal inheritance—comprising the riches of God, the honour and glory of His Kingdom, and the lengthening of days to inherit the gift of everlasting life." - Tecwyn MorganThe Way of Wisdom (1999) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 09 September 2015 "Baptism is not an incidental ritual: it is at the core of our faith. It puts man in his right place before God. Death is our desert and we must die to live. For that reason true baptism, received in awed and reverent faith, is the great humbler of our pride, and opens the door of the heart to the "high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity", who dwells also with "him that is of a contrite and humble spirit", who trembles at His word. This is one of the reasons why there can be no trifling with baptism, no relaxing of its demands." - L.G. SargentA Sound Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 10 September 2015 "If only ... it may be depressing, but thank God it is not the last word. There is another "if" to surcharge our spirits. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). "If only" we confess our sins. Of all big meanings, this must be among the best and the noblest." - Dennis GillettLittle Words, Big Meanings (1991) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 11 September 2015 "... He will be faithful, the Redeemer, the One who chooses the Servant in whom He delights; He will be strength and stability for those who trust in Him; He will be salvation, He will be the God of His people whom He takes for Himself. In all these ways God reveals Himself by His continuing action towards men, and in all these He is moving towards the perfect fulfilment of His own nature in the day when He shall be "all in all." - L.G. SargentThe God of the Living (1952) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 12 September 2015"Before the Son of God sent forth his apostles to proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom in his name, "He opened their understandings that they might understand the scriptures". If thou wouldest gain the knowledge of the wisdom of God which is so inestimable, and which is contained in the word they preached, thou must also be the subject of the same illumination ... This is indispensable; for there is no obtaining of this commodity except through the scriptures of truth."- John ThomasElpis Israel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 13 September 2015 "It is true that we love him because he first loved us. That love should be the principle which inspires our glad obedience to his commands and to our use of our talents freely in his service. If we do so we shall eventually receive from him the welcome: "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." - W.A. McLennanFaithful and Wise Servants (1963) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 14 September 2015 "We have the whole Word of God in our hands but this will not help us unless we allow its teaching increasingly to control our lives. The day when our Lord will return and knock is near. We of all generations of believers can say that the Judge is standing at the door. The night has far gone, the day is at hand. Let us examine ourselves as honestly as we can through the Word, because if we have tended to exclude the Lord from our lives, the time for repentance and opening our lives to him may be short." - W.L. BedwellThe Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia (1986) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 15 September 2015 "... the vital reflection is this: we shall not respond to this life-giving grace of God unless we appreciate, without any reservations, how much we need it; how often we follow our own desires and do our own will instead of His; how often we defend our own pride and comfort. It is the Word of God alone which reveals this to us, and also the infinite mercy of our God who "knows our frame he remembers that we are dust". To those who can humble themselves before this teaching, "the word of his grace" is indeed "the power of God unto salvation." - Fred PearceUnderstanding the Grace of God (1983) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 16 September 2015 "... God who so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, of a purpose in redemption that carries with it the promise "I will never leave you, nor forsake thee." The burden is known and carried for us, the weakness understood and forgiven, the work blest according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not. The mercy-seat lies underneath the shadowing wings, and as we come to it we are "persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."- Alfred NichollsUnder the Shadow of Thy Wings (1971) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 17 September 2015 "Let our witness be the true showing forth of light to others ... even as the Lord Jesus came as "a light to lighten the Gentiles", and passed on the commission to his disciples. Though they, like John the Baptist, "were not that light", they were still "burning and shining lamps" sent to "bear witness of that light". To those of us who in our own day are faithful in our life and ministry will be given "the morning star" (Revelation 2:28)." - Alfred NichollsLet There be Light (1983) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 18 September 2015 "... They were to find again the childlike trust that loves unquestioningly and has utter confidence in the Father; to regain the simplicity of those years which were free from the selfish speculations of later days. This is to understand the call of Jesus and to become children of the Kingdom. We are only truly converted when, having gone forth to meet the stress and storms of life, we emerge from the conflict with a trust in God as strong as that which we had shown as children in our earthly parents. We can only win such a victory by unswerving loyalty to Christ and uncompromising obedience to his precepts." - Melva PurkisA Life of Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 19 September 2015 "We are called to be like him. We must invest the beauty of his mind that hereafter we may share the glory of his body. How can we do it? Upon the basis of the Master’s example in surrendering himself to the will of his Father, Paul exhorts the Philippians, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5). The cultivation of such a mind by the indwelling of the Word of God bears fruit in active service. The thoughts and the service are correlated; the thoughts beget the actions and the actions stimulate the thoughts." - S.L. HaleThe Beauty of Holiness (1947) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 20 September 2015 "GOD is not limited by time: He is the Ancient of days (Daniel 7:9,13,22); He is “the first and the last” (Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12). “Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me” (Isaiah 43:10). From age to age, “from everlasting to everlasting” (Psalm 41:13; 93:2; 103:17; 106:48 etc.), He is GOD." - John MorrisThe God of Truth (1994) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 21 September 2015 "O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come" (Psalm 65:2). The Psalmist knows securely that God the All-Knowing is also the All-Listening. The fact that He hears prayer is absolutely central to His character and being. Even one sparrow "shall not fall on the ground without your Father. Ye are of more value than many sparrows". A safe inference from this is that not a single cry from His children is unheard (Matthew 10:29)." - Norman RichardsAnswered Prayer (1979) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 22 September 2015 "When he was on earth, as we read in the Gospel narrative, it is supremely true that his master passion was to lift up the head of such as were broken and bowed. As he was then, so is he now, and so will he be 'ere long. He is an incomparable High Priest, a man whose life was perfectly adjusted, in truth, in simplicity, in strength and in love, a man in whom there was nothing grotesque. He was a man perfectly balanced, and now a man upon whom the dew of Divine youth has rested. As he was then so he is now. He will never excuse sin, but he will save to the uttermost. His love is set on men in the midst of their ruin. By the mystery of his abiding priesthood the broken ones are remade, the lost ones are reclaimed, the sorrowing ones are made to rejoice. That is the confidence of Psalm 110: "He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head." Amid the shock of battle, the stress of life, the pain of sorrow, the exultation of joy, he is the same yesterday, today and for ever; a High Priest after the order of Melchizedek." - G.D. GillettA Priest For Ever (1981) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 23 September 2015 "The pot of manna was a promise; it never corrupted, no worm appeared, it was in touch with the eternal. To those whose eyes could see these higher things, to us whose wilderness journey has so much in common with Israel’s pilgrimage (even in its murmurings), the daily portion at the Lord’s hand contained promise of eternity. Thus the man who takes his daily portion of Christ, the true bread, looking upward and not downward, has hope that when the Bread from heaven appears at the last day, he will give his servant to eat of the hidden manna—the true and glorious nature of Christ, which, having been laid up before God in the true and eternal tabernacle, is the immortality and holiness in which the saints will at last have a part." - H. TennantMoses My Servant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 24 September 2015 "The world offers peace in various ways: through the supposed security of materialism; by the threat of annihilation if devastating weaponry is unleashed; by power-hungry dictators promising their own brand of peace; by politicians with their visions of a better future. But they can never promise that "none shall make [you] afraid", for the simple reason that the world is not in a position to say, "The mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it."- Peter ForbesEvery Man Under His Vine (1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 25 September 2015 “While the Christian call is to fellowship, the believer must bring to it the strength of his own mind and the sincerity of his own faith. His inner life must have been nourished by the spirit and life of his Lord. And so the faithful disciple both receives and gives—and by fitting himself for fellowship he is the more able both to contribute to the corporate life of the church and receive the blessings which will enrich his own life.” - R.T.W. SmalleyThe Breaking of Bread (Pamphlet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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