Resource Manager Posted January 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 26 January 2017 "Our salvation is all a matter of Divine mercy. We who in times past believed (margin: obeyed) not God, yet now have obtained mercy: according to His abundant mercy, we have been begotten unto a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead: God who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. As we meditate on this wonderful love of God shall we not say with the Psalmist of old: O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:For his mercy endureth for ever!" - F.W. TurnerMeditations (1949) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 27 January 2017 "A man who professes to believe two opposite and nullifying systems is double-minded, and consequently unstable in all his ways. His faith is neither this, nor that; but all things as it happens: an indefinite, intangible impression. Such a creed is unworthy of the name of “faith”, and to be eschewed by all searchers after truth." - John Thomas The Herald (1853) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 28 January 2017 “Jesus succeeds where Adam fell. So Paul expresses it: “Being in the form of God, he thought it not a thing to grasp to be equal with God, but emptied himself, and took upon himself the form of a servant, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross.” Adam thought it a thing to be seized upon to be equal with God, and died. Jesus withheld his hand from a prize so near, died as part of that withholding, and now—because he had given everything to God, claimed no rights and presumed no righteousness, and had committed himself unto him that judgeth righteously—now “it is not possible that he should be holden of death.” So Paul completes the picture: “He became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. Wherefore also God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow.” - A.D. NorrisThe Communion of the Body of Christ (1945) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 29 January 2017 "The fabric of faith can wear thin unless it is closely woven, for such is our weakness that we need to be continually strengthened in the things believed among us. Perhaps with this in mind we can with profit read again the advice of Paul to Titus: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ... These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority” (Titus 2:11,12,15). We do well to keep these things in remembrance, for it is so easy to let them slip." - D.M. ElliottLet This Mind be in You (1970) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 30 January 2017 "That there should be such a thing as providence is reasonable, in view of the fact that God has a purpose among the nations of the earth, as revealed in prophecy of political matters. This purpose would never be realized were the endless caprices of human action not subject to vigilant divine supervision, carefully guiding events at the turning points." - Robert RobertsWays of Providence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 31 January 2017 "Jesus sought sinners who were humbly repentant: he was not interested in the self-righteous egotist. And on those who sought him he lavished the compassion, grace, mercy and truth which his Father had manifested to Israel. He never refused the sincere appeal for help, and because he is still the same Jesus, he is still at hand to comfort." - J. MarshallThe New Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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