Resource Manager Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 26 December 2012 "There is no doubt therefore that the Lord Jesus Christ will return to the earth. God has given His Signs. A little consideration will show that it is most beautifully fitting and right that the Lord himself should appear again on earth among men. His return will be the crown to all that has gone before. All the ancient promises will be fulfilled in him. The promised Seed of the Woman, the Deliverer, the Saviour, the Redeemer, the son of Abraham, the son of David, the son of God —the Lord Jesus Christ—will be back on earth again as King of kings and Lord of lords. The memory of his rejection, shame and crucifixion outside the walls of Jerusalem will be swept away, or remembered only as the means whereby the world which has rejected God, shamed His name and killed His Son will be turned again to acknowledge the sovereignty of God and His merciful over-lordship. Christ will be enthroned in Jerusalem where David was king, not as a human king with all the limitations which that would hold, but immortal, glorious, all powerful, all righteous, reigning over a worldwide kingdom and educating the nations in service to God." - Harry TennantThe Bible Was Right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 27 December 2012 "Jesus is still as he was then, the leader the world needs, the King whose return his people await with eager expectancy. But to those who have eyes to see, he is now, as then, the light which illuminates the sad and darkened soul, the bread that feeds the hungry, the Shepherd who guides his wandering lambs to rich and fertile pastures of spiritual satisfaction. For his whole life in its tenderness, humility, patience, suffering and death, vindicated by the supreme triumph of the resurrection, is the absolute truth, the ultimate reality of the universe, the pivot of all history. The love of God manifested in Christ is the meaning of the whole world, as Paul himself learned in the dust of the Damascus road." - Sheila HarrisPaul: A Vision of Christ (1969) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 28 December 2012 "While a mortal man cherishes the conviction that he is immortal, that his personality must necessarily enter into all eternal calculations, that he is already a "partaker of the divine nature", although he perhaps knows nothing and cares nothing about the great and precious promises God has given, it is impossible for him to approach the throne of grace in a right spirit. He fails even when judged by the simplest standards. He may "do justly", and "love mercy", but he cannot "walk humbly with his God". He might indeed, give an appearance of humility to his fellowman, but there could not possibly be a genuine humility before God. The very thought involved when this doctrine is believed offers a standing insult to heaven, and forbids acceptable worship." - Islip CollyerConviction and Conduct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 29 December 2012 "The ecclesia is properly and divinely described as "The general assembly and church (ecclesia) of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven ..." (Hebrews 12:23 R.V.). There is very great honour in belonging to such an assembly, but there should also be a holy soberness about it, when one remembers that the quotation goes on to refer to "God the Judge of all"." - John MarshallThe Living Ecclesia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 30 December 2012 "Truly the doors of heaven were opened when the Lord God provided the Lord Jesus Christ through Mary. He was the answer to the question: "Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?" God gave seed to the Sower and thereby bread to the eater. He is our daily need and satisfaction. Neither is there salvation in any other. He has gathered us in companies upon the green grass and we remember. This is not the manna which vanished in the heat of day or corrupted during the night hours. What is it? "This is the bread that came down from heaven ... he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever"." - Harry TennantBoth Small and Great (1961) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 31 December 2012 "And what of the future? What will the New Year bring? There is a way in which we can make sure that the past will bear its harvest of good, whatever its events have been. Out of the heart are the issues of life ... There is a gladsome message for us all about the secret room of our hearts. It can be swept clean of the ... things that bring sadness and division. What is in will out; "but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." (2 Corinthians 4:16). What is in us can be changed so long as the will is there. Let us look within, with the light of Christ to help us, and get rid of the debris of the passing year. "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. " (Psalm 139:23-24)" - Claud LambLook Within (1979) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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