Resource Manager Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 26 June 2013"Superimposed on all my previous impressions is one of power, tremendous power, utterly controlled. A strong wind swept through Palestine; but if it rooted up the rotten tree, it did not crush the injured reed. The eyes that carved a way for Jesus through a murderous crowd could also draw a tax-collector to abandon his profession. It was his eyes that seem to have impressed his followers most deeply. Of the other features of his face they have left no record."- Dr. E. V. RieuIntroduction to The Four Gospels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 27 June 2013“It is good”, says the apostle, “that the heart be established by grace; not by meats ...” (Hebrews 13:9). Our confidence in God’s service is not to be achieved by compliance with ceremonial laws of any kind, but by the assurance of God’s grace. The apostle said the same of himself. Suffering repeatedly from his “thorn in the flesh”, he entreated the Lord three times for deliverance from it, and received the reply: “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). The lesson seems clear: the more we realise our need (our ‘weakness’) for the grace of God, the more we shall appreciate the gift of grace, and find strength to continue on our way of faithful service. Let us then, like the apostle Paul, “come boldly (not presumptuously, but keeping nothing back) to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need”.- Fred PearceChrist our Righteousness (1992) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 28 June 2013"It is written that "for the joy set before him, Christ endured the cross, despising the shame." (Hebrews 12:2). No empty words of sentiment are these. They express the gladsome reality of the Kingdom of God when it shall have come. And they define the present policy naturally arising out of faith in it. It is a policy in which the fathers preceded all their children, as expressed in the words of Paul: "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth." (Hebrews 11:13)."- Robert Roberts (1889) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 29 June 2013"The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him." (Psalm 103:8-11) It is wonderfully comforting language. If only we can yield ourselves as children to God, it will involve that other idea which seems to present the hard lesson: it will involve the idea that we shall place God first, and be ready to sacrifice all things to His will."- Islip Collyer (1910) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 30 June 2013"It was the Lord, who, many hundreds of years ago said, "This do in remembrance of me;" and from that day to this, wherever his friends have been, this has been done in remembrance of him."- C.C. Walker"The Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World"Sunday Morning (1912) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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