Gems for the Week
May 15 - 18
"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat . . . He took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to His disciples to set before them . . . so they did eat, and were filled." (Mark 8:2,6,8)
The foregoing passage presents a very striking and beautiful illustration of one special feature of the Christian's mission to this world, which we do well to ponder. It is of immense importance, and of universal application. It concerns every child of God. We have each one to remember that we are sent into this world to be a channel of communication between the heart of Christ and every form of need that may cross our path from day to day. (C.H. Mackintosh)
N.J. Hiebert # 2613
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5,6)
When Christ begins with you He will never leave off till He has you with Himself in heaven - it must be everything or nothing. He does it according to His own heart, and are you to dictate to Christ how much He shall bless you? Let Christ have His way with you. Why do we miss blessing? Is it possible to miss blessing? Yes, by not allowing the Lord Jesus to have His own way with you. He wants to bless you, but there must be rest and quietness and subjection on your side. All the resources of Christ are then placed at your disposal. (E.P. Corrin)
N.J. Hiebert # 2614
"When they were come to the place, which is called Calvary . . .
(Luke 23:33)
I wonder what Calvary means to you? To the crowd on that occasion it was a place of crucifixion and the end (or so they thought) of Jesus. To the believer, however, Calvary is the highest point of love displayed. Calvary was not the end, but rather the starting point in relation to salvation, for it was "at the cross, at the cross, where we first saw the light and the burden of our heart rolled away." Tell me, what does Calvary mean to you today? (John M. Clegg)
N.J. Hiebert # 2615
"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son . . ."
(Hebrews 1:1,2)
"Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature."
(Colossians 1:15)
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . .and the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."
(John 1:1,14)
Human pens have never written before such marvelous, deep and unfathomable words like these. Nor will, nor can, the hand of man write anything that surpasses these passages of Holy Scripture. Here we are face to face with the most glorious inspired revelation. Inasmuch as these revelations transcend the human mind they cannot be the product of man's mind. God the Holy Spirit gives in them the revelation of all revelations, the supremest and as such inexhaustible. The quoted passages lay bare the secrets of creation and redemption. They contain the mystery "hidden throughout the ages in God, Who has created all things by Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 3:9)
The Person prominent in these statements of Scripture was known to His contemporaries by the name of "Jesus of Nazareth." Certain infidels of the past claimed that such a person never lived, they denied the historicity of His person, and taught that all about Him is fictitious, the product of some imaginative minds. This generation of fools seems to have died and left no offspring. (A.C. Gaebelein)
N.J. Hiebert # 2616
