Gems for the Week
August 17
"Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from
the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth." (Revelation 3:10)
"God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in
reverence of all them that are about Him."
(Psalm 89:7)
(IS NOT THAT A WORD TO THE HEART AND CONSCIENCE OF ALL THOSE THAT THAT LOVE THE BLESSED LORD!)
You know this is a day of lawlessness, and increasing lawlessness - a day of disregard of all authority, and all source of authority. It is just the forerunner of what is coming, and coming in a dreadful form, when a vast part of this world will be under the dominion of a man who knows no will but his own; he will do according to his will; he will exalt himself above all that is called God - that is what is developing. But in spite of all this sad failure of the world, God will be God; and we learn from His Word that those conditions shall not be in full until He allows them, and that lawless one is revealed. And these conditions are developing. In a certain place where I was recently I witnessed an incident that reminded me of the way these things will be fulfilled - the wife had prepared in a stove everything for a fire, so that when a fire was wanted she had but to put a match to it. God is preparing the fire; but
He will never put a match to it while His beloved people are here. (Christian Truth - Vol. 23 - November 1970)
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August 18
"In the day of adversity, CONSIDER." (Ecclesiastes 7:14)
- Instead of grumbling because you don't get what you want, be thankful you don't get what you deserve.
- When others think of you, do they think of Christ?
- To conquer your fears, surrender them to the Lord.
- It is difficult to stand on a pedestal and wash the feet of those below.
- The cross of Christ - the crossroads to heaven or hell.
- Fruitful service grows in the soil of faithful worship.
(Submitted by a reader - R.K. - Some Thoughts to Consider)
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