Gems for the Week
August 29 - 31
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee." (Isaiah 43:2)
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Wendall Moore was wheeling his wife Florence to the surgical unit of a hospital when the nurse said, "You can't go in there; she must go in alone." He answered calmly, "She will not be alone, for the Lord will be there." It is true. He is with us in sickness; He tenderly healed so many. He is with us in sadness; behold His tears at the tomb of Lazarus. He is with us in solitude; Paul could say, "All men forsook me; notwithstanding the Lord stood by me." And He will be with you in whatever sorrow you have today. (Neil Dougal)
N.J. Hiebert # 2719
"Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not Mine,
but His that sent Me." (John 7:16)
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It is a very serious thing to attach undue importance or give an undue place to men, how much they may be used in the Lord's work. We have seen the work marred and workmen morally ruined by this very thing. It is a fatal mistake. Men are taken out of the place in which God has put them. They are lauded, lionized, and gazed at as a sort of phenomenon. In this way, they are lifted into an entirely false position, like a person walking on stilts, and then some terrible fall comes, to bring them to their senses, and recall them to their true place.
See how the blessed Master ever retired from human applause and human excitement. When men wondered at His teaching, He said, "My doctrine is not Mine but His that sent me." Oh, to drink more of His spirit and walk in His footsteps! To be well content to be a nothing and a nobody, so that Christ may be magnified! (C.H Mackintosh)
N.J. Hiebert # 2720
"For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God
in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Forgiveness is not the same as the curse, and paying a debt is very different from demanding the money. It is quite just to demand payment, but if the debtor has nothing to pay, he is ruined; whereas, if he pays, he is set free. Christ has done more; not only does He pay the debt, but He has acquired glory for those that believe. Not only has He freed the debtor from his debts, but He has given him an immense fortune in God's presence." (J.N. Darby - Notes on Mark's Gospel)
N.J. Hiebert # 2721
