Gems for the Week
September 1 - 4
"And a certain woman said . . . if I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole. (She) fell down before Him (Jesus) and told Him all the truth. And He saidunto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole." (Mark 5:25-34)
FAITH is a divine plant that only grows out of the soil of a broken will. (Edward Dennett)
N.J. Hiebert # 3082
"Occupy till I come." (Luke 19:13)
I am never really in the spirit of service if I do not remember that Christ is an absent and rejected Lord. I am . . . a servant who has to recognize the sorrowful fact that his Master has been rejected and insulted here. Is it not a tender thought that the very sorrows and insults which have been heaped upon Him here are so many fresh claims on one's affections? (J.G. Bellett)
N.J. Hiebert # 3083
"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,whereby they lie in wait to deceive."
(Ephesians 4:14)
It is very helpful to see in Ephesians 4 that if you were well grown you would not be "tossed to and fro," The higher you go the safer you are - a fine principle, hence Satan would prevent us from going to the top. (Footprints for Pilgrims)
N.J. Hiebert # 3084
"And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one." (John 17:22)
The more your soul apprehends the glory of Christ's person, the more you are delivered from everything else; and so, unconsciously to yourself, you will become superior to everything here. (E.P Corrin)
N.J. Hiebert # 3085
"I declare unto you the gospel . . . Christ died for our sins . . .
He was buried . . . He rose again the third day . . .
we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible . . .and we shall be changed." (1 Corinthians 15)
". . .caught up together with them (dead in Christ) in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
(1 Thessalonians 4)
If you do not preach the coming of the Lord you only preach a half gospel. (Edward Dennett)
N.J. Hiebert # 3086
