Gems for the Week
September 21 - 23
"Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree."
(1 Peter 2:24)
"The Lord knoweth how to reserve the . . . unjust unto the day
of judgment to be punished." (2 Peter 2:9)
For the believer, the question of sin was settled at the cross; for the unbeliever, it is postponed to the day of judgment. (Sir Robert Anderson - The Gospel and the Ministry)
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"That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father,
and with His Son Jesus Christ." (1 John 1:3)
"We dwell in Him and He in us." There cannot be anything more intimate.
Although the epistle of John is very abstract, yet it is abstract about things that the very feeblest saint knows in Christ. God is brought down to our nature, for God can come down to us in our weakness in Christ. Paul unfolds to us the counsels of God in grace; whereas John may be called more abstract, because he speaks of the nature of God Himself. The purpose and object of God is to bring us into full fellowship with Himself. (J.N. Darby - 1 John - Lectures)
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"For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21)
"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. " (Philippians 3:7)
"But godliness with contentment is great gain." (1 Timothy 6:6)
- The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
- In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
- To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
(R.K. - Some Thoughts to Consider)
N.J. Hiebert # 3105
