Gems for the Week
November 23 - 25
"But he that received one (talent) went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money." (Matthew 25:18)
A Christian once said to John Wesley. "My talent is to speak my mind." "Well, brother," replied the great preacher, "The lord would not mind if you buried that talent."
"Speaking the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15) is much better. (TCN - 1983)
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"Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave."
(Song of Solomon 8:6)
Does death take a strong hold of its victim? Oh, how strong! - what a hold! - such is the strength - the hold of the Saviour's love. Think of the grasp - the hold which death takes - think of the almighty grasp, the eternal hold of the Saviour's love. The similitude is appalling - overwhelming - the reality, consoling, comforting, refreshing, and strengthening, beyond all measure. Oh! the deep, vast, profound, immeasurable, untraceable, glories of the Saviour's love! - No Equal (Selected)
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"Think on these things." (Philippians 4:8)
- The age of responsibility is when we put our own will in opposition to God's will.
- If we're honest with ourselves, what we want is our own way - and our own way is what always gets us into trouble. The blessing comes from God's will.
- The worst thing that could happen, once we're saved, is to be allowed to go our own way. We are always in His sovereign will; let us seek to be in His directive will.
- God always desires grace and peace for His family. Peace is always in the measure in which we understand and appreciate grace.
- There can be no communion without self-judgment, and no worship without communion.
- Holiness is the abhorrence of evil, with delight in good. (Things to Think About - Sep-Oct. 1983)
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