Bible Gems

October 30

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)
 
    A certain man when asked about his family tree said: "I am ashamed of my ancestors!  My mother was a thief; my father was a receiver of stolen property; and my elder brother was a murderer!"
    When told by his shocked hearers that he did not look as though he came from that type of ancestry, he said: "My mother was EVE, my father was ADAM, and my elder brother was CAIN who killed his brother, ABEL!"
    Our old standing in Adam is nothing to boast about; but if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature - or there is a new creation.  Old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).  We lose our old standing in Adam, and gain a new standing in Christ, where we can say:
- God is my Father;
- Christ is my Lord and Saviour;
- The Holy Spirit is my Comforter, Guide and Teacher;
- The people of God are my companions!    (Selected)
 
N.J. Hiebert # 3508 

October 31

"For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."  (Matthew 12:34)
 
- A word from your heart speaks volumes about your heart.
- To be a disciple is to be a loyal subject of the King of kings.
- God's unseen work in our hearts produces fruit in our lives.
- God's armour is tailor made for us, but we must put it on.
- Will your life be a blessing or a blot.
- The wonder of it all - just to think that God loves me.
(Some Thoughts to Consider - R.K.)
 
N.J. Hiebert # 3509 

November 1

Too Busy to Keep a Solemn Charge? 

"Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside,

and brought a man unto me, and said, keep this man . . .  And as thy servant

was busy HERE AND THERE, he was gone . . ."  (1 Kings 20:39,40)   

    What a sobering moral principle quoted above.  A man was charged with the keeping of another.  Other responsibilities, however, intruded taking his valuable time from guarding his charge - "Thy servant was busy here and there."  It was then, in the midst of the busy 'heres and theres'  that the one to be kept was found to be gone.  The ruinous press of other activities allowed that most important service to go unheeded.

    With each child God gives parents He also gives a most solemn charge to keep that child.  ". . . Take this child away, and nurse him for me. . . ." (Exodus 2:7).  Be careful dear parents that your lives do not become so busy with all those "heres and theres" that you morally lose your children in the press of the constant demands made for your time.  If you lose your children because of the care of other matters and they are as it were, gone, then gone too are the priceless opportunities to mold them in faith and love for your Lord Jesus.  (The Christian Shepherd - June 2008)

N.J. Hiebert # 3510