Gems from the Weekend
May 28-30
"And when (Jesus) had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter cam to Him, he said, If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But (Jesus) answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matthew 4:2-4)
Satan has power against pretension, against knowledge, but no power against obedience, if we are acting by the Word, with no will of our own. With Jesus, Satan was baffled, the strong man was bound, and the way in which He bound him was by simple obedience - "It is written." (Selected)
N.J. Hiebert # 2262
"Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." (James 1:22)
At the end of his initial consultation with a client, the famous psychoanalyst Alfred Adler would ask a perceptive question: "And what would you do if you were cured?" The patient would give an answer. Adler would listen, then get up, open the door, and reply, "Well, then do it!"
How do you get God's truth into your life? The answer is as obvious as it is ignored. In God's strength, and in loving obedience to Him, just do it! (H.W.R.)
N.J. Hiebert # 2263
"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,
and our hands have handled, of the Word of life." (1 John 1:1)
God manifest in the flesh! He was audible, visible and touchable. Yet despite this revelation His own rejected Him. They despised His teaching and stopped their ears. They refused to see who He was and acknowledge that His miracles were of God. Instead of embracing Him, they took Him and with wicked hands nailed Him to a tree. Centuries later we have come to know this Word of Life as the Saviour of our souls. Thank God that He came to earth to endure the cross and conquer sin and death for us! (Crawford Paul)
N.J. Hiebert # 2264
