Gems worth pondering
June 14
"Because thou art luke warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
(Revelation 3:16)
Since the first decline of the Church, there is nothing that the saint should more fear, than anything bordering on lukewarmness; because that is the condition of the Church characteristically when it shall be spued out of Christ's mouth - when it shall for ever cease to be for Him here on earth; and the moment we see anything in ourselves, tending to this lukewarmness, we should earnestly attend to His word, "be zealous and repent." To do this, would be not only to refuse and denounce all neutrality, but to be valiant for the truth. Repentance does not only denounce the wrong, but it scrupulously and earnestly asserts and maintains the right. (Thought for the Day - Reprinted from "A Voice to the Faithful)
N.J. Hiebert # 3735
June 15
"This Paul has persuaded and turned away much people."
(Acts 19:26)
"These men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess."
(Acts 19:37)
The second comment was made by the Ephesian city clerk. What a testimony to the value of presenting the truth rather than criticizing error. That Paul's preaching had been effective was evident, but it was done without balspheming the Ephesian's goddess. The Ephesians had been drawn to a greater attraction than even "great Diana of the Ephesians." We need to preach Christ - the flawless alternative to the heresies and emptiness of the world's philosophies and religions. Evangelize; don't antagonize. (GARRY W. SEALE)
Caught, and handed onward by the wise,
Truth never dies.
N.J. Hiebert # 3736
June 16
"I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous
are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."
(Psalm 139:14)
THE HUMAN BODY
The Christian anatomist, gazing upon the conformation of the human body, exclaims, "fearfully and wonderfully made."
- No embroidery so elaborate,
- No gauze so delicate,
- No colour so exquisite.
- No mechanism so graceful,
- No handiwork so divine.
So quietly and mysteriously does the human body perform its functions, that it was not until five thousand years after the creation of the race that the circulation of the blood was discovered; and though anatomists of all countries and ages have been so long exploring this castle of life, they have only begun now to understand it. (T. DE WITT TALMAGE - Born 1832)
N.J. Hiebert # 3737
June 17
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."
(Galatians 5:22,23)
The fruit of the Spirit begins with LOVE. There are nine graces spoken of, and of these nine Paul puts LOVE at the head of the list; LOVE is the first thing, the first in that precious cluster of fruit. Someone has said that all the other eight can be put in terms of LOVE.
- Joy is LOVE exulting;
- Peace is LOVE in repose,
- Long-suffering is LOVE on trial,
- Gentleness is LOVE in society,
- Goodness is LOVE in action,
- Faith is LOVE on the battlefield,
- Meekness is LOVE at school, and,
- Temperance is LOVE in training.
So it is LOVE all the way; LOVE at the top, LOVE at the bottom , and all the way along down this list of graces (D.L.MOODY - Year Book)
N.J. Hiebert # 3738
