Gems worth reading
January 12
"Let him that is athirst COME." (Revelation 22:17)
Living water is for ever streaming from that Rock. In the ten commandments it is, "Thou shalt not;" but to whom was it ever said by God, "Thou shalt not touch the waters which I have caused to flow from the Smitten Rock?" No! but He says, "Whosoever will, let him take of the waters of life freely." (Revelation 21:6) God has found a living stream in Christ in Christ for poor sinners, and while the world lasts living waters will still be gushing forth. As long as the Spirit and the bride say, "Come," those life-giving waters will be flowing. (Gleanings of G.V. Wigram)
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January 13
"O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called." (1 Timothy 6:20)
The late Oswald Chambers made a very pertinent remark. "If the Bible agreed with modern science, it would soon be out of date, because in the very nature of things modern science is bound to change." The late Professor Thomas H. Huxley said, "The great and frequent tragedy of science is a beautiful hypothesis killed by an ugly fact." Never were there truer or more devastating statements.
Science is always changing for the simple reason that a large proportion of so-called science is not really science, but merely theory unsupported by facts. It was so even in ancient times, for the Apostle's advice to young Timothy was, "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust avoiding profane and vain babblings, and opposition of science falsely so-called." What shattering expressions - "PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS" and "FALSELY SO-CALLED"!
Science, if it be really science, cannot change, for really ascertained knowledge must remain knowledge. One thing is certain. God is the Author alike of true science and the Bible. Therefore there can be no contradiction between them. (A.J. Pollock - Why I Believe the Bible)
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January 14
"They crucified Him . . . and sitting down they watched Him there.
(Matthew 27:35-36)
"Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music."
(Lamentations 3:63)
When we see Thee as the Victim
Nailed to the accursed tree,
For our guilt and folly stricken,
All our judgment borne by Thee,
Lord, we own, with, with hearts adoring,
Thou hast washed us in Thy blood,
Glory, glory everlasting,
Be to Thee, Thou Lamb of God!
(J. G. Deck)
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January 15
"It is good for me to draw near to God." (Psalm 73:28)
The absolutely perfect and living rule is the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Him all written rules are united in one solitary living example. . . . Happy is he who keeps by His side to learn how one ought to walk.
The great point is to be nearer Him in heart than even the work, and then we do the work from Him an din some measure as He would.
A time of retirement is a very good thing in our service. it puts us before God instead of our work before us, and makes us feel, too, that our work is in His hands and not our own. I remember when I used to be ill every year, I always felt if I had been near enough to God I should no t have needed it.
When one is near heaven, when Jesus is all, one place scarcely differs from another; God remains God, holy and love, and man remains man. (J.N.D. - Pilgrims Portion for the Day of Rest)
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