“When it pleased God . . to reveal His Son in me.” Galatians 1:15, 16
If Jesus Christ is to regenerate me, what is the problem He is up against? I have a heredity I had no say in; I am not holy, nor likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is to tell me I must be holy, His teaching plants despair.…
“That I may know Him.” Philippians 3:10
The initiative of the saint is not towards self-realization, but towards knowing Jesus Christ. The spiritual saint never believes circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular and sacred; he sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing the knowledge of Jesus Christ.…
Here is a great quote –
“If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea. Put everything in your life afloat upon God, going out to sea on the great swelling tide of His purpose, and your eyes will be opened.
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“Jesus leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves.” Mark 9:2
We have all had times on the mount, when we have seen things from God’s standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there.…
“One thing thou lackest: . . come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” Mark 10:21
The rich young ruler had the master passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus Christ, he wanted to be like Him. Our Lord never puts personal holiness to the fore when He calls a disciple; He puts absolute annihilation of my right to myself and identification with Himself – a relationship with Himself in which there is no other relationship.…
“Lord, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest.” Luke 9:57
[The verse refers to the passage entitled "The Cost of Following Jesus" (NIV) where several people want to follow Jesus, but Jesus discourages them.] Our Lord’s attitude to this man is one of severe discouragement because He knew what was in man.…
“The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water.” John 4:14
The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a channel but a fountain. “Be being filled,” and the sweetness of vital relationship to Jesus will flow out of the saint as lavishly as it is imparted to him.…
“Why are ye fearful, 0 ye of little faith?” Matthew 8:26
When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him.…
“And he saw him no more.” 2 Kings 2:12
It is not wrong to depend upon Elijah as long as God gives him to you, but remember the time will come when he will have to go; when he stands no more to you as your guide and leader, because God does not intend he should.…
The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends ~Job 42:10
A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are never found in the New Testament. …
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