Thursday, February 13, 2014

Qualifying for the Kingdom Feb.13


"Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." Mark 10:15 "Christ does not acknowledge any caste, color, or grade as necessary to become a subject of His kingdom. Admittance to His kingdom does not depend upon wealth or a superior heredity. But those who are born of the Spirit are the subjects of His kingdom. Spiritual character is that which will be recognized by Christ. His kingdom is not of this world. His subjects are those who are partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And this grace is given them of God. Christ does not find His subjects fitted for His kingdom, but He qualifies them by His divine power. Those who have been dead in trespasses and sins are quickened to spititual life. The faculties which God has given them for holy purposes are refined, purified, and exalted, and they are led to form characters after the divine similitude.... Christ draws them to Himself by an unseen power. He is the light of life, and He imbues them with His own Spirit. As they are drawn into the spititual atmos- phere, they see that they have been made the sport of Satan's temptations, and that they have been under his dominion; but they break the yoke of fleshly lust, and refuse to be the servants of sin....They realize that they have exchanged captains, and they take their directions from the lips of Jesus. As a servant looks to his master, and as a maid looks to her mistress, so these souls, drawn by the cords of love to Christ, constantly look unto Him who is the Author and Finisher of their faith. By beholding Jesus, by obeying His requirements, they increase in the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ whom He hath sent. Thus they become changed into His image from character to character until they are distinguished from the world, and it can be written of them: "Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy" (1 Peter 2:9, 10).

Saturday, February 8, 2014

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Our Ruler in the Heavens Feb. 5


"The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all." Psalms 103:19 "The three Hebrews were called upon to confess Christ in the face of the burning fiery furnace. They had been commanded by the king to fall down and worship the golden image which he had set up, and threatened that if they would not, they should be cast alive into the fiery furnace, but they answered, "We are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, now worship the golden image which thou hast set up" (Dan. 3:16-18). To bow down when in prayer to God is the proper attitude to occupy. ...But such an act was homage to be rendered to God alone...,the Ruler of the universe; and these three Hebrews refused to give such honor to any idol even though composed of pure gold. In doing so, they would, to all intents and purposed, be bowing to the king of Babylon....They suffered the penalty....But Christ came in person and walked with them through the fire, and they received no harm. This miracle produced a striking change in the minds of the people. The great golden image, set up with such display, was forgotten. The king published a decree that anyone speaking against the God of these man should be put to death.... These faithful Hebrews possessed great natural ability, they had enjoyed the highest intellectual culture, and now occupied a position of honor; but all this did not lead them to forget God. Their powers were yielded to the sanctifying influence of the divine grace....In their wonderful deliverance were displayed, before that vast assembly, the power and majesty of God. Jesus placed Himself by their side in the fiery furnace, and by the glory of His presence convinced the proud king of Babylon that it could be no other than the Son of God....By the deliverance of His faithful servants, the Lord declares that He will take His stand with the oppressed and overthrow all earthly powers that would trample upon the authority of the God of heaven."

Christ The Second Adam Feb. 3


God's Amazing Grace The King and His Subjects "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." 1Cor. 15:22 "The fall of man filled all heaven with sorrow.... The Son of God, heaven's glorious Commander, was touched with pity for the fallen race. His heart was moved with infinite compassion as the woes of the lost world rose up before Him. But divine love had conceived a plan whereby man might be redeemed. The broken law of God demanded the life of the sinner. In all the universe there was but one who could, in behalf of man, satisfy its claims. Since the divine law is as sacred as God Himself, only one equal with God could make atonement for its transgression. None but Christ could redeem fallen man from the curse of the law, and bring him again into harmony with Heaven. Christ would take upon Himself the guilt and shame of sin-sin so offensive to a holy god that it must separate the Father and His Son. Christ would reach to the depths of misery to rescue the ruined race.... The plan of salvation had been laid before the creation of the earth;...yet it was a struggle, even with the King of the universe, to yield up His Son to die for the guilty race....Oh, the mystery of redemption! the love of God for a world that did not love Him! ...Through endless ages immortal minds, seeking to comprehend the mystery of that incomprehensible love, will wonder and adore. Christ is called the second Adam. In purity and holiness, connected with God and beloved by God, He began where the first Adam began.... Christ was tempted by Satan in a hundredfold severer manner than was Adam, and under circumstances in every way more trying. The deceiver presented himself as and angel of light, but Christ withstood his temptations. He redeemed Adam's disgraceful fall, and saved the world....He lived the law of God, and honored it in a world of transgression, revealing to the heavenly universe, to Satan, and to all the fallen sons and daughters of Adam that through His grace humanity can keep the law of God.... Christ's victory was as complete as had been Adam's failute. So we may resist temptation, and force Satan to depart from us."

Nature, the Key to Unlock Treasure House of God's Word, April 18

Growing in Wisdom and Knowledge Consider the wondrous works of God ... the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge. Job 37:14-1...