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A sobering testimony for those sitting comfortably in the church.
There is a subject in the present day which demands the serious attention of all professing Christians. That subject is the Christian Sabbath, or Lord’s Day.It is a subject which is forced upon our notice. The minds of many are agitated by questions arising out of it. “Is the observance of a Sabbath binding on Christians? Have we any right to tell a man that to do his business or seek his pleasure on a Sunday is a sin? Is it desirable to open places of public amusement on the Lord’s Day?” All these are questions that are continually asked. They are questions to which we ought to be able to give a decided answer.
The subject is one on which “divers and strange doctrines” abound. Statements are continually made about Sunday, which plain unsophisticated readers of the Bible find it impossible to reconcile with the Word of God. If these statements proceeded only from the ignorant and irreligious part of the world, the defenders of the Sabbath would have no reason to be surprised. But they may well wonder when they find educated and religious persons among their adversaries. It is a melancholy truth that in some quarters the Sabbath is wounded by those who ought to be its best friends.
O Lord God,
Thou art my protecting arm,
fortress, refuge, shield, buckler.
Fight for me and my foes must flee;
Uphold me and I cannot fall;
Strengthen me and I stand unmoved, unmovable;
Equip me and I shall receive no wound;
Stand by me and Satan will depart;
Anoint my lips with a song of salvation
and I shall shout Thy victory;
Give me abhorrence of all evil,
as a vile monster that defies Thy law,
casts off Thy yoke,
defiles my nature,
spreads misery.
Teach me to look to Jesus on His cross
and so to know sin’s loathsomeness in Thy sight.
There is no pardon but through Thy Son’s death,
no cleansing but in His precious blood,
no atonement but His to expiate evil.
“But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” – Matthew 8:12“And when He [the Holy Spirit] has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” – John 16:8
WHY I WRITE
I don’t know why I am writing this today. I was sitting here at the computer, and suddenly felt an urge; a nudge from God to do so, I guess! A strange compelling it has been. In fact, I had much to get done this afternoon, and had no intention to write this even three hours ago. But I was strangely interrupted by that small, quiet voice; a compelling from God.
I haven’t written much on this subject in the past, nor have been overly compelled to do so. Perhaps I have avoided doing so because I haven’t really wanted to ‘re-live’ what I am about to share with you. But strangely, as I sat here this afternoon, I have was compelled of God to write.
So I pray my words and the short testimony that follows will be carried along by the Spirit of God to the one who HE intends this for. Someone is on His mind today, someone who needs to read these words! May God use them to awaken that soul to the awful truth about himself as a sinner in the hands of an angry God, and to the truth of the horrible consequences of his being separated from God for all eternity— by being cast into outer darkness. May God use this to save, perhaps, just one!
Let me show, “what the love of the Bible really is.”
I think it of great importance to have clear views on this point. It is precisely here that mistakes about love begin. Thousands delude themselves with the idea that they have “love,” when they don’t due from a downright ignorance of Scripture. Their love is not the love described in the Bible.
(a) The love of the Bible does not consist in giving to the poor. It is a common delusion to suppose that it does. Yet Paul tells us plainly that a man may “give all he possesses to the poor” (1 Corinthians 13:3), and not have love. That a loving man will “remember the poor,” there can be no question. (Galatians 6:10) That he will do all he can to assist them, relieve them, and lighten their burdens, I don’t for a moment deny. All I say is that this does not make up “love.” It is easy to spend a fortune in giving away money, and soup, and bread, and blankets, and clothing, and yet to be utterly destitute of Bible love.
(b) The love of the Bible does not consist in never disapproving anybody’s conduct. Here is another very common delusion! Read the rest of this entry »
“If you are a child of God then you are certainly going to be disciplined, because God is preparing you for holiness. He is not an indulgent father who hands out sweets indiscriminately and does not care what happens to us. God is holy, and He is preparing us for Himself and for glory; and because we are what we are, and because sin is in us, and because the world is what it is, we must needs be disciplined. So He sends us trials and tribulations in order to pull us up, and to conform us to ‘the image of His Son’.”
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