| QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #7907] |
Mon, 06 June 2011 11:05  |
 grandom
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In my early Christian experience I set out to read the Bible, taking the promises at face value, believing the Scriptures as I found them without benefit of footnotes or commentaries. I began with Genesis and was claiming everything for myself when I was informed that those promises were for the Jews! My ardor was dampened but I did not want to lay hold of anything that did not belong to me, so I moved into the New Testament and began to appropriate the blessings of the Sermon on the Mount when again I was interrupted and duly notified that all those things belonged to the Kingdom Age. Not wanting to trespass on the Kingdom Age, whatever that was, I started over in the Acts and was daring to claim some if not all the fruits of Pentecost when I was again reminded that the Acts covered a transitional period and that we were not to press those matters too literally! By then, I did not know which promises were mine nor could I stand with confidence on any passage of Scripture lest some divider of the Word might come along like a policeman to order me off private property. In desperation I said, “Lord, I’ve heard of a man without a country, and I’m becoming a Christian without a Bible. Give me a verse I can claim for my own.” He answered with one I have stood upon ever since: “. . .let God be true, but every man a liar .” (Romans 3:4)!
Vance Hafner
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #7929 is a reply to message #7925] |
Sat, 11 June 2011 12:10  |
grandom
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Beware of those who like to walk around in long robes.
Jesus Christ in Luke 20:46,NASB "Preachers and Priests.
[Updated on: Sat, 11 June 2011 12:13]
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #7993 is a reply to message #7956] |
Sat, 02 July 2011 14:36 |
james
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"Life's too short to fish with dead crickets"
I saw this on a truck bumper this morning, and also this one...
"Work is for people who don't know how to fish"
But before I could stop laughing I saw another that said...
"Many faiths. One journey. Same destination"
The Holy Spirit reminded me that Satan is still at work deceiving people, and I should be at work enlightening them...
"...Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #8063 is a reply to message #8008] |
Tue, 02 August 2011 02:24 |
james
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"Religion is sacrifice; relationship is obedience.
Religion is intent on cleaning the outside of the cup;
Relationship is intent on being cleansed on the inside."
quote taken from, "The Crucified Ones" by Charles E Newbold Jr.
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #8122 is a reply to message #8008] |
Tue, 16 August 2011 19:48 |
grandom
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I was particularly struck by Tozers devotion today.
Thought I would share it for those who may not receive it daily.
Evangelism: Such a Short Time
So he said to him, "Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding
garment?" And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants,
"Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
--Matthew 22:12-13
...we have such a short time to prepare for such a long time. By that
I mean we have now to prepare for then. We have an hour to prepare
for eternity. To fail to prepare is an act of moral folly. For anyone
to have a day given to prepare, it is an act of inexcusable folly to
let anything hinder that preparation. If we find ourselves in a
spiritual rut, nothing in the world should hinder us. Nothing in this
world is worth it. If we believe in eternity, if we believe in God,
if we believe in the eternal existence of the soul, then there is
nothing important enough to cause us to commit such an act of moral
folly.
Failing to get ready in time for eternity, and failing to get ready
now for the great then that lies out yonder, is a trap in plain
sight. There is an odd saying in the Old Testament, "How useless to
spread a net in full view of all the birds" (Proverbs 1:17). When the
man of God wrote that, he gave the birds a little credit. It would be
silly for a bird watching me set the trap to conveniently fly down
and get into it. Yet there are people doing that all the time. People
who have to live for eternity fall into that trap set for them in
plain sight. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church, 87-88.
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #8125 is a reply to message #8122] |
Wed, 17 August 2011 18:27 |
grandom
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"Dont eat your seed"
I`ve heard this from so many prosperity "preachers" I dont know who to give the credit to.
[Updated on: Thu, 18 August 2011 03:06]
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #8166 is a reply to message #8133] |
Tue, 30 August 2011 10:38 |
james
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"We should look to having our experiences shaped by God's Word
instead of allowing our understanding of God's Word to be shaped by our experiences."
Anonymous
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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| Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY [message #8447 is a reply to message #8244] |
Thu, 27 October 2011 15:12 |
james
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"I was looking for the church and I found it in the world...
I was looking for the world and found it in the church."
~Leonard Ravenhill
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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