Jesus answered "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."John 14v6.
Jesus the Head Cornerstone (The external Angle) Ps.118v22 and Acts 4v11.
There is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved. Acts 4v12
THE LAW OF THE CROSS (Read John 12:20-26) Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. - John 12:24
The principle that the Lord Jesus taught in John 12:24 about a grain of wheat dying before it can produce fruit was fully expressed in His own death on a cross and resurrection from death. We too need to live each day by this law of the cross - HVL. Grains of wheat produce a harvest When they're planted in the soil; Once we die to self, we'll harvest Fruit eternal from our toil. - Sper A buried seed bears fruit; A selfless life reaps an eternal harvest. Do you want to accept Jesus as your Savior? How do you receive God's gift of forgiveness and eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. He bought it for you by dying on the cross. 1.Turn from all you know to be wrong. 2. Put your faith in Jesus the Savior. 3. Be willing to receive what God wants to give you. 4. Put Jesus first and in charge of the rest of your life. 5. Say the Prayer to God; the choice is yours now! All you have to do is ask Him! Life is short. ETERNITY IS FOREVER! Pray now the sinners prayer:
Lord Jesus, I'm sorry for the wrong things in my life, Thank you for dying on the cross to pay for my forgiveness. I'm putting my trust in you as my Savior. I surrender my life to you as my Lord, and ask you to help me live a life that pleases you. AMEN!
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Good as it is to “handle a matter wisely,” it is far better to“trust in the Lord.” The former is really impossible except through the latter.
Prudence gains men respect and success: He that handles a matter wisely (that is master of his trade and makes it to appear he understands what he undertakes, that is considerate in his affairs, and, when he speaks or writes on any subject, does it pertinently) shall find good, shall come into good repute, and perhaps may make a good hand of it.
But it is piety only that will secure men's true happiness: Those that handle a matter wisely, if they are proud and lean to their own understanding, though they may find some good, yet they will have no great satisfaction in it; but he that trusts in the Lord, and not in his own wisdom, happy is he, and shall speed better at last. Some read the former part of the verse so as to expound it of piety, which is indeed true wisdom: He that attends to the word (the word of God, Pro_13:13) shall find good in it and good by it. And whoso trusts in the Lord, in his word which he attends to, is happy.
Pro 13:13 Ignore the Word and suffer; honor God's commands and grow rich.
the word — that is, of advice, or, instruction (compare Pro_10:27; Pro_11:31).
Proverbs 13:13 Whoever despises the Word shall be destroyed.(Man’s destruction)
The more literal rendering would be, “He that despises the Word shall bring ruin on himself.” This is a great law of the Biblical revelation—namely, that destruction is not a merely arbitrary act on the part of God, a mere penalty, but that it involves the idea of suicide or self-ruin. The law of reward and also the law of punishment are to be found within ourselves. (J. Parker, D.D.)
16th November Back to the Bible daily by disciple John John 5:22-23 For the Father judges no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which hath sent him.
It tells us in Matthew 25:31-32 When our Lord Jesus comes with all the holy angels with him, he will sit on the throne of His glory and all the nations will be gathered before Him and He will sort His sheep from the goats.
You and I are His sheep, and the goats represent all unbelievers and those who love and practice sin. We are at a time in our Churches when judgement is not talked about because the fear of God is not considered important any more. You and I who walk with God must like Paul be aware of the terror of the Lord and what is going to happen to most of our friends and neighbors who are unbelievers unless they repent and turn to Christ Jesus.
Secondly we are told we should honor the Son just as the father is honored. The reason is because the Son has been given the authority to sit on the great white throne of judgement, and we must recognize He is equal to the Father. This means that we equally give honor to the Son as we give honor to the Father. And God the Holy Spirit. Lord Jesus is the only way to the Father, and no one goes to the Father accept through Him.
Prayer: Thank you our Father God for showing us the importance of giving honor to your son our Savior and recognizing that He will sit on the great white throne to judge the world. That your will be done and your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
It all started in September 1918 and the place was a house on a farm near a canal at Cambridgeshire England. Simon Drake a young man of 14 years just finished at local school.
I went to bed as normal that September evening as soon as it got dark and I read something out of my Bible by candle light.
Mathew 21:22And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
The words seemed to be highlighted, and stand out from all the words around them. I thought these are the words of God the Son, Jesus Christ, and if they are true, then why is the world not being changed? Why is there so much poverty and hardship. Why do we have the workhouse and people begging on the streets in the cities.
THAT NIGHT AS HE WAS VISITED BY AN ANGLE SENT BY GOD:
It was as I slept that night I had a dream and in that dream I was sat on my bed in my room, when a person appeared in front
of me who was in a white gown and was shinning brightly, and lit up the room. I knew that i should not be frightened, and he called me by name and said "Simon, do not be afraid as I come from God to tell you that you are the vessel God is going to use
to show His love for the world. When you wake up I want you to visit Silas Brown who lives in a house in Littleport in the High Street and he works as a cobbler."
That started Simon Drake training as a Servant of God and then full of the Holy Ghost power from God, using mighty signs and wonders obeying and serving God.
Proverbs 4 vs 20-27
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings (MY WORDS).
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:20-27
Solomon, having warned us not to do evil, here teaches us how to do well. It is not enough for us to shun the occasions of sin, but we must study the methods of duty.
I. We must have a continual regard to the word of God and endeavor that it may be always ready to us.
1. The sayings of wisdom must be our principles by which we must govern ourselves, our monitors to warn us of duty and danger; and therefore, (1.) We must receive them readily: “Incline thy ear to them (Pro_4:20); humbly bow to them; diligently listen to them.” The attentive hearing of the word of God is a good sign of a work of grace begun in the heart and a good means of carrying it on. It is to be hoped that those are resolved to do their duty who are inclined to know it. (2.) We must retain them carefully (Pro_4:21); we must lay them before us as our rule: “Let them not depart from thy eyes; view them, review them, and in every thing aim to conform to them.” We must lodge them within us, as a commanding principle, the influences of which are diffused throughout the whole man: “Keep them in the midst of thy heart, as things dear to thee, and which thou art afraid of losing.” Let the word of God be written in the heart, and that which is written there will remain.
2. The reason why we must thus make much of the words of wisdom is because they will be both food and physic to us, like the tree of life, Rev_22:2; Eze_47:12. Those that seek and find them, find and keep them, shall find in them, (1.) Food: For they are life unto those that find them, Pro_4:22. As the spiritual life was begun by the word as the instrument of it, so by the same word it is still nourished and maintained. We could not live without it; we may by faith live upon it. (2.) Physic. They are health to all their flesh, to the whole man, both body and soul; they help to keep both in good plight. They are health to all flesh, so the Septuagint. There is enough to cure all the diseases of this dis-tempered world. They are a medicine to all their flesh (so the word is), to all their corruptions, for they are called flesh, to all their grievances, which are as thorns in the flesh. There is in the word of God a proper remedy for all our spiritual maladies.
II. We must keep a watchful eye and a strict hand upon all the motions of our inward man, Pro_4:23. Here is, 1. A great duty required by the laws of wisdom, and in order to our getting and preserving wisdom: Keep thy heart with all diligence. God, who gave us these souls, gave us a strict charge with them: Man, woman, keep thy heart; take heed to thy spirit, Deu_4:9. We must maintain a holy jealousy of ourselves, and set a strict guard, accordingly, upon all the avenues of the soul; keep our hearts from doing hurt and getting hurt, from being defiled by sin and disturbed by trouble; keep them as our jewel, as our vineyard; keep a conscience void of offence; keep out bad thoughts; keep up good thoughts; keep the affections upon right objects and in due bounds. Keep them with all keeping (so the word is); there are many ways of keeping things - by care, by strength, by calling in help, and we must use them all in keeping our hearts; and all little enough, so deceitful are they, Jer_17:9. Or above all keeping; we must keep our hearts with more care and diligence than we keep any thing else. We must keep our eyes (Job_31:1), keep our tongues (Psa_34:13), keep our feet (Ecc_5:1), but, above all, keep our hearts. 2. A good reason given for this care, because out of it are the issues of life. Out of a heart well kept will flow living issues, good products, to the glory of God and the edification of others. Or, in general, all the actions of the life flow from the heart, and therefore keeping that is making the tree good and healing the springs. Our lives will be regular or irregular, comfortable or uncomfortable, according as our hearts are kept or neglected.
III. We must set a watch before the door of our lips, that we offend not with out tongue (Pro_4:24): Put away from thee a froward mouth and perverse lips. Our hearts being naturally corrupt, out of them a great deal of corrupt communication is apt to come, and therefore we must conceive a great dread and detestation of all manner of evil words, cursing, swearing, lying, slandering, brawling, filthiness, and foolish talking, all which come from a froward mouth and perverse lips, that will not be governed either by reason or religion, but contradict both, and which are as unsightly and ill-favored before God as a crooked distorted mouth drawn awry is before men. All manner of tongue sins, we must, by constant watchfulness and steadfast resolution, put from us, put far from us, abstaining from all words that have an appearance of evil and fearing to learn any such words.
IV. We must make a covenant with our eyes: “Let them look right on and straight before thee, Pro_4:25. Let the eye be fixed and not wandering; let it not rove after every thing that presents itself, for then it will be diverted form good and ensnared in evil. Turn it from beholding vanity; let thy eye be single and not divided; let thy intentions be sincere and uniform, and look not asquint at any by-end.” We must keep our eye upon our Master, and be careful to approve ourselves to him; keep our eye upon our rule, and conform to that; keep our eye upon our mark, the prize of the high calling, and direct all towards that. Oculum in metam - The eye upon the goal.
V. We must act considerately in all we do (Pro_4:26): Ponder the path of thy feet, weigh it (so the word is); “put the word of God in one scale, and what thou hast done, or art about to do, in the other, and see how they agree; be nice and critical in examining whether thy way be good before the Lord and whether it will end well.” We must consider our past ways and examine what we have done, and our present ways, what we are doing, whither we are going, and see that we walk circumspectly. It concerns us to consider what are the duties and what the difficulties, what are the advantages and what the dangers, of our way, that we may act accordingly. “Do nothing rashly.”
VI. We must act with steadiness, caution, and consistency: “Let all thy ways be established (Pro_4:26) and be not unstable in them, as the double-minded man is; halt not between two, but go on in an even uniform course of obedience; turn not to the right hand not to the left, for there are errors on both hands, and Satan gains his point if he prevails to draw us aside either way. Be very careful to remove thy foot from evil; take heed of extremes, for in them there is evil, and let thy eyes look right on, that you may keep the golden mean.” Those that would approve themselves wise must always be watchful.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned - In Adam, and in their own persons; by a sinful nature, sinful tempers, and sinful actions. And are fallen short of the glory of God - The supreme end of man; short of his image on earth, and the enjoyment of him in heaven. John 3:20
That does evil - Every wicked person.
Hates the light - This is true of all wicked men. They choose to practice their deeds of wickedness in darkness. They are afraid of the light, because they could be easily detected. Hence, most crimes are committed in the night. So with the sinner against God. He hates the gospel, for it condemns his conduct, and his conscience would trouble him if it were enlightened.
His deeds should be reproved - To “reprove” here means not only to “detect” or make manifest, but also includes the idea of “condemnation” when his deeds are detected. The gospel would make his wickedness manifest, and his conscience would condemn him. We learn from this verse:
1.that one design of the gospel is “to reprove” men. It convicts them of sin in order that it may afford consolation.
2.that men by nature “hate” the gospel. No man who is a sinner loves it; and no man by nature is disposed to come to it, any more than an adulterer or thief is disposed to come to the daylight, and do his deeds of wickedness there.
3.The reason why the gospel, is hated is that men are sinners. “Christ is hated because sin is loved.”
4.The sinner must be convicted or convinced of sin. If it be not in this world, it will be in the next. There is no escape for him; and the only way to avoid condemnation in the world to come is to come humbly and acknowledge sin here, and seek for pardon.
All Freely Justified by Grace
Rom_3:21-31
From the universal need the Apostle turns to the all-sufficient remedy. The Law and the Prophets hinted dimly at justification by faith, but did not unveil it. God’s way of justification is to impute righteousness to the believer. He places us in that position in law, before proceeding by the Holy Spirit to bring us into the condition of holiness. The perfect day is imputed to the dawn, the perfect flower to the seed, the finished picture to the crude sketch. As soon as we trust in Jesus we are viewed as standing in Him and justified before the Law; but before us lies the great work of assimilation to His perfect likeness by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
It is sin to come short, Rom_3:23; and who among us has fulfilled his possibilities of godlikeness? Rom_3:24; Gen_1:26-27. Though justification costs us nothing but the sacrifice of our pride, it has cost Christ His own blood, Rom_3:25. The propitiatory, or mercy seat, was the golden lid of the Ark which the high priest sprinkled with blood. See Heb_9:5. Faith has no room in her household for vaunting and boasting, Rom_3:27. The Law is best honored when the Lawgiver, dwelling within us, fulfills it through us.
If you have not made a commitment to God yet! You need to talk to him now while you have this opportunity. Only through faith in Christ alone is there hope. PRAY NOWto Jesus Christ who died to save you. REPENT OF ALL YOUR SINS turn away from them,to God.Whatever it costs,heaven is cheap at any cost! Life is short. ETERNITY IS FOREVER!
LORD JESUS YOU DIED FOR MY SINS AT CALVARY, CLEANSE ME OF ALL MY SINS BY THE POWER OF YOUR BLOOD, COME INTO MY LIFE AND HELP ME TO FOLLOW YOU FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS, IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME AMEN.
