The Paths Of The Oceans
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Psalms 8:8
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The Ministry Of The Spirit
The ministry of the Spirit of God in the heart is a most important one, for it is by Him, the very Spirit of Christ, that the believer can walk by faith, and live in a manner worthy of God. "All in Christ, by the Holy Spirit, for the glory of God, all else is nothing." (Theodore Monod)
The Lord Our Constant Keeper
It is one thing for God to declare that He is our constant Keeper. It is quite another for the believer to lay hold of Him for it, and to live consistently by the promise. The believer is called upon to believe God to guard our going out and our coming in, from this time forth, and forever.
The Imminent Return Of Christ
There is a remarkable promise associated with the return of Christ, or His appearing, and it applies to the living church, Christ's body, and every member of it. The promise is that for those who are alive when He comes for His bride, upon seeing Him, every child of God will be changed in an instant and be like Him, spotless, complete, made sinless, with a glorified body like that of Christ.
Listening To God
If there is one truth that concerns God's relationship with man, it is that God speaks to man. This is plainly declared in Scripture and revealed in very many instances. The is not if God speaks or not, but if man is willing to hear Him speak. Jesus said that if any man is willing to do the will of God, he will know if the words spoken are of God or of man. When God speaks, whether softly or strongly, it is always clear. He does not speak to hear Himself speak, but to communicate the eternal truths of Life to the man who will listen.
When God Moves Mightily
There are times when to mortal man God moves mightily. This might affect nations, peoples, history, and conquests. Often this is a result of the need to break up, or break through the resistance of the enemy, and that of unbelieving men, so that Christ's kingdom will come, and His will be done. This same Mighty God can also work quietly in the heart to accomplish the same objective, and this for His glory and the blessing of men.
The Rest Which Christ Gives
Often in Paul's letters he speaks of the God of Peace. Jesus spoke a good deal of this peace of God, as it is a gift by the Spirit of God to every believer. To know Christ's rest, His peace, and the blessed calm of His presence, one must take Himl by faith as one's peace. As one is surrendered to Him, and is utterly dependent upon Him for all, He gives His peace, a peace that passes understanding.
The Overcoming Life Of Christ
There is but one overcoming life, and it is that of Christ. It is as the believer abides in Christ, first of all in worship, but then in the course of life every day, that His overcoming strength is known. Christ IS our life, but we must take Him by faith to be such.
Seeking Things Above
The believer in Christ, born of the Spirit, is a new creation in Christ. As such, he is not only crucified with Christ, buried with Him, but raised with Him, and presently seated with Him in heavenly places. The call of God is that the believer live by faith in the risen Christ who is seated at the right hand of the Father. To seek things above, is to seek Christ, and receive from Him all for the glorifying of His name, and the doing of His will.
Overcoming The Accuser Of The Brethren
In the spiritual battle that is very real on this earth, the believer is constantly facing "the accuser of the brethren." Satan's tactics include not only condemning the believer, and making him to receive it, but to accuse him before God "day and night." There is but one remedy, and it is Christ, by the power of His precious blood, taking one's stand of belonging wholly to Christ in life or in death. In doing so, all ground is removed as a basis for the enemy to accuse. When God cleanses from sin, and justifies the believer, there is no more basis for accusation. It is then that the believer is to submit to God, and resist the devil, believing the certain promise that he must and will flee.
Christ Our Shield
In Paul's writings he brings the reader, and disciple to consider this: "Christ is all and in all." He does this because it is true. He does it also because the believer is called upon to trust Christ for everything, as Christ desires to be all to the believer. Will the believer this side of heaven know the perfect fulness of Christ all the time? No, but as he learns and increasingly practices the way of faith, he will know that Christ is sufficient for every need, his all in all.