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We Can’t Exclude God and Still Have Him (May 19)
If, as rationalists, we rule out the possibility of God revealing Himself, then we should get used to the idea of having no God at all. The only God that unaided human reason can believe in is a God who is little more than a question mark.
Obtained with Christ’s Blood (May 18)
If Christ bought the church with His blood, it is not our church to do with as we wish; it is His church. May we never quit calling it what it is. The church of God. The church which He bought with His Son’s blood. The church that belongs to Christ.
Qualities That Keep Us from God’s Best Blessings (May 19)
Consider the concept of “laziness” in regard to spiritual growth. Numerous texts in Proverbs speak of the general undesirability of being a sluggard (6:6-11). But sluggishness is more than a minor character flaw. It can kill us spiritually.
Yielding to God (May 18)
We do not know how to pray as we ought, even to know what to ask for. Here, then, is an opportunity for us to learn humility. We can defer to the Lord and pray for help in our praying. We can pray for Him to do whatever, in His wisdom, He sees best.
In Our Hearts, Do We Turn Back to Egypt? (May 19)
We should reject our pre-Christian past decisively. If thinking about “Egypt” tempts us to go back, even if it’s just in our hearts, we must determine not to do it. After all, it is not backward but forward that we are reaching. To the Promised Land!
When We’re Moved by Love (May 18)
Your activities must be motivated by love, first for God and second for your neighbor. If that’s the case (and God knows whether it is or not), then discouragement will not defeat you. Other motives may falter, but “many waters cannot quench love.”
Illumination (May 19)
Whether big or small, moments of illumination (someone has called them “A-ha!” experiences) are delightful. They happen to be some of life’s happiest turning points. As the saying goes, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
Inquiry (May 18)
A measure of old-fashioned inquisitiveness can add immense value to our lives. We ought to recognize the good that can come from good inquiries. There are vast treasuries of knowledge waiting to open up to us. We need to ask, ask, and ask again!
DFBS 321 – We should be willing to sacrifice time as well as money for the Lord’s work
By withholding our time-schedules from the Lord, are we not refusing to give up our lives for Him, one day at a time? Jesus was never involved in anything that He was not willing to lay aside in order to serve our needs. We need to think as He did.
DFBS 320 – Saving faith is faith in Jesus Christ
We must believe that Jesus is who He claimed to be: the Son of God and Savior of the world. If we are to be saved by Him, we must turn to God in real trust and believe in His Son, committing ourselves to the truth that He can save us from our sins.
May 2022
In addition to a selection of things that have been particularly helpful to me along life’s way, in “Walking in Christ” I will also be emphasizing some fundamental matters in the New Testament that are not receiving much attention these days.
April 2022
My rationale for writing first the beginning, the end, and the hardest pages in between, is that I want to write these while my mind is fresh, before the time arrives when I’m having to push through extreme weariness at the end of the project.