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bers; building the temple, and dwelling in it, teaching, ruling, guiding, enriching. Im manuel, God-with-us. VII. -A S upernatural G eneration . “Born of the Spirit” ; “born from Above.” Every saint a miracle!: The womb of the virgin from the Son of God; the heart of 'the sinner for the sons of God. Not re form ; not “conversion“’ but a “new crea ture;” not by a sinner’s volition; not "the will of the flesh,” but by the overshadow ing Spirit a “child of God.” ip H E most destructive criticism has not A teen able to dethrone Christ as the in carnation of perfect holiness. 1 The waves of a tossing and restless sea of unbelief break at His feet, and He stands still the supreme model' the inspiration of great souls, the rest of the weary, the fragrance of all Christendom," the' one divine flower in the garden of God.— Hefrick Johnson. “Come, Lord Jesus,” is the epitome of all the prayers that the believer is called upon to offer. It is a prayer for the overthrow of Satan’s kingdom; for the extinction of sorrows, the cessation of pain, the wiping away of tears; for the descent of the New Jerusalem; for the sanctification and per fection of saints; for the creating anew of all things; in .a word, for the new heaven and the new earth wherein dwelleth right eousness. Let this prayer never die on our lips while we have breath: “Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.”— George Bowen. “All our righteousnesses are • as filthy rags” (Isa. 64:6). Day by day, are you busy, and even painstaking, in the attempt to weave and work out a righteousness of your own? Leave that loom! Your vows and promises are gossamer threads; ever snapping in your hands and breaking at each throw of the shuttle.^ The “fine linen” that robes the saints, the only raiment meet for
VIII. A S upernatural C onsummation . Resurrection; transfiguration; rapture and return in glorification. A regenerated earth. The New Jerusalem descended out of heaven. Angels of God ascending and de scending on the Son of Man, Jacob’s Lad der “set upon earth” topping in heaven. Cut out miracle? What have we left? What salvation (!) js' this? What s,ays Jonah, from the belly of the whale ? ' “S al vation is of the L ord .”—5". thy soul and approved of God, was woven on the cross; and dyed there, with color more enduring than Tyrian purple, in the blood of the Son of God.”— Thomas Guth rie. ' - Prayer is a fixed habit, a constant, breath, the bulk of his life, the practice of fellow ship with God, a normal, incessant, and in evitable outflow of one’s entire nature as a child of God. It involves praise," adoration, conference, intercession, refreshment, serenity, joy, con fident expectation, love, " compassion for one’s fellow, devotion to the Kingdom, for getfulness of self in serving tenderness of heart, the spirit and habit of loving kind ness, an abounding trust, a lively sense of the Heavenly Fathers presence—and what ever else- goes to make up the character and habit of Jesus Christ. Why ? ■"Because all true prayer is prayer in Jesus’ name—and in Scripture," “name” stands for character. We pray in proportion as we lead the Chris tian life; the one goes out with-’the other. — J. T. Faris. “While all nations are stretched on a cross, how incongruous it would be for anyone to go out to live a selfish life! Let us rather place ourselves and all we pos sess or may ever possess at our Lord’s disposal, henceforth to do His will and not our own—cost what it may."—John R. Mott.
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