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He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Psalm 147:14
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victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1 Jno. 5 :4. J. R. ■$'&. ' C hristians ’ R elation to L aw 1. Law must be used lawfully. We know that the law is good, if a man use it .lawfully. I Tim. 1:8. 2. Given to make sin manifest. The law is holy, and the command ment is holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. Rom. 7 :12-13. 3. Given to stop every mouth. Now we know that what things so ever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. Rom, 3 :19. 4. Law is not of faith. That.no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is_ evident : for the just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith. Gal. 3:11-12. 5. Law powerless to save. What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God send ing His own son in the likeness of sin ful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. That the righteousness . of the iaw might be, fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom. 8:2-4. 6. Law makes nothing perfect. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. Heb. 7:19. 7. Believers not under law for Salvation. Ye are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid. Rom. 6:14-15. 1. The humble spirit. Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whoso ever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 18: 3-4. 2. The hungering spirit. As newborn babes, desire the sincere (unadulterated) milk of the wo r d , that ye may grow thereby. 1 Pet. 2 :2. 3. The teachable spirit. Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes. Matt. 11:25. 4. The responsive spirit. Out of the mouths of babes and suck lings thou hast perfected praise. Matt. 21:16. C hristian C hildlikeness
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C hrist O ur K eeper 1. Kept by the power of God. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Pet. 1:5. 2. Kept from falling. Now unto Him that is able to keep you from'falling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. Jude 24. 3. Kept from evil. But the Lord is faithful who* shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. ' 2 Thess. 3:3. 4. Kept from temptation. God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above-that ye are able; but will w i t h the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Cor. 10:13 Cp. Rev. 3:10. 5. Kept for eternal glory. Those that thou gavest me I h a v e kept, and none is lost. Jno. 17:12. RITCHIE. T he I nner L ife 1. Heart kept with diligence. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov. 4 :23'. 2. Conscience void of offense. Herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. Acts 24:16. 3. Affection set on things above. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. 3:2. 4. Mind renewed. Be ye transformed by renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and per fect, will of God. Rev. 12:2. 5. Will submissive to God. It is God which worketh in you to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil. T he W orld 1: Love for it—a young man’s snare. All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. 1 Jno. 2:16. 2. Conformed to it—a common habit. Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. 12:2. 3. Friendship with it—a ruinous union. The friendship of the world is enmity with God. Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Jas. 4 :4. 4. Victory over it —o great deliverance. For whatsoever is born of God over- cometh the world: a n d this is the
“Rest in the Lord: wait patiently for Him” (Psa. 37:7). In Hebrew, “be silent to God, and let Him mould thee.” Keep still, and He will mould tWee to the right shape.—Martin Luther. — 0 ~~~ The two shortest verses in the Bible, “Jesus wept.” (Jn. .11:35) and “Rejoice evermore.” (1 Thess. 5:16) ought to be remembered and practiced in everybody’s .life, more or less. If we don’t weep some times, we are not enjoying real life. —o— Psa. 55:22 “He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved,” is translated by Dr. Ryland “He will not suffer the just one to be tossed about forever.” —O:— The government shall be upon His shoulder. (Isa. 9:6). On His other shoul der He carries the Lambs (Isa. 40:11). Surely He who is able to carry the gov ernment of worlds on one shoulder can -carry me. It is said that when the Passover Lamb was roasted (Ex. 12:9) a spit was run through the lamb from head to tail and the other through the shoulders. Thus a cross was formed on which the lamb hung while subjected to the fires. —o— Contrast Num. 11:23, where a harmless food was made harmful, and 2 Kings 4: 38-41, where a harmful food was made harmless. —o— Judgment.—As a sinner, the believer’s judgment is past (1 Pet. 3:18; Jn. 5:24). As a son it is present (1 Pet. 1:17; Heb. 12:5-8) ; as a servant, it is future (2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Cor. 4:5). The theory of “a gen eral judgment” is not found in Scripture. The will of God is moved by His love (Eph. 2:4). Guided by His wisdom and accomplished by His power (1 Cor. 1:24). Administered under His authority (Jn. ,17:2). ■ -T-O-r-'h' Many complicated Bible reading sched ules have been produced to guide one’s reading of the Bible through in a year. Here is a simple suggestion originating, with Rev. J. Hudson Taylor. Count the number of columns in the Old Testament. Divide the number by 365 and you get the number of columns you will have to read daily to finish that portion in a year. Do the same with the New Testament. Read your specified number of columns in each testament daily. If you read a Scofield, it will take six columns daily regardless of the special foot-notes, to finish the Old: and two columns daily of the New Testa-
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