Two little girls were walking down the street one day. One was used to attending Sunday school and was telling her friend, “You know, I love Jesus with all my heart, and I’m hanging onto Him with both hands. And He’s going to save me.” “Well,” the other injected, “Suppose the devil came along and cut your hands off. Then where would you be?” That concerned the young saint. It was a disturbing thought. Finally the an swer hit her. Her face lighted up as she exclaimed, “No! I’m not hanging onto Jesus with both hands! He’s hanging onto me with both His hands. The devil can’t cut His hand off.” There’s a lot of good solid the ology in that. Paul goes through a list of everything that he can think o f: death, life, angels, principalities, powers, things present, things to come, height, depth. Nothing can sep arate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is the reason why there’s no condemna tion to those who are in Christ Jesus. Payment God will not twice demand, Once from my bleeding Saviour’s hand And then again from me.
the preacher testify, “Sir, I’m a very wealthy man.” The tax man was amazed and picked up his ears. “Of what does your wealth consist?” he wanted to know. He was in formed, “I have a Heavenly Father who owns every beast of the field, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. The earth is the Lord’s and the full ness thereof. He’s God Almighty and He’s my Heavenly Father.” The as sessor had no place to put that down in his tax book. He wanted to know, “What else?” “Why,” the man of God replied, “I’ve a Saviour who loved me and died on Calvary’s cross for my salvation. He’s going to show and give me the sights of heaven, and all of God’s creation throughout the eternal ages. I have a loving and faithful wife. Solomon said that her price is far above rubies. God’s given me four healthy, happy, obedient children. I wouldn’t take all the wealth of the world for any one of them.” The assessor had received quite a testimony. He couldn’t see anything to register in the tax book, but he had met a truly wealthy man. The interesting thing was that those riches were not subject to taxation. The same is true with us if, by faith, we have received Christ; we have eternal, everlasting blessings. Keep in mind that there’s a dif ference between chastisement and condemnation. As believers we’re chastised, but that’s not judgment. Romans 8:28 is one of the hardest verses in the Bible to put into prac tice. If only Paul had said, “We know some things work together for good.” But the word is “all." Be lieving this, and putting it into prac tice in our daily lives, will cause us to be victorious Christians. At the end of the chapter, we have the convincing proof of the insep arability of our salvation. Look at the positive assertions in verses 38 and 39. Sometimes we’re cold toward God, but thank God He’s never cold toward us.
Office personnel in Hie Biele Stewardship Department includes Norma Llndley (left) and Doris Allen. 11
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