Day: October 19, 2017
Alone With God
Mark 1:35-39 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. 37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. Where does prayer fit in your daily schedule? …
“Babes in Christ.”—1 Corinthians 3:1.
ARE you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are as much bought with blood as he is. You are as much an adopted child of God as any other believer. An infant is as truly a child of its parents as is the full-grown man. You are as completely justified, for your justification is not a thing of degrees: your little faith …
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God. (II Cor. 5:17-18)
Reflections When Paul said, “All things are of God,” he used Greek words that could have been translated, “all things are OUT FROM God.” He is stating that everything having to do with the new creation in Christ is OF God, and is OUT FROM God. This statement is based on the fact that the new creature in Christ is what is born from above when Jesus Christ joins Himself to us – His Spirit becomes one with our human spirit. Our oneness with Him makes us a new creature – not because of anything contributed by ourselves – but …