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- The wisdom of the fathers HUMILITY - TRUE NOBILITY OF THE CREATUREGod has so constituted us as reasonable beings, that the truer the insight into the real nature or the absolute need of a command, the readier and fuller will be our obedience to it....
- The wisdom of the fathers THE TRUE TEST OF LOVE...The gravest question any of us face is whether we do or do not love the Lord. Too much hinges on the answer to pass the matter off lightly. And it is a question that no one can answer for another....
- The wisdom of the fathers OUR PERSONAL GUIDE - WONDERFUL COUNSELOR...The best of all about this Wonderful Counselor is that He does not merely tell us what to do and give us a chart of the way, but He comes with us every step of the way and becomes...
- The wisdom of the fathers PRIDE, THE ROOT OF EVERY SIN - HUMILITY,THE ROOT OF EVERY VIRTUE...The life God bestows is imparted not once for all, but each moment continuously, by the unceasing operation of His mighty power. Humility, the place of...
- The wisdom of the fathers MARKS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN continued 36. The desire to see others advance at his expense is another mark of the spiritual man. He wants to see other Christians above him and is happy when they are promoted and he is...
- The wisdom of the fathers MARKS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN continued 24. Again, a Christian is spiritual when he sees everything from God’s viewpoint. The ability to weigh all things in the divine scale and place the same value upon them as God does is...
- The wisdom of the fathers MARKS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN continued2. A man may be considered spiritual when he wants to see the honor of God advanced through his life even if it means that he himself must suffer temporary dishonor or loss. Such a man...
- A HARSH VERDICTThis seems a harsh verdict (to born-again believers) but it comes surely out of a loving, compassionate heart:14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the...
- The wisdom of the fathers MARKS OF THE SPIRITUAL MANTHE CONCEPT OF SPIRITUALITY VARIES among different Christian groups. In some circles the highly vocal person who talks religion continually is thought to be very spiritual; others accept noisy...
- The wisdom of the fathers THE HIGHEST LESSONWe may have advanced believers, eminent teachers, men of heavenly experiences, who have not yet fully learnt the lesson of perfect humility, gladly glorying in weakness. We see this in Paul. The danger of...
- The wisdom of the fathers DIVINE EDUCATIONWhen you have heard the call to be COMPLETLY transformed into the image of Jesus, He will lead you onto the path of dying and humility. He will make the kind of demands on your obedience that you will no...
- The wisdom of the fathersHUMILITY AND HAPPINESSEvery Christian virtually passes through these two stages in his pursuit of humility. In the first he fears and flees and seeks deliverance from all that can humble him. He has not yet learnt to seek...
- I grew up in the faith of the Catholic Church, which was very shallow. As a child I knew Jesus just superficially as a friend and had no idea what it meant to accept Him as Lord and Saviour. Even so, after a near fatal car-accident, when I was just...
- The wisdom of the fathers THE FAITH OF CHRIST JESUS Part 1There are different kinds of faith; when you have a special wish to bring to God in prayer, He usually grants you a confident feeling as a sign that He has heard you. This gift we usually...
- The wisdom of the fathers DOES GOD STILL GIVE REVELATIONS ? That their existence in our time is denied by so many shows how far we have moved from the New-Testament-Christianity, and that many don't acknowledge the whole Word of God as guideline for...