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“And the Church invisible, the true company of the redeemed, finds expressions in the companies of Christians who constitute the visible Church today. But what is the trouble with the visible Church? What is the reason for its obvious weakness? There are perhaps many causes of weakness. But one cause is perfectly plain-the Church of today has been unfaithful to her Lord by admitting great companies of non-Christian persons, not only into her membership, but into her teaching agencies. It is indeed inevitable that some persons who are not truly Christian shall find their way into the visible Church; fallible men cannot discern the heart, and many a profession of faith which seems genuine may really be false. But it is not this kind of error to which we now refer. What is now meant is not the admission of individuals whose confessions of faith have not been sincere, but the admission of great companies of persons who have never made any really adequate confession of faith at all and whose entire attitude towards the gospel is the very reverse of the Christian attitude. Such persons, moreover, have been admitted not merely to the membership, but to the ministry of the Church, and to an increasing extent have been allowed to dominate its councils and determine its teaching. The greatest menace to the Christian Church today comes not from the enemies outside, but from the enemies within; it comes from the presence within the Church of a type of faith and practice hat is anti-Christian to the core.”

-J. Gresham Machen  American Theologian  1881-1937

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Take Time To Be Holy

“Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;
Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word.
Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,
Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;
Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.
By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;
Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

Take time to be holy, let Him be thy Guide;
And run not before Him, whatever betide.
In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord,
And, looking to Jesus, still trust in His Word.

Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul,
Each thought and each motive beneath His control.
Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love,
Thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.”

-William D. Longstaff American Hymnist ca.1882

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Friends: Hear Jim's sermon based on Ephesians 6:10-20 'Still Standing' and other works at: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=jrobinettesermons. May God bless!

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Friends: Hear Jim's sermon 'Standing In Omnipotence, Ephesians 6:9-20' and other works at: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=jrobinettesermons.

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The Tree Of Life In Paradise

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“…creation is the setting forth of Jesus Christ as Lord and Sovereign, for Jesus Christ is the purpose of God in creation.”

-A.W. Tozer American Minister 1897-1963
  
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The Damned

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“…These things, beloved, we write unto you, not merely to admonish you of your duty, but also to remind ourselves. … Let us look steadfastly to the blood of Christ, and see how precious that blood is to God, which, having been shed for our salvation has set the grace of repentance before the whole world. Let us turn to every age that has passed, and learn that, from generation to generation, the Lord has granted a place of repentance to all such as would be converted unto Him. Noah preached repentance and as many as listened to him were saved. Jonah proclaimed destruction to the Ninevites; but they, repenting of their sins, propitiated God by prayer, and obtained salvation, although they were aliens [to the covenant] of God.”

“The ministers of the grace of God have, by the Holy Spirit, spoken of repentance; and the Lord of all things has himself declared with an oath regarding it, “As I live, saith the Lord, I desire not the death of the sinner, but rather his repentance;” adding, moreover, this gracious declaration, “Repent O house of Israel, of your iniquity. Say to the children of My people” “Though your sins reach from earth to heaven, and though they be redder than scarlet, and blacker than sackcloth, yet if ye turn to Me with your whole heart, and say, ‘Father!’ I will listen to you, as to a holy people.”

“Wash you, and become clean; put away the wickedness of your souls from before mine eyes; cease from your evil ways, and learn to do well; seek out judgment, deliver the oppressed, judge the fatherless, and see that justice is done to the widow; and come, and let us reason together. He declares, Though your sins be like crimson, I will make them white as snow; though they be like scarlet, I will whiten them like wool. And if ye be willing and obey Me, ye shall eat the good of the land; but if ye refuse, and will not hearken unto Me, the sword shall devour you, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these things.”

-Clement Early Church Father AD 30-100

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“Religious complacency is encountered almost everywhere among Christians these days, and its presence is a sign and a prophecy. For every Christian will become at last what his desires have made him. We are all the sum total of our hungers.”

-A.W. Tozer American Minister 1897-1963

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“Christ became incarnate - became a man, which means the same thing - in order to do the work of redemption. For though Christ, as God, was infinitely sufficient for the work, yet, in order to accomplish it, he needed to be both God and man. If Christ had remained only in his divine nature, he would not have been able to purchase our salvation, not because there was any imperfection in his divine nature, but because he was absolutely and infinitely perfect. Christ, as God, was not capable of that obedience or suffering needed to accomplish his work of redemption. Divine nature is not capable of these things, for it is infinitely above all suffering; neither is it capable of obedience to the Law that was given to man. It is as impossible for God to be obedient to the Law as it is to suffer man’s punishment.

So Christ needed to take upon himself a created nature, and, in particular, our nature. It would not do for Christ to become an angel and to obey and suffer in an angelic nature. He needed to become a man, for three reasons:

1. In order to answer the Law, he needed to take on the very nature to which the Law was given, and obey it. The Law needed no response so far as redemption was concerned, but, in being obeyed, God insisted that the Law through which he expected to be honoured must be fulfilled by human nature. The words “You shalt not eat of it …”  were addressed to the race of mankind, and its human nature; therefore it was human nature that was called upon to keep them.

2. He needed to answer the Law that declared that the nature that sinned would die. The words “You will surely die” was with respect to human nature, the same nature to which the command was given, and to which the threat was addressed.

3. God saw to it that the same world that was the stage of man’s Fall and ruin should also be the stage of his redemption. We read often of Christ coming into the world to save sinners, and of God sending him into the world for that purpose. He needed to come into this sinful, miserable, undone world in order to restore and save it. For man’s recovery, he needed to come down to man, to man’s proper habitation, and dwell (tabernacle) with us - “The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14).”

-Jonathan Edwards  American Minister  1703-1758

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