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A Thought From C. H. Spurgeon: BURDENS CAST ON
HIM It is a heavy
burden, roll it on Omnipotence. It is thy burden now, and it crushes thee;
but when the Lord takes it, He will make nothing of it. If thou art called
still to bear it, "he will sustain thee." It will be on Him, and
not on thee. Thou wilt be so upheld under it that the burden will be a
blessing. Bring the Lord into the matter and thou wilt stand upright under
that which in itself would bow thee down. Our worst fear
is lest our trial should drive us from the path of duty; but this the Lord
will never suffer. If we are righteous before Him, He will not endure that
our affliction should move us from our standing. In Jesus He accepts us as
righteous, and in Jesus He will keep us so. What about the
present moment? Art thou going forth to this day's trial alone? Are thy poor
shoulders again to be galled with the oppressive load? Be not so foolish.
Tell the Lord all about thy grief, and leave it with Him. Don't cast your
burden down, and then take it up again; but roll it on the Lord, and leave it
there. Then shalt thou walk at large, a joyful and unburdened believer,
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A Thought For The
Week: “Making God a Liar” Last week we looked at our
fellowship with the Lord and what it takes for us to walk with the Lord. We
all need to understand God has made the rules for fellowship and we cannot
change those rules. If we proclaim ourselves to be walking in fellowship with
the Lord then we must examine our lives to make sure we are not fooling
ourselves. The focus today is on 1st
John 1:7 -10 and we start by again looking at our fellowship with God. V. 7
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another,” that is with God not with the church or man. If we walk in
fellowship with God then we will indeed be in fellowship with our church or
our brothers in Christ. The Idea is to worry about God before what man or the
church may think. Then John goes on in V. 7 and says “and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” You know I thought it strange this
statement was inserted right here, but God never does anything strange it is
only because we think outside of the thinking of God that makes it strange.
The reason this statement is inserted right here is because while John is
telling us here about our proper fellowship with the Lord he also reminds us
that this is how it is made possible, through the blood of Christ. Without
first being washed in the blood your sins remain and no fellowship is
possible. Since we have been cleansed by the blood then if we walk in “light”
the fellowship is possible and sweet fellowship it is indeed. John goes on in V. 8 and
says “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,” This goes back
again to fellowshipping with the Lord and the examining our lives daily. We
are sinners even as believers we still sin and it is that daily sin that
separates us from the fellowship with the Lord. John goes on to say we are
liars if we say we do not sin “and the truth is not in us.” V. 8 So these
sins that separates our fellowship with the Lord daily can be just as our
sins before our salvation “forgiven” once again renewing our fellowship with
the Lord. V. 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Notice the “If
we confess our sins” which must be done daily to keep us in fellowship with
the Lord. Because if we say our walk is just without confessing our sins,
then we are liars and more than that we make God a liar because He said we do
sin daily. V. 10 “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar,” Our sins are forgiven, all of them and we
will spend eternity with the Lord, but in our daily walk we must remain to
ask for forgiveness, other wise our walk in light or outside of light would
not matter. John goes on to say, “and
his word is not in us.” I believe the “word” here is Jesus, because if we
have Jesus as our Saviour then we will realize we are sinners daily and need
continually His forgiveness. Although it could be His bible because it tells
of these things and if we ignore them and therefore fool ourselves into
believing we are in fellowship with the Lord when we are not and in saying we
are make God a liar because He has said just the opposite. Either way we call
God a liar and that real serious. By Pastor Randy Johnson, |
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The The
lake of fire, a horrid place Receive
the judgment due the sinner, When
from the halls of earth you heard This
lake of fire still burning long Source: Brother Ronnie
Wolfe |
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