The Gospel

beloved57 · Show Poodle Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 256

ss says

Silver Surfer · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:49 am Post subject:

lone-traveler · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:18 am Post subject:

working out your own salvation..

I thought this was interesting:

Job 40:6 ¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job 40:10 Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Job 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.
Job 40:12 Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Job 40:13 Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.
Job 40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

hide them in the dust and bind their faces in secret.. Confused or disgusted

wonder what that means?

beloved57 · Show Poodle Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 256

beloved57 · Show Poodle Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 256

ss says:

Silver Surfer · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

In the commission to His disciples, Christ not only outlined their work, but gave them their message. Teach the people, He said, "to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you."

The disciples were to teach what Christ had taught. That which He had spoken, not only in person, but through all the prophets and teachers of the Old Testament, is here included.

Human teaching is shut out.
There is no place for tradition, for man's theories and conclusions, or for church legislation.
No laws ordained by ecclesiastical authority are included in the commission.

None of these are Christ's servants to teach. "The law and the prophets," with the record of His own words and deeds, are the treasure committed to the disciples to be given to the world. Christ's name is their watchword, their badge of distinction, their bond of union, the authority for their course of action, and the source of their success.

Nothing that does not bear His superscription is to be recognized in His kingdom.

The gospel is to be presented, not as a lifeless theory, but as a living force to change the life. God desires that the receivers of His grace shall be witnesses to its power.

Those whose course has been most offensive to Him He freely accepts; when they repent, He imparts to them His divine Spirit, places them in the highest positions of trust, and sends them forth into the camp of the disloyal to proclaim His boundless mercy.

He would have His servants bear testimony to the fact that through His grace men may possess Christlikeness of character, and may rejoice in the assurance of His great love.

He would have us bear testimony to the fact that He cannot be satisfied until the human race are reclaimed and reinstated in their holy privileges as His sons and daughters.

In Christ is the tenderness of the shepherd, the affection of the parent, and the matchless grace of the compassionate Saviour. His blessings He presents in the most alluring terms.

He is not content merely to announce these blessings; He presents them in the most attractive way, to excite a desire to possess them.

So His servants are to present the riches of the glory of the unspeakable Gift.
The wonderful love of Christ will melt and subdue hearts, when the mere reiteration of doctrines would accomplish nothing. "Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God."

"O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! . . . He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom." Isa. 40:1, 9-11.

Tell the people of Him who is "the Chiefest among ten thousand," and the One "altogether lovely." The Song of Solomon 5:10, 16. Words alone cannot tell it.
Let it be reflected in the character and manifested in the life.

(Desire of Ages, by E. White)