From Jonathan Edwards unpublished essay on the Trinity:
If a man could have an absolutely perfect idea of all that passed in his mind, all the series of ideas
and exercises in every respect perfect as to order, degree, circumstance and for any particular space of time past, suppose the last hour, he would really to all intents and purpose be over again what he was that last hour. And if it were possible for a man by reflection perfectly to contemplate all that is
in his own mind in an hour, as it is and at the same time that it is there in its first and direct
existence; if a man, that is, had a perfect reflex or contemplative idea of every thought at the same
moment or moments that that thought was and of every exercise at and during the same time that
that exercise was, and so through a whole hour, a man would really be two during that time, he
would be indeed double, he would be twice at once. The idea he has of himself would be himself
There is just one thing that I want on this earth, that is humility.
There is more at our disposal than you can possibly imagine, what you can't see, and is vast and expansive, immeasurable riches available to us. And the Spirit which made all things lives inside of us. What you can see is not as real as what you cannot see. We have so little because our view of God is based on nature, but if we did not have judgments of God then we would ask Him to open our eyes and to give us the beauty of Himself which is more valuable than anything that we can possibly imagine. Welcome to the first day of your life.
"Arise and shine, for your light has come" (Isaiah 60:1) The light has been realized and specifically has come to guide you into all truth. He commands you to give all your worship and love to Him
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
Friday, 16 September 2011
Loving my brethren
I have been touched in my heart. I was praying for Backpacker students and I was lead to goto Revelation 3:
"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, [that] the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see."
While reading this I was lead by God to goto Matthew 25:31-46
I had to ask the question of God, why are you leading me to this scripture? Neither have anything to do with this student.
While contemplating the verses in Matthew 25 the penny dropped:
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] to one of the least of these My brethren, you did [it] to Me.'
Because if you love my ethnic brethren, you are loving me.
They are not just God's people, they are God's people. They are chosen by Him.
The treatment that you have of His people, is the treatment that you measure of Jesus, at the end of the age, when He comes in glory He is going to say "What did you do for my brethren?" unequivocally the same as saying "Do you love me?" The Man who sits on the throne of glory will set the judgment straight, with merciful judgment. Because He is also the Man who it says "will give eternal life to any that He chooses"
He chose them to be His, He entered into covenant with them.
He sent His only Son for them!
This is unconditional love!
In Deuteronomy 7 it says:
"For you [are] a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."
We are confident then, that the kind of love that He has for Israel is peculiar. He doesn't love Israel the same way that He loves everyone else! He never intended it to be the same kind of love that He loves the rest of the world with. Every one who is loved of Him is loved peculiarly (or uniquely) this one is unique and special, precious, a treasure. This is the way that God loves us. Wouldn't that make you feel like loving everyone else in the same way, too? Saying "You need this love, too!"
"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, [that] the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see."
While reading this I was lead by God to goto Matthew 25:31-46
I had to ask the question of God, why are you leading me to this scripture? Neither have anything to do with this student.
While contemplating the verses in Matthew 25 the penny dropped:
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] to one of the least of these My brethren, you did [it] to Me.'
Because if you love my ethnic brethren, you are loving me.
They are not just God's people, they are God's people. They are chosen by Him.
The treatment that you have of His people, is the treatment that you measure of Jesus, at the end of the age, when He comes in glory He is going to say "What did you do for my brethren?" unequivocally the same as saying "Do you love me?" The Man who sits on the throne of glory will set the judgment straight, with merciful judgment. Because He is also the Man who it says "will give eternal life to any that He chooses"
He chose them to be His, He entered into covenant with them.
He sent His only Son for them!
This is unconditional love!
In Deuteronomy 7 it says:
"For you [are] a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."
We are confident then, that the kind of love that He has for Israel is peculiar. He doesn't love Israel the same way that He loves everyone else! He never intended it to be the same kind of love that He loves the rest of the world with. Every one who is loved of Him is loved peculiarly (or uniquely) this one is unique and special, precious, a treasure. This is the way that God loves us. Wouldn't that make you feel like loving everyone else in the same way, too? Saying "You need this love, too!"
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