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| Re: Great Quotes 13 | | "Now I will give the poor sinner a means of detecting Satan, so that he may know whether his convictions are from the Holy Spirit, or merely the bellowing of hell in his ears. In the first, place, you may be always sure that that which comes from the devil will make you look at yourselves and not at Christ. The Holy Spirits work is to turn our eyes from ourselves to Jesus Christ, but the enemys work is the very opposite. Nine out of ten of the insinuations of the devil have to do with ourselves. You are guilty, says the devilthat is self. You have not faiththat is self. You do not repent enoughthat is self. You have got such a wavering hold of Christthat is self. You have none of the joy of the spirit, and therefore cannot be one of histhat is self. Thus the devil begins picking holes in us; whereas the Holy Spirit takes self entirely away, and tells us that we are nothing at all, but that
Jesus Christ is all in all.
Satan brings the carcass of self and pulls it about, and because that is corrupt, tells us that most assuredly we cannot be saved. But remember, sinner, it is not thy hold of Christ that saves theeit is Christ; it is not thy joy in Christ that saves theeit is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that is the instrumentit is Christs blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to thy hope, but to Christ, the source of thy hope; look not to thy faith, but to Christ, the author and finisher of thy faith; and if thou dost that, ten thousand devils cannot throw thee down, but as long as thou lookest at thyself, the meanest of those evil spirits may tread thee beneath his feet." -Charles H. Spurgeon _________________ Michael Liao
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Online! | Re: | | "If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all." - David Livingstone
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Online! | Re: | | "So fatherhood is a person who has become liberated from his own concerns and he is now contributing to the concerns of others. He knows Him that is from the beginning. God doesnt live for Himself. God is the everlasting Servant of His own creation in infinite grace, an endless stream of Self-giving. God isnt concerned about Himself, is He? In His infinite grace He is concerned about us. And so, to know Him that is from the beginning is to have His exact character, and to have that by nature. That is the third stage, the fatherhood out of which flows the power and the grace and the life to others." - Norman Grubb
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Online! | Re: | | Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. (James 1:2-4 Msg)
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| Re: | | "Holy ends can not be accomplished with carnal means." - Art Katz
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| Re: Great Quotes 13 | | The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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| Re: Great Quotes 13 | | There is a passion for souls that does not spring from God, but from the desire to make converts to our point of view. ~ Daily Devotionals By Oswald Chambers, Oct 27
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