Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Why Not's of Adventism: An Extra Dose of the Holy Ghost
Convergence
Malcolm Salunga Douglas
When you think of the Holy Spirit, what do you think? For instance, how often do you hear sermons on the Holy Spirit? Yet without it, the church would be dead, Andrews University would have never existed, and there would be no Bible (or Spirit of Prophecy for that matter).
However, the Holy Spirit has always been around: It was at the beginning of earth’s history (Gen. 1:1-2), the beginning of human history (Gen. 2:7), the beginning of Israel’s exile (Exo. 14:19-21), in the form of wind (John 3), at the anointing of David (1 Sam. 16:14), the beginning of Christ’s ministry (Matt. 3:16), and at Pentecost and the beginning of the churches history (Joel 2:28; Acts 2). It even has as nearly as many illustrations as Christ himself, it has been described as fire (Exo. 4, Acts 2), a dove (Matt. 3:16), wind (John 3), the Comforter (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7), and many others.
And yet the Holy Spirit’s influence was not only seen by converts, but by heathens. It was the question that has been passed down from the lips of a heathen Pharaoh when electing Joseph as overseer of his kingdom, “Can I find such a one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?” (Gen. 41:38), that evokes the sincerity and spirituality that a true follower of God is to posses. Others (converted or unconverted) can often tell that there is something different about this man or this woman. That is why the Holy Spirit wants to be personal: It attended Moses and the seventy elders (Num. 11); it was with Joshua (Num. 27:18); it gave Samson his strength four times over (Jud. 14:6); it was with Elijah and Elisha (II Kings 2:9); and even Jesus himself didn’t start a single miracle until he was baptized by the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:16-17). It was only through the word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus was led in the wilderness and resisted temptation (Matt. 4:1-11). And it was at the cross that Jesus closed his earthly ministry by quoting Psalm 31:5, “Into thine hand I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).
The Holy Spirit is so important that without it we would not have the Bible. “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of men: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Pet. 1:21). However the Holy Spirit not only inspired believers (and sometimes non-believers like Nebuchadnezzar), but the Holy Spirit is a most often forgotten agent in the production of all scripture which is profitable for our doctrines, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness: that we may be perfect (1 Tim. 3:16-17). We can become mature Christians only through the Holy Spirit. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit that we can study and apply the words of the prophecy of this book (a.k.a. the Bible, particularly and contextually in this verse, Revelation), we will be blessed (Rev. 1:3) as we come to understand these words (Job 32:8), we can come to know the deep things of God (1 Cor. 2).
And yet, on another hand, oft times it seems that people [particularly, and in relation to this article, Seventh-day Adventist young people] forget that there is actually a spiritual warfare that surrounds every circumstance. There is a serious, literal, not always visible war over your souls and mine – even when you are studying, praying, in church, in the classroom, talking on the phone, eating, watching TV, listening to your iPod, and reading this article something around you is happening (Eph. 6:10-12). The whole universe is watching what you are deciding (I Cor. 4:9). So why not reevaluate?
And yet the call for us is “higher than the highest human thought can reach;” for God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor his ways our ways (Isa. 55:8-9). In reality, there are only two groups of people – those who walk in the Spirit and those who walk according to the flesh. And the Bible says that only those who walk in the Spirit will have no condemnation, because they are in Christ (Rom. 8:1). Yet the Bible says that God sent “his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh” (Rom. 8:3). So instead of being condemned because of our sins, Christ condemned sin, so that “the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Rom. 8:4). We can live a victorious Christian life today. The Holy Spirit was the promising agent to all those who will believe and accept the influences of his grace – a grace that teaches “us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,” that “we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world [or age]” (Titus 2:12). And because we have been taught by this grace, we will be “looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (Titus 2:13-14). God wants us to have a victorious life today in the Holy Spirit, why not experience a dose of the Holy Ghost? So that when the latter rain pours, we can experience an extra dose of the Holy Ghost like Elisha of old? Why not give our best for God?
Yet, truth be told, more often then not, our case it that “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41); however, God promises that the poor in spirit are blessed, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:3). It is without the Holy Spirit that the church will not grow, Christians will stay unconverted, people will not be changed, sins will not be just a thing of the past, victories will not be met, this article will not reach someone, and Christ will not return.
It is there in the last chapter of Revelation that we find that the Spirit and the church have to work together before Christ can return (Rev. 22:17); why not have that start here, at Andrews University? Why not have that start with you? And with myself? Why not have that start now?
It is not going to be “by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts” (Zech. 4:6).
Why not experience the Holy Spirit? Not just the limited influences that you and I feel and know when our consciences are pricked because we have done something wrong; but why not be led by the Spirit and resist the temptations? Why not have the Spirit lead our lives? Why not let the Spirit aid us in our studies? In our relationships? In our school? In us? Why not?
Malcolm Salunga Douglas
When you think of the Holy Spirit, what do you think? For instance, how often do you hear sermons on the Holy Spirit? Yet without it, the church would be dead, Andrews University would have never existed, and there would be no Bible (or Spirit of Prophecy for that matter).
However, the Holy Spirit has always been around: It was at the beginning of earth’s history (Gen. 1:1-2), the beginning of human history (Gen. 2:7), the beginning of Israel’s exile (Exo. 14:19-21), in the form of wind (John 3), at the anointing of David (1 Sam. 16:14), the beginning of Christ’s ministry (Matt. 3:16), and at Pentecost and the beginning of the churches history (Joel 2:28; Acts 2). It even has as nearly as many illustrations as Christ himself, it has been described as fire (Exo. 4, Acts 2), a dove (Matt. 3:16), wind (John 3), the Comforter (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7), and many others.
And yet the Holy Spirit’s influence was not only seen by converts, but by heathens. It was the question that has been passed down from the lips of a heathen Pharaoh when electing Joseph as overseer of his kingdom, “Can I find such a one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?” (Gen. 41:38), that evokes the sincerity and spirituality that a true follower of God is to posses. Others (converted or unconverted) can often tell that there is something different about this man or this woman. That is why the Holy Spirit wants to be personal: It attended Moses and the seventy elders (Num. 11); it was with Joshua (Num. 27:18); it gave Samson his strength four times over (Jud. 14:6); it was with Elijah and Elisha (II Kings 2:9); and even Jesus himself didn’t start a single miracle until he was baptized by the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:16-17). It was only through the word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus was led in the wilderness and resisted temptation (Matt. 4:1-11). And it was at the cross that Jesus closed his earthly ministry by quoting Psalm 31:5, “Into thine hand I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).
The Holy Spirit is so important that without it we would not have the Bible. “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of men: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Pet. 1:21). However the Holy Spirit not only inspired believers (and sometimes non-believers like Nebuchadnezzar), but the Holy Spirit is a most often forgotten agent in the production of all scripture which is profitable for our doctrines, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness: that we may be perfect (1 Tim. 3:16-17). We can become mature Christians only through the Holy Spirit. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit that we can study and apply the words of the prophecy of this book (a.k.a. the Bible, particularly and contextually in this verse, Revelation), we will be blessed (Rev. 1:3) as we come to understand these words (Job 32:8), we can come to know the deep things of God (1 Cor. 2).
And yet, on another hand, oft times it seems that people [particularly, and in relation to this article, Seventh-day Adventist young people] forget that there is actually a spiritual warfare that surrounds every circumstance. There is a serious, literal, not always visible war over your souls and mine – even when you are studying, praying, in church, in the classroom, talking on the phone, eating, watching TV, listening to your iPod, and reading this article something around you is happening (Eph. 6:10-12). The whole universe is watching what you are deciding (I Cor. 4:9). So why not reevaluate?
And yet the call for us is “higher than the highest human thought can reach;” for God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor his ways our ways (Isa. 55:8-9). In reality, there are only two groups of people – those who walk in the Spirit and those who walk according to the flesh. And the Bible says that only those who walk in the Spirit will have no condemnation, because they are in Christ (Rom. 8:1). Yet the Bible says that God sent “his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh” (Rom. 8:3). So instead of being condemned because of our sins, Christ condemned sin, so that “the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Rom. 8:4). We can live a victorious Christian life today. The Holy Spirit was the promising agent to all those who will believe and accept the influences of his grace – a grace that teaches “us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,” that “we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world [or age]” (Titus 2:12). And because we have been taught by this grace, we will be “looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (Titus 2:13-14). God wants us to have a victorious life today in the Holy Spirit, why not experience a dose of the Holy Ghost? So that when the latter rain pours, we can experience an extra dose of the Holy Ghost like Elisha of old? Why not give our best for God?
Yet, truth be told, more often then not, our case it that “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41); however, God promises that the poor in spirit are blessed, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:3). It is without the Holy Spirit that the church will not grow, Christians will stay unconverted, people will not be changed, sins will not be just a thing of the past, victories will not be met, this article will not reach someone, and Christ will not return.
It is there in the last chapter of Revelation that we find that the Spirit and the church have to work together before Christ can return (Rev. 22:17); why not have that start here, at Andrews University? Why not have that start with you? And with myself? Why not have that start now?
It is not going to be “by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts” (Zech. 4:6).
Why not experience the Holy Spirit? Not just the limited influences that you and I feel and know when our consciences are pricked because we have done something wrong; but why not be led by the Spirit and resist the temptations? Why not have the Spirit lead our lives? Why not let the Spirit aid us in our studies? In our relationships? In our school? In us? Why not?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Why Not's of Adventism: Why Not Love?
Malcolm Salunga Douglas
(Convergence)
Love… in its various forms, facets and features is without question one of the most interesting words every to be used by mere humans. We think we have it, own it, use it, abuse it, and loose it. But if I may state, love is not a thing, nor just a principle – love is a being. The Bible says that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). And the Bible says that if we do not love, we do not know God; for the only way to know God is to love (1 John 4:7). Let me thus ask this double meaning question, do you love? Meaning do you love people and do you know God?
Sometimes it is best to understand something, when it is established as what it is not. Let us try this method for just a moment – love does not envy, is not rash, is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, it does not fail, and it does not vanish away (1 Cor. 13:4-8).
Love rather, by biblical definition, suffers, is kind, rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails, but it abides (1 Cor. 13:4, 6-8, 13). Even in simple survey, one can easily see that the Bible states emphatically what love is not, more then what love actually is.
Knowing therefore what love is, let me ask the question, as I ask myself, do you and I love? Do we rejoice in the truth? Are we willing to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things for Christ and His word? For love will never fail us, and it promises to abide – the question becomes harder to answer, harder to fathom, but it is the truth and it is the test – will we love to the end? Will our love endure?
When times get tough, when things all around seem so dark and grime, will we still stand so firm? Will we see still preach, teach, and have the same urgency as we do? The truth is, if we do not have these qualities interwoven into our lives today, will we begin to have them tomorrow? Will our love for God test persecution? Who or what will separate you or I “from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword” (Rom. 8:35)? What will drive you to deny the Lord? Would you still love God if your closest one was taken from you? Will you still love God if your closest one was found cheating on you? Would you still love God? Will you still love God?
In reality, the question is not asked by myself, but by Christ himself. In the last chapter of that last gospel, the book of John, three times Christ asks Peter, “Lovest thou me” (John 21:15, 16, 17)?” He’s asking, “Do you love me?” Peter actually responds, “Of course, Lord: you know that I love you.” But the third time he was grieved, because he had asked him a third time (the same amount of times that he denied his Lord). But let us take a quick look in what the original conversation went like. The word for “love” actually changes from agapas (a pure, unselfish love) to phileis (a loyal, and sometimes intellectual love). Going more like: “Do you agape [purely, unselfishingly] me?” Peter responding, “Oh, Lord, of course I Phileo [loyally love] you. “Do you agape [purely, unselfishingly] me?” “Oh, Lord, of course I Phileo [loyally love] you.” “Do you Phileo [loyally love] me?” “Lord, you know all things, you know I Phileo [loyally love] you.” There is a bit of a difference.
Thus, let me ask, do you Phileo [loyally love] Christ? Or do you agape [purely, unselfishingly] love Christ? If you do not, or have not, then you like myself, have at times fallen short. But now it is time that we rise. Let us do as Christ has instructed Peter to do, Feed his sheep (John 21:15, 16, 17) and follow him (vs. 19). In other words, do the work of the Lord and continue to follow him. It is time that we rise “higher than the highest human thought can reach.” This is God’s ideal for us. “For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7). Let us love the Lord with not just our minds, but with our whole being – let us love the Lord our God with our whole heart, soul, might/strength, and mind (Deut. 6:5; Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27). Then let us love our neighbor as ourselves. As the theological implications of this go much deeper, the truth is, the closer we draw to God, the closer we will become with one another – now, that is great relationships advice.
Will you love God? Then, why not love him who first loved you? Why not?
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38-39).
(Convergence)
Love… in its various forms, facets and features is without question one of the most interesting words every to be used by mere humans. We think we have it, own it, use it, abuse it, and loose it. But if I may state, love is not a thing, nor just a principle – love is a being. The Bible says that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). And the Bible says that if we do not love, we do not know God; for the only way to know God is to love (1 John 4:7). Let me thus ask this double meaning question, do you love? Meaning do you love people and do you know God?
Sometimes it is best to understand something, when it is established as what it is not. Let us try this method for just a moment – love does not envy, is not rash, is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, it does not fail, and it does not vanish away (1 Cor. 13:4-8).
Love rather, by biblical definition, suffers, is kind, rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails, but it abides (1 Cor. 13:4, 6-8, 13). Even in simple survey, one can easily see that the Bible states emphatically what love is not, more then what love actually is.
Knowing therefore what love is, let me ask the question, as I ask myself, do you and I love? Do we rejoice in the truth? Are we willing to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things for Christ and His word? For love will never fail us, and it promises to abide – the question becomes harder to answer, harder to fathom, but it is the truth and it is the test – will we love to the end? Will our love endure?
When times get tough, when things all around seem so dark and grime, will we still stand so firm? Will we see still preach, teach, and have the same urgency as we do? The truth is, if we do not have these qualities interwoven into our lives today, will we begin to have them tomorrow? Will our love for God test persecution? Who or what will separate you or I “from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword” (Rom. 8:35)? What will drive you to deny the Lord? Would you still love God if your closest one was taken from you? Will you still love God if your closest one was found cheating on you? Would you still love God? Will you still love God?
In reality, the question is not asked by myself, but by Christ himself. In the last chapter of that last gospel, the book of John, three times Christ asks Peter, “Lovest thou me” (John 21:15, 16, 17)?” He’s asking, “Do you love me?” Peter actually responds, “Of course, Lord: you know that I love you.” But the third time he was grieved, because he had asked him a third time (the same amount of times that he denied his Lord). But let us take a quick look in what the original conversation went like. The word for “love” actually changes from agapas (a pure, unselfish love) to phileis (a loyal, and sometimes intellectual love). Going more like: “Do you agape [purely, unselfishingly] me?” Peter responding, “Oh, Lord, of course I Phileo [loyally love] you. “Do you agape [purely, unselfishingly] me?” “Oh, Lord, of course I Phileo [loyally love] you.” “Do you Phileo [loyally love] me?” “Lord, you know all things, you know I Phileo [loyally love] you.” There is a bit of a difference.
Thus, let me ask, do you Phileo [loyally love] Christ? Or do you agape [purely, unselfishingly] love Christ? If you do not, or have not, then you like myself, have at times fallen short. But now it is time that we rise. Let us do as Christ has instructed Peter to do, Feed his sheep (John 21:15, 16, 17) and follow him (vs. 19). In other words, do the work of the Lord and continue to follow him. It is time that we rise “higher than the highest human thought can reach.” This is God’s ideal for us. “For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7). Let us love the Lord with not just our minds, but with our whole being – let us love the Lord our God with our whole heart, soul, might/strength, and mind (Deut. 6:5; Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27). Then let us love our neighbor as ourselves. As the theological implications of this go much deeper, the truth is, the closer we draw to God, the closer we will become with one another – now, that is great relationships advice.
Will you love God? Then, why not love him who first loved you? Why not?
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38-39).
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Why Not's of Adventism: Why Could He Not Understand?
Convergence
Malcolm Salunga Douglas
Has there ever been anything in your life that you just could not give up? It’s as if it has become a part of you and there is nothing more you can do about it. Maybe you grew up with a predisposition to a certain way of life. If you are anything like me, that being human, than you have more than likely suffered the affects of sin and struggled from day to day with not just the Lord but with temptations.
So often we hear about the power that Christ provides, as if it was something so transcendent that it could never happen to me, or to you. But the Bible also portrays a side of Christ that has almost been forgotten through the corridors of time – Christ very much understands our thoughts and feelings. He too learned through suffering (Heb. 5:8).
It is in the first description of the love in 1 Cor. 13, that the discovery is made that it (love) means more than just being patient. The original Greek suggests that the love described is a love that suffers long. It is willing to endure, bear, put up with, experience, tolerate, undergo, go through, and suffer the patience of waiting.
If I may make a bold statement – God loves you. And he loves you so much that he suffered for you. The question then is not can he give you the power, but will you accept his power? Often one can attend church and hear about the power of God, yet walk out without experiencing or believing that this power is offered to us today. We can often hear about Christ’s earthly ministry for others, His sacrificial giving of himself, and often (especially among Adventists) His soon return. But if I may pose the question, how often does one hear about what Christ is doing right now? Something that is just as important as his sacrifice on the cross.
Christ’s work on this earth was important, he not only died on the cross for your sins; but he bore our iniquities (Isa. 53:11). “He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behooved (or compelled) him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation of the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor (or to help) them that are tempted” (Heb. 2:16-18). Christ understands your pain, he lived in this world. He was tempted like you, and like me, if not to a greater degree; but he not only died for you and me, he lived for you and me.
Christ not only died, but he lives. And I know that my redeemer lives (Job. 19:25). But, he could not be a faithful High Priest now, if he didn’t come like you and like me then (Heb. 2:17-18). Thus, Christ’s work in the heavenly sanctuary is so important that is can give us the power from sin today, the assurance of a new life today, and a victory that can last until the second return of Christ.
Christ understands how we feel. Have you felt lonely? Or betrayed? He too felt lonely and betrayed when one of his disciples betrayed him. Have you felt like temptations are strong and almost too overpowering? He too was tempted, and by Satan (Matt. 4). Christ reaches to our true felt needs, for he understands your pain.
His work on earth promised us the Holy Spirit (John 14:25-27, why not experience it? Why not experience that peace that the world cannot give (John 14:27)? Why not believe that Christ knows your ever weakness? Why not lean on Him who will not fail you? Why not grasp for His unfailing hand? Why not
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Jude 24-25
Malcolm Salunga Douglas
Has there ever been anything in your life that you just could not give up? It’s as if it has become a part of you and there is nothing more you can do about it. Maybe you grew up with a predisposition to a certain way of life. If you are anything like me, that being human, than you have more than likely suffered the affects of sin and struggled from day to day with not just the Lord but with temptations.
So often we hear about the power that Christ provides, as if it was something so transcendent that it could never happen to me, or to you. But the Bible also portrays a side of Christ that has almost been forgotten through the corridors of time – Christ very much understands our thoughts and feelings. He too learned through suffering (Heb. 5:8).
It is in the first description of the love in 1 Cor. 13, that the discovery is made that it (love) means more than just being patient. The original Greek suggests that the love described is a love that suffers long. It is willing to endure, bear, put up with, experience, tolerate, undergo, go through, and suffer the patience of waiting.
If I may make a bold statement – God loves you. And he loves you so much that he suffered for you. The question then is not can he give you the power, but will you accept his power? Often one can attend church and hear about the power of God, yet walk out without experiencing or believing that this power is offered to us today. We can often hear about Christ’s earthly ministry for others, His sacrificial giving of himself, and often (especially among Adventists) His soon return. But if I may pose the question, how often does one hear about what Christ is doing right now? Something that is just as important as his sacrifice on the cross.
Christ’s work on this earth was important, he not only died on the cross for your sins; but he bore our iniquities (Isa. 53:11). “He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behooved (or compelled) him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation of the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor (or to help) them that are tempted” (Heb. 2:16-18). Christ understands your pain, he lived in this world. He was tempted like you, and like me, if not to a greater degree; but he not only died for you and me, he lived for you and me.
Christ not only died, but he lives. And I know that my redeemer lives (Job. 19:25). But, he could not be a faithful High Priest now, if he didn’t come like you and like me then (Heb. 2:17-18). Thus, Christ’s work in the heavenly sanctuary is so important that is can give us the power from sin today, the assurance of a new life today, and a victory that can last until the second return of Christ.
Christ understands how we feel. Have you felt lonely? Or betrayed? He too felt lonely and betrayed when one of his disciples betrayed him. Have you felt like temptations are strong and almost too overpowering? He too was tempted, and by Satan (Matt. 4). Christ reaches to our true felt needs, for he understands your pain.
His work on earth promised us the Holy Spirit (John 14:25-27, why not experience it? Why not experience that peace that the world cannot give (John 14:27)? Why not believe that Christ knows your ever weakness? Why not lean on Him who will not fail you? Why not grasp for His unfailing hand? Why not
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Jude 24-25
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