dW 12.11.08

 

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Matthew 13:36-43 (The Parable of the Weeds Explained)

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.”

 

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Whisper in my ear that Satan has moved you up. He said that you are getting to be dangerous to his kingdom. He says you are spoiling his plans, you are thwarting his purposes. You are pulling down his strongholds. We are not pulling things down! We’re building pretty little churches and little rooms for people to sit around. If Jesus came back He wouldn’t clean the temple, He’d cleanse the pulpit. We are in grave danger when we let our accomplishments become the ground of our confidence. Oh boy, how we want to be esteemed, how we want to be respected, how people should realize what precious the gifts of the spirit I’ve been given. You know why they don’t? Because you stink with pride, that’s why.

- Leonard Ravenhill

dW 12.10.08

 

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Psalm 42:5-8

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

 

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I have talked with people that have no assurance of sins forgiven. They want to feel saved before they are willing to commit themselves to Christ. But I believe that the only ones whom God actually witnesses by His spirit, are born again. [These] are the people who, whether they say it or not, come to Jesus Christ and say something like this, “Lord Jesus, I am going to obey you, and love you, and serve you, and do what you want me to do as long as I live. Even if I go to hell at the end of the road simply because You are Worthy to be loved, and obeyed, and served, and I am not trying to make a deal with you.”

Paris Reidhead, Ten Shekels and a Shirt