356-From Anger to Love

God can be angry with the objects of His eternal love because love and anger are not the same dispositon in opposite directions. Spurgeon brought up their differences in his Faith check-bk. :

"356-From Anger to Love

"He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." (Micah 7:19)
God never turns from His love, but He soon turns from His wrath. His love to His chosen is according to His nature; His anger is only according to His office. He loves because He is love; He frowns because it is necessary for our good. He will come back to the place in which His heart rests, namely, His love to His own, and then He will take pity upon our griefs and end them..."

http://www.gospelweb.net/SpurgeonDevotions/Spurgeon1221.htm

Commentary on Dec 8 M daily light.

MORNING DECEMBER 8 Commentary

God is love - so declares the Holy Scriptures. Therefore we can expect godly people to be to have love. True love is not about pleasing everyone we meet. True love is about activities which promote the praise and glory of God And God is good and truth. If we love truly, our lives would promote that which is good and truth. Thus we, Christians, by ".. love serve one another." (Gal. 5:13)

It is burdensome when people walk contrary to God. True love unites us to God and lift up our burden. "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." (Gal. 6:1,2) if you are strong and spiritual you should know what to do to one another.

To love is to seek the conversion and salvation from errors and sins of each other. "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." (Jas 5:19,20) How good it is that this world has less sins because of love.

Saved people are called by God to love and to save fervently. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently." (I Pet. 1:22) As such, Christians are debtors when they fail to love. "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." (Rom. 13:8)

Love is to be able to feel for others and to seek their honour, even above our own. "Be kindly affectioned one to another in brotherly love; in honour preferring one another." (Rom. 12:10)

To love calls for humility as the proud seeks their own and are resisted by God. I "Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." (I Pet 5:5)

Do we truly love one another? "We ... that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves." (Rom. 15:1)

Spurgeon's Election

Read what Spurgeon think of this doctrine in Scriptures:

" There is no more humbling doctrine in Scripture than that of election, none more promotive of gratitude, and, consequently, none more sanctifying. Believers should not be afraid of it, but adoringly rejoice in it."

http://www.gospelweb.net/MESpurgeon/MESpur1125.htm

Moulded by God Himself

Read this link to find out why God Himself will mould every member of Christ's Church:

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2007/09/daily-light-on-daily-path-november.html#cmmnts15E

God bless.
lck

Soshine

Let Spurgeon speaks for Soshine at:

http://www.gospelweb.net/MESpurgeon/MESpur0920.htm


God bless.

True wisdom

This then is our true wisdom - to do His work in this world.

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2007/08/daily-light-on-daily-path-september.html#cmmnts20M

The Sovereign Will of God

That Spurgeon, the prince of preachers, believed in the doctrine of the soverign grace of God in man's salvation is well known. This morning devotion of his clearly shows that. Jesus Christ went to the mountain to spend time with God, and He called whom he wills to join Him there. So, Spurgeon understood and preached that eternal truth from an event in Christ's unique life. Yours and mine lives do not consist of any standard truth for rest of mankind. But not Jesus' - at least that's how the teacher of many preachers - interpreted His life. The life and works of Christ are meant to be God's revelation of what is salvation for us - even He the Sovereign God of our salvation.

He saves and calls whom He wills.

http://www.gospelweb.net/MESpurgeon/MESpur0910.htm

By being all

Good to me!

Oh, how shall I give thanks into the Lord who's is so good to an unworthy reature like me?

It is by God's grace that I am what I am. God knows what I am and I know it too - a wretched sinner saved by grace. Deep in my heart I know that He is leading me day by day, from step to step. And I shall yet praise Him as I ought and as He deserved. Then will we all know perectly to

He was there.

JESUS knows His own sheep by name.

This does not merely mean that He knows how to address me as "Chin Kwee". It means every mark of His tender care for me, left in me, He will never forget. They are the unique marks that form my finger-print!

He calls me by my finger-print when I m not paying attention to Him Who loves me so personally.

PTL

Another picture

Here is another picture at SGH.

Do I look good and thankful?

PTL

Greetings from SGH

Dear brethren in the Lord,

Some of you are longing to see me as much as I am you. But the restrictions are keeping us apart, just like confinements very friends because of sins and offences.

We should be humble and patient waiting for the Lord's timing. Meanwhile, let us not forget to long for each other.

Thus, this entry with the picture.

God bless.

lck

Greetings from SGH

Dear brethren in the Lord,

Some of you are longing to see me as much as I am you. But the restrictions are keeping us apart, just like confinements very friends because of sins and offences.

We should be humble and patient waiting for the Lord's timing. Meanwhile, let us not forget to long for each other.

Thus, this entry with the picture.

God bless.

lck

Greetings from SGH

Dear brethren in the Lord,

Some of you are longing to see me as much as I am you. But the restrictions are keeping us apart, just like confinements very friends because of sins and offences.

We should be humble and patient waiting for the Lord's timing. Meanwhile, let us not forget to long for each other.

Thus, this entry with the picture.

God bless.

lck

Greetings from SGH

Dear brethren in the Lord,

Some of you are longing to see me as much as I am you. But the restrictions are keeping us apart, just like confinements very friends because of sins and offences.

We should be humble and patient waiting for the Lord's timing. Meanwhile, let us not forget to long for each other.

Thus, this entry with the picture.

God bless.

lck

Comment on Evening April 07 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Power is dangerous without control. So it is important to know the nature of the power we are dealing with in order to control it. But having the know how to control does not mean that one has the power. There are many who have a car driving license but never own a car to drive one regularly. Often things are not done because there is no power or strength available to get things done. As God's people we need strength from above to do the will of God.

 

We must asked again and again to be strengthened that we might do the will o God. "The Lord strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness." (Psa. 41:3) To be in bed is to rest from one's physical labour. Physical things are not moved without physical work done. Nothing significant happens to this physical world, if all human beings are merely sleeping in bed. We do go to bed, but we want to arise so as to get work done. But when one is sick and without strength, he is forced to be in bed all the time. He is quite helpless and useless. Sickness comes from the Lord to teach His children how to pray and to draw strength from Him.

 

The power with which we deal is no ordinary power. It is that power by which the whole universe was created and Christ was raised from the dead. It is no mere brute force or energy, but the power of a Personal Being. That power has love and pity, grace and mercy. "In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them. — He whom thou lovest is sick. — My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." (Isa. 63:9; Joh. 11:3; 2Co. 12:9a)

 

The Apostle Paul was most glad that his life can be used of God to show forth such great and unique power. "Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (2Co. 12:9b; Phi. 4:13)

 

With such strength in us, we "faint not; ... though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." (2Co. 4:16) Here we must learn to wait upon the Lord. He will not fail us but accomplish His own purpose concerning us. And that purpose is always good for us. "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." (Isa. 40:29-31; Deu. 33:27)

 

In your Christian race, are you selected to compete in a 50 meter or a marathon event? (Heb. 12:1-3)

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr07E

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Morning April 07 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

I just got news early this morning that there is a potential heart-cum-liver doner for me. If all go well the transplant might take place this very day.

 

I am taking this as something from the Lord, whatever the outcome may be. He has loved me and forever be the same. I am indeed blessed to be chosen and saved of Him. In Him I rejoice and find my hope and trust. He has not failed me, but I often Him, to my shame and for the praise of the glory of His grace. He continues to comfort me through my meditation on the Daily Light on Daily Path. May the same bring you much comfort as well.

 

Do pray for me and my family as we  go through this time of waiting upon the Lord. If He wills I shall rise again to serve Him more years to come. If not, may all my frail effort be established for the good of His people and the glory of His Name.

 

Till we meet again, if not here, then in glory: Godspeed. Amen.

 

When a man gives a million dollars to charity, we immediately think that he is more generous than another who gives only a hundred dollars. A hundred dollars cannot do very much as compared with what a million dollars can do. So, we think that because a gift can do so much more, therefore that man much be so much more a generous man. Would you still think the same, if the reality is that the former man, after giving his million, still continues his life like before, while the latter, after giving his hundred, has to go hungry for a few days? The wonder of God's grace is that He makes us like the latter man - people who are willing to give even of our life for the benefit of others, and not merely out of convenience.

 

Scriptures describes believers thus: "As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things." (2Co. 6:10) In ourselves, our outward man may perish and cause much sorrows, but our inward man renewed day by day and we are rejoicing always. In relation to others, we may be poor, yet we make many people rich - rich not necessarily in material things. In relation to things around us, all things belong to our Heavenly Father and therefore to us - they shall all serve us for our good. We may have nothing, but we possess all things. In fact, God controls in such a way that He ensures that people manage our wealth for us, even without their realizing it.

 

Glory and tribulation are not things which can prevent our lives of joy. "We ... rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also." (Rom. 5:2, 3) "I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. — Believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." (2Co. 7:4; 1Pe. 1:8) "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." (1Jo. 5:4)

 

The "churches of Macedonia" (2Co. 8) were examples of believers whose "deep poverty" did not stop their having "the abundance of ... joy", and with both were very liberal in giving to others in need. (2Co. 8:1-5) Even the poor can give more than the rich, in the sight of God. (Mar. 12:43)

 

"Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? — God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." (Jam. 2:5; 2Co. 9:8)

 

Are you too poor to give? How can you ever be rich with that mentality?

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr07M

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Evening April 06 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

To be saved is to come to the knowledge of the truth. God will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life; no man come unto the Father but by Him, Who is the truth. "They that know thy name will put their trust in thee." (Psa. 9:10) The name of God speaks of His revelation of Himself, and that is the only truth in this universe.

 

"This is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. — I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only." (Jer. 23:6; Psa. 721:16) God reveals Himself as the God of our Salvation. He saves us by becoming ur righteousness. Anyone who mentions any other righteousness for salvation is deceiving others and deceiving himself. Blessed are all those who mention only of Jehovah our righteousness.

 

"His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor. — O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." (Isa. 9:6; Jer. 10:23) Man may boast that it is his own will that has made the difference, but God's Word insisted that "it is not in man that willeth to direct his steps." Who is right? "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." (Pro. 16:9) The LORD is always right. He is our righteousness, even in the most fundamental issue of our Salvation. "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." (Rom. 9:16)

 

We trust in Him when we know Him. He is "The mighty God, The everlasting Father. — I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." (Isa. 9:6; 1Ti. 1:12) He is the "Prince of Peace. — He is our peace. — Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." (Isa. 9:6; Eph. 2:14; Rom. 5:1)

 

"The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help. — As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it." (Pro. 18:10; Isa. 31:1; Isa. 31:5) We Christians are the true Jerusalem, the true people of God, whom He loves and will preserve without fail. We can trust in Him.

 

There is so much to know. Where should you start and where do you think you will end up?

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr06E

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Morning April 06 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

On the third day after He died, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ rose again from the dead, never more to die again. He had conquered death by going through it and returning to life with a glorified body! This shows not only His power, but also that the human body was designed in such a way that it can be transformed by God's power to become a glorified body with all the phenomena we witness of it in our Lord Jesus' appearances during the 40 days after His resurrection. Now, He ever lives - whatever for?

 

"He ever liveth to make intercession." (Heb. 7:25) After 40 days of spending time with His disciples, He finally bade them farewell at the Mount of Olives in His Great Ascension into Heaven, with that glorious body, leaving behind His promise to come again "in like manner" as we saw Him went, but that time with the difference, that He will take us to Himself (so that we may see Him as He is and be like Him), nevermore to be parted from Him forever. But for now, we are here while He is in Heaven, there to make intercession for us.

 

We do need Someone like our Lord in Heaven to represent us before our Heavenly Father, before all of us are gathered into God's Kingdom. Even till this very day, there are still the elect of God to be gathered out of every nation, tongue and tribe. This is to be done by Christ through His mystical Body, the Church, which is still imperfect and stand in need of her Lord's intercession in Heaven. This gives her strength from Heaven to continue her work till the Return of Christ. "Who is he that condemneth? it is Christ that died ... who also maketh intercession for us. — Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us." (Rom. 8:34; Heb. 9:24)

 

Even as an individual Christian bearing witness for our Lord, we need that intercession of our Lord Jesus Christ. "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. — There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." (1Jo. 2:1; 1Ti. 2:5) We must all appreciate our Lord's glorious ascension into God's presence.

 

"Seeing ... that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. — Through him we ... have access by one Spirit unto the Father." (Heb. 4:14-16; Eph. 2:18)

 

Where should you look whenever you feel the need for strength and encouragement in the service of the Lord?

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr06M

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Evening April 05 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Heaven is a perfect place for perfect people. By nature we are not fit to inherit such a wonderful place. We are fallen in Adam when he rebelled against God in the garden of Eden, corrupting the very human nature, plunging the whole human race into the guilt of sin. If ever there is any hope for a human being to get to heaven, God, with whom nothing is impossible, must act on our behalf, and we live by faith in Him.

 

"Jesus the author and finisher of our faith." (Heb. 12:2) We need to live by faith, and our faith is designed and completed by Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Second Person of the Godhead came in human flesh. He came in the Name of the Triune God to represent the poeple whom God would save. He came to be their Christ, their Prophet, Priest and King. Those who believe and follow Christ are those who have the faith of Christ.

 

We believers are the blessed ones because our Lord and Saviour, "which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty", says "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending." (Rev. 1:8) He is the One Who called "the generations from the beginning". (Isa. 41:4) He is God and our hope is in Him.

 

Through God's cleansing and sanctification, there is hope of possessing Heaven one day. "Sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. — The very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. — He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." (Jude 1:1; 1Th. 5:23, 24; Phi. 1:6)

 

Before we arrive at perfection, we do foolishly imagine, at times, that we are good enough to go the rest of the way on our own, by our own steam. "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?" (Gal. 3:3) It is virtuous to try and be independent as soon as possible, so that we need not trouble other people. But in the matter of our Salvation, from beginning to the end, we are totally dependent upon the Lord. There is no other way. Without Him we can do nothing. This is humbling and God gives grace to the humble, but resists the proud. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." (Psa. 138:8) All from Him or none at all.

 

"It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." (Phi. 2:13)

 

Is your salvation a matter of God's good pleasure or of your own free-will?

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr05E

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Morning April 05 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

I have not come across a Christian who denies the reality of "ups and downs" in the Christian experience. It is God's revealed Word that there was the despondent experience of Elijah when he asked to die, and that also after his previous great victory at Mount Carmel. Then there was the transfiguration experience of the Apostle Peter and his miserable denial of the Lord. Indeed, all these do demonstrate our vulnerability and unreliability in matter of our salvation. If not for God's promise of His everlasting arm underneath us, we can never have any assurance of eternal life.

 

It is in times of our "mountain top" experience that we must learn to pray, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me." (Gen. 32:26) How much do we look for the blessing of the Lord? No, I'm not thinking of what we consider as "blessing" (often we are mistaken here), but of what is truly blessing in His sight. When we are in need we cry to Him with all kinds of suggestions as to what "blessings" should come from Him. That is quite natural. But when He does indeed answer our prayers, do we regard those answers as blessings from Him? If His thoughts towards us is one of good, what else can we expect but His blessings? What is needful is not God changing His answers to our prayers to suit our tastes, but we changing to accepting His good gifts (whatever that may be) with much thankfulness and live within the plan and will of God.

 

His dealings with us are the demonstrations of His strength. He said, "Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me." (Isa. 27:5) Blessed indeed are those who are at peace with God and not at war with Him.

 

When our Lord told a Gentile woman, who came for help, that it was not right to give the children's bread to dogs (implying that she was a "dog"), she did not go into war with Christ, but replied, "Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." (Mat. 15:27) The Lord thus showed that she was no "Gentile" in her heart, and said, "O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt." Things happen to us believers according to our faith. "According to your faith be it unto you." (Mat. 9:29) "Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord." (Jam. 1:6, 7)

 

The Lord is always with us as He has promised. Often we are too busy with what we ourselves want to do, like Martha, and fail to seize the golden opportunity to sit at His feet and listen to Him, like Mary. We must cultivate the sense of His presence with us, if we are to pray more often in delight. "I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight." (Exo. 33:13)

 

Is He around, now, to hear and bless us?

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr05M

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Evening April 04 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

We who walk "in the way everlasting" (Psa. 139:24), can rest assured that difficulties along the way do have their own peculiar ways of escape. When we find ourselves too low and not solid enough, we can pray, "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." (Psa. 61:2)

 

Therefore we should not worry as we walk with the Lord on this highway to Heaven, but be prayerful. "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Phi. 4:6, 7)

 

Difficulties along the way are put there by our God to purify our faith. We are to walk by faith, nothing doubting. True faith is always based upon God's Word and promises and not our vain imaginations. We we live and act in true faith, we use the Word of God as a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, and prayerfully consider the providence of God around us. They are all given to us for the exercise of our faith. As I walk thus and "my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path." (Psa. 142:3) "He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." (Job. 23:10)

 

The conclusion of all who are tried of God and come forth as gold is that Jehovah God is their help. "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. — Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heaven." (Psa. 90:1; Isa. 25:4)

 

As Christians we have no other hope besides this Triune God as revealed in Holy Scriptures. We perish if He fails us. He is the Almighty and He can never fail. "Who is a rock save our God? — They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. — Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil." (Psa. 18:31; Joh. 10:28; Psa. 119:116; Heb. 6:19)

 

In this whole wide world, is there a greater Salvation and a greater Saviour than ours in Jesus Christ?

 

Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at

http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-april.html#Apr04E

 

Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Morning April 04 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

We fear because we do not know how it all got started and also because we do not know how it will all end up. So, after a major disaster or accident, like a plane crash, to calm public fear of air travel, a thorough investigation is normally called for. In the final report, such questions as how it all started and what the industry is going to do about what they now know (the outcome of the accident) is very important. Any failure to address these two points properly would not help to remove the fear of air-travel.

 

We have our physical life here. We observe it in many others around us. Many things can happen to a person, pleasant or unpleasant, good or bad. And one thing seems to happen to them all - they all die when the time comes. Death is such a blow to them and to those around them. What lies ahead of the dead? What about those who depend on the one who dies - what about their future? What are happening to others would very likely happen to us as well. Is it not natural to fear with this careful observation? "Fear not; I am the first and the last." (Rev. 1:17) Christ Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, is the first and last of all things created. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Col. 1:16, 17) We may not know the future and many other things, but we do believe and know who has absolute control over them all. He is our Saviour. All is well. We need not fear.

 

As Christians, ".. ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, but ye are come unto mount Sion, ... to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. (Heb. 12:18, 22-24)

 

In Jesus Christ, "We have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." (Heb. 4:15, 16) He understands all our trials and difficulties and is most sympathetic towards us. His desire is always that we overcome our sins and miseries with His strength and grace. Let us go to Him more often.

 

"Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. — The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (Isa. 44:6; 9:6) Is He not also our Lord and King?

 

"Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? — Who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?" (2Sa. 22:32)

 

Who can dispel your fear if this our God cannot? Get to know Him better.

 

 

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Comment on Evening April 03 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Followers of our Lord Jesus Christ are not those who had once upon a time, in the past, rose up to follow Him, irregardless of their present status with Him. They are people who still continue with Him now and forever. "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; .." (Joh. 8:31 ) To be "disciples indeed" is to be true disciples of Christ.

 

Faith and hope in Christ is an ongoing thing in our Christian experience. "The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? — We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. — The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Isa. 33:14; 2Co. 1:9, 10; Rom. 6:23) Those who think that God only help them with initial grace, and that through the acts of their free-, submissive, renewed will they have now improved enough to be saved upon their own merits, are still lost in their sins. "All our righteousnesses are as fithy rags". (Isa. 64:6)  Salvation is indeed of the Lord and none of ourselves.

 

God is so holy and perfect , that it "is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. — Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men." (Heb. 10:31; 2Co. 5:11) We persuade men not to trust in themselves, but to trust in the Lord with all their hearts. "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. — Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." (Zec. 4:6; 1Ti. 2:4)

 

Can there be salvation without the knowledge of the truth?

 

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Comment on Morning April 03 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

How long is one second? To say that it is one-sixtieth of a minute is certainly right, but it does not help much, unless one is able to relate the duration of one minute and the size of the number '60' to concrete life experiences. Because little children have so little of life experiences, they have difficulty grasping the concept of time, especially of its duration. One second is longer and more significant to one who is strong and can do things faster. But to a person who is weak and needs much time to get a simple thing done, one second is too little, too fast and insignificant. These are realities which bring miseries to those who cannot accept them and be considerate when they deal with each other.

 

Our Lord Jesus promised to come again and receive us to Himself. (Joh. 14:1-3) Now, about 2,000 years later, we are still waiting for His coming. Some "wise guys" suggest that Jesus was not making a promise to us living to-day, but to His immediate disciples. His promise was certainly fulfilled in those days, in ways which we may not understand to-day. But the "wise guys" are wrong. Christ made promise to His people and not just to some individuals personally. We are the true people of God and the promise still stands good to-day, even though those who first received it are not with us in person to-day. We are the people for whom Christ died and is coming again. After 2,000 years, some may begin to doubt that Christ will still keep His promise. But to believers, Christ is not "slack concerning his promise." "Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness." (2Pe. 3:8, 9) Our God has all the details planned out before the Second Coming of Christ, and everything is happening as planned, nothing is yet missing yet. So, everything is on track and happening as planned, nothing delaying, everything as quickly as it ought to be. The problem is not with God nor with the events of history, but with us who are ignorant and unbelieving.

 

"My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, ... so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isa. 55:8-11) God's Word is always faithful and true. It will come to pass no matter what. It will accomplish Its purpose to the glory of God. We must always acknowledge that our thoughts are inferior to His as revealed in His Word. Whenever there is conflict, His must always be right and ours wrong. In that way we are well prepared for greater understanding of His will.

 

Those who doubt His Second Coming and are not preparing, do so in unbelief. Those who believe and are prepared for it, are those who have received the mercy of God. "God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" (Rom. 11:32, 33) God's mercy is sovereign and He will have mercy upon whom He will have mercy. He will harden whom He wills as well. May God have mercy upon us.

 

Does your faith in God involve the future?

 

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Comment on Evening April 02 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

How is the Second Coming of Christ related to our faith?

 

Our Lord hinted to us that, at that time of His Second Coming, true faith will be a rarity. "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luk. 18:8) The answer to that rhetorical question is "yes", only because faith is the gift of God. At any one time in the history of mankind, there are always, by faith, the "elect, which cry day and  night unto him, though he bear long with them." (Luk. 18:7) God's grace never fail to grant faith to His people.

 

The spirit of antichrist shall dominate the end time, just before Jesus' return. Such a spirit is not a spirit that denies the use of the terms, such as "Christ" or "Christianity" or any such like good terms. Rather, it is a spirit that insists on its wrong definition of those terms, resulting in a corruption of the formal expression of the faith. So, in the end times, there will be many who think they are doing God's service, representing His cause, when in actual fact, they have departed from the faith. "The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith." (1Ti. 4:1) We must be ready to meet such challenges, and to prepare our children for them.

 

How? "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables." (2Ti. 4:2-4)

 

On this matter there are many sleeping Christians not well prepared for the Lord's return. It will do us well to take heed to the following words: "Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching. — Looking for that blessed hope, ... the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ." (Mar. 13:32-33; Luk. 12:37; Tit. 2:13)

 

Specifically, what are you and am I doing by way of preparing for His Second Coming?

 

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lck

Comment on Morning April 02 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

God's Name is Jealous (Exo. 34:14) and we can understand why that must be the case. There is no being who knows better that there is none else more worthy of total and absolute devotion and consecration by all, than God Himself. Therefore God must be jealous when any being worship any other being than God Himself. In fact, one of the sure test of true repentance and faith is the worship and service of the true and living God alone and none else. "If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only." (1Sa. 7:3)

 

Idols are not always those who oppose God. Some of them are the true servants of the Lord. Through no fault of their own, they can be made idols by those who admire them. They should vehemently oppose such sentiments, even running into their midst like the Apostles did in Acts 14:14. As we are by nature so adulterous. We should certainly on guard against such inclination towards those whom we admire. Ever remember that God is a jealous God.

 

"Little children, keep yourselves from idols. — Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. — Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." (1Jo. 5:21; 2Co. 6:1l7, 18; Mat. 6:24)

 

We are to worship and serve the Lord in true love and with our whole being. This obviously includes with our willing mind and perfect heart.  "Serve him with a perfect heart with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts." (1Ch. 28:9) God never wants His people to put aside their mind when worshipping Him. We must consider and think God's thoughts after Him even as we worship and serve Him.

 

We must worship God in truth, and God's Word is truth. God seeks such truthful people to worship Him. "Behold, thou desireth truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. — Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. — Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. (Psa. 51:6; 1Sa. 16:7; 1Jo. 3:21)

 

Can we turn to any power or authority independent of God's? Wherein lies our power and authority over others? What is our calling when people turn to us for help? Is it right to help any fellow creature without God? What would God say to His helpless creatures who seek help from Him?

 

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Comment on Evening April 01 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Consider the immediate effects of wars and one wonders how to justify their declaration in the first place. In the history

 

of mankind there were many wars fought in all the different cultures, and none of them did not cause great, immediate,

 

physical miseries upon the peoples involved. Yet, these intelligent creatures continue to fight and destroy each other to

 

these modern days. Listening to their justification for wars, we learn that they were for their imagined, greater peace for

 

all. For people who do not know what is true peace, such axiom can only lead to endless wars and miseries without any peace

 

in sight.

 

Only God Almighty Who created and still governs the Heavens and the Earth knows what is true peace. And He said, there shall

 

be no peace to the wicked. He is the only One Who is qualified to declare war and none else. And He did just that in Gen.

 

3:15. This warfare is to bring about His Own peace first to the hearts of men and then, in ever larger concentric circles to

 

the societies of men. It is not a warfare with flesh and blood, but against the power of darkness, Satan and his cohorts.

 

As Christians, we are for war, for this kind of war which brings the true  peace. "Jehovah-shalom" (The Lord send peace -

 

Jdg. 6:24) Where this kind of wars are properful fought and won, we can expect Jehovah-shalom.

 

So, when David fought many of such wars, he brough such peace to Jerusalem in the reign of his son, Solomon. "Behold, a son

 

shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name

 

shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days." (1Ch. 22:9) When our Lord Jesus Christ, the

 

Antitype of Solomon, fought His, such eternal peace was won. "Behold, a greater than Solomon is here. — Unto us a child is

 

born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful,

 

Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. — My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,

 

and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; when it shall hail, coming down on the forest ; and the city shall be

 

low in a low place." (Mat. 12:42; Isa. 9:6; 32:18, 19)

 

The peace of the Lord, which deals with the hearts and consciences of men, is not much appreciated in this guilty world. It

 

calls for their acknowledgment of guilty and repentance towards God and faith towards Christ. Such is too humiliating for

 

proud men, and so, "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King

 

of kings." (Rev. 17:14) In that way, He gathers His people out of every nation, tongue and tribe, and brings His peace to

 

them. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you." (Joh. 14:27)

 

Are you a peace loving person, who talk so much about the spiritual warfare?

 

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Comment on Morning April 01 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Can you imagine a heaven where there is no joy and where everyone there is miserable? If there is such a heaven, I'm sure you do not want to go there. Our impression of Heaven from the revelation of God Himself who lives there, is that one cannot have more of God there. He dominates everything just like our sun do our physical world during the day time. There are now people on earth who actually think that such a place where God is everything would be a miserable place. A bit of God is good enough - just enough to get us to a place of eternal happiness. Too much of God means problems, so they think. Such people have wrong ideas of either God or joy or even of both.

 

"The fruit of the Spirit is joy." (Gal. 5:22) The Spirit is the Third Person of the Godhead and to be full of Him is to be filled with joy - "Joy in the Holy Ghost. — Unspeakable and full of glory." (Rom. 14:17; 1Pe. 1:8) Such joy is so wonderful that being "Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ... exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. — We glory in tribulations." (2Co. 6:10, 7, 4; Rom. 5:3) Such is the joy of heaven, of all those who live and suffered for Christ and His kingdom.

 

Jesus Himself showed us that as "a man of sorrow and acquainted with grieves", He also has such joy. "Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; ... for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame." (Heb. 12:2) All His works and words to save us is also to give us this joy. "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be fuIl." (Joh. 15:11) "As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ." (2Co. 1:5)

 

As Christians we must not be ashamed when we look for  joy in our Christian life. But here we must be careful because the worldlings also look for joy - their own corrupt ideas of what joy is, even a joy without or no God at all. Never look for such joy. Rather, "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. — The joy of the Lord is your strength." (Phi. 4:4; Neh. 8:10)

 

If we know what it means to be saved, we will know that "In thy presence is fulness of joy: at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. — For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." (Psa. 16:11; Rev. 7:17)

 

Are you a joyful Christian? Wherein lies your joy?

 

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Comment on Evening March 31 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

As children of God we are the children of the light. God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. What, then, has light communion with darkness? (2Co. 6:14) To have communion is to have fellowship, to enjoy each other gifts and talents, delighting and rejoicing in each other's achievements. Light and darkness are just so opposite that no communion can be found between them. Where there is a little light presence, there must also be a little darkness driven away. If a place is full of light, then there can be no darkness there.

 

So, it can only be in places where we are still yet to be perfect that we can compromise with darkness. So in this present evil world, where men "loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil" (Joh. 3:19), that we Christian believers can, at times, compromise in our faith to our own hurt.  We hurt ourselves by trying to balance on two boats in the water - one on Christ and the other the world.  "Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness." (1Th. 5:5)

 

Children of light takes great delight in the Word of God because "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." (Psa.119:105) Walking in the light is to walk in a safe place as the light reveals the dangers that are around us and help us to avoid them. "The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." (Psa. 74:20) To walk in the light is to walk in love because God is both light and love. "Love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." (1Jo. 4:7, 8)

 

We become more sure in our steps as we walk in the light. "The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." (Pro. 4:19, 18) Christians must not be ashamed to live by faith and be fully assured of the love of God. All these come about as we grow in knowledge of our true and living God Who still governs this world gloriously.

 

If we follow Christ, we shall not walk in darkness. "I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness" (Joh. 12:46) "Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light." (Eph. 5:8)

 

Are you trying to hide from the Lord like Adam and Eve did after the Fall?

 

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Comment on Morning March 31 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

   

 

Dear friend,

 

How rich is God in glory? In this sinful world, not only are there people who belittle God and considers Him poor in many ways, there are also those who even consider that there is never such a being as God. When God comes in His Glory all shall know how rich He truly is, as the Almigthy Creator of the whole universe and Who has always in absolute control over it according to His own good pleasure!

 

He comes in that glory at the end of this present age when His Son shall judge all things and put all things under His feet. And He also comes in that glory in the heart of those who are given to see Him by the power of the Holy Spirit! All believers who die and are receive into glory experience this great wonder. But there are also those who already in this life are also given to taste of that glory. Scripture recorded for us such an emperience at the Mount of transfiguration where three of Jesus' disciples saw Jesus transfigured - where temporarily His corruptible body put on the glorified one, radiating as bright as the sun!

 

There is no need so great that this rich God cannot supply. "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Phi. 4:19) What need do you have in this life? What leads you to be in such dire need? "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all ... things shall be added unto you." (Mat. 6:33) We are saved to enter into His Kingdom. We are in His Kingdom to serve Him there. All things serve His Kingdom finally. So, if we serves His Kingdom, we can rest assured that all "things are your's: whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come: all are your's: and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1Co. 3:21-23) So, we as "having nothing, and yet possessing all things." (2Co. 6:10)

 

Is Jesus your shepherd leading you? If so, you can rest assure that "God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will be withheld from them that walk uprightly." (Psa. 84:11) Do not doubt His ability to do wondrously. "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." (2Co. 9:8)

 

Why do you think God is such to us who believe?

 

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Comment on Morning March 30 of "Dailty Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

People today are too busy and superficial to meditate, to give deep, spiritual thought to important themes in life. Considering what are available in the market for our five senses, there is simply not enough time to experience them all, not even if very few brief moments are allocated for each of them. So, how to follow Isaac's example to go "out to meditate in the field at the eventide"? (Gen. 24:63)

 

While deep thinking on a matter is praiseworthy when compared to superficial ones, the themes meditated upon may not be always acceptable to God in the first place. "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer." (Psa. 19:14) When they are not acceptable He will let us know to direct us to that which is pleasing to Him.

 

When we meditate aright, we do stand in awe of His majesty as the Mighty Creator, and in wonder of His mindfulness towards creatures like us. "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? — The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." (Psa. 8:3,4. -Psa. 111:2)

 

Another great theme for godly meditation is the law of God. Such meditations expose the follies of sinful men. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night." (Psa. 1:1,2. -Josh. 1:8) It is not how much we know, but what we do know that  equips us for wisdom.

 

In the final analysis, true meditation is meditation on God. Such meditation leads to the eternal praise of God. "My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches." (Psa. 63:5,6)

 

In life are we madly rushing to hell or carefully preparing for Heaven?

 

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Comment on Evening March 30 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

When Jehovah God seems to have forgotten you and to hide His face from you, do not be discouraged and go about doing the wrong thing, thinking that His mercy toward you is clean gone forever and the He (the only truly innocent One, all others are only pretenders) has decided to cast you off for another. What is actual happening is that your faith is on trial. And such an experience is not unique of you. Listen to what the Psalmist wrote in Psa. 13:1 - "How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord! for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?"

 

As believers we must walk according to God's Word and not our own evil imagination. With God there is no repentance. Having begun a good work in us, He will perform it unto the Day of Jesus Christ. "Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." Jam. 1:17) His immutability is His attribute and to lack that is declare Himself not God - to  self-destruct.

 

Yet a stubborn, ignorant Christian can insist that "the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me." (Isa. 19:14) To think that of Jehovah is to think Him worse than, and unworthy of, our normal woman. "Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee." (Isa. 19:15) Do think that Jehovah is better and more faithful than our ordinary women.

 

But some would say that generally Jehovah would not forget us, but when we commit heinous sins, He would not forgive us, but reject us outright. Is that right? Let's hear Him Himself: "Thou shalt not be forgotten of me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins." (Isa. 44:21, 22) We may be unbelieving at times, but He abideth faithful.

 

Jesus tested the faith of Mary and Martha when He delayed His coming to them to heal Lazarus. (Joh. 11:5, 6) Again, He tested the woman of Canaan when He, at first, seems unwilling to exorcise her daughter. (Mat. 15:22, 23)

 

"The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth." (1Pe. 1:7)

 

Are you failing while under trial?

 

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Comment on Evening March 29 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

There is more to life than what meets the eyes of men. By the "eyes of men" I refer to what appeal to our five physical senses of touching, seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting. When we are very young the world is just that. We care very little about reasoning in the abstract world. So, we naturally love comic strips with lots of pictures than to read books full of words requiring us to figure out abstract thoughts and ideas. But soon we learn that the world is also built upon such ideas which we cannot ignore totally without hurting ourselves and the environment. So material wealth and glory are not everlasting, and ought not to command our absolute attention, if we wnt to do things that count for eternity. "Riches are not forever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?" (Pro. 27:24)

 

Devoting our whole lives for those things which are only temporary by nature is vanity indeed. "Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them." (Psa. 39:6) Painful it is  to know that our inheritance becomes the bone of contention for our children and a hindrance to their otherwise exciting lives on earth.

 

Therefore, "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Col. 3:2. -Matt. 6:19-21) We do put value to things around us consciously or subconsciously. Those things of higher value become our treasures in which we do take delight and find our happiness and joyful complacency. Conversely, their loss does cause unrest. Only treasures allowed in Heaven are eternally secured.

 

The worldly people care not for heavenly glory. But we as God's people are different. "They do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptble. — We look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen. — To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward." (I Cor. 9:25. -II Cor 4:18. -Prov. 11:18)

 

What reward gained by Lord can we expect on that day of glory? "There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing. — A crown of glory that fadeth not away." (II Tim. 4:8. -I Pet. 5:4)

 

Will it be "the filthy rags" of our own righteousnesses or the "wedding garments" of Christ's righteousness?

 

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Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Morning March 29 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

We Christians are indeed blessed because from the very foundation of this world, God, the Mighty Creator, had already thought of us. "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." (Mat. 25:34) His thought for us was one of good, yes, even to prepare a whole kingdom for us. Imagine a whole kingdom just for us who are in Christ Jesus, our Lord!!!

 

Do you at times being deceived by the devil into thinking that God has forsaken you? "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (Luk. 12:32) How could that be, if indeed He has prepared that kingdom for us long before the creation of Lucifer, the devil? Can that creature, the devil, prevent the good pleasure of God? Not for a moment! We are indeed very weak and poor, but our blessedness is not to be found in us weaklings, but in Him, the Almighty. "Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?" (Jam. 2:5) We are heirs "of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." (Rom. 8:17)

 

All is indeed well and blessed when we are in a love-relationship with God. "The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me. — God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." (Joh. 16:27; Heb. 11:16) Love speaks of friendship and devotion and commitment to each other to each other's good and pleasure. Do we find in God our Sovereign Friend? Do we approach Him with confidence as we do to a truly good friend? If you cannot understand what I mean, then try to make God your First Best Friend. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."  (Joh. 15:13)

 

With God as our Friend to walk with us, we know that we shall overcome the world. "He that overeometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. — There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." (Rev. 21:7; 1Ti. 4:8) God will never fail us. "He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." (Phi. 1:6)

 

Are you  happy in this present evil world? How about in the coming one?

 

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Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Evening March 28 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Things and people who are closest to us, we often take for granted and do not show as much

 

appreciation as we should have done. This is keenly felt to be the case when such things or

 

people are taken away from us for a season, and we allow to live our days without them during

 

that period. If we can take back such things and people at will, we do not miss them as much

 

even without them, But, when such absence is going to be permanent, we may have a lot to adjust

 

to in life, living without them. That may not appear easy for us if we have been very dependent

 

upon them. So we sorrow for taking them for granted. "I would not have you to be ignorant,

 

brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no

 

hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus

 

will God bring with him." (I Thes. 4:13,14) For Christians, our sorrows are short lived, as we

 

believe that our loved ones will be returned to us again when our Lord Jesus Christ returns in

 

the cloud of glory.

 

We have such assurance of their return because we believe in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus

 

Christ from the dead. Holy Scripture (the Gospel) reveals that Christ deid for our sins and rose

 

again from the dead on the third day. We believe that literally - His physical body died and

 

came back to live forevermore. We do not believe in vain. "If the dead rise not, then is not

 

Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then

 

they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. But now is Christ risen from the dead,

 

and become the firstfruits of them that slept." (I Cor. 15:16-18,20) We take pity upon those who

 

do not believe in such things.

 

The Old Testament crossing of the river Jordan to take possession of the Promised Land was a

 

picture of believers entrance into the glory of heaven when they die. The memorial of this

 

crossing is a reminder of presence with us before the crossing and the reassurance of the coming

 

reunion in Christ's Second Coming. "It came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over

 

Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out

 

of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones ... and these stones shall be for

 

a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. — This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all

 

are witnesses. — Witnesses chosen before of God, ... who did eat and drink with him after he

 

rose from the dead." (Josh. 4:1,3,7. -Acts 2:32. -Acts 10:41)

 

What are the memorials of our Christian warriors doing to us in our lives? Do we consider them a

 

waste of time and resourses?

 

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Yours in Christ's Service,
lck

Comment on Morning March 28 of "Daily Light on Daily Path"

 

 

Dear friend,

 

Where is strength there is potential to get things done. Where there is courage there is the beginning of action. Joshua was told by God to "Be strong and of a good courage." in Jos. 1:18, when he was commission to lead God's people in the conquest of Canaan. This work was a  very difficult one considering the fact that the army Joshua led was a generation brought up in the harshed wilderness by parents who were, on the whole, rebellious and unbelieving. Joshua needed not only to keep fit physically, but also morally and spiritually. He must also keep God's people submissive to the will of God to be strong. The courage he needed was that kind which spur him to do what is good and not evil. Ungodly people often has the courage to do what is evil, even before God. These are people of bad courage. God wants us to be people of good courage. The courage to do good is not always as forthcoming as we would like to see in people. Often, God's people discover that "to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do." (Rom. 7:18b, 19) We need to be strong and of a good courage in order to be useful in this world.

 

It is not in things nor in techniques that we what we need to live a proper life. It is in a living person. "The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psa. 27:1) To draw what we need from an inanimate object or from certain series of actions is easier than to do so from another living person. The former is unilateral while the latter is bilateral. The fellowship with Jehovah God is something indispensable for all who would draw strength from Him to fight the fight of faith. In this fellowship, we take the place of humility and truthfulness, and He, the place of Great Glory and Majesty. We come to Him just as we are, poor and needy. He comes to us as our "high tower", "our shield", "sword for the fight", "helmet of salvation", "breastplate of righteousness", et cetera. "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isa. 40:29-31) God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humbe. "My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever." (Psa. 73:26)

 

If you are truly humble and your God, your very source of strength, then you need not be fearing and doing little or nothing, but "be doing, and the Lord be with thee." (1Chr. 22:16). "If God be for us, who can be against us? — The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? — Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. — We are more than conquerors through him that loved us." (Rom. 8:31; Psa. 118:6; Psa. 44:5; Rom. 8:37)

 

Is there a good reason for us to be weak and inactive in the things of the Lord? Pray, trust and obey. He will take care of the rest.

 

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Yours in Christ's Service,
lck