Author: wordsofithiel

Salvation and Meekness

Salvation and Meekness

Salvation and Meekness-

“…receive the implanted word in meekness,
that is able to save your souls”
James 1:21

The true salvation of God is realized as an individual receives Christ Himself. Mere confessions of belief, formulas and the doctrines of men, have clouded the mystery and wonder of God’s gracious gift.

In our receiving the IMPLANTED Word in the spirit of meekness, we begin the journey into the full salvation God has purposed. Only Christ can free the heart from its misery and emptiness. There is salvation in no other. Meekness is the temper of the heart that recognizes its need for the grace of God.

Christ for the nations is the only hope for humanity. Political aspirations are as impotent as the human nature by which it seeks to rule.

Power without meekness
is the bane of human history.

†

“For the fruit of the Spirit
is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.”
Ephesians 5:9 (LITV)

Related Post: Salvation by Confession or Reception

“As Christ has a Gospel, Satan has a gospel too; the latter being a clever counterfeit of the former. So closely does the gospel of Satan resemble that which it parades, multitudes of the unsaved are deceived by it.”
– A.W. Pink

(photo by Eznoh)

Brian Troxel

James Stalker

James Stalker

james stalker
“Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.” 
– James Stalker

True Greatness

True Greatness

Henry Ward Beecher

“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”
-Henry Ward Beecher

The Parables of Jesus

The Parables of Jesus

the parables of Jesus

The Parables of Jesus were drawn from everyday examples filled with the power of truth. Though many heard, few understood their import. Jesus spoke in parables for He saw His Father’s truth in them. To Him, this world was filled with the Face of His Father everywhere He looked. The proud and haughty hearts of men saw nothing, heard nothing, and therefore continued in their blindness of heart.

“For let this mind be in you
that is also in Christ Jesus”
Philippians 2:5 (LSV)

frill-

Then thou shalt see, and flow together…”
Isaiah 60:5

“Unity is the fruit of seeing .”
Brian Troxel

True Holiness

True Holiness

the invitation -

“God’s holiness is no barrier
but an encouragement to repentant sinners”
F.B. Meyer

There is within the magnificence of the Holy God a love that ever reaches, searches and calls unto His creation with the invitation to come and find the rest of His Life abiding within.

frill-

“Come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest”
Matthew 11:26