Author: wordsofithiel

Righteousness

Righteousness

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“Righteousness in the true sense of the original language means that we become all that HE has purposed for us individually. It is something far more than moral excellence or a religious code of ethics.  It is the living wonder wrought within us by the receiving of Christ Himself.”
– Brian Troxel

Charles Spurgeon – Zeal

Charles Spurgeon – Zeal

Charles Spurgeon

“Paul proved that he was a true citizen of the New Jerusalem because he became, of all men, most zealous for Christ, zealous for the gospel, zealous for the winning of souls; he seemed to try to do all he could to undo the mischief he had wrought in the days of his unregeneracy, and to work with both his hands and all his heart to establish and extend the kingdom which once he tried to overthrow. O God, by Thy great mercy, cause another Paul to be born in this house of prayer! Thou canst do it; wilt Thou not bring to Thyself, by the power of the Eternal Spirit, some wild, threatening, blustering, blaspheming hater of Christ, lay him at the dear feet of the Crucified, and cause him to look up and live? Pray for this, dear Christian people.”
~ C.H. Spurgeon

Walk On

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Walk On
When obscurity clouds our way,
And our confidence becomes uncertain.
Introspection brings dismay,
And doubt draws its dark curtain.

The pilgrim leans upon the past,
in the midst of present sorrow
Faith in Him:
———–the First and Last
through today unto tomorrow
——Walk On
until all earthly shadows are past
——in the countenance of the Son.

Walk On

Brian Troxel

Augustine – Christ Our Deliverer

Augustine – Christ Our Deliverer

 
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“Wake up, O human being! For it was for you that God was made man. Rise up and realize it was all for you. Eternal death would have awaited you had He not been born in time. Never would you be freed from your sinful flesh had He not taken to Himself the likeness of sinful flesh. Everlasting would be your misery had He not performed this act of mercy. You would not have come to life again had He not come to die your death. You would have perished had He not come.”
– Augustine 

Authenticity

Authenticity

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“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 3:18

“Authenticity (TRUE BEING) is not the result of a man being true to himself, rather it is the fruit of a life that (by God’s Grace) has become TRUE IN GOD. It is in the seeing of HIM that I know myself (see Isaiah 6, Revelation 1:12–17). HE is the TRUTH, and it is in the seeing of HIM alone are we changed from the corruption of ourselves into HIS LIKENESS!”
– Brian Troxel (Quoted from his book “Paths of the Shepherd“)