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BIBLIJSKA TUMAČENJA, SVETO PISMO
- BIBLIJA
– Prev. Daničić-Karadžić
Sveto pismo Staroga i Novoga zaveta. Revidirani tekst. Ekavica, latinica. - BITI HRIŠĆANIN A NE RELIGIOZAN
– Fritz Ridenour
Praktični komentar Pavlove poslanice Rimljanima, u kojem se iznose osnovne evanđeoske istine. - DIATESSARON
– Hronološko jevanđelje (Čarnić)
U ovoj knjizi nalaze se događaji iz života Isusa Hrista, koje su zabeležili četiri evanđelista, stavljeni u hronološki niz. Stoga, čitalac može da doživi kontinualni tok života i službe Isusa Hrista, te da dobije jedan široki – panoramski pogled na Njegov život i dešavanja oko Njega. U sastavljanju ove “evanđeoske hronologije” Isusova života, upotrebljen je prevod Evanđelja od dr Emilijana Čarnića. - HODATI U LJUBAVI
– Henry Drummond
Još jedno odlično tumačenje 13 poglavlja Prve poslanice Korinćanima, poglavlja o ljubavi. - IZGUBLJENI SIN
– Hajnrih Miler
Evanđeoski komentar na priču o “izgubljenom sinu” (Lk. 15:11-32).
- LJUBAV JE ODGOVOR
– T. H. Epp
Proučavanje 13 poglavlja Prve poslanice Korinćanima, poznatog poglavlja o AGAPE ljubavi – hrišćanskom standardu ljubavi. - PRAZNICI GOSPODNJI
– dr Emil Donges
Tumačenje duhovnog značenja starozavetnih praznika na koje je Izrailj bio pozvan od Boga da ih slavi i drži. - ŠTA KAŽE BIBLIJA?
– siont.net
Mala praktična konkordancija – životna pitanja odgovorena kroz Sveto pismo. Sadrži preko 260 pojmova.
EVANGELIZACIJA, APOLOGETIKA
- DA LI JE ISUS HRIST BOG?
– John Maisel
Knjiga se bavi osobom Isusa Hrista i predstavlja zbirku predavanja. Maisel daje odgovore na pitanja: Ko je bio Isus Hrist, i da li je On zaista ono šta je sam za sebe tvrdio? - DA LI JE ISUS HRIST SIN BOŽIJI?
– Gordon Lindsay
Zbirka biblijskih i istorijski argumenata koji svedoče o božanskom poreklu Isusa Hrista. - DA VINČIJEV KOD: KNJIGA, FILM I OBMANA
– about-jesus.org
Razmatranje i odgovor na neke ozbiljne tvrdnje u romanu koje su uperene protiv Biblije, hrišćanstva i crkvene istorije. - EVOLUCIJA=NAUKA
– Aleksandar Jovanović
Većina ljudi veruje da nauka ima čvrste dokaze koji dokazuju da smo nastali slučajno, no, da li je to stvarno tako? - ISUS NAŠA SUDBINA
– Wilhelm Busch
Ova knjiga je zbirka poslednjih predavanja pastora Buša, održanih 19. juna 1966. godine na ostrvu Rigen (Rügen) - KAKO BOG MOŽE TO DA DOPUSTI?
– Wilhelm Busch
Knjiga koja se bavi pitanjem postojanja zla. Da li je Bog za njega odgovoran? - PRAVEDAN PRED BOGOM
– John Blanchard
Veoma jasno izlaganje o Božjem putu spasenja, i kako početi njime hodati… - PREKASNO
– Abner Dahl
Ova knjižica pruža odgovor na važno pitanje: Ima li mogućnosti za spasenje posle smrti? Šta Biblija ima da kaže o tome? - PROBUDI SE!
– Joseph Alleine
Hrišćanska klasika iz 16 veka. Alejn je bio vatreni puritanski propovednik, u ovoj knjizi on izlaže istine o putu spasenja veoma direktno i oštro. - SAMO PISMO
– Slađan Đurić
Odgovor na knjigu Dimitrija Popadića: “Svetosavski primer kontekstualizacije evanđelja”. - SEDAM ZNAKOVA NOVOG ROĐENJA
– nepoznati autor
Studija o duhovnom novorođenju. Postoje znakovi koji mogu potvrditi, da li je neko doživeo novorođenje ili ne. - SIGURNOST, UVERENJE I UŽITAK
– G. Cutting
Stara knjižica koja se čita već decenijama, jednostavno izlaganje evanđeoske poruke spasenja. - SPASENJE BOŽIJE
– Oswald J. Smith
Zbirka od 11 evanđeoskih propovedi, ovog poznantog svetskog evanđeliste. Knjiga vredna stalnog čitanja. - STVARANJE ILI EVOLUCIJA
– Charles F. Hummel
Knjižica koja daje odgovore na nejasna pitanja, bez predrasuda, uz odgovarajuće činjenice. - STVARANJE ZA 6 DANA
– dr Robert V. Gentry
Arheološki i naučni dokazi koji podupiru doslovno tumačenje o stvaranju za šest dana. - SUŠTINA HRIŠĆANSTVA
– V. F. Marcinkovski
Kratko i zanimljivo izlaganje o suštini – srži, poenti hrišćanstva. - SVE PO BLAGODATI
– C. H. Spurgeon
Veoma jednostavno i jasno izlaganje o Putu spasenja, iz pera poznatog propovednika Čarlsa Spurdžena. - SVETLOST U TAMI
– Ivan Božer
Tekst ove knjige, u izvornom obliku, pisan je za radio program pod nazivom “Svetlost u tami”. Sa svrhom za: izgrađivanje, podizanje, popravljanje u smislu suočavanja čoveka sa samim sobom i sa Bogom, bez uobičajenih fraza koje ništa ne vrede, tipa: “Biće bolje”… - TEMELJNA PITANJA
– John Blanchard
Razmatranja nekih osnovnih pitanja hrišćanske vere. - ZAŠTO BOG DOPUŠTA ZLO?
– dr A. E. Wilder Smith
Knjiga daje odgovor na pitanja: “Ko snosi odgovornost za svo zlo u ovome svetu? Da li je Bog taj koji je odgovoran, ili neko drugi? - ZDRAVIM RAZUMOM
– Robert A. Laidlaw
Šta to govori zdrava logika o postojanju Boga? Zašto čovek uporno nastoji “izbrisati” Boga? - ŠTA DOKAZUJU STENE I KOSTI?
– dr Carl Wieland
Niz arheoloških dokaza koji opovrgavaju teoriju evolucije.
PRIRUČNICI, TEOLOGIJA, STUDIJE
- GDE ĆU DOSPETI POSLE SMRTI?
– dr J. Van Impe
Detaljne studija na temu pakla, daje detaljne biblijske odgovore na ovo važno – sudbonosno pitanje. - NEW AGE
– R. I.
Kritička analiza ezoterike. - NJENO IME JE ŽENA
– Xin Karsen
Knjiga koja se bavi karakterima žena iz Biblije. Namenjeno za rad sa kućnim grupama. - ROK MUZIKA
– R. I.
Razmatranje fenomena i uticaja rok muzike, kao i razotkrivanje njene duhovne pozadine. - U LANCIMA SUJEVERJA
– Ernst Modersohn
Sagledavanje tamne strane okultizma, kroz niz primera iz života ljudi koji ga praktikuju. - ČAROBNJAK SIMON
– nepoznati autor
Ko je bio vračar Simon (Dela 8:9-25) i koju religiju je on praktikovao? Ova studija otkriva detalje i dokumentovane izveštaje o vračaru Simonu i njegovoj velikoj jeresi koja i dan-danas živi u tradicionalnom hrišćanstvu.
BIOGRAFIJE, SVEDOČANSTVA
- 19 GODINA TAME (Prvo izdanje)
– Aleksandar Mitrović
Moćno svedočanstvo o Božjoj spasonosnoj milosti Božjoj! - BOŽIJI PIONIR
– Adoniram Judson
Biografija Adonirama Džudsona, velikog misionara Azije. - CHARLES G. FINNEY
– Glas jevanđelja
Kratka biografija o velikom propovedniku probuđenja. - GEORGE MULLER
– Arthur T. Pierson
Biografija Džordža Milera (1805-1898), poznatog kao “otac siročadi”. - HRIST MENJA ŽIVOTE
– razni autori
Zbirka svedočanstva sa sajta Sionske Trube. - NAJSREĆNIJI LJUDI NA SVETU
– Demos Shakarian
Svedočanstvo o čudesnom životnom putu jednog jermenskog hrišćanina. - POLETI MALI POLETI
– Niki Kruz
Niki je ’60 bio vođa jedne ulične bande i zavisnik od droge. Ali, onda jednog dana Bog je skroz promenio njegov život… - RAZLOG ZA NADU
– Bajo Ječmenica
Bajo je dugo godina radio kao evanđelista u našim krajevima, propovedao po ulicama i podelio na hiljade primeraka Novog zaveta. U ovom tekstu on iznosi neka svoja iskustva.
DECA, OMLADINA, PORODICA
- PORODIČNI ODNOSI
– Chuck Smith
Kratko proučavanje Kološanima 3 i Efescima 6 gde se iznose važni principi učvršćivanja porodičnih odnosa. - S KIM U JARAM
– I.V.C.F.
O zabavljanju i sklapanja braka između hrišćana i nehrišćana. Važna pitanja, koja muče mlade…
HRIŠĆANSKI ŽIVOT, UČENJA, PROPOVEDI
- BITI PROROK
– Stojan Gajicki
Serija propovedi o proročkoj službi. - DELOTVORNA MOLITVA
– Chuck Smith
Kratko, sažeto i praktično učenje o molitvi. Jedna od boljih knjiga na ovu temu. - IZGRADNJA POBOŽNOG KARAKTERA
– Ray Bentley
Knjiga namenjena vođama. Kako izgleda karakter jednog vođe, čoveka kojeg Bog upotrebljava. - KAKO DOVESTI MUŽA HRISTU
– J. C. Brumfield i Dorothy Pentecost
Dve kratke propovedi namenjene ženama – hrišćankama. - KAKO PREPOZNATI ZDRAVU CRKVU?
– Richard De Haan
Pisac veoma detaljno objašnjava šta karakteriše jednu istinsku hrišćansku zajednicu – biblijsku crkvu. - MALA ČUDA VELIKOG BOGA
– Stojan Gajicki
Svedočanstvo o Božjoj brizi za svoj narod i Božjoj želji da Njegova crkva uđe u život izobilja. - MOLITVA
– Ole Hallesby
Čitajući ovu knjigu dobićete jasnu predstavu o molitvi i o onome šta molitva može učini na vama i za vas. No, najviše od svega preplaviće vašu dušu sa Božjom dobrotom i ljubavlju. - NEVESTA SE SPREMA
– Stojan Gajicki
Knjiga otkriva pravu suštinu i prirodu Crkve – Neveste Hristove. - OBNOVLJENJE UMA
– Watchman Nee
O obnovi unutrašnjeg čoveka – posvećenju. - OBRATI BOGU SVOJ NAROD
– Arnfin Klementsen
Čitajte o tome, kako jedna nacija može doći do potrebnog duhovnog probuđenja i moralnog preobražaja. - PLAĆ ZA DUŠAMA
– Oswald J. Smith
Knjiga Osvalda Smita “Plač za dušama” (The Passion For Souls) je po svojoj veličini jedan od najsnažnijih vapaja za probuđenjem Crkve. - POSTOJI LI ŽIVOT POSLE RAZOČARENJA
– Stojan Gajicki
Razočarenje je opaka “bolest” na koju niko od nas nije imun. Razočarenja je moguće pobediti i nastaviti živeti, čitajte kako… - POTPUNA PREDANOST
– Andrew Murray
Potpuna predanost Bogu, je jedino rešenje za uspešni hrišćanski život i službu. Pisac ove knjige nam otkriva tajnu i blagoslove “potpune predanosti”. - PRAKTIKOVANJE BOŽIJEG PRISUSTVA
– Brat Lorenc
Poznata hrišćanska klasika. Lorenc iznosi svoja iskustva o zajedništvu koje je imao sa Bogom. - PROPOVEDI – 1
– David Wilkerson
Prva zbirka od devet Vilkersonovih propovedi, na razne teme. (Tekst ne sadrži naše posebne fontove. Preuzeto sa Vilkersonovog sajta.) - PROPOVEDI – 2
– David Wilkerson
Druga zbirka od devet Vilkersonovih propovedi, na razne teme. (Tekst ne sadrži naše posebne fontove. Preuzeto sa Vilkersonovog sajta.) - PROPOVEDI
– Paul Washer
Tri propovedi koje teraju na samoispitivanje… - RAZOTKRIVANJE BOŽIJEG LIKA U NAMA
– Stojan Gajicki
Knjiga se bavi čovekovom prirodom i pokazuje put kako da postanemo onakvi kakve nas je Bog zamislio… - SILNICI ILI OČEVI
– Stojan Gajicki
Knjiga se bavi pitanjima i problemima današnjeg vođstva u crkvi, ali nam i otkriva novozavetni model vođstva. - SPOZNAJA
– Izet Veladžić
“Spoznaja Boga” nije isto što i “znanje o Bogu”. Istinska spoznaja uvek dolazi odozgo… - STRAH GOSPODNJI
– Rodoljub Oreščanin
Knjiga koja poziva na ozbiljnost u pobožnosti. Razvodnjenom hrišćanstvu treba vratiti prvobitan “miris i ukus”. To je moguće kroz strah Gospodnji. - SVETI DUH NA DELU
– Oswald J. Smith
Praktično učenje o radu, delovanju i pomazanju Svetoga Duha, u životu hrišćanina. - UČENIŠTVO
– Greg Lori
Osnovni principi učeništva – sleđenja Hrista. - UČENJE O POKAJANJU
– Thomas Watson
Pokajanje je prvi korak na putu k Bogu. Ova stara knjiga na jednostavan način objašnjava: šta pokajanje jeste, šta nije i kako se pokajati. - VERA I NACIJA
– Aleksandar Jovanović
Sagledavanja nekih nacionalnih i verskih pitanja kroz učenje Biblije. - ZNAK HRIŠĆANA
– Frensis A. Šefer
Tokom vekova ljudi su svoj hrišćanski identitet izražavali raznim spoljašnjim simbolima. Međutim, postoji mnogo važniji znak raspoznavanja! Imate li ga? - ŽITO I KUKOLJ
– Nebojša Dolić
Knjiga koja podstiče na veće posvećenje, sa pogledom u Drugi Hristov dolazak… - ŽIVOT U SVETLU
– Stojan Gajicki
Ova knjiga daje odgovor kako ispuniti Hristovu zapovest: “Budite svetlo sveta”. Praktično učenje o posvećenju. - ČOVEK KOJEG BOG UPOTREBLJAVA
– Oswald J. Smith
Praktičan udžbenik za one koji žele da rade za Boga i budu od Njega upotrebljeni. Knjiga je zbirka učenja i saveta, velikog evanđeliste Osvalda Dž. Smita.
ISTORIJA CRKVE, DOKUMENTI
- DIDAHE
– nepoznati autor
Didahe je ranohrišćanski spis koji nastao negde u drugom veku nove ere. Sa grčkog preveo dr Aleksandar Birviš. - O SLOBODI HRIŠĆANINA
– dr Martin Luther
Čuveni traktat nemačkog reformatora vere, koji je napisao i poslao rimskom papi, da bi izložio i objasnio osnovne istine hrišćanskog života.
HRIŠĆANSKA BELETRISTIKA
- CAR IZ DOMA DAVIDOVA (Pisma Adine)
– J. H. Ingraham
Knjiga koja je izašla 1855. u Nju Jorku i bila veoma popularna. Knjiga je pisana u stilu pisama, koje ćerka (Adina) šalje svome ocu i izveštava ga o svojim doživljajima za vreme svog boravka u Jerusalimu… - ISTORIJA O HRISTU
– Đovani Papini
Papini je ovu knjigu napisao sa namerom da objavi Hrista onima koji su van crkve, i ovo je njegovo predstavljanje (prepričavanje) Evanđelja, ali na jedan sveži i primenljiviji način. - NOVOVERCI
– Simo Matavulj
Pripovetka koja je zasnovana na stvarnim likovima i događajima. Govori o odnosu sveta prema “drukčije verujućim” hrišćanima, tkz. “sektašima”. - PAVLE SMOLJONI
– nepoznati autor
Priča iz Rusije, o čoveku koji je od razbojnika postao hrišćanin. (Postoji mišljenje, da je ova priča zasnovana na istinitom događaju – svedočanstvu.) - PUT HRIŠĆANINA
– John Bunyan
Velika klasika hrišćanske literature. Najčitanija i najprevođenija knjiga odmah posle Biblije. Alegorijsko tumačenje Božjih istina. Sadrži propratne komentare za lakše razumevanje radnje. - TRI DRUGA
– Kristina Roj
Jedna od mnogih priča, ove plodonosne hrišćanske spisateljice.
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Solemn Pleadings For Revival By Charles H. Spurgeon
“Keep silence before Me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength” (Isa. 41:1).
I cannot suggest to Christian people a more urgent topic than this: we should plead with God that He would display among us greater works of grace than our eyes have yet seen. We have read of wonderful revivals; history records the amazing things of the Reformation, and the marvelous way in which the Gospel was spread during the first two centuries. We pine to see the like again or to know the reason why it is not so, and with holy boldness it is our desire to come before the Lord and plead with Him, as a man pleadeth with his friend. May God help us so to do in the power of the Holy Ghost.
1. Let us be silent. “Keep silence before Me, O islands.” Before the controversy opens, let us be silent with solemn awe, for we have to speak with the Lord God Almighty! Let us not open our mouths to call into question His wisdom, nor allow our hearts to question His love. What if things do not look as bright as we could wish? The Lord reigneth. What if He seems to delay? Is He not the Lord God with whom a thousand years are as one and who is not slack concerning His promise as some men count slackness? We are going to make bold to speak with Him, but still, He is the eternal God and we are dust and ashes. Whatever we may say with holy boldness, we would not utter a word in rash familiarity. He is our Father, but He is our Father in heaven. He is our Friend; but at the same time, He is our Judge. We know that whatsoever He doeth is best. We would not say unto our Maker, “What makest Thou?” nor to our Creator, “What hast Thou done?” Shall the potter give account to the clay for the works of his hands (Isa. 29:16)? It is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth unto Him good (Judg. 10:15).
When we look at what He doeth, it may seem to our dim apprehension to be exceeding strange and we may fail to read its meaning; but we need not wish to read it. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; and if He chooses to conceal it, let it be concealed. Truly, God is good to Israel and His mercy endureth forever. If this world’s history is to drag on through another score of mournful centuries, it will only reveal so much the more matter for praise when the great hallelujahs of the ultimate victory shall peal forth.
Our silence of awe should deepen into that of shame. For, my brethren, though it is certainly true that the cause of God has not prospered, whose fault is this? If there has been a lack, it has not been in God. Where then has it been? If the seed has rotted under the clods or if the cankerworm has eaten the green shoot so that the reaper has not joyfully filled his arm, whence cometh it? Has there not been sin among us, ay, sin in the church of God? What if Israel has turned her back in the day of battle? Is there not an accursed thing in the camp and an Achan who has hidden away the goodly Babylonish garment and the shekel of gold (Josh. 7)? God saith, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3); “If ye… walk contrary unto Me; then will I also walk contrary unto you” (Lev. 26:23-24).
Truly, when I see how God has blessed us, I am not so much astonished that He has not given more, as I am amazed that He has given so much. Does He bless such unworthy instruments, such laggards, such slothful workers? Does He do anything by tools so unfit? Does He place any treasure in vessels so impure? This is to be ascribed to His grace. But if He doth not use us to the highest point, let us take shame and confusion of face to ourselves; and before the throne of His glory, let us sit down in silence. What, indeed, can we say? We have no charges to bring against Him, no accusations against the Most High, but we must silently confess that we ourselves are vile (Job 40:4). Unto us belongeth shame and confusion of face.
Go further than this and keep the silence of consideration. This is a noisy age, and the church of Christ herself is too noisy. We have very little silent worship, I fear. I do not so much regret the absence of silence from the public assembly as from our private devotions, where it has a sacred, hallowing influence, unspeakably valuable. Let us be silent, now, for a minute, and consider what it is that we desire of the Lord; the conversion of thousands, the overthrow of error, the spread of the Redeemer’s kingdom.
Think in your minds what the blessings are that your soul pants after. Get a correct idea of them, and then enquire whether you are prepared to receive them. Suppose they were to be now bestowed – are you ready? If thousands of converts were to be born unto this one church, are you prepared to teach them, instruct them, and comfort them? Are you doing it now, you Christian people? Are you acting in such a way that God knows you to be fit to have the charge of those converts that you are asking for? You pray for grace: are you using the grace you have? You want to see more power: how about the power you have? Are you employing it? If a mighty wave of revival comes, are your hearts ready? Are your hands ready? Are your purses ready? Are you altogether ready to be carried along on the crest of that blessed wave? Consider!
If you reflect, you will see that God is able to give His church the largest blessing and to give it at any time. Keep silence and consider, and you will see that He can give the blessing by you or by me. He can make any one of us, weak as we are, mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; can make our feeble hands, though we have but a few loaves and fishes, capable of feeding myriads with the bread of life. Consider this, and ask yourselves in the quiet of your spirits: “What can we do to get the blessing?” Are we doing that? What is there in our temper, in our private prayer, in our acts for God that would be likely to bring down the blessing? Do we act as if we were sincere? Have we really a desire for these things, which we say we desire? Could we give up worldly engagements to attend to the work of God? Could we spare time to look after the Lord’s vineyard? Are we willing to do the Lord’s work, and are we in the state of heart in which we can do it efficiently and acceptably? Keep silence and consider. I would suggest to every Christian that he should sit a while before God when he reaches his home and worship with the silence of awe, with the silence of shame, and then with the silence of careful thought concerning these things. …We will accept His Word as law, light, and life to our souls, and nothing else beside. The Lord send that solemn silence over all His people now.
2. Let us renew our strength. Noise wears us; silence feeds us. To run upon the Master’s errands is always well, but to sit at the Master’s feet is quite as necessary; for, like the angels that excel in strength, our power to do His commandments arises out of our hearkening to the voice of His Word. If even for a human controversy quiet thought is a fit preparation, how much more is it needful in solemn pleadings with the Eternal One? Now let the deep springs be unsealed; let the solemnities of eternity exercise their power while all is still within us.
But how happens it that such silence renews our strength? It does so, first, by giving space for the strengthening Word to come into the soul and the energy of the Holy Spirit to be really felt. Words, words, words – we have so many words, and they are but chaff! But where is the Word that in the beginning was God and was with God (John 1:1-2)? That Word is the living and incorruptible seed. “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord” (Jer. 23:28). We want less of the words of man and more of Him who is the very Word of God. Be quiet, be quiet, and let Jesus speak. Let His wounds speak to you; let His death speak to you; let His resurrection speak to you; let His ascension and His subsequent glory speak to you; and let the trumpet of second advent ring in your ears. You cannot hear the music of these glorious things because of the rattle of the wheels of care, and the vain jangle of contentious self-wisdom.
Be silent that you may hear the voice of Jesus; for when He speaks, you will renew your strength. The eternal Spirit is with His people, but we often miss His power because we give more ear to other voices than to His. Quite as often, our own voice is an injury to us; for it is heard when we have received no message from the Lord and therefore gives an uncertain sound (1 Cor. 14:8). If we will wait upon the blessed Spirit, His mysterious influence will sway us most divinely, and we shall be filled with all the fullness of God. Even as we have seen the frost yield suddenly to the influence of the warm south wind, so shall our lethargy melt before His sovereign energy. How often have I felt in a moment my ice-locked spirit yield to the breath of the Holy Ghost…Be silent, then, that the Spirit may thus work upon you. Let other spirits be gone; let the spirit of the world, and the spirit of the flesh, and the spirit of self be banished – and let the Spirit of the Ever-Blessed be heard speaking in your soul. Thus shall you renew your strength.
We must be silent to renew our strength, next, by using silence for consideration as to whom it is that we are dealing with. We are going to speak with God about the weakness of His church and the slowness of its progress. Be silent, that you may remember who He is with whom you are so earnestly reasoning. It is God the omnipotent who can make His church mighty if He will, and that at once. We are coming to plead now with One whose arm is not shortened and whose ear is not heavy. Renew your strength as you think of Him. If you have doubted the ultimate success of Christianity, renew your strength as you remember who it is that has sworn by Himself that surely all flesh shall see the salvation of God (Isa. 40:5).
You are coming to plead with Jesus Christ. Be silent, and remember those wounds of His with which He has redeemed mankind! Can these fail of their reward? Shall Jesus be robbed of the power He has so dearly earned? The earth is the Lord’s, and He will unwrap her of the mists that dimmed her luster at the Fall. He will make this planet shine as brightly as when she first was rolled from between the palms of the omnipotent Creator. There shall be a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. Think of that, and renew your strength. Hath not the Lord said concerning His beloved Son that He shall divide the spoil with the strong and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hands (Isa. 53:12)? Shall it not be so?
Think, too, that you are about to appeal to the Holy Spirit! There again you have the same divine attributes. What cannot the Spirit of God do? He sent the tongues of fire at Pentecost; and Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and men of every nation heard the Gospel at once. He turned three thousand hearts by one sermon to know the crucified Saviour to be the Messiah. He sent the apostles like flames of fire through the whole earth, until every nation felt their power. He can do the like again. He can bring the church out of darkness into noonday (Isa. 58:10). Let us renew our strength as we think of this. The work we are going to plead about is not ours one-half as much as it is God’s. It is not in our hands, but in hands that cannot fail; therefore, let us renew our strength as we silently meditate upon the Triune Jehovah with whom we have to speak.
In silence, too, let us renew our strength by remembering His promises. We want to see the world converted to God, and He has said, “The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea” (Hab. 2:14). “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it” (Isa. 40:5). “They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him; and His enemies shall lick the dust” (Psa. 72:9). “The idols He shall utterly abolish” (Isa. 2:18). There are a thousand promises. Let us think of that, and however difficult the enterprise may be and however dark our present prospects, we shall not dare to doubt when Jehovah has spoken and pledged His word.
Taken from the Spring 2013 issue of Free Grace Broadcaster, Chapel Library. Used by permission. In North America, write for free conservative Christian literature from prior centuries: Chapel Library, 2603 W. Wright St., Pensacola, FL 32505 USA. Worldwide, visit http://www.chapellibrary.org.
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