WORDS OF LIFE

"Never man spake like this man." - John 7:46

In all literature there are no words like those which Christ spoke. We remember what wonderful power his words had. One of them dropped upon the wild sea and quieted it in a moment; another touched the blind man's eyes and opened them; another fell upon the sparkling water and changed it into wine; another fell into a dark grave and caused a dead man who lay there to arise and come forth.

Then we remember how his words comforted sorrow and gave peace to troubled ones; how they reached men's hearts and changed the whole purpose of their lives. Those who heard his words rose up from their business and from their sins, and left all to follow him in his homelessness and loneliness. Demons listened trembling when he spoke, and instantly recognized his power, and cowered and obeyed.

These words of Christ still have the same power. They are yet calming tempests, and opening blind eyes, and expelling evil spirits, and raising the dead. They are yet giving comfort to sorrowing ones, and hope to despairing ones, and forgiveness to penitents. They are still changing hearts, sweetening bitter fountains, and making flowers bloom where thorns grew before.

If you lean upon a word of Christ, you will find the everlasting arm underneath it. If you are sinking in the waves of trial and grasp one of these blessed words, you will find the divine hand gloved in it, and will be upheld by it. If you are pursued by spiritual enemies and seize a word of Christ, you will find in your hand an all-conquering sword, before which all foes will fly. If you are weary, or in sorrow, and pillow your head on one of these precious words, you will find that you are lying on your Father's bosom, close to his warm, beating heart. The world's richest treasures today are the words of Christ. "Never spake man like this man."

August 28 entry in COME YE APART - Daily Readings in the Life of Christ by J.R. Miller, D.D.
Published in 1905 by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, and New York

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OHzone UPdates...

Dear ones, we may soon be surrounded by the persecution of Christians and Jews that has plagued other lands for centuries. Trust God and stand firm on the Rock of His Word. CLING to the cross of Christ, and 'be not afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.' Years ago the Lord gave me a vision of workmen gilding the roof of a massive temple, and led me to understand that Christian websites were welcoming banners being stretched like a canopy across the heavens to greet our returning King. Will you join OHzone in this front-line welcoming party? "If God be for us, who can be against us?" "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." - Doris H.

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TIME TO TAKE A STAND FOR GOD!
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Beloved:  

In my quiet time this morning, God placed upon my heart the message
I have quoted below.  Most of us are praying for Revival and Spiritual
Awakening, but I believe that while we are waiting for God's timing in
these areas, we must remember the words of God in 2 Chronicles 7:14.
God speaks to us, His people.  He says, "If My people who are called by
My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and forgive their sins
and heal their land!"  

Beloved, He is talking to us.  We are His plan for salvation to a fallen world.
He has no plan "B".  We are it.  If He cannot count on us to stand up for
Him and spread His word, how in the world can we expect a Revival or
a Spiritual Awakening to take place because Revival starts in our own
hearts.

I hope that God Almighty speaks to you in the following passage as He
did to me!

Amos 5:10-12
A society is in trouble when those who try to do right are hated for their
commitment to justice. Any society that exploits the poor and defenseless
or hates the truth is bent on destroying itself.  (This, of course includes the
millions of babies we have slaughtered over the last 30 years, the defenseless).

"GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME!" 



Love, 
                              
 Ernie,
                                       
  Matthew 20:26-27