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Conference yukon::christian_v7

Title:	The CHRISTIAN Notesfile
Notice:	Jesus reigns! - Intros: note 4; Praise: note 165
Moderator:	ICTHUS::YUILLEON

Created:	Tue Feb 16 1993
Last Modified:	Fri May 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	962
Total number of notes:	42902

634.0. "God's Word (excerpt)" by TOLKIN::JBROWN (The just shall live by faith.) Mon Nov 21 1994 08:42

    The following was sent to me this morning and I enjoyed it so much
    I wanted to share it with all of you:
    
"Before you open my Word this morning, stop and consider what you are 
 holding in your hands.  It is more than paper and ink, more than words 
 and sentences.  You are holding in your hands the very essence of who I 
 am!  My Word is my nature, my wisdom, my guidance, and my love distilled 
 into letter form.  You are holding health and life, truth and healing.  
 Keep my Word before your eyes.  Give it permission to roam the rooms of 
 your heart - cleaning, straightening, rearranging; closing doors on some 
 things, opening windows on others.  My Word can be for your heart a 
 companion, a hearth, and a housekeeper; a gardener to weed your thoughts 
 and a guard against intruders.  And so, as you open my Word this day, 
 read with your eyes, but listen with your life."

				Claire Cloninger, POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN
    
    God Bless,
    Janet Brown

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
634.1		ICTHUS::YUILLE	Thou God seest me	`Mon Nov 21 1994 09:07`	3
	Amen, Janet! Thank you! Andrew
634.2		FRETZ::HEISER	Grace changes everything	`Mon Nov 21 1994 12:07`	6
	The Bible contains 66 books written by 40 different authors over thousands of years. As time goes by we discover more that EVERY DETAIL, EVERY NUMBER, EVERY PLACEMENT, EVERY SUBTLETY OF THE TEXT IS THERE BY SUPERNATURAL ENGINEERING. ALL Scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, and correction. We haven't begun to discover the detail, the power, and the majesty of God's handiwork.
634.3		TOLKIN::JBROWN	The just shall live by faith.	`Mon Nov 21 1994 12:11`	1
	Amen, Mike!
634.4		ICTHUS::YUILLE	Thou God seest me	`Mon Nov 21 1994 12:27`	17
	Mike, I too have had this really impressed upon me in recent months. It's a treasure house of exciting revelation. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 Andrew
634.5	Yes, He is!	TOKNOW::METCALFE	Eschew Obfuscatory Monikers	`Mon Nov 21 1994 13:18`	3
	Adding to .4 from Hebrews 11:6b... God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
634.6	I might have read this somewhere in this file	PAULKM::WEISS	Trade freedom for His security-GAIN both	`Mon Nov 21 1994 13:51`	10
	> God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. The correlary is that God has never promised, in the Bible or elsewhere, to reveal Himself to those who casually inquire about Him. :-) I personally am not aware of anyone who has diligently sought the Lord and has not found Him. In fact many people have set out to disprove God's existence and wound up finding Him (Josh McDowell is a famous example). All the atheists and agnostics I know are casual inquirers. Paul
634.7		FRETZ::HEISER	Grace changes everything	`Mon Nov 21 1994 15:02`	1
	C.S. Lewis is another example.
634.8	Honestly for ME	BIGQ::SILVA	Memories.....	`Mon Nov 21 1994 16:14`	5
	Wow, wish it were possible to respond in this topic honestly.... oh well....
634.9	praying, Glen....	ICTHUS::YUILLE	Thou God seest me	`Tue Nov 22 1994 06:41`	0
634.10	another	FRETZ::HEISER	Grace changes everything	`Tue Nov 22 1994 11:42`	5
	Josh McDowell's "Evidence that Demands A Verdict vol. 1" lists some others who have experienced this. One was a trial lawyer that went on to the U.S. Supreme Court. He took it upon himself to put Jesus and all the evidence "on trial." He discovered that it was unanimously in favor of God.
634.11		ICTHUS::YUILLE	Thou God seest me	`Tue Nov 22 1994 12:02`	5
	The author of "Who moved the Stone" was a similar case. He analysed the Biblical evidence, in the historical context, and was saved some way into writing. I really enjoyed that book... Andrew
634.12	Psalm 138:2	OUTSRC::HEISER	the dumbing down of America	`Mon May 08 1995 13:56`	7
	Another reason to be a Bible inerrantist and not a Bible basher: God places His Word even above His own name! Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and praise Thy name for Thy lovingkindness and for Thy truth: *for Thou hast magnified Thy Word above all Thy name.*
634.13	paraphrased.. Proverbs	JULIET::MORALES_NA	Sweet Spirit's Gentle Breeze	`Mon May 08 1995 14:08`	4
	Thy WORD have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. I will make IT [word] a light unto my path and a lamp unto my feet...
634.14		COVERT::COVERT	John R. Covert	`Mon May 08 1995 15:48`	12
	That's an interesting case where it looks like the KJV translators made a mistake. The immediately preceding translation, that of Coverdale, is: I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth; for thou hast magnified thy Name, and thy word, above all things. Most other translations agree with this version. /john
634.15		JULIET::MORALES_NA	Sweet Spirit's Gentle Breeze	`Mon May 08 1995 15:57`	1
	or Coverdale made the error.