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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

It is this most obvious aspect of our Lord’s teaching which has been forgotten or ignored by modern evangelism. Anxious to bring sinners to life, peace and joy in the Lord, evangelists have failed even to mention that Christ insists upon denial of self at the outset. Having failed to pass on our Lord’s requirement, and forgetting it themselves, evangelists have never questioned whether their “converts” with self-centered lives are true followers of Christ. Assuming that it is possible for a man to be self-indulgent and yet heaven-bound, Bible teachers look for some way to bring ego-centric men to a higher spiritual plane. Then self-denial is taught as the requirement for a second work of grace. But Luke 9:23-24 shows that unless a man lives a life of self-denial, he has not received a first work of grace.
Walter Chantry

The would-be counselor should have some basic knowledge of human psychology, normal and abnormal. He must be a good listener, slow to interrupt, until he feels sure that he has something worthwhile to contribute, some helpful question to ask. The counselor should be genuinely humble and receptive, with an objective approach to the problem under discussion, and he should avoid all well worn clichés, truisms and easy slick solutions. He is not there to sermonize or to moralize – certainly not till he has heard all that the enquirer has to say, and he must avoid a holier-than-thou attitude. Further, he should not show shocked surprise, disapproval or condemnation.
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    81:1 Zborovođi. Po napjevu “Tijesci”. Asafov.

    81:2 Kliknite Bogu, našoj jakosti, kličite Bogu Jakovljevu!

    81:3 Nek’ zazvuče žice, nek’ se čuje bubanj, svirajte u milozvučnu harfu s citarom!

    81:4 Zatrubite u rog za mlađaka, za uštapa, na svetkovinu našu!

    81:5 Jer to je propis Izraelu, zapovijed Boga Jakovljeva.

    81:6 Takav je zakon dao Josipu kad je izlazio iz zemlje Egipta.

    81:7 Šapat tajnovit čuh: “Oslobodih od tereta rame njegovo, ruke su mu slobodne od košare.

    81:8 U tjeskobi si zavapio i ja te izbavih; iz gromovna oblaka odgovorih tebi, iskušah te kod voda meripskih.

    81:9 Slušaj, puče moj, i ja ću te opomenuti: o, da me poslušaš, Izraele!

    81:10 Nek’ ne bude u tebe drugog boga i ne klanjaj se bogu tuđem!

    81:11 Ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj koji te izvedoh iz Egipta: otvori svoja usta da ih napunim!”

    81:12 “Ali moj narod ne slušaše glasa moga, Izrael me ne posluša.

    81:13 Zato ga pustih okorjelom srcu njegovu: neka hodi kako mu se hoće!

    81:14 O, kad bi me narod moj slušao, kad bi Izrael putovima mojim hodio,

    81:15 brzo bih pokorio dušmane njegove, ruku bih svoju okrenuo na protivnike njegove.

    81:16 Oni što ga sada mrze dodvarali bi mu se i njihov bi udes bio zapečaćen zauvijek.

    81:17 A svoj narod hranio bih pšenicom najboljom i sitio ga medom iz pećine.

     


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