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

Over the course of time, preaching the gospel to myself every day has made more of a difference in my life than any other discipline I have ever practiced. I find myself sinning less, but just as importantly, I find myself recovering my footing more quickly after sinning, due to the immediate comfort found in the gospel. I have also found that when I am absorbed in the gospel, everything else I am supposed to be toward God and others seems to flow out of me more naturally and passionately. Doing right is not always easy, but it is never more easy when one is breathing deeply the atmosphere of the gospel.
Milton Vincent

The fundamental basis of all Christian missionary enterprise is the universal authority of Jesus Christ, “in heaven and on earth.” If the authority of Jesus were circumscribed on earth, if He were but one of many religious teachers, one of many Jewish prophets, one of many divine incarnations, we would have no mandate to present Him to the nations as the Lord and Savior of the world. If the authority of Jesus were limited in heaven, if He has not decisively overthrown the principalities and powers, we might still proclaim Him to the nations, but we would never be able to “turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God” (Acts 26:18). Only because all authority on earth belongs to Christ dare we go to all nations. And only because all authority in heaven as well is His have we any hope of success.
John Stott

NILE

NILE

NILE, The River

  1. Empties itself into the Mediterranean Sea by seven streams # Isa 11:15
  2. CALLED 2a) The river

    # Ge 41:1,3

2b) The Egyptian sea # Isa 11:15 2c) The stream of Egypt # Isa 27:12 2d) Sihor # Jos 13:3 Jer 2:18 3) ABOUNDED IN 3a) Crocodiles # Eze 29:3 3b) Fish # Ex 7:21 Eze 29:4 3c) Reeds and flags # Isa 19:6,7 4) Annual overflow of its banks alluded to # Jer 46:8 Am 8:8 9:5 5) THE EGYPTIANS 5a) Took great pride in # Eze 29:9 5b) Carried on extensive commerce by # Isa 23:3 5c) Bathed in # Ex 2:5 5d) Drank of # Ex 7:21,24 5e) Punished by failure of its waters # Isa 19:5,6 5f) Punished by destruction of its fish # Isa 19:8 6) REMARKABLE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH 6a) Male children drowned in # Ex 1:22 6b) Moses exposed on its banks # Ex 2:3 6c) Its waters turned into blood # Ex 7:15,20 6d) Miraculous generation of frogs # Ex 8:3