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I was a sinner, less perfect than God. By conviction of the Holy Spirit I learned that my condition would incur the eternal condemnation of God if I did not submit to His grace. I acknowledged myself a sinner and threw myself on His mercy and grace, recognizing that He had brought salvation to earth through His Son Jesus Christ. After God the Father put God the Son to death on the cross, He could proclaim grace and pardon to all who would submit to Him. I came to the cross, believed His promise about His Son, and God declared me righteous even while I was ungodly and gave me authority to become His child. I ceased to be a child of wrath and became a child of God, justified from all things. Simultaneously, I was declared to be an heir of God, joint-heir with Jesus Christ. I received eternal life, and shall never perish. I was accepted in the Beloved; my body became the temple of the Holy Spirit; I was born of the Spirit into the family of God, baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ, and sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. I have an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fades not away, reserved in Heaven for me. Although I know myself to be a sinner, I am not concerned about the penalty for sin, since the Lord Jesus Christ bore the penalty and declared me righteous. The love of Christ becomes the constraining factor in my life, and I seek to glorify Him as Lord. I know Him as my Creator and so have peace of mind. I know Him as Savior and so have peace of conscience. In the measure that I enter into the second rest, I know Him as Lord and find the peace that passes all understanding.
Donald Grey Barnhouse

This weapon is good at all points, good for defense and for attack, to guard our whole person or to strike through the joints and marrow of the foe. Like the seraph’s sword at Eden’s gate, it turns every way. You cannot be in a condition that the Word of God has not provided. The Word has as many faces and eyes as providence itself. You will find it unfailing in all periods of your life, in all circumstances, in all companies, in all trials, and under all difficulties. Were it fallible, it would be useless in emergencies, but its unerring truth renders it precious beyond all price to the soldiers of the cross.
C.H. Spurgeon

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    Dont Be a Drip

    DON’T BE A DRIP!

    The Bible compares a quarrelsome, nagging wife to a constant dripping on a rainy day (Proverbs 19:13; 27:15). We all know how annoying that sound can be and we will do almost anything within our power to make it stop.

    When we nag our husbands about something we want, chores or other tasks we want him to do, his job (or lack of it), his friends, his hobbies, the way he spends his time, etc., etc., etc., we can cause him to do almost anything to shut us up. Our constant reminders of how he has not lived up to what we expect of him can wear him out physically and spiritually. We can tempt him to lie, to become angry, bitter, or have fits of rage. Even if these things never happen, it is certain we will keep him from being everything he can be.

    The story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16 is a perfect example of how a woman was able to influence her husband by her constant prodding. Verse 16 says, “With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death.” Read this story for yourself. Think about and evaluate how you influence your husband. What things do you constantly “remind” him of? Are they important enough to risk his physical and spiritual well-being?

    -Sandra McCurry-

    (From the Tampa Bay Church of Christ Bulletin, 7/10/88)

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