| Editor: David E Marlett Th.D. | |
| Dec 31, 2000 | Vol I #7 |
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Hogwash!!
Praise God! He sent His Son to die for us! (Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.")
And, Praise Him Again All Next Year! (Psalms 150:6 "Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.")
Author unknown, sent in by Paul Payton http://www.JustBible.com/
** By Nancy Capps, Christmas Day, 2000
Oh how could Jesus love me so,
This sinless Son of Man?
I cannot comprehend the love
That brought salvation's plan.
The Seed of virgin-woman born,
He gave up Heaven's throne
To come unwelcomed to this earth,
Rejected by His own.
The worship of angelic hosts,
Rich robes of royalty-
He laid aside and came to earth
To bleed and die for me.
Incarnate Word, my feeble love
Cannot compare to Thine.
My heart, my life I give to Thee,
And take Thy will for mine.
Friday News Notes, December 29, 2000 (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org) -
A Chinese church leader told Compass Direct News Service that China's Christians need foreign Bible teachers to help them grow in the faith. The leader, who remained unnamed in the report for security purposes, said some church groups are growing by 20% per year and that there is an urgent need for sound Bible teachers to "help us ground ourselves in the Scriptures; otherwise we may become unorthodox, or a cult." The Chinese government forbids religious workers to conduct Bible studies, though some are doing so clandestinely. In August, three Charismatic Bible teachers from the Vineyard movement in the United States were arrested in the Henan province and deported. More than 100 Chinese nationals were also arrested, and some are still in jail.
O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; ill wrath remember mercy. - Habakkuk 3:2.
It is supposed that the prophet Habakkuk was contemporary with Jeremiah, and that this prophecy was uttered in anticipation of the Babylonish captivity. Looking at the judgments which were speedily to come upon his nation, the soul of the prophet was wrought up to an agony, and he cried out in his distress: "O Lord, revive Thy work." As if he had said: "O Lord, grant that Thy judgments may not make Israel desolate. In the midst of these awful years let the judgments of God be made the means of reviving religion among us. In wrath remember mercy."
Religion is the work of man. It is something for man to do. It consists in obeying God. It is man's duty. It is true God induces him to do it. He influences him by His Spirit, because of his great wickedness and reluctance to obey. If it were not necessary for God to influence men, if men were disposed to obey God, there would be no occasion to pray: "O Lord, revive Thy work." The ground of necessity for such a prayer is that men are wholly indisposed to obey; and unless God interpose the influence of His Spirit, not a man on earth will ever obey the commands of God.
A "Revival of Religion" presupposes a declension. Almost all the religion in the world has been produced by revivals. God has found it necessary to take advantage of the excitability there is in mankind, to produce powerful excitements among them, before He can lead them to obey. Men are so sluggish, there are so many things to lead their minds off from religion and to oppose the influence of the Gospel, that it is necessary to raise an excitement among them, till the tide rises so high as to sweep away the opposing obstacles. They must be so aroused that they will break over these counteracting influences, before they will obey God.
It is altogether improbable that religion will ever make progress among heathen nations except through the influence of revivals. The attempt is now in making to do it by education, and other cautious and gradual improvements. But so long as the laws of mind remain what they are, it cannot be done in this way. There must be excitement sufficient to wake up the dormant moral powers, and roll back the tide of degradation and sin. And precisely so far as our land approximates to heathenism, it is impossible for God or man to promote religion in such a state of things but by powerful excitements.
From the introduction to Lectures on Revival by Charles G Finney (August 29, 1792-August 16, 1875) The entire text is available on-line at http://www.wilderness-cry.net/bible_study/revival-finney/
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