Difference between revisions of "Where are you from?"
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<p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">It takes no great discernment to recognise past men of God. For the Pharisees this meant Moses or Abraham or David. For us it might be Luther or Wesley or JNDarby or Smith Wigglesworth. With hindsight and helpful biographies we can look back at what they achieved and honour them for it, and declare ourselves their followers. In their day they were often rejected and persecuted.</p> | <p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">It takes no great discernment to recognise past men of God. For the Pharisees this meant Moses or Abraham or David. For us it might be Luther or Wesley or JNDarby or Smith Wigglesworth. With hindsight and helpful biographies we can look back at what they achieved and honour them for it, and declare ourselves their followers. In their day they were often rejected and persecuted.</p> | ||
<p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">So the Pharisees<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="red">'built tombs for the prophets and decorated the graves of the righteous'</font>, but crucified the Son of God when he came to them.</p> | <p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">So the Pharisees<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="red">'built tombs for the prophets and decorated the graves of the righteous'</font>, but crucified the Son of God when he came to them.</p> | ||
− | <p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: | + | <p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">The test for us is to know the God of today and to receive his word of today and accept his messengers of today.</p> |
<p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Jesus said,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="red">'My sheep hear my voice.'</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If we truely want to be his sheep, we will learn to recognise and love his voice and to distinguish the true from the false.</p> | <p style="font-family: TmsRmn; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Jesus said,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="red">'My sheep hear my voice.'</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If we truely want to be his sheep, we will learn to recognise and love his voice and to distinguish the true from the false.</p> |