"Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar." Psalm 120:5
As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry "Woe is me." Jesus did not pray that you should be taken out of the world, and what He did not pray for you need not desire. Better far in the Lord's strength to meet the difficulty, and glorify Him in it. The enemy is ever on the watch to detect inconsistency in your conduct; be therefore very holy. Remember that the eyes of all are upon you, and that more is expected from you than from other men. Strive to give no occasion for blame. Let your goodness be the only fault they can discover in you. Like Daniel, compel them to say of you, "We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God."
Seek to be useful as well as consistent. Perhaps you think, "If I were in a more favourable position I might serve the Lord's cause, but I cannot do any good where I am"; but the worse the people are among whom you live, the more need have they of your exertions; if they be crooked, the more necessity that you should set them straight; and if they be perverse, the more need have you to turn their proud hearts to the truth. Where should the physician be but where there are many sick? Where is honour to be won by the soldier but in the hottest fire of the battle?
And when weary of the strife and sin that meets you on every hand, consider that all the saints have endured the same trial. They were not carried on beds of down to heaven, and you must not expect to travel more easily than they. They had to hazard their lives unto the death in the high places of the field, and you will not be crowned till you also have endured hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Therefore, "stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong" [1 Cor. 16:13].
Spurgeon
As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry "Woe is me." Jesus did not pray that you should be taken out of the world, and what He did not pray for you need not desire. Better far in the Lord's strength to meet the difficulty, and glorify Him in it. The enemy is ever on the watch to detect inconsistency in your conduct; be therefore very holy. Remember that the eyes of all are upon you, and that more is expected from you than from other men. Strive to give no occasion for blame. Let your goodness be the only fault they can discover in you. Like Daniel, compel them to say of you, "We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God."
Seek to be useful as well as consistent. Perhaps you think, "If I were in a more favourable position I might serve the Lord's cause, but I cannot do any good where I am"; but the worse the people are among whom you live, the more need have they of your exertions; if they be crooked, the more necessity that you should set them straight; and if they be perverse, the more need have you to turn their proud hearts to the truth. Where should the physician be but where there are many sick? Where is honour to be won by the soldier but in the hottest fire of the battle?
And when weary of the strife and sin that meets you on every hand, consider that all the saints have endured the same trial. They were not carried on beds of down to heaven, and you must not expect to travel more easily than they. They had to hazard their lives unto the death in the high places of the field, and you will not be crowned till you also have endured hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Therefore, "stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong" [1 Cor. 16:13].
Spurgeon
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We need the Holy Ghost to help always Remember the change in the disciples at Pentecost.
Come Holy Spirit Come there are many many translations of this wonderful hymn
We sing the Pentecost Sequence in the very place where the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and the Virgin Mary: the Upper Room in Jerusalem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9BwQ7SAes&t=44s
Come, Holy Spirit,
send forth from heaven
the rays of thy light
Come, Father of the poor;
Come, giver of gifts,
Come, light of our hearts.
Oh best Comforter,
Sweet guest of the soul,
Sweet refreshment.
In Labor rest
in the heat, moderation;
in tears, solace.
O most blessed Light
fill the inmost heart
of thy faithful.
Without your spirit,
nothing is in man,
nothing that is harmless
Wash that which is sordid
water that which is dry,
heal that which is wounded.
Make flexible that which is rigid,
warm that which is cold,
rule that which is deviant.
Give to thy faithful,
who trust in thee
the sevenfold gifts.
Grant to us the merit of virtue,
Grant salvation at our going forth,
Grant eternal joy.
Amen. Alleluia.
Very important to stand firm on the issue of 'Holy Spirit' vs. Holy Ghost. The use of "Holy Spirit" in place of the correct name of God the Holy Ghost the third person of the triune Godhead is in every instance a serious error.
Holy Spirit = Holy Ghost is nowhere in the bible. If it is not in the bible then it can only be another spirit [2 Cor. 11:4].
The heretics Westcott and Hort are responsible for introducing this attack on the 'trinity' to christendom at-large with their first re-translation of the Holy Bible in 1881.
Would not be an understatement to say this attack has been wildly successful. 140 years later and the 'Holy Ghost' is nowhere to be found in 'christendom' today, and the people do not have a clue...
Bible prophecy is true - the church today is Laodicea
Rev. 18.4
[need to note one thing more: nowhere in scripture is Mary ever referred to as "Virgin Mary", nor presented as one to be revered. This also is a very important thing to be scripturally correct on]
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