I picked up an old book I have not read in a while and met some old quotes which brought back great memories such as "Any Old Bush Will Do" (will share it on a future blog). I found a new one on Eternal Life and it was good.
Ian Thomas The Saving Life of Christ p 139-140
What it eternal life? Is it a place that you are going to when you are dead? Is it a peculiar feeling inside? If you were to ask a normal congregation or any sort of Bible class or Sunday school in an evangelical church to define eternal life you would be amazed at the strange answers you would get.
What is eternal life? 1 John 5:11-12 "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."
Jesus Christ and eternal life are synonymous terms, and eternal life is none other than Jesus Christ Himself, of whom it is written in John 1:4: “In him was life; and this life was the light of men.” If you have eternal life at all, it simply means that you have the Son, Jesus Christ – now! Jesus said, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life” (John 14:6, emphasis added).
Eternal life is not a peculiar feeling inside! It is not your ultimate destination, to which you will go when you are dead. If you are born again, eternal life is that quality of life that you possess right now, at this moment, in you own physical body, with your own two feet on the ground, and in the world today! And where does this life come from? Of Him! He is that life!
Grace and Peace, mike
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Give us shepherds
Lord, the church needs leaders who are seeking God, not their own promotion. Give us shepherds who are willing to serve as bondslaves of Christ.
Francis Frangipane, The House of the Lord (1991), 37-38.
The eternal One who established His kingdom in men two millenia ago is fully capable of producing it in us today. All we need is undiluted, uninhibited Jesus. All we need are hearts that will not be satisfied with something or someone less than Him. . . . . Let me make it plain: God is not raising up "ministries"; He is raising up bondslaves. After we recognize that the goal is not ministry but slavery, we will begin to see the power of Christ restored to the church. The pattern for leadership in the years ahead is simple: Leaders must be individuals whose burning passion is conformity to Jesus Christ. Is this not becoming the very passion of your heart, to possess the likeness of Christ? The issue with our churches is not merely one procedure over another; the issue is, will we become people who are seeking hard after Christ?
-Francis Frangipane
Francis Frangipane, The House of the Lord (1991), 37-38.
The eternal One who established His kingdom in men two millenia ago is fully capable of producing it in us today. All we need is undiluted, uninhibited Jesus. All we need are hearts that will not be satisfied with something or someone less than Him. . . . . Let me make it plain: God is not raising up "ministries"; He is raising up bondslaves. After we recognize that the goal is not ministry but slavery, we will begin to see the power of Christ restored to the church. The pattern for leadership in the years ahead is simple: Leaders must be individuals whose burning passion is conformity to Jesus Christ. Is this not becoming the very passion of your heart, to possess the likeness of Christ? The issue with our churches is not merely one procedure over another; the issue is, will we become people who are seeking hard after Christ?
-Francis Frangipane
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