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Great/inspirational quotes

One should wait to marry until they are sure of the decision and then commit to that union wholeheartedly. A couple can survive anything united, but any doubt is a breach that will let the storms in life destroy the marriage.

Me
 
"If we fellowshipped only with those who held identical doctrines it would soon come to pass that everyone who exercised some intelligence in the study of God's word would be a little sect all by himself." A.E. Knoch
 
“Knowledge puffs up. Love builds up. Almost every advance in the knowledge of God has resulted in an arrogant, self-assertive division among His saints. We witness the sad spectacle of the followers of Christ divided into hostile camps, each proclaiming its own superiority and relegating the rest to an inferior position. Each claims a monopoly of His grace, because of some fancied attainment in faith or faithfulness. Let no one imagine that a knowledge of the mystery is requisite in order to receive its benefits. If that were so, how few would ever find the place prepared for them by God!" A.E. Knoch, Unsearchable Riches Vol. 59
 
"The Scriptures give us the freedom to excuse ourselves from wrangling. It really was quite a simple thing: it takes at least two to argue and fight. No one can effectively war all by themselves; so, as a decisive act of faith, we can respectfully refuse to be one of the two. We can meekly and graciously excuse ourselves from that which is a grief to Father’s Spirit (Ephesians 4:30-32)." Clyde Pilkington, Jr.
 
"I have heard it said you should marry someone who feels blessed to have you, not someone who feels you are blessed to have them." Someone Jolene heard
 
The powers of darkness want people ignorant of God, and they accomplish this by engaging men and women in the needless exercise of working to win God’s affection. Religion demands that people “walk the line” to win the affection of a God Who already could not possibly love them more.

Martin Zender
How to Be Free From Sin While Smoking a Cigarette
 
The Solution to every problem also happens to be the Source of every problem. In other words, He creates the problems in order to eventually reveal Himself as the ultimate Solution to them all. In this way, He becomes appreciated, loved and enjoyed more than if He’d created a situation without problems.

Most people are unable to believe all are headed toward a wonderful and good Destination. My experience is, when the true Source of every problem reveals Himself as the true and excellent Solution, every difficulty is seen in a wonderful Light.

Believe it or not, you’re in good hands, everything is going as planned, and you have a wonderful future ahead.

Jeff Bohlender
The Solution
 
All my worries begin, “What if,” and then proceed to contemplate various future scenarios, none of which I have any control over, and all of which entice me to live tomorrow before I have finished trusting Christ for today. Worry assumes responsibility for something that is expressly in God’s job jar.

It is appropriate to recognize the issues of tomorrow, but if we lose sight of what we know today, we have begun to worry. Malcolm Smith says worry is fearing that God is not sufficient. Worry is built upon a false supposition that God is insufficient to handle your concerns.

Preston Gillham
Discipleship Journal (2006)
 
Did you know that God’s law to Israel wasn’t given to make them do the right thing? Rather, under God’s wise hand, the law’s purpose was to:

▪ Give the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20).
▪ Make sin abound (Romans 5:20).
▪ Produce guilt (Romans 3:19).
▪ Curse mankind (Galatians 3:10).
▪ Work wrath (Romans 4:15).
▪ Give the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20).
▪ Make sin abound (Romans 5:20).
▪ Produce guilt (Romans 3:19).
▪ Curse mankind (Galatians 3:10).
▪ Work wrath (Romans 4:15).

One will notice that all these revelations concerning the true nature of the Mosaic Law given at Sinai come through the epistles of Paul written some 1500 years later. It is through his letters that we come to see that the law was designed ultimately to bring mankind to Christ.

“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [“escort,” CV] to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster” (Galatians 3:24-25).​

We also learn from him the glorious truth that Christ, through His work at Calvary, abolished all aspects of the law.

“Having abolished in His flesh the enmity [hostility], even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of two one new man, so making peace” (Ephesians 2:15).

Clyde Pilkington, Jr. (aka @Clyde Pilkington)​
 
Keith Martin said:
Did you know that God’s law to Israel wasn’t given to make them do the right thing? Rather, under God’s wise hand, the law’s purpose was to:

▪ Give the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20).
▪ Make sin abound (Romans 5:20).
▪ Produce guilt (Romans 3:19).
▪ Curse mankind (Galatians 3:10).
▪ Work wrath (Romans 4:15).
▪ Give the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20).
▪ Make sin abound (Romans 5:20).
▪ Produce guilt (Romans 3:19).
▪ Curse mankind (Galatians 3:10).
▪ Work wrath (Romans 4:15).

One will notice that all these revelations concerning the true nature of the Mosaic Law given at Sinai come through the epistles of Paul written some 1500 years later. It is through his letters that we come to see that the law was designed ultimately to bring mankind to Christ.

“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [“escort,” CV] to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster” (Galatians 3:24-25).​

We also learn from him the glorious truth that Christ, through His work at Calvary, abolished all aspects of the law.

“Having abolished in His flesh the enmity [hostility], even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of two one new man, so making peace” (Ephesians 2:15).

Clyde Pilkington, Jr. (aka @Clyde Pilkington)​
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“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:17-19‬ ‭KJV‬‬
 
"Love never fails" (I Corinthians 13:8).

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; No door that enough love will not open; No gulf that enough love will not bridge; No wall that enough love will not throw down; No sin that enough love will not redeem.

Emmet Fox (1886-1951)
Love
 
"When Paul urges his readers to be gentle and patient with one another, he describes what real strength looks like. Earlier in the same letter he repeatedly expresses his prayer that his readers would join him in understanding the ability of God to strengthen them in their inner being with the love of Christ (Ephesians 1:19; 3:16-18). He prays that they will be given the power to understand the heart of God Who wants to do for them more than they could ever ask or think (3:20).

"The old Paul wouldn’t have written this. Before meeting Christ on the road to Damascus, he was doing everything he could to bully and terrorize those with whom he disagreed. It’s a dramatically changed Paul who calls for the strength of humility, patience and kindness."

Mart DeHaan
 
"I believe that at the center of the universe there dwells a loving Spirit who longs for all that’s best in all of creation, a Spirit Who knows the great potential of each planet as well as each person, and little by little will love us into being more than we ever dreamed possible. That loving Spirit would rather die than give up on any one of us."

Fred Rogers
Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way
 
Current judgment is premature. We make passing judgments on ourselves and others before God has completed His work in us. We must realize that there is an appointed time for the inspection of God’s finished product, but it's just not now. Paul tells us plainly,

"Be not judging anything before the time" (I Corinthians 4:5).

We must always be mindful that each of us are God’s work (Romans 14:20; Ephesians 2:10). Day by day He is making out of us what He wants us to be. He is the Master-Workman, and we are His masterpieces. He has the ages in which to accomplish His work, and He will do so successfully with each of us (Philippians 1:6).

Don’t be tempted to play judge. Father has committed judgment to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the only one so qualified. The Father has entrusted to Him sole judgment (John 5:22; Acts 10:42; 17:31; II Corinthians 5:10; II Timothy 4:1; Romans 2:16).

We're all in good hands.

Clyde L. Pilkington, Jr.
Daily Email Goodies
March 11, 2020
 
"God didn’t ask me my opinion about any issue. He expects me to represent His."

– William F. Luck, Sr.
 
"The way we view our circumstances is more important than the circumstances themselves."

– Dennis Fisher
 
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