Judith
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The Christian Thread is closed for reason unknown. I started a new thread and put our title as Christians Here To Support. I do not know if it will work. If it does, here is a wonderful reading.
Edges of His Ways
September 9 by Amy Carmichael
Hebrews 11.1 : Things not seen
Hebrews 11.2 : As seeing Him
There is more to see in this chapter every time one reads it. To-day the chief thought with me is the power that the Unseen had on the lives of those mentioned here. They heard the voice of their God, or in some way not told us, were caused to know what He wanted done. There was nothing visible to help them, and nearly always there was much to go through that must have been very hard for flesh to bear; but to each it was given to go on, to endure, as seeing Him Who is invisible.
They were caused to hear, and caused to know, and taught how to do the will of their God. Things not seen mattered more to them than things seen. So, in this chapter we have battle stories, pilgrim stories, martyr stories and stories of long walks with God; and each one who fought the fight, lived the pilgrim life, and walked the patient walk, began by looking, not at the seen, but at the Unseen. "For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4.eighteen), and does not the Eternal matter more than anything of time ever can?
Heb. 11:1-2: (NIV) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
2Cor. 4:18: So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Edges of His Ways
September 9 by Amy Carmichael
Hebrews 11.1 : Things not seen
Hebrews 11.2 : As seeing Him
There is more to see in this chapter every time one reads it. To-day the chief thought with me is the power that the Unseen had on the lives of those mentioned here. They heard the voice of their God, or in some way not told us, were caused to know what He wanted done. There was nothing visible to help them, and nearly always there was much to go through that must have been very hard for flesh to bear; but to each it was given to go on, to endure, as seeing Him Who is invisible.
They were caused to hear, and caused to know, and taught how to do the will of their God. Things not seen mattered more to them than things seen. So, in this chapter we have battle stories, pilgrim stories, martyr stories and stories of long walks with God; and each one who fought the fight, lived the pilgrim life, and walked the patient walk, began by looking, not at the seen, but at the Unseen. "For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4.eighteen), and does not the Eternal matter more than anything of time ever can?
Heb. 11:1-2: (NIV) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
2Cor. 4:18: So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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