Monthly Archives: January 2018

DEBTS

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A hymn that speaks of our debt to mercy alone, comes to my mind when reading on a poster in town , “GET A HANDLE ON YOUR DEBTS.”

THE BIBLE SAYS: “For he love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”

Trying to find the hymn in two hymn books is without success.

Because I follow Romans 13:8 where we are told , “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another …”, I don’t need to get a handle on my debts because I have none; but I know that the Bible teaches in Romans 13:8 that my debt is to love my neighbour and that a hymn says that I am “a debtor to mercy alone.”

At the present time I am reading a book on ROMANS by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and on the page I am reading today he is not only quoting a hymn by Toplady, but also by Robert Robinson. Toplady says, “A debtor to mercy alone,: and  R. Robinson says, “O to grace how much a debtor …”

The Lord is giving us more than we ask for.

 

HOPE

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“WHAT OXYGEN IS TO THE LUNGS, SUCH IS HOPE TO THE MEANING OF LIFE,” said Emil Brunner.

“My hope is  built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness,” is a hymn by Edward Mote. He continues to say, “No merit of my own I claim, But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.”

The Christian’s hope of eternal life is based on the fact of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. What gives us confidence and hope is the physical, bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The resurrection body of the Lord Jesus Christ had flesh and bones. (Luke 24:39)

It was a glorious body. (Philippians 3:21)

It was an immortal body. (Romans 6:9)

It was a spiritual body. (First Corinthians 15:44)

It had the ability to pass through solid walls. (John 20:19)

What does the Apostle Paul say in First Corinthians 15:17-20? He says, “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”

In verse 19 he says, “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are pitied more than all men.”

Verse 20, “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead.”

People who do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ see an hopeless end to life. People who do believe in the Lord Jesus Christ see an endless hope.