In his book “UNTO THE HILLS” Billy Graham is writing:
“In a network television program Malcolm Muggeridge reflected that a true Christian ‘is longing for the termination of life in time as one longs for the end of a long and arduous threeweek sea voyage when one is in the last three days. I look forward to the time when my life will partake of eternity with near irrepressible eagerness.'”
“Es gibt Menschen, die haben die Nase voll von Christen, die sich trotz ihres enormen Wissens ueber Gott und all ihrer Froemmigkeit zornig, zwanghaft, voreingenommen, defensiv oder ueberheblich benehmen und ausserdem bei weitem zu beschaeftigt sind, um den Jesus zu lieben, von dem sie staendig reden.” – P. Scazzero
“Purify flesh and blood by any educational process you may select, elevate mental faculties to the highest degree of intellectual power, yet none of these can reveal Christ.” – C. H. Spurgeon
“Emptyness accommodates everything. I wonder if thoughts of all kinds intrude themselves at will on our minds because what we call our minds are vacant. If minds were occupied, surely so many things would not enter them.” – Yoshida Kenko
“Prayer is worship addressed to the Father, in the name of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Dr. H. W. Frost
For me prayer is talking with the Lord Jesus Christ!
“…..OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN…..” – James 5:16
What is a righteous man? Do you know?
I have learned that the Bible teaches that we will be judged by God according to our works. But there are our standards and there are the standards of God. Is our standard sufficient for God’s standard? The answer is NO!
What now?
Let us find out what the apostle Paul says about righteousness.
Paul talks about the righteousnss of moral effort. He calls it “the righteousness of the law”. He calls it also “my own righteousness” (Romans 10:1-6).
Paul talks also about the righteousness of God.
He makes a distinction between the righteousness of God and “my own righteouesness”.
The righteousness of God is received as a gift. Please read Romans 5:17. We receive the gift of Christ’s righteousness by believing. Please read Romans 3:22.
Judgment is coming. Are you clothed with the righteousness of Christ? Only those who are clothed with the righteousness of Christ are justly acquitted and accepted as righteous. Read Romans 3:26
What is the central fact of the gospel? (Romans 1:17) The answer: God has provided this righteousness for us sinners.
“…IS POWERFUL AND….” – James 5:16
Another translation says “great power”.
“…EFFECTIVE.” – James 5:16
The NLT translation of the Bible says “….produces wonderful results.”
In James 5:17,18 we are reading about an example of how powerful the prayer of a righteous man is and how wonderful the result is.
