I came across this paragraph from J.I. Packer today while studying. I pray that reading it stirs your heart to the urgency of receiving Jesus, and sharing his message with the world, as it did mine:
Paul refers to the fact that we must all appear before Christ’s judgment seat as “the terror of the Lord (2 Cor 5:11 KJV), and well he might. Jesus the Lord, like his Father, is holy and pure; we are neither. We live under his eye, he knows our secrets, and on jugment day the whole of our past life will be played back, as it were, before him, and brought under review. If we know ourselves at all, we know we are not fit to face him. What then are we to do ? The New Testament answer is: Call on the coming Jesus to be your present savior. As Judge, he is the law, but as Savior he is the gospel. Run from him now and you will meet him as Judge then – and without hope. Seek him now, and you will find him (for “he that seeketh findeth”), and you will then discover that you are looking forward to that future meeting with joy, knowing that there is now “no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom 8:1)
[Quote from J.I Packer, Knowing God. Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 1973. p. 146-147.]
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Helpfulness of Sabbath Observance
June 22nd, 2011Feeling personally challenged with the current relevance of the Fourth Commandment to “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” (Exodus 20:8) Consider this quote by evangelical theologian Dr. John Currid:
“I would suggest that if we kept the Sabbath as Christians then our lives would improve dramatically. How many of us never do an in-depth study of God’s Word for lack of time? How many of us never visit the lonely or the sick for lack of time? How many of us begin the week exhausted for lack of rest? How much time do we spend in prayer and evangelism? The Lord has made provision for all these things by giving a Sabbath to his people.” (John Currid, Commentary on Exodus)
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