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IN TIMES LIKE THESE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Isaiah 59:15-19
Psalm 35:11-16
God’s Word fortifies
better than any tonic!
IN TIMES LIKE THESE
In times like these when "the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn" (Prov 29:2), "he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey" (Isa 59:15), i.e. the righteous will suffer persecution. So it is said that the prophet had sealed his testimony with a martyr’s death, being "sawn asunder" (Heb 11:37) according to Jewish tradition. In history, faithful Korean Christians who refused to bow before the Shinto shrine were put into prison by their Japanese masters. Such persecution displeases the Lord.
In times like these the Lord expected someone to rise up and speak out. But He was disappointed. Godly prophets were few and far between. Where can we find another like John Sung? If there is to be another, God Himself must raise him up. "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him" (Isa 59:19). Isaiah is one that the Lord had raised up. Whom will the Lord raise for our age? One like Isaiah who saw God and heard His call? One like Isaiah who answered obediently? No matter what the situation, no matter where the arena, it is important that the one entering God’s service must experience God’s call. Pastors who leave the sheepfold easily for another should examine themselves if they are hirelings. Preachers who interpret Scripture with grammatical precision but bear no burden for the crying needs of the people can speak only like the scribes.
The Lord will judge His adversaries, enemies of the Gospel, by manifesting His power from east to west. Therefore we shall not despair even when the darkness of an apostate church covers the earth, for darkness must yield to dawning light. Hence in the thickest darkness of the sixteenth century, God burst on the scene like the noonday sun by raising the Reformers, and the Reformers’ watchword was "Post tenebras lux," i.e. "After darkness light."
THOUGHT: (Read Isaiah 59:19.)
PRAYER: Lord, use me also to lift up a standard against the foe.
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Isaiah 59:15-19
Psalm 35:11-16
God’s Word fortifies
better than any tonic!
IN TIMES LIKE THESE
In times like these when "the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn" (Prov 29:2), "he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey" (Isa 59:15), i.e. the righteous will suffer persecution. So it is said that the prophet had sealed his testimony with a martyr’s death, being "sawn asunder" (Heb 11:37) according to Jewish tradition. In history, faithful Korean Christians who refused to bow before the Shinto shrine were put into prison by their Japanese masters. Such persecution displeases the Lord.
In times like these the Lord expected someone to rise up and speak out. But He was disappointed. Godly prophets were few and far between. Where can we find another like John Sung? If there is to be another, God Himself must raise him up. "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him" (Isa 59:19). Isaiah is one that the Lord had raised up. Whom will the Lord raise for our age? One like Isaiah who saw God and heard His call? One like Isaiah who answered obediently? No matter what the situation, no matter where the arena, it is important that the one entering God’s service must experience God’s call. Pastors who leave the sheepfold easily for another should examine themselves if they are hirelings. Preachers who interpret Scripture with grammatical precision but bear no burden for the crying needs of the people can speak only like the scribes.
The Lord will judge His adversaries, enemies of the Gospel, by manifesting His power from east to west. Therefore we shall not despair even when the darkness of an apostate church covers the earth, for darkness must yield to dawning light. Hence in the thickest darkness of the sixteenth century, God burst on the scene like the noonday sun by raising the Reformers, and the Reformers’ watchword was "Post tenebras lux," i.e. "After darkness light."
THOUGHT: (Read Isaiah 59:19.)
PRAYER: Lord, use me also to lift up a standard against the foe.
Posted in Adult RPG