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NASB | James 1:2 ¶ Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:2 ¶ Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. |
Subject: lest by any means they exalt themselves |
Bible Note: Dear Brother John, Thank you so much for the quote. I don't remember since when I started meditating the Gospel (Christ and His Cross) daily. Every time I do the meditation, I am in awe and can never be untouched by its power - the power that changes a believer's heart continuously, the power that makes the commandments meaningful to me (over-ruling the legalistic and moralistic proponents on the pulpit), the power that draws my focus on Christ that I am completely insignificant. I have received the below beautiful quote recently and would like to share it with you. "Keep your heart, O believer, much beneath the cross, your conscience in frequent and close contact with the blood, and the slightest touch of sin will make you restless and unhappy until you have confessed, and God has forgiven. This is the secret -- which, alas! few see, or care to know -- of preserving the garments white amid pollution, the mind serene amid turmoil, the heart happy amid sorrow, the life radiant and transparent as the sun, and the spirit, temper, and carriage Christ-loving, and Christ-like. Oh the wonders of the precious blood of Christ! Who can exalt it too highly, adore it too profoundly, love, magnify, and honor it too deeply and exclusively? Will it not constitute the theme of our study, the burden of our song, and the source of our bliss as ages roll on, and never cease to roll? Beloved, the surprise then will be, that here below we should have prized it so little, traveled to it so infrequently, and glorified it so imperfectly, and have regarded it with an affection so fickle and so cold!" --Octavius Winslow Psalm 25:5 Shalom Azure |
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