Stars
STARS
2ND.
Peter 1:19-21
17
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came
such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the
day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy
men of God spake as
they were
moved by the Holy Ghost.
We
hear the gospel expounded and often let it slip away to where the
stars dwell. Though the stars are exceedingly
bright, as God made them, they live in a darkness man cannot
comprehend.
We
ought not push the word of God away in order to accomplish other
earthly happenings. The OLD and the New both have merit. (2
Peter 1:19)
“We
have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the
day dawn, and the day
star
arise in your hearts:” Inspired
by the Holy Spirit, all scripture is given for our edification. God
knows and God tends to spiritual business. In pride and rejoicing, we
should embrace the Word and relish its coming. The
instructions
given by God’s chosen is not to be taken lightly. It
is no weak thing, but comes in mighty
power,
(Rom
1:16).
16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek.”
17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:
as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
The
law sets before us our wretched state earned
because of sin, but there it
leaves us. It discovers our disease, but does not make known the
cure. It is the sight of Jesus crucified, in the gospel, that cleans
us of sin and heals the soul.
Try to dissuade the covetous world
walker from his greediness.
Can’t be done except
through the shed blood. Just
one ounce of gold weighs down all reasons for
Grace. Never
undertake to stay a furious
man from his anger
by debate,
he has not the patience
to listen.
Try to deter
the licentious from his way.
It takes only one red lipped to snatch him away from any commitment
to clear the playing field. Just one smile
is stronger with him than all reason you
present.
Present
only the gospel,
and urge them with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, shed to save
their souls from hell, and to satisfy for their sins, and this is
that powerful pleading which makes good men confess that their hearts
burn within them. Revelation
2:28 And
I will give him the morning star. and
bad men, even an Agrippa, to say they are almost persuaded to be
Christians, (Ac
26:28).
God is well pleased with Christ, and with us in him. This is the
Messiah who was promised, through whom all who believe in him shall
be accepted and saved. The truth and reality of the gospel also are
foretold by the prophets and penmen of the Old Testament, who spake
and wrote under influence, and according to the direction of the
Spirit of God. (Jude
1:13)
“Raging
waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to
whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.” Such
inspired writings are moving. How
firm and sure should our faith be, who have such a firm and sure Word
to rest upon! When the Holy Spirit splays
the light
of the Scripture before
a
dark
mind with
dull
understanding,
there
is enlightenment that thrives. It
is like the dawning
of a new day
that advances, and diffuses itself through the whole soul, till it
makes a
perfect day. As the Scripture is the revelation of the mind and will
of God, every man ought to search it, to understand the sense and
meaning. The Christian knows that book to be the word of God, in
which he tastes a sweetness, and feels a power, and sees a glory,
truly divine. And the prophecies already fulfilled in the person and
salvation of Christ, and in the great concerns of the church and the
world, form an unanswerable proof of the truth of Christianity. The
Holy Ghost inspired holy men to speak and write. He so assisted and
directed them in delivering what they had received from Him,
that they clearly expressed what they made known. So that the
Scriptures are to be accounted the words of the Holy Ghost (God),
and all the plainness and simplicity, all the power and all the
propriety of the words and expressions, come from God. Mix faith with
what you find in the Scriptures, and esteem and reverence the Bible
as a book written by holy men, taught by the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Know God, know peace. 12-25-2019
BLL
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- Revelation 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
- Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
- Revelation 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
- Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
- Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
- Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
- Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
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