.K.! NEW CHRISTIAN....WHAT NOW? by Elmer G. Magnussen
If you are a new Christian, there are some very
important things you need to
know. First, you need to know exactly what has happened to you. Second,
you need to know God's provisions for your future growth and service to Him.
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The entire world today is seeking wisdom! Education is prevalent in every
city. Literally thousands of young and old alike are attending universities.
But how many of them really know the meaning of wisdom? Wisdom is seeing
things from God's point of view.
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The following testimony is that of a man by the name of Andre.
I WAS IN PRISON, AND YOU CAME TO ME (Matthew 25:36c)
"My testimony to my Christian Brothers and believers in Jesus Christ our
Savior. I want to thank the Lord for saving me from the life I was once
leading. First of all, I was living in darkness and I thought that I truly
loved the way I was.
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1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent,
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of
the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil.
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Today's Bible Study
APRIL 22
APRIL 22
Today's chapters are filled with violence and blood. In them
we see the Lord executing His wrath on those who had long despised
Him and disobeyed His Word. We may cringe as we read these chapters,
but we must remember that God had given the house of Ahab many
opportunities to repent and escape judgment. While Jehu may have
been over zealn5# and while his motives may not have always been
spiritual, we must recognize the fact that he was God's instrument
of wrath against a sinful people.
God waited many years, and His judgment slumbered while His
mercy was extended to an undeserving nation. Sinners must also take
heed today, lest they try the patience of God and sin away their day
of grace!
In chapters 11 and 12 we read of Joash, the boy king. We see
how God protected the seed of David, through which the Lord Jesus
Christ was to be born. Satan's seed tried to exterminate God's seed,
but God won the battle. Through the queen mother, Athaliah, Satan
tried to wipe out the royal family but, in God's providence, Joash
was rescued and protected for seven years. He was then proclaimed
king and was blessed of God, because he was not willing to be a Baal
worshipper.
II Chronicles 24:15-27 tells us that when godly Jehoiada
died, King Joash began to backslide and actually went into idolatry.
It is sad when a man's faith is tied to another man, rather than to
the Lord. God sent prophets to warn the king; but instead of
listening and heeding their words, he actually had Zechariah stoned
in the Temple court. Because of this murder (referred to by Jesus in
Matthew 23:34,35) Joash was unable to cope with the Syrian invasion,
and was later murdered by some of his own servants as they sought to
avenge the innocent deaths of Jehoiada's sons. Joash had a good
beginning and good training, but he failed; very likely because his
faith was more in Jehoiada than the Lord.
Madam Guyon
