Bible Gems

June 21 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUD "Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin.” (Romans 6:13) Quick, angry motions of the heart will sometimes force themselves into expression by the hand, though the tongue may be restrained. The very way in which we close a door or lay down a book may be a victory or a defeat, a witness to Christ’s keeping or a witness that we are not truly being kept. How can we expect that God will use our hand as an instrument  of righteousness unto Him, if we yield it thus as an  instrument of unrighteousness unto sin? Therefore, let us see to it, that it is at once yielded to Him whose right it is; and let our sorrow that it should have  ever been for an instant desecrated to Satan’s use, lead us to entrust it henceforth to our Lord, to be kept  by the power of God through faith “for the Master’s use.” For when the gentleness  of Christ dwells in us, He can use the merest touch of a ...

June 11 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.  And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come.    And whosoever will,  let him take the water of life freely.” "Surely I come quickly.  Amen.  Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Revelation 22:17,20) As soon as we are in connection with the Lord Jesus Christ we have got  God ;  God has introduced Himself as a living person to the soul, and all our associations are connected with God. When He separates any one to Himself, He plants the blood of Christ right behind them.  ( Gleanings - G. V. Wigram ) N.J. Hiebert - 7110 June 12 "Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith. . . .” (Hebrews 12:2) UNTO JESUS  and it is from Him and  in Him that we learn  to know, not only without danger, but for the wellbeing of our  souls, what it is good for us to know about the world and about  ourselves, ou...