Tuesday, September 17, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees. - William Cowper
Sunday, September 15, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
Reason's last step is the recognition that there and an infinite number of things that are beyond it. - Blaise Pascal
Friday, September 13, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he ought. - John Owen
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
The Cross is God's truth about us, and therefore it is the only power which can make us truthful. When we know the Cross we are no longer afraid of the truth. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Success and Power
We live in a culture that seeks and admires success and power. Those who lack these much sought-after commodities, or worse, refuse to pursue these popular twins are looked upon as odd or even a bit radical. Yet, in reading the scriptures, we see Jesus posed a "radical" challenge to this dynamic duo of popular culture.
Jesus was not concerned with worldly success or power. He was more interested in seeking and doing the will of the Father, a radical thought even in his day. This is how he would define success and here is where he understood real power to be. Jesus was not interested in how others would measure his success for he knew that his success would be defined through his obedience to the Father. The power he exercised was his ability to act upon the will of the Father, even to the point of death. The possibility that he would be willing to give up his sinless life as a payment for the sins of others, was an even more radical idea and remains so.
Today Jesus continues to pose a threat to the values and priorities of our post-Christian Society. His life, ministry, death, and resurrection still promote a radical view of how we define real success and power.
So let us continue to walk the "radical" path that Jesus walked before us. Let us seek and find the will of God the Father. Let us understand that any power which might flow from our actions must be defined within the absolute power of the life we have given to our Savior so that we may turn away from our cultural preoccupations and seek to walk the path of true success and power.
RefRev
Jesus was not concerned with worldly success or power. He was more interested in seeking and doing the will of the Father, a radical thought even in his day. This is how he would define success and here is where he understood real power to be. Jesus was not interested in how others would measure his success for he knew that his success would be defined through his obedience to the Father. The power he exercised was his ability to act upon the will of the Father, even to the point of death. The possibility that he would be willing to give up his sinless life as a payment for the sins of others, was an even more radical idea and remains so.
Today Jesus continues to pose a threat to the values and priorities of our post-Christian Society. His life, ministry, death, and resurrection still promote a radical view of how we define real success and power.
So let us continue to walk the "radical" path that Jesus walked before us. Let us seek and find the will of God the Father. Let us understand that any power which might flow from our actions must be defined within the absolute power of the life we have given to our Savior so that we may turn away from our cultural preoccupations and seek to walk the path of true success and power.
RefRev
Saturday, September 7, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
Truth is not discerned intellectually, it is discerned spiritually. - Oswald Chambers
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
The devil tries to shake the truth by pretending to defend it. - Tertullian
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
God
never signs the title of anything over to us, but merely gives us things to
keep in trust. All will be left behind when he calls us home. - William
Gurnall
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin. - Leonard Ravenhill
Sunday, September 1, 2013
ReformedRev's Quote of the Day
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages. - Thomas Watson
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