Autor: Barlee, G.F.

Mark 14:36; Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:14.15

Locuri din Biblie: Mark 14; Galatians 4; Romans 8     Cuvinte cheie: Abba Father

In the different accounts of our blessed Lord’s prayer and anguish in the garden, Mark alone uses the words Abba, Father. Abba is a Syriac word signifying Father, but in a way of peculiar affection and confidence. On searching through the New ... mai multTestament, we find that only twice more is the word Abba used, and on each occasion with the wonderfully expressive term Father following it. These are found in Rom. 8 and Gal. 4; but, wonderful thought, it is no more our blessed Lord Jesus Who uses this term of intimacy, but those who have been redeemed by His precious blood. It is those who have received the adoption of sons.

Are we growing in grace or are we backsliding?

Locuri din Biblie: 2. Peter 3     Cuvinte cheie: Love to God/Lord; Growth of the Christian

In all creation growth always indicates the presence of life, and whenever this ceases, the reason is certainly either disease or death. This is also the case with those who, in Christ, have part in new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). ... But as in ... mai multnatural life, in which all human beings commence their earthly career as babes, and gradually grow into mature age, so the believer is first seen as a babe in Christ.

Locuri din Biblie: Proverbs 23; Ezra 7; Daniel 1; Acts 11     Cuvinte cheie: Love to God/Lord

In the closing days of this dispensation. what is the condition of soul most usually met with in the greater number of Christian assemblies? Is it not almost uniformly laxity and lukewarmness, with very little heart for Christ? Yet what our blessed ... mai multLord most craves for, (I write with all reverence) is surely the heart affection of His beloved saints. There may be much scriptural knowledge, combined with great zeal for work; but nothing can take the place of deep heart affection: “My son, give Me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26).

Cuvinte cheie: Earthly life orientation; Life orientation: earthly; Zeal

In these last days there is a very real danger threatening the children of God, most insidious, and therefore more dangerous. This is spiritual slothfulness. In former times when, to confess Christ entailed the loss of all one’s possessions, ... mai multand possibly of life itself, this danger hardly existed. The risk was so real and great that a man had to be in deadly earnest before taking it. But in Christendom generally all that is now past, each man thinks and believes as he likes, and no one takes any notice.

Cuvinte cheie: Jesus: as Man; Jesus: as Christ; Jesus: Name

In Scripture, names are of considerable interest, and their meanings are often remarkable.