A life-giving stream for parched pilgrims!

[anna274]

from Arthur Pink "The Word of Grace"

The Word and the Spirit are so intimately conjoined, that we are scarcely warranted in thinking of the one, without the other.  The Word does not operate without the Spirit's agency -- and the Spirit does not work apart from the Word.

It was by the Spirit's inspiration, that the Word was first given, for "holy men of God spoke, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" 2 Peter 1:21

It is by the Spirit, that we are enlightened Eph 1:17, 18, yet the Word is the means the Spirit employs.

It is by the Spirit, that we are sanctified Rom 5:16, yet not apart from the Truth John 17:17

It is by the Spirit, that we are strengthened Eph 3:16 as He causes the Word to dwell in us richly.  Col 3:16.

It is by the Spirit, that we are comforted Acts 9:31 as He applies the Divine promises to our hearts.

How appropriate, then, that the grand instrument employed by the Spirit of grace, should be termed "the Word of His grace".

The "Word of His grace" proclaims...
  rest for the weary
  pardon to the guilty
  justification to the ungodly
  adoption to the outcast
  eternal heavenly treasures for spiritual paupers


It is "the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind" who are to be called to the feast which free grace has spread.  Luke 14:13

"The Word of His grace" not only instructs us where grace is to be found, and how further supplies of it are to be obtained -- but it is the principal medium through which grace is actually imparted.  It is a life-giving stream for parched pilgrims -- as they journey through this "wilderness of sin."

As its sacred pages are reverently perused --
  the mind is instructed
  the conscience is enlightened
  the affections are warmed
  and the will is moved


As its exceeding great and precious promises are meditated upon and treasured up in the heart -- new strength is imparted.

As its holy precepts are turned into earnest pryer --help is obtained for the discharge of duty.

As its timely warnings and admonitions are heeded -- temptations lose their power and the snares of satan are avoided.

As its cheering revelation of what God has prepared for those who love Him is received by faith -- new hope is kindled in the heart, and the trials of life are borne with greater fortitude.  And as the end of the journey is neared --death loses its terrors and the call to leave this "valley of tears" becomes more desirable.

Without "the Word of His grace" we would be mariners upon the sea of life--without chart or compass!

[rosered]

         :HeartThrob:    Thankful   for His love , mercy and grace !!

We are doubly  blessed by the Spirit of God  and Spirit of Christ dwelling within us !!

Rom 8:9 And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ -- this one is not His; 


Rom 8:10 and if Christ is in you, the body, indeed, is dead because of sin, and the Spirit is life because of righteousness, 


Rom 8:11 and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you. 

[anna274]

         :HeartThrob:    Thankful   for His love , mercy and grace !!

We are doubly  blessed by the Spirit of God  and Spirit of Christ dwelling within us !!

Rom 8:9 And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ -- this one is not His; 


Rom 8:10 and if Christ is in you, the body, indeed, is dead because of sin, and the Spirit is life because of righteousness, 


Rom 8:11 and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you. 

Oh yes, so much to be thankful for!!!   Where would we be without His love, without His grace, without His mercy????

and thank you for adding to the life-giving stream...   

Psalm 100:4-5
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His presence with praise:  be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.

[marie glen]

hi ladies! sisters in Christ, a resounding amen to this thread!

..The Spirit dwelling in us.. and "the Spirit at work in us is the same Spirit which rose Jesus from the grave" ! (Eph) (and parted the Red Sea and everything else!!)

...The Word of God is the mighty sWord of God which pierces and penetrates.. In every tapestry of life, the tip of God's Mighty sWord can separate every thread, true from untrue.. and untrue from true..

Every untruth has weaved into it, at least one thread of truth(?) or the tapestry would collapse??

And doctrines (can) have threads of untruth weaved through it, diluting the power of that truth..? Keeping the 'truth' ineffective..?

Just thinking.. ..how the mighty sWord of God slices through all things, separating true from untrue and vice versa..

It's my belief all things are proven or disproved in God's Holy Word and by God's Holy Word..

..."The Word and the Spirit are so intimately conjoined.."
             Absolutely! :iagree: :hiya:

[rosered]

   Hearing what the Spirit is saying  in you both today !! 
  I could not agree more
I have been weary  with the Tree of knowledge of good and evil  walkng though the wilderness , today when you hear His voice, again   my heart is softened by  His presence and resting in hope !!

Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.




Hbr 3:6   But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 

Hbr 3:7 ¶ Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 


Hbr 3:8   Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 


Hbr 3:9   When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 


Hbr 3:10   Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 


Hbr 3:11   So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 


Hbr 3:12   Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 


Hbr 3:13   But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 


Hbr 3:14   For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 


Hbr 3:15   While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 


Hbr 3:16 ¶ For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 


Hbr 3:17   But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 


Anna who does not need to be healed  completly  , who can live with Gods love , mercy and grace , I know of no one who  does not need HIM TO DAY !  in any situation  that  this lifes  floods us with  ,drowing in sin and sorrows , we can be healed to day totally By His Love mercy and grace  working  this mircle within us all !   as we shod our feet with the gospel / good news of His holy peace !! covered by the Life cleansing Blood of Jesus Christ !!

I agree Marie
the healing is   a 3 part  understanding    as we are given eyes to see   in the written WORD
  and  ears to hear   by the spoken WORD what the Spirit is saying   and a heart to understand  what the LIVING WORD  performs in us , its His miracles   of healing  all whom come to Him !!
HIS love to you all  :girlheart:  Iam welled with  joy in knowing Him !

[marie glen]

Rosered,

"if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."

Thank-you, this verse gives so much comfort! Not as if i am already perfected.. which Paul said (I believe) would not happen until that Day of His return..

"as we are given eyes to see   in the written WORD
  and  ears to hear   by the spoken WORD what the Spirit is saying   and a heart to understand  what the LIVING WORD  performs in us , its His miracles   of healing  all whom come to Him !!"

..."that HE may be" (will be) "glorified" - ..."not of works, lest anyone should boast.." "works is as wages earned, but His gift" of grace is free..

I sometimes wonder how much of an "overcomer" am i? when I am still so flawed and imperfect..

but - if I hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end - will be saved/perfected.. by His Spirit which dwells in us, the "pledge" or "guarantee" (notorized signature) is "the Spirit in our heart which cries "Father! my Father..."

:dsunny:  :HeartThrob: