Good morning,
Today the Daily Devotion will begin new content. Grace Gems will appear Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday, will be my Bible study notes.
What are Grace Gems?
Our purpose is to humble the pride of man, to exalt the grace of God in salvation and to promote real holiness in heart and life.
Our desire is that the Holy Spirit, who is the Divine Revealer and Interpreter of Christ and His truth, may impart to your hearts a sober, spiritual and sanctifying receptivity of His Word—abasing self, and exalting Christ!
Our intention is to unfold and illustrate the Lord Jesus Christ in the relation in which He stands to His people—to unveil His glory, beauty, and fullness—to define the close bond of union that unites all His people to Him, and to bring you into a more personal realization of what Christ is to you, and of what you are to Christ.” (Octavius Winslow)
Our objective is to set before the Christian pilgrim some reflections which may prove challenging, consolatory and encouraging—as he journeys up from this bleak, arid, wilderness world, leaning on his Beloved.
May God’s blessing attend our humble effort to minister comfort to the downcast, strength to the weak, and courage to those who have set their faces towards their glorious eternal home. (https://www.gracegems.org/)
She had been plucked from the burning fires of Sodom!
John MacDuff, “Sunsets on the Hebrew Mountains“
(Be sure to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
Genesis 19:26, “But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Luke 17:32, “Remember Lot’s wife!“
Beware of worldly entanglements! How many there are, who, like Lot’s wife have apparently set out to the Zoar of safety, yet who linger and perish in the plains of Sodom! They hear the terrors of the law; they are roused by the threat of the coming conflagration. They think of fleeing–they have actually set out.
The world they have left, has too many attractions and fascinations! Like Demas, they give the preference to these. They look back to Sodom and perish eternally! Beware of yielding to temptation!
Lot’s wife had gotten out of reach of the summonings and jeers of her evil companions. She had reached the brow of the hill, and was apparently completely safe. She had been rescued from the idolatries of Chaldea, and the superstitions of Egypt. She had been plucked from the burning fires of Sodom–and yet she perished notwithstanding!
How sad it is, to see a soul . . .
that had set out on the way to Heaven,
that had escaped the temptations of youth,
that got rid of worldly entanglements,
that got out of Sodom, and was on its way to Zoar,
yet perishing with salvation in sight!
“But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.” Genesis 19:26
“Remember Lot’s wife!” Luke 17:32
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Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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