The word of the Lord

Nice parable!

The word of God alone endures forever. Its influence alone leads upward to God, and the professed heralds of the cross of Christ must present the lessons of Christ. They must learn from the word of God how to present these lessons to the people in the very way in which Christ presented them, bringing to bear upon human hearts eternal realities, and warning them to flee from the wrath to come, and to lay hold of eternal life. In their ignorance souls are perishing out of Christ; they do not realize how offensive sin is in the sight of God, and nothing can arouse them but the clean-cut truth of God's word. Then let not the messengers of truth turn from the word of God to present the feeble, insipid matters that are largely presented from popular pulpits as food for the flock of God. The truth has been perverted, and smooth things have been spoken; pleasing performances have been substituted for the truth of God. These things have diverted the mind from truth and righteousness, and have caused men to drop eternal realities out of their reckoning. The truth of God is not changeable, uncertain, and powerless. It is truth presented in its purity that alone can convict and convert the sinner, and turn him from the error of his ways. The word of God is the only fixed, changeless thing that the world knows. Like its Author in character, it is "the same yesterday, today, and forever." It not only causes men to discern what is truth, but it unmasks the soul, and presents men to themselves as perishing sinners, and calls upon them to repent and to be converted, that their sins may be blotted out, and stand no longer against them.

Thought this was worth a bump up the list again

paulnoel said:

An eldely Major was retiring from his pastorate, and recived as a parting gift from his congregation, A handsome check, a clock and a specially inscribed Bible. Some time later one of the soliders from the church was visiting the Major in his new home and discovered the Bible lying on the table. He opened it casually to refresh his memory of the inscription and found that the Major had added at the bottom, "The cheque has gone, the clock is going, but the word of the Lord abideth for ever,"​

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Inscription can stay with you a lifetime as well. Many years ago we 'farewelled' our the CO's from my then corps. Ironically, 25 years later and in a different town, they are once again my CO's.

However, following their farewell meeting at the Hull Icehouse, Mrs Major Kirby wrote in the back of my songbook

"Be strong and of a good courage. be not dismayed, neither be thou afraid. For the Lord thy God is with thee wheresoever thou goest" (Joshua 1:9)

That verse has got me through some tough times since then.