.K.! NEW CHRISTIAN....WHAT NOW? by Elmer G. Magnussen
If you are a new Christian, there are some very
important things you need to
know. First, you need to know exactly what has happened to you. Second,
you need to know God's provisions for your future growth and service to Him.
Daily devotions
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The entire world today is seeking wisdom! Education is prevalent in every
city. Literally thousands of young and old alike are attending universities.
But how many of them really know the meaning of wisdom? Wisdom is seeing
things from God's point of view.
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The following testimony is that of a man by the name of Andre.
I WAS IN PRISON, AND YOU CAME TO ME (Matthew 25:36c)
"My testimony to my Christian Brothers and believers in Jesus Christ our
Savior. I want to thank the Lord for saving me from the life I was once
leading. First of all, I was living in darkness and I thought that I truly
loved the way I was.
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1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent,
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of
the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil.
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Today's Bible Study
Chapter 21 contains what is probably the greatest
Chapter 21 contains what is probably the greatest
lesson on giving in the entire Bible. The poor widow had
only two mites in her possession; yet she loved God so much
that she gave it all to Him. In Mark 12:41-44 Jesus said
she gave more than all the others; for she gave, not out of
abundance, but out of want.
In chapter 22:39-54 Christ goes to His prayer
closet, the Mount of Olives. This was His last visit there.
He went to separate Himself from the world and to be alone
with the Father. At this memorable place, Jesus would talk
to His Father about issues that would affect heaven, earth,
hell, and stretch out to the uttermost ages of eternity. He
would settle the sin problem in His own mind and heart in
the Garden. I thank God that Jesus was faithful to the
terrible suffering on the cross. There He bore our sins and
paid the entire sin debt. I am sure Gethsemane must have
been a place of solemn loneliness that night. As the
Saviour agonized in prayer, He sweat as it were drops of
blood, revealing the awful suffering of His tender and
sensitive heart. That heart was to be crushed and bruised
by the weight of our sins. If we can but catch a glimpse of
the agony He suffered there, and realize all our sins were
imputed to Him on Calvary's cross, then we can know for
sure there is no escape if we neglect so great salvation.
Verses 47 and 48 contain the cruel betrayal of
Jesus by Judas. Men, women, boys, and girls are giving
Jesus a kiss of betrayal even today, when they give the
lips of profession, but deny Him a heart of love.
Verses 50 and 51 show Jesus' mercy in the time of
suffering, when He touched the ear of the soldier to undo
the damage of Peter's sword. What forgiveness, what self-
forgetting love He showed! The power that healed the ear
could have hurled the entire band of mockers into
perdition! But it was love, infinite love, that constrained
Him.
Dear reader, our hearts should be tender and moved
as we read this wonderful chapter. It and many others show
His great love for us. Truly, how can we escape if we
neglect so great salvation?
MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
Man now can be:
Redeemed.
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace.
MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
Man now can be:
Reconciled. Colossians 1:20
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
him to reconcile all things unto himself, by him, I say,
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
Man now can be:
Righteous. Romans 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience
of one shall many be made righteous.
MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
Man now can be:
Forgiven. Acts 13:38
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is
preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.
MEMORY VERSE FOR TODAY:
Man now can be:
Justified. Acts 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye
could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Madam Guyon
