Thank the Lord, it is very kind and gracious to all of us, the people, and especially — to His children, whom He begat His Spirit to Himself from among inhabitants of the earth, — the book «Grow up!» translated into English! Some passages of English translation of «increasing» I place here in my blog,… [Читать полностью]
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MEDITATION – «Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted».
The first mourning on the earth was probably Eva’s mourning over her son Abel’s dead body after he was killed by his brother Cain. Or maybe Adam and Eve mourned their expulsion from the Garden of Eden as they turned back to take the last look of the indescribable beauty of God’s garden. In any… [Читать полностью]
MEDITATION — «The Lord alone shall de exalted» – according to Isaiah 2.
How clearly different forms of human pride are shown in these allegorical descriptions: some boast that they are slim as cedars of Lebanon, others – that they are strong and wide as the oaks of Bashan. Some are as high as the mountains, while some lift up only as little hills in the valley. Some… [Читать полностью]
MEDITATION – “Our problems are our cure”
“And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds. And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it arose in his heart to look upon his brothers, the sons of Israel. And seeing one being wronged, he defended him and avenged him… [Читать полностью]
A WORD from the WORD — «Where is the promise of His coming?»
2Pe 3:3-4 Know this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation… Ecc 8:11 Sentence against an evil work is not executed… [Читать полностью]
MEDITATION — «Outside of time».
The sacrifice for the sins of all people and for each of us individually was made by Jesus Christ around 2 thousand years ago in Israel. How good it is for us, people, that He had decided to come to us first as a sacrificial lamb to suffer for our sins and only after that… [Читать полностью]
а WORD from the WORD — «Every man be careful how he builds»
1 Cor. 3:9-15 … You are a building of God… As a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let EVERY MAN BE CAREFUL HOW HE BUILDS… if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, EACH ONE’S WORK SHALL BE REVEALED… it shall be… [Читать полностью]
MEDITATION on 1 Corinthians 13
1 “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal”. Any spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit, even the brightest, the most important and super natural ones, will be meaningless. Unless the motivation of their appearance and use… [Читать полностью]