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Oswald Chambers Daily Devotional for November 25, 2015
"The Secret of Spiritual Consistency"
God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ… —Galatians 6:14
When a person is newly born again, he seems inconsistent due to his unrelated emotions and the state of the external things or circumstances in his life. The apostle Paul had a strong and steady underlying consistency in his life. Consequently, he could let his external life change without internal distress because he was rooted and grounded in God.
Most of us are not consistent spiritually because we are more concerned about being consistent externally. In the external expression of things, Paul lived in the basement, while his critics lived on the upper level. And these two levels do not begin to touch each other. But Paul’s consistency was down deep in the fundamentals. The great basis of his consistency was the agony of God in the redemption of the world, namely, the Cross of Christ.
State your beliefs to yourself again. Get back to the foundation of the Cross of Christ, doing away with any belief not based on it. In secular history the Cross is an infinitesimally small thing, but from the biblical perspective it is of more importance than all the empires of the world.
If we get away from dwelling on the tragedy of God on the Cross in our preaching, our preaching produces nothing. It will not transmit the energy of God to man; it may be interesting, but it will have no power. However, when we preach the Cross, the energy of God is released. “…it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.…we preach Christ crucified…” (1 Corinthians 1:21, 23).
"The Secret of Spiritual Consistency"
God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ… —Galatians 6:14
When a person is newly born again, he seems inconsistent due to his unrelated emotions and the state of the external things or circumstances in his life. The apostle Paul had a strong and steady underlying consistency in his life. Consequently, he could let his external life change without internal distress because he was rooted and grounded in God.
Most of us are not consistent spiritually because we are more concerned about being consistent externally. In the external expression of things, Paul lived in the basement, while his critics lived on the upper level. And these two levels do not begin to touch each other. But Paul’s consistency was down deep in the fundamentals. The great basis of his consistency was the agony of God in the redemption of the world, namely, the Cross of Christ.
State your beliefs to yourself again. Get back to the foundation of the Cross of Christ, doing away with any belief not based on it. In secular history the Cross is an infinitesimally small thing, but from the biblical perspective it is of more importance than all the empires of the world.
If we get away from dwelling on the tragedy of God on the Cross in our preaching, our preaching produces nothing. It will not transmit the energy of God to man; it may be interesting, but it will have no power. However, when we preach the Cross, the energy of God is released. “…it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.…we preach Christ crucified…” (1 Corinthians 1:21, 23).
'US believes Russian jet was in Syrian airspace when Turkey shot it down' - Middle East - Jerusalem Post
WASHINGTON - The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into Turkish airspace, a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
WASHINGTON - The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into Turkish airspace, a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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There is no choice Desdichado for as long as America or Turkey is part of NATO. It has been known and declared beforehand, even by us CC Newshounds about the powder keg that Syria presents. This incident makes that obvious. It is a small blow to the pride maybe, but it be better for America to back off. All that is gained in these wars is death and destruction for everyone that gets involved, and sorry for the doom and gloom but that's the truth of it.
Praise Jesus that the Russians will downplay the incident this time and we'll avert WW3 taking another fell turn for the far worse, but let us not push it. Learn from Russia's mistake by entering so hot and puffed up into this war. Their great power and authority is torn from the sky. One pilot is dies, and one is saved alive. It is no good for Russia, they ought back off some too, but I suppose with how little America listens, Russia listens even less.
Praise Jesus that the Russians will downplay the incident this time and we'll avert WW3 taking another fell turn for the far worse, but let us not push it. Learn from Russia's mistake by entering so hot and puffed up into this war. Their great power and authority is torn from the sky. One pilot is dies, and one is saved alive. It is no good for Russia, they ought back off some too, but I suppose with how little America listens, Russia listens even less.
The Jerusalem Post
One pilot brutally treated and killed by Jihadists the other manages to escape to safety to the Syrian army.
One pilot brutally treated and killed by Jihadists the other manages to escape to safety to the Syrian army.